Ready for the Olympic Soccer Betting Paris 2024? If you look at the 16 men’s soccer teams that are taking part in the 2024 Paris Summer Games, you might wonder why such blue-blood teams as Germany, Italy and Portugal aren’t on the list.
This is because men’s Olympic soccer doesn’t bring in the full national teams. Instead, it is an under-23 tournament, although teams are allowed to bring in three older players for the Games.
Brazil is another member of soccer royalty that is not at the Olympics, despite winning gold in the last two gold medals in Rio and Tokyo.
The U.S. men’s national team returns to the Summer Olympics for the first time since 2008.
Group play gets underway on Wednesday, so let’s take a look at each team’s odds to win its particular group, and then get into some sports betting insights about a few of the entrants.
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Group A Odds to Win
- France -360
- USA +400
- Guinea +790
- New Zealand +2800
Group B Odds to Win
- Argentina -199
- Morocco +275
- Ukraine +500
- Iraq +4000
Group C Odds to Win
- Spain -340
- Egypt +400
- Uzbekistan +600
- Dominican Republic +6600
Group D Odds to Win
- Paraguay +166
- Japan +228
- Mali +275
- Israel +450
France -360
French team open with the United States, a potentially challenging opener to group play.
However, captain Alexandre Lacazette leads a talented group that includes Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise.
Loic Bade (Sevilla), Manu Kone (Borussia Monchengladbach), and Rayan Cherki (Lyon) are all contributing in Europe’s first divisions, so while this is a young team, it’s a team that should be able to roll to the gold medal game.
An interesting quarterfinal quirk could involve a matchup with Argentina, unless both teams win their groups.
Spain -340
Brings a lot of talent from FC Barcelona (Pau Cubarsí, Juan Miranda and Eric Garcia). Fermin Lopez enters the Olympics with a sterling reputation as well.
Argentina -199
The roster is youthful, but still has four players who have won a World Cup, including Julian Alvarez and Nicolas Otamendi.
Claudio Echeverri is part of the Argentinian youth movement that is moving to Europe, signing with Manchester City, and Giuliano Simeone and Lucas Beltran also represent elite young talent.
Morocco +275
Morocco’s goalkeeper, Munir Mohamedi, is good enough to stand on his head and get his team to the quarterfinals.
They also have elite defender Achraf Hakimi to settle things down on the back line.
If the team can play with discipline and focus, a draw with Argentina could make things fascinating.
USA +400
The United States’ strength comes in its defense, with Walker Zimmerman and Miles Robinson anchoring the back line.
Gianluca Busio and Tanner Tessmann were key in Venezia’s move back up to Serie A, and Kevin Paredes is contributing in the Bundesliga’s Wolfsburg.
There are other players on this team with significant caps with the full national team. Look for Gaga Slonina to get rave reviews on the back line as well.
^Dark Horses
An interesting Olympic soccer betting dark horse would be Guinea (+790), who open group play with New Zealand while France and the United States square off.
Amadou Diawara and Naby Keita are exciting midfielders, but seeing this team get by either the U.S. or France would be a considerable upset – and Gregg Berhalter isn’t here to mismanage this roster.
An even darker horse? Let’s look at Mali (+275).
Midfielder Boubacar Traore is dangerous, and their group (Japan, Israel and Paraguay) is absolutely wide open.
Then there’s Israel (+450), who managed to qualify for the Olympics from the same group as Germany.
They didn’t deal well with prosperity, though, as their quarterfinal with Georgia sent them to penalties.
The last dark horse we’ll bring up is Uzbekistan (+600), with Eldor Shomurodov bringing dangerous scoring ability.
This nation is in its first Olympics, despite falling to Japan in their qualifying final.
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