Confederation Cup 2009 is going to start very soon hosted by South Africa. It will be also act as a rehearsal for 2010 World Cup which will be held in South Africa. This tournament participate by World Champion, European Champion, North America & Champion, South American Champion, Oceania Champion, Asia Champion, Africa Champion and host nation. We will be able to see the some of the contenders for next year World Cup in actions. Spain, Brazil and Italy are the favorite for this tournament. A total of 8 teams compete in 2 groups of round robin games. In Group A, we have South Africa, New Zealand, Spain and Iraq. While Group B, consist of Brazil, Egypt, USA and Italy. The fixtures of the tournament are shown below. South Africa will face Iraq in the first game.
Spain are currently on a 32 games unbeaten run and they are the team to beat at the moment. Spain should not face any problem to top Group A. with South Africa the favorite for second spot. In Group B, Brazil and Italy are expected finished the group as the top two. However, USA and Egypt could provide some challenges to the favorites of this group. South Africa, as the host nation, is the only automatic qualifier to next year World Cup. Italy, the current World Champion, is leading their group in European Qualifying zone. Italy should be ableto qualify from their group for next year World Cup. Brazil and Spain are also on top of their respective group of their qualifying zone. Currently, Iraq is the only team who will miss next Year World Cup. New Zealand won the Oceania Zone qualifying section and will now play-off against the side who finish fifth in Asian Zone for a place at South Africa 2010. Egypt and USA are still in the running to qualify for World Cup 2010. USA is second in their qualifying group but Egypt is last after 2 games played.
Following is the Asian handicap odds provided by 188Bet.
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