Wagering options on the FIFA Club World Cup
In general, there are two main types of bets: Either single-game bets or futures bets. Futures bets will allow you to choose the club team that you think will emerge as the champion of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup. This bet is most often placed before the tournament begins, and the odds will be listed as either plus or minus. For example, Liverpool Football Club may be the favorite of the tournament and listed as -150 to be the champion. The field isn’t complete for the tournament will all participating clubs yet, so these odds are not yet posted on most sportsbooks. The other most common bet type is a bet on a single match and the next table gives you an example about the odds. It shows the game between CF Monterrey and Al Hilal.
Three-way betting is an option in most football matches, where you can pick either side to win or the match to end in a draw, but that isn’t possible for the FIFA Club World Cup since it is an elimination tournament — there are no draws. Instead, you can bet on either club to win the match on the moneyline, or you can even lay or take an against-the-spread bet, if the sportsbook offers that wager.
Another option is to wager on the total goals scored in a particular match. You will choose whether you think there will be more or less goals scored in the match than the line that’s set. All of these betting options will be similar for KO round games, the semi-finals and the championship final.
Special wagers
In addition to these common betting options, there are also special bets that can be placed on the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup. Some of these special bets can be made on a single match, while others are more closely aligned with future bets. On single match, most sportsbooks will offer prop bets, which will allow you to place a wager on special events such as what team and/or player will score the first goal of the match, whether one team will score at all, and if any player will score more than one goal.
In addition, you can wager on who will win the awards that are given out at the end of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup. These awards are called the Golden Ball (the media’s choice for best player), the Golden Boot (the top scorer), the Fair Play Trophy (team with the best total according to the rules) and the Most Valuable Player of the Final Match.
Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League will be considered one of the favorites of the tournament. They qualified on June 1 by winning the UEFA Champions League. Their last participation in the FIFA Club World Cup was back in 2005.
Liverpool will be entering the tournament in the semi-finals, and benefit from being able to skip the preliminary rounds. This gives them a leg up on the rest of the competition in the tournament field, which makes them one of the favorites to win it all. You can place bets on them winning the entire tournament, or you can place wagers on their specific games and/or players and here is an example:
Event information
The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup will be held from December 11-21 in Qatar. Round 1 will be played on December 11, and Round 2 will be held December 14. The fifth place playoff will be December 17. The semi-finals will be held December 17 and December 18, with both the third place playoff and the final being held December 21.
The clubs who are invited to participate are the champions of the host nation’s league, along with the winners of the six major competitions from the year prior, including the AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe).
Short summary
While the FIFA Club World Cup isn’t one of the most popular events on the football calendar, it still draws plenty of attention from sports bettors around the world. There are plenty of betting options for before and during the entire tournament, and there is sure to be plenty of action for two weeks in December. If you want to take part, you can have a look at the following online sites.