How to bet on the 2022 World Cup

The World Cup is the pinnacle of international soccer, in which the world’s top nations gather every four years to try and win what is largely rated as the biggest prize in the sport.

As not only a huge soccer competition but also the world’s largest global sporting event, the World Cup always attracts huge betting interest across the world.

Analysis by FIFA and Sportradar revealed that the 2018 World Cup generated an estimated betting turnover of $138 billion, with an average of $2.14 billion per match. For the World Cup final, that figure rose to a staggering $7.33 billion.

Given the huge interest in the World Cup, sportsbooks go all out to offer as many different betting options as possible for bettors, meaning the tournament is a great way to experiment with different types of soccer bets.

Sportsbooks offer a full range of soccer bets during the World Cup, with betting available on every individual match, as well as various futures markets and prop bets. You can learn more about World Cup odds with BET.CA, but here’s a quick rundown of the most common World Cup bets available:

• Moneyline: The most straightforward bet you can place. Simply pick which team you think will win a World Cup match, or whether it will end in a tie (or draw).

• Total or over/under: Betting the total requires you to predict how many goals there will be in a World Cup game, or more specifically how many a certain team will score in the match. Total or over/under markets are also often offered for metrics such as corners or cards.

• Point spread: With point spread bets (often called the handicap in soccer markets), you have to decide whether a team will win or lose a World Cup match by a margin set by the sportsbook. For example, if you bet on Brazil to win with a -1.5 handicap, then they need to win the match by two goals or more for your wager to win. Conversely, if you bet on Canada with a +1.5 handicap, they simply need to avoid losing by two or more goals in order for your bet to win.

• Prop bets: The World Cup offers numerous prop bet opportunities, such as which player will score first, last, or at any time in a game, how many cards will be issued during a match, or whether a penalty will be awarded in a game.

• World Cup futures: There are several different futures you can bet on for the World Cup, ranging from which team will win the entire tournament, whether a team will win or qualify from their group, and which player will score the most goals and win the Golden Boot.

From the group stage through to the final, the matches come thick and fast at the World Cup. During the former, there are multiple matches per day, with the final round of games in each group played simultaneously to avoid giving any team an advantage.

To make sure you’re on top of the busy World Cup schedule, BET.CA has a complete list of dates and matches for every game so you know exactly who’s playing who and when. We also feature the latest odds from our reviewed and approved sportsbooks, so you have all of the information you need in one place.