FIFA World Cup Betting: The Oranje have made their intentions clear for this World Cup. Anything less than a championship isn't acceptable. And why not? The Dutch have been giants in the global soccer scene for years, and the oddsmakers have appropriately made them one of the favorites on the World Cup odds.

No team qualified with any easier of a road to the World Cup possibly in the entire world than the Dutch. The Netherlands earned 24 points from eight matches and outscored its opponents 17-2 in those games from what ultimately amounted to be a very, very weak group.

F Arjen Robben had a fantastic Euro 2008, but his team couldn't get out of the group stage of that tournament. Several names in Dutch soccer history such as GK Edwin Van Der Sar and F Ruud Van Nistelrooy are no longer playing internationally, so the pressure will be on Robben and some of the remaining veterans such as F Dirk Kuyt and M Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

No one doubts that Holland is going to get through Group E, as they are -700 favorites and should be the subject of everyone's World Cup picks. The real question is going to become how difficult the rest of the draw is going to be to reach the World Cup Final. Italy, either Brazil or Spain, and Argentina could all possibility be awaiting in Holland's way, but if it can avoid all of those hurdles, don't be shocked to see the +1100 World Cup betting odds pay off in a huge way.