With the World Cup, 32 International football sides line up against one another and compete to become champions of the World. Teams like defending champions Italy, Germany, France, England, the USA, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and the Netherlands try to run the gauntlet to become FIFA World Cup Champions.

Since the first FIFA World Cup, only 6 nations have been able to hoist the most prestigious trophy in International football. Brazil has won the world cup a record five times. The futures market has Brazil at 5 to 1 odds for emerging as the six time champions of the world. Defending FIFA World Cup champions Italy are set at 11 to 1 odds of repeating as World Cup champs. Germany is listed at 12 to 1 odds.

Uruguay and France have each hoisted the World Cup trophy two times. Despite earning two World Cups, Uruguay goes off at 100 to 1 odds. France gets a little more respect, as they are listed at 14 to 1 odds. England rounds out the field of previous World Cup champions, as they are listed at 11/2 soccer odds.

With five returning champions vying for World Cup glory, 27 other nations are set to play in the 2010 World Cup. Host nation South Africa comes in at 100 to 1 odds. Other nations such as the Netherlands can be bought in the futures market at 11 to 2. The Ivory Coast comes in at 25 to 1, while Portugal led by Cristiano Ronaldo gathers 28 to 1 odds of emerging as world champs. Nations such as the USA, Serbia, Chile, and Ghana are each listed at 50 to 1 to be football champions of the world. Paraguay’s futures lie at 66 to 1, while Mexico and Cameroon each are listed in the World Cup futures market at 80 to 1.

As for the longer soccer betting shots, Nigeria, Denmark, and Australia each are listed at 100 to 1 odds. Greece comes in at 125 to 1 and Switzerland, Slovakia, and Slovenia each are listed as 200 to 1 long shots. Algeria has earned 250 to 1 odds, while Japan is listed at 300 to 1. Honduras is at 500 to 1 and New Zealand and North Korea each round out the field of 32 coming in at 1500 to 1 long odds to take down the 2010 FIFA World Cup.