Its the European Championships play-offs as four teams from eight will be heading to Polkraine next summer. Portugal are rightful favorites along with Ireland, Croatia and the Czech republic.

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The battle for four remaining spots in the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship begins in earnest on Friday, with the eighth-ranked team in the world among those nations just hoping to earn a ticket to the 16-team final.

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Portugal, which is tied with Greece at No. 8 in the current FIFA world rankings, is listed as a +120 favorite to defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first leg Friday of their two-game, total-goal series. Host Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is ranked No. 21 in the world, is listed at +210 odds to upset the talented Portuguese.

The second game of the series will take place on November 15 at Lisbon, and the winner of the series will advance to compete in the final tournament in Poland and Ukraine next June.

In another match on Friday, Croatia will hit the pitch in Istanbul as a +210 underdog against Turkey, which is favored at +130 odds to win the first leg of that playoff series.

Also Friday, the Czech Republic is a heavy -150 favorite in Prague to defeat visiting Montenegro, which is at +390 odds to pull off the upset.

And in the final playoff series the Republic of Ireland is favored at +120 odds despite being on the road against Estonia, which is listed at +225 odds earn the victory.

Even though they have yet to qualify for the final tournament in June, Portugal remains at 20/1 odds to advance and ultimately win Euro 2012, behind only Spain (11/4), Germany (7/2), Holland (6/1), England (10/1), France (11/1), and Italy (12/1).

Each of those six teams are among the 12 nations that have already qualified, along with Russia (25/1), Denmark (50/1), Greece (66/1), and Sweden (66/1). Ukraine and Poland are the co-host countries, and are listed at 40/1 and 66/1 odds respectively.

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