Group H – Chile’s Chances
Chile is favored to take second in their group this year at the World Cup. They’ll face a tough Spain and have Switzerland and Honduras battling it out for one of the two tickets to advance.

Spain was undefeated in the preliminary rounds and is the European champions. Switzerland is put in the middle of a Hispanic dominated group and will be looking to get further than their final 16 appearance in Germany 2006. Honduras makes the World Cup group stage for the second time since Spain 1982.

The favorites for group H are Spain and Chile with Spain getting the prediction of taking the group. The underdogs will be Switzerland and Honduras but at this stage, everyone’s a threat. Chile finished second in the South America qualifiers behind the powerhouse Brazilian team and will definitely give Spain a run for their money.

Chile – Group Betting

Bodog offers betting odds on the first Chile game in the 2010 World Cup against Honduras. Bodog is found at bodog.com and Chile has -150 odds with Honduras at +400. The draw is at +255. Ladbrokes has a 5.50 odds bet for Chile to win Group H with Spain at 1.25.

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Chile – Winning The World Cup

Chile has made it to the World Cup finals eight times and will be looking to win the tournament. The best the Chileans have ever done was third place in 1962 when the tournament was also hosted in Chile. Matias Fernandez, Humberto Suazo and Alexis Sanchez are the star players of this South American team.

Chile has 41.00 odds that they will win the 2010 World Cup at Ladbrokes.com. Ladbrokes also offers odd bets on who will score the most goals as part of their World Cup betting offer. Special bet offers include odds on which continent will win the World Cup. South America offers 3.25 odds at Ladbrokes, which means you’re betting that a team from South America will win the 2010 World Cup.

Chile – Qualifying Round Results:

10/13/07 – Argentina – 2:0 – Chile
10/17/07 – Chile – 2:0 – Peru
11/18/07 – Uruguay – 2:2 – Chile
11/21/07 – Chile – 0:3 – Paraguay
06/15/08 – Bolivia – 0:2 – Chile
06/19/08 – Venezuela – 2:3 – Chile
09/07/08 – Chile – 0:3 – Brazil
09/10/08 – Chile – 4:0 – Colombia
10/12/08 – Ecuador – 1:0 – Chile
10/15/08 – Chile – 1:0 – Argentina
03/29/09 – Peru – 1:3 – Chile
04/01/09 – Chile – 0:0 – Uruguay
06/06/09 – Paraguay – 0:2 – Chile
06/10/09 – Chile – 4:0 – Bolivia
09/05/09 – Chile – 2:2 – Venezuela
09/09/09 – Brazil – 4:2 – Chile
10/10/09 – Colombia – 2:4 – Chile
10/14/09 – Chile – 1:0 – Ecuador

Chile Coaching

Chile is coached by Marcelo Bielsa. Bielsa was in charge of Argentina in the 2002 World Cup and was favored to win it all. Unfortunately, a first round upset sent the Argentineans home. Bielsa is nicknamed El Loco or in English, The Madman. The Chileans have gained an enormous respect for Bielsa and are looking to see him take their nation far in the 2010 World Cup.

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