The UEFA Euro, otherwise known as the European Football Championship is a quadrennial international men's football championship.  It is widely thought to be the second-most important international football tournament, only behind the FIFA World Cup in stature.  When looking for the betting odds on a particular national team to win the Euro, one is actually looking for the odds on that team ‘to win outright’.  OddsJet compares UEFA Euro winner odds from several reputable sportsbook companies that serve customers in Switzerland, several of which offer CHF accounts.  This allows OddsJet to display the best odds for every available national team to win the Euro outright so Swiss bettors may maximize their potential returns.  If you wish to find odds on particular Euro matches, those can be found under our International football odds page.

UEFA Euro Futures and Ante Post markets explained  

UEFA Euro outright betting is by far the most popular Euro futures betting market.  Futures markets, also called Ante Post markets, are those that involve a wager that is placed well in advance of the result and where the result is determined over the course of an entire tournament or competition, as opposed to a single match.  In general, the highest paying odds for outright and futures betting markets at our listed betting sites will come before the tournament starts.  As the Euro progresses and teams are eliminated, the odds will tighten and pay less for those teams in position to lift the trophy.

Examples of Euro outright winner odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American odds format, there are two sets of expressions to remember, but both involve the figure of CHF 100. First, negative numbers express how much one needs to wager in order to win a profit of CHF 100.  This only happens when the odds are below even-money.  This will happen rarely given how many teams will be in contention to win.  You might see a negative figure should there be a heavy favorite very late in the competition.  For example, in the semi-final stage, you might see odds of -145.  This means you would have to stake CHF 145 in order to win CHF 100.  However, before the tournament, the outright winner outcome will still be relatively uncertain.  Thus the American odds will display positive figures because all the team odds will be above even-money.  When this is the case, the odds express how much potential profit would be returned on a CHF 100 wager.  For example, when you see odds of +450 on a team like England to win outright, you would need to stake CHF 100 in order to potentially receive a profit of CHF 450, yielding a total possible return of CHF 550.

With Decimal odds format, know that the odds express the full amount that would be returned on your successful wager including the stake amount.  For this, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake. For example, if Belgium is listed at 3.95 to win outright, a CHF 100 bet would return a total of CHF 395 including your stake, so the profit would be CHF 295. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on a wager.  For example, with a wager of CHF 100 and odds of 3/1 on Italy to win outright (said 3 to 1), one could see a profit of CHF 300 (3 divided by 1, multiplied by CHF 100) plus the stake amount for a total return of CHF 400.  

Outright winner odds comparison for other top football competitions

Since you are checking on the highest odds for the potential winner of the European Championship, you might also be interested in checking out the highest odds for other major football competitions listed below.

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MLS Cup winner odds

Norway Eliteserien winner odds

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