If you're a football fan, it's more than likely that you're au fait with how the whole World Cup tournament is played out and you've already got your football betting plans lined up.
However, if you're that familiar with football (or the World Cup in particular), the way that it works is actually really simple.
32 teams start the tournament and are divided up into 8 groups. The teams that are to be included in the groups are chosen by draw and for the 2010 World Cup, this was done on 4 December 2009.
For the first 2 weeks of the tournament, all of the teams in each group play each other once. After all matches have been played, the two teams with the most points from each group progress forward to the final 16.
From here, the rest of the tournament is just like any other similar styled event, where the winning teams from the final 16 progress to the quarter finals, the semi-finals and then the final.
If you fancy carrying out some football betting this World Cup are wanting something a little more adventurous than simply choosing the winner, then check out these 3 group stage bets that could see you walking away with a decent return on your initial bet.
1. South Africa to beat Uruguay. The match of the host of the tournament versus the first World Cup winner, on paper, seems like a relatively easy one to call. According to FIFA, Uruguay are ranked 18th in the world, which when compared to South Africa's 88th position, they should, at least in theory, walk away winning the match.
However, South Africa, being the host, will be the most confident team in the whole competition and therefore it would be expected that South Africa could very well take the 3 points from this match.
2. Greece to beat Argentina. The 2010 World Cup is only the second time that Greece have been in the final stages of the World Cup tournament, with the first being in 1994. However, they were thrown into the spotlight in the 2004 European Championship when they went from being outsiders in the tournament to winning the whole event, beating Portugal twice along the way.
Argentina may be regarded as a better football team overall, especially with their experience in the World Cup, but Greece have shown that they can be particularly powerful in recent years and a small win over Argentina wouldn't be of any particularly surprise. 3. Algeria and Slovenia to draw. Possibly two of the closest matched teams in the tournament, both of these national teams will play each other in Group C, along with fellow teams England and USA. Whilst Algeria are a more experienced team on paper (the Slovenian national team was only formed in 1992, when Slovenia broke away after Yugoslavia effectively broke up a year earlier), Slovenia have some quality players, including Milivoje Novakovic and Valter Birsa. A draw is likely to be the outcome of this match, but one with at least 1 goal a piece.
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