Bet Live: Euro Basketball Championships

EuroBasket 2013 commences in Slovenia Wednesday, bringing together the 24 best basketball countries in Europe. The top three teams from each group of six will qualify for the second stage, where they will be split into two groups of six. Eight teams will emerge from there to play in the quarter-finals.

Group D appears to be the group of death, with Greece, Turkey, Russia and Italy all considered realistic contenders for the EuroBasket title, while Finland and Sweden will realize why they should have stuck to playing hockey.

Group A is likely to be a battle between France and Germany, with Israel the best-positioned team to qualify in third. There will also be interest as to how the UK performs against fellow minnows Ukraine and Belgium.

Group C features tournament favorite Spain and host Slovenia, while Group B is notable for featuring only Baltic and former Yugoslav states, led by Lithuania and Serbia. Bet365 is offering the following title odds heading into today's openers: Spain 7/4, Greece 15/4, France 9/2, Lithuania 13/2, Slovenia 14/1, Serbia 18/1, and all other 25/1 or over.

The online sportsbook is also offering odds on group winners, tournament match-ups between selected rivals (such as which country will perform better out of Greece and France), which group the winner will come from, and which player will be top scorer (France's Tony Parker leads at 5/2).

Of course, bet365 will also be delivering live, in-play betting action on every single match throughout the EuroBasket. Place a live wager on any of the dozen matches playing today, or any of the group matches and finals during the tournament, just by logging into in-play betting while the players are on-court.