Euro Cup 2012: Battle of Debt

EURO CUP 2012 BATTLE OF DEBT A look at how countries stack up in the European football championship and in the debt crisis. COUNTRIES MOST IN DEBT (PIIGS) Portugal Ireland Italy Greece Spain 5% 20%12% 1% 9% 14% 8% 10% 8.4% 1% 40% 17.3% 29% 20% 21.7% odds of winning Euro Cup* odds of default* (introde.com) unemployment rate (cia.gov) (sportsbook.ag) GROUP A Russia Polond Czech Rep. Greece GROUP B Germany Netherlands Portugal Denmark 70 57 12 50 41 8.5 70 165 17.3 100 81 6 90 64 4.4 62 103 12.4 75 45 6 % qualifying games won (soccerstats.com) debt as % of GDP (cia.gov) GROUP C Spoin THE GROUP OF DEBT GROUP D France Ireland Italy Croatia England Sweden Ukroine 100 68 21.7 60 107 14.4 80 120 8.4 70 44 17.7 60 86 9.3 62 80 8.1 80 37 7.5 45 7 *odds calculated from beginning of the European football Championship and rounded to nearest percent. SOURCES http://www.soccerstots.com/leaguevieuw.asp?league=euro https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbookirankorder/2186rank.html //www.intrade.com/v4/markets/?searchQuery=spain http://www.sportsbook.ag/livesports/indexmember.php?sportsname=soccer lemonsly Created by