European Championship Top Scorer Stats
Euro 2008 Betting Tips - Euro 2008 Top Scorer Betting
Saturday, 31 May 2008 12:14
From, 'Mayonnaise' in the betting forum:

"Below are the top scorer charts taken from the last two European Championships and their respective qualifying tournaments for comparison. Some of the information is incomplete as I do not have access to all the information, the most important points are covered though!

Euro 2004
Tournament Top Scorers
M Baros Czech Republic 5 (3 Qualifying)
R Van Nistelrooy Netherlands 4 (5 Qualifying)
W Rooney England 4 (2 Qualifying)
A Charisteas Greece 3 (3 Qualifying)
F Lampard England 3 (0 Qualifying)
H Larsson Sweden 3 (0 Qualifying)
J Tomasson Denmark 3 (5 Qualifying)
Z Zidane France 3 (2 Qualifying)
A Cassano Italy 2 (0 Qualifying)
J Koller Czech Republic 2 (6 Qualifying)
M Heinz Czech Republic 2 (0 Qualifying)
Nuno Maniche Portugal 2 (Hosts)
Ronaldo Portugal 2 (Hosts)
Rui Costa Portugal 2 (Hosts)
T Henry France 2 (6 Qualifying)
Z Ibrahimovic Sweden 2 (3 Qualifying)

Qualifying Top Scorers
R Gonzalez Spain 7 (0 Comp)
D Trezeguet France 6 (1 Comp)
F Inzaghi Italy 6 (0 Comp)
J Koller Czech Republic 6 (2 Comp)
M Verpakovskis Latvia 6 (1 Comp)
S Wiltord France 6 (0 Comp)
T Henry France 6 (2 Comp)
A Del Piero Italy 5 (0 Comp)
A Frei Switzerland 5 (0 Comp)
D Beckham England 5 (0 Comp)
D Berbatov Bulgaria 5 (0 Comp)
J Tomasson Denmark 5 (3 Comp)
M Allback Sweden 5 (1 Comp)
M Owen England 5 (1 Comp)
R Van Nistelrooy Netherlands 5 (4 Comp)


Euro 2000
Tournament Top Scorers
P Kluivert Netherlands 5 (Hosts)
S Milosevic Serbia and Montenegro 5 (4 Qualifying)
Nuno Gomes Portugal 4 (0 Qualifying)
Sergio Conceicao Portugal 3
T Henry France 3
Z Zahovic Slovenia 3 (9 Qualifying)
A Shearer England 2 (6 Qualifying)
Alfonso Spain 2
B Zenden Netherlands 2 (Hosts)
D Trezeguet France 2
F De Boer Netherlands 2 (Hosts)
F Inzaghi Italy 2
F Totti Italy 2
G Mendieta Spain 2
Hakan Sukur Turkey 2
M Overmars Netherlands 2 (Hosts)
S Wiltord France 2
V Smicer Czech Republic 2
Y Djorkaeff France 2
Z Zidane France 2


Qualifying Top Scorers
Raul Spain 11 (0 Comp)
Z Zahovic Slovenia 9 (3 Comp)
Joao Pinto Portugal 8 (1 Comp)
O Bierhoff Germany 7 (0 Comp)
A Shearer England 6 (2 Comp)
I Urzaiz Spain 6 (0 Comp)
J Koller Czech Republic 6 (0 Comp)
J Tomasson Denmark 6 (0 Comp)
Rui Costa Portugal 6 (0 Comp)


First impressions would seem to indicate that being prolific scorers in qualifying is more of an hinderance than anything, possibly as coaches at the finals will tend to try and mark those players out of the games."

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