Winners France 6-1 (2nd fav) Favourites Brazil 3-1 (runners-up) Other notable odds Croatia 66-1 (semi-finalists) Winners and favourites Brazil 3-1 Other notable odds Colombia 8-1 (out in group stage), Sweden 40-1 (semi-finalists), Bulgaria 50-1 (semi-finalists) Winners West Germany 6-1 (4th fav) Favourites Italy 3-1 (semi-finalists) Other notable odds Argentina 11-1 (runners-up), England 10-1 (semi-finalists), Cameroon 500-1 (quarter-finalists) Winners Argentina 7-2 (2nd fav) Favourites Brazil 10-3 (quarter-finalists) Other notable odds West Germany 14-1 (runners-up), Uruguay 6-1 (last 16), Denmark 14-1 (last 16) Winners Italy 18-1 Favourites Brazil 15-8 (out in second group stage) Other notable odds Poland 25-1 (semi-finalists), France 33-1 (semi-finalists), Algeria 2000-1 (beat West Germany in group stage) Winners Argentina 4-1 (2nd fav) Favourites Brazil 22-10 (out in second group stage) Other notable odds Scotland 8-1 (joint 4th fav), Tunisia 1000-1 (became first African team to win a World Cup match)Īrgentina, the hosts and second favourites in 1978, beat the Dutch in the final.
Winners and favourites West Germany 9-4 Other notable odds Brazil and Italy 5-1 (joint 2nd fav), Netherlands 9-1 (finalists), Poland 28-1 (won third-place playoff) Winners Brazil 7-2 Favourites England 3-1 (out in quarter-finals) Winners England 9-2 Favourites Brazil 7-4 (went out in group stage) Other notable odds West Germany 10-1 (runners-up), Portugal 20-1 (semi-finalists), North Korea 100-1 (quarter-finalists) Here’s a list of the odds for the favourites and winners before each World Cup: That is one of only three times in 15 tournaments since 1966 that the favourite has won West Germany in 1974 and Spain in 2010 were the others. The only time since 1966 that Brazil lived up to their pre-tournament billing was at the 1994 World Cup. Despite not reaching a final since, Brazil have started as favourites in 2006, 2014, 20.
Brazil were rated below France in 2002, only for Les Bleus to crash out in the group stage. They were not even the bookies’ choice in 1970 – at least not in the UK, where a flurry of bets on England in the fortnight before the tournament saw their odds shortened. Oddly, the Seleção’s victories have tended to happen when they are not favourites. Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images Brazil captain Cafu kisses the World Cup trophy in 2002.
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