EURO 2024 Winner Odds: Examination of the leading contenders

During this October international break we're turning our attention to the 2024 European Championships. Readers will be wondering who the favourites are to lift the trophy in Germany next year, which is why we've examined the competitive outright winner market and provided you with this comprehensive breakdown for the top sides involved.

France

Led by the entrusted Didier Deschamps, you'd be hard pressed to find many willing to go against 2022's World Cup runners-up at this next international competition.

In the last two renewals, 2016 saw the host nation lose to Portugal in the final before severely underperforming across the continent in 2020, where they exited in the first knockout round to Switzerland by way of a penalty shootout.

At the time of writing, punters can get 9/2 with a couple of different bookmakers for the two-time European holders to etch their name onto the trophy once more.

England

Gareth Southgate's Three Lions hope to go one further than 2020's runners-up medal by obtaining the top prize in Germany.

Backers can grab between 4/1-9/2 depending on their bookmaker of choice, which would be recorded as only England's second ever major trophy, and the first since that famous 1966 triumph on home soil.

With emerging talents like Jude Bellingham complimenting accomplished stars such as Harry Kane, the sky truly should be the limit for this well-balanced team. Whether or not Southgate can implement the right tactics and personnel to match the public's expectations is a lingering question, however.

Germany

2024's hosts seek to end a European Championship-starved run of 28 years. 1972, 1980 and 1996 all saw the Germans crowned the best team in Europe, adding to their status as four-time world champions.

The national side have had to navigate some rocky roads lately, disappointing in three consecutive major tournaments at World Cup 2018, EURO 2020 and World Cup 2022. Poor performances and failing to progress from the group stages in Qatar last year resulted in Hansi Flick losing his job.

Now, with Julian Nagelsmann in charge, the country are hoping to usher in a new era. 7/1 is the price that most betting sites have settled on for them to claim their first major trophy in 10 years.

Spain

Rounding out the top four names in the betting are Spain. An ever-present among the European and world elite, La Roja have strong chances of adding a fourth European Championship title to their collection.

Similar to Germany, the Spaniards have struggled to find any real consistency, certainly of the kind which saw them back up their credentials by lifting first ever World Cup trophy sandwiched between the honour of being defending European Champions between 2008-2016.

Eventual winners Italy pipped them to a place in the final through penalties in 2020, while the last-16 was as far as they could stretch themselves in Qatar thanks to Morocco's efforts. Luis Enrique was relieved of his duties shortly after, with Luis de la Fuente becoming his successor.

8/1 is the price for those willing a Spanish European trophy - the first since the shared tournament across Poland and Ukraine, and their fourth EURO title in total.

Best of the Rest

Among a packed crowd of outsiders, Portugal are believed to be the next best option for punters at 21/2. Head coach Roberto Martinez has enjoyed a breezy qualification campaign so far, and should be eyed as achieving similar heroics to 2016's first major trophy for the nation.

Netherlands, 35/2 to be 2024's European champions, have to go back to 1988 for the only time they've tasted success in this competition. They've placed third four times - with 2004 their strongest most recent outing - and will be relying on Ronald Koeman to repeat a similar feat to his 2018/19 Nations League runners-up medal in the man's second stint in charge.

Further out, reigning European Champions Italy sit at 16/1 alongside this generation's underachievers Belgium. Croatia (27/1), Denmark (28/1) and Switzerland (40/1) are then the three remaining teams all propped up as nations priced below 50/1 to win it all in Germany.