Soccer Events and Tournaments

The leagues run all season, but the events are where the country stops to bet. A World Cup, an AFCON, a Champions League final, a Soweto derby — these pull in casual and serious bettors alike, and they carry markets you won’t touch on an ordinary weekend: outright futures, group qualification, golden boot, to-reach-the-final. Each event bets differently, and knowing how is the edge. Here’s the full set.

International tournaments

The national-team events, where outright and group markets run for weeks and a sharp early read pays big:

• World Cup 2026 — the biggest of them all, live now, with Bafana in Group A.
• AFCON — the Africa Cup of Nations, where the SA angle and continental knowledge count.
• Euros — the European Championship, deep and competitive top to bottom.
• Copa America — South America’s championship, where the heavyweights collide.

Club competitions

The continental club events — season-long futures plus the two-leg knockout drama:

• UEFA Champions League — the elite club competition, group vs knockout reads.
• Europa League and the Conference League — the second and third tiers, where value hides.
• CAF Champions League — Africa’s premier club competition, with SA sides in the mix.
• FIFA Club World Cup — the expanded global club tournament.

Domestic cups

The knockout cups, where rotation and giant-killings make the form book a liability:

• FA Cup and the Carabao Cup — England’s two cups, the home of the magic-of-the-cup upset.
• Nedbank Cup, the MTN8 and the Carling Knockout — South Africa’s three cups, where local knowledge of the lower tiers is real money.
• Copa del Rey, the Coppa Italia and the DFB-Pokal — Spain, Italy and Germany’s cups, each with its own upset dynamic.

The big rivalries

The marquee fixtures that throw the form book out — bet the occasion, not the table:

• Soweto derby — Chiefs against Pirates, the biggest match in the country.
• El Clásico — Real Madrid against Barcelona.
• Manchester derby, North London derby, Merseyside derby and the Madrid derby — Europe’s fiercest rivalries.

For the match-by-match side of any event, bring the bet types and odds guides. When the events are live, every market is at Scorebet.