July 12 Picks for U-20 Women Euro Championship

Written by Alleks

Wednesday, 12 July 2006

Honestly speaking I don't like any of todays matches and probably the best bet would not to bet at all. But if you still wanting to bet on any game below you can read my short predictions and possible outcomes.

Poland (U20) - Czech Republic (U20)
BAW has 1.50 odd on Czechs win and probably ML is worth to pick. But before doing this have in mind Poland was a victim of strong group in at first tournament phase, where they lost 2 games to one of the best teams here Russia and Spain. Yes, they have defeated Turkey but their lose to Israel is something I don't understand. Probably those 2 collapses when Jewish team did their spurts have killed Polish teams moral.
I don't expect that this game will be easy for any of the teams but in general looks like Czechs are bit better and experienced.

Spain (U20) - Bulgaria (U20)
Spain is in a must win situation here and they will get this win. I haven't seen any of the games but what is interesting in Bulgaria team is that their rebounding leader is small guard E.Demitrova with height of 1.82cm she was able to grab 27 rebounds. If spanish girls will be able to stop her in scoring and rebounding Bulgarian team would not have any chances.

The odds for Spain money line is 1.21 and these odds are good for parlays. Talking about HC it's harder to say because -9.5 HC is quite risky to bet because of it's size and because Bulgarian team showed us some kind of character during this tournament. And in this game points difference really matter both teams because there is still a chance that 3 teams in this group will finish with same points amount. But Spanish are more quality here and I expect something like 72-58 here.

Germany (U20) - France (U20)
French team needs a win here to qualify for semifinal stage and I don't see how germans can stop strongest team at this tournament. 1.22 for France is good for parlay.

Latvia (U20) - Israel (U20)
No bet game. Both teams are not stable.

Russia (U20) - Greece (U20)
Russians has a deeper and stronger squad but talking about HC it is quite risky to bet on because game probably will be low scoring and in such games all Handicaps over than 8 points are dangerous to bet. I expect something like 68-54 here so probably under 130.5 could be a good bet.

Turkey (U20) - Finland (U20)
Turkey for 1.10? Sorry but no bet for me here. Yes turkish side needs a win but not for 1.10 odds. Finnish side has a starting five and if their leaders will stay away from foul trouble they could give a fight for Turkey. 5.75 for Finland is a value bet here.

Belgium (U20) - Hungary (U20)
Hungary is home side here and this is their last chance to qualify for semifinal. But Belgian side is playing for 3rd year together and always show character. So talking about money line or handicap betting I don't see any good bet here. But I don't expect fast game here because Hungarian team is not a running-shooting team they prefer slow position basketball. yes, they have played over games in this tournament but those results came from games with high scoring teams like France 73-70, Ukraine 92-63, and lose to Russia 55-82. I don't see any team here scoring more than 70 points so probably under 133.5 is worth to bet on.

Italy (U20) - Ukraine (U20)
Ukraine side played 4 games here and they average total is 161 points per game. Italian average total is 121 but all their games with under-teams: Finland, Latvia, Germany and Belgium. Italy is shooting about 20 3 point shoots per game but their shooting percentage is still low... maybe because of good their opponents defense, but ukrainian side don't have such defence. I expect that both teams will score more than 70 points so I will take over 138.5 with medium stakes.

So if are still planning to bet on this games I reccomend to consider following picks: