Watch the Euro 2012 qualifiers this Friday at bet365!

The 2010 World Cup is fading into the background for every European nation who will now start competing to qualify for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine. Just fourteen places are up for grabs and the groups are therefore set to be highly competitive, with eight 2nd placed teams having to contest a play-off to go through.

Naturally, the bookmakers will be offering a wide range of betting markets for all the matches that are taking place on Friday, although many will also be showing a selection of the games on their website and it’s completely free to watch any of them!

Bet365 have just released information which states that they will be showing the following matches this week:

Thursday
Israel v Malta 19:15 BST

Friday
Armenia v Rep of Ireland 16:00 BST
Kazakhstan v Turkey 17:00 BST
Andorra v Russia 17:30 BST
San Marino v Netherlands 17:45 BST
Faroe Islands v Serbia 18:00 BST
Sweden v Hungary 19:00 BST
Latvia v Croatia 19:00 BST
Belgium v Germany 19:15 BST
Estonia v Italy 19:30 BST
France v Belarus 20:00 BST
Iceland v Norway 20:00 BST
Portugal v Cyprus 20:45 BST

That’s a brilliant selection of Euro 2012 qualifiers to choose from and you simply need to have a bet365 account to be able to log in and view all the matches that are taking place. However, you should note that geographical restrictions apply to these games.

For example, any based in France, Belarus or the USA will not be able to watch the France v Belarus match, while anyone based in the UK, Ireland, Armenia and USA will not be able to watch Armenia v Republic of Ireland.

It’s also worth checking out Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and betfair who also have the rights to show many sporting events for free on their website.

There are some interesting matches taking place, not least the France match against Belarus which will see Laurent Blanc take charge of Les Bleus for their first competitive match since the fiasco at the 2010 World Cup. It’s a new regime after the reign of Raymond Domenech and bet365 offer a best price 1/3 that the French get their Euro 2012 campaign off to a winning start.

Meanwhile, Germany can be viewed on the bet365 live streaming console when they travel to Belgium for what could be a tricky contest. Many people are excited about this German team after some excellent performances during the 2010 World Cup and they are 8/13 with Sky Bet to get off to a flyer. Thomas Muller is 13/2 with bet365 to open the scoring in this match and he was joint-top scorer in South Africa.

Finally, you can watch World Cup finalists Holland when they travel to San Marino for the first match of their qualifying campaign and it would be a major surprise if the Dutch didn’t oblige at odds of 1/100! It may well be worth covering the 5-0 (15/2 Paddy Power), 6-0 (14/1 Paddy Power) and 7-0 (22/1 Paddy Power), then sitting back and enjoying the goalfest from the Netherlands!