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The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. The tournament was played in Uruguay, as they were Olympic champions at the time and were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4 – 2.

The first World Cup was the only one without qualification, as teams were invited (every country affliated with FIFA was invited). Due to the long and costly trip across the Atlantic, very few European teams chose to participate; two months before the tournament started, no team from that continent had officially entered. FIFA's president, Jules Rimet, intervened, along with the Uruguayan government, which promised to pay the travel expenses of any travelling European team. Eventually four European teams made the 14 day voyage (June 21-July 4): Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia.

The thirteen teams were drawn into four groups, with all the games taking place in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Since there were no qualifying games, the opening two matches of the tournament were also the first ever World Cup games, taking place simultaneously on July 13; France beat Mexico 4-1 in Centenario, while the U.S. defeated Belgium 3-0 at the same time in Estadio Gran Parque Central. France's Lucien Laurent was the scorer of the first ever World Cup goal. The four eventual group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, and the USA, moved to the semifinals.

The two semi-final matches saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the US and Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia. Because the traditional third-place playoff match was not established until 1934, the 1930 World Cup is unique in not having any games take place between the semi-finals and the Final. However, some sources, notably the FIFA Bulletin from 1984, affirm that the match occurred (Yugoslavia - U.S. 3-1). This information has never been officially confirmed.

The first ever World Cup Final was played at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, on July 30. A seemingly innocuous controversy overshadowed the build-up to the match as the teams disagreed on who should provide the match ball, forcing FIFA to intervene and decree that the Argentine team would provide the ball for the first half and the Uruguayans would provide their own for the second. The game ended 4-2 to Uruguay (who had trailed 2-1 at half time) who added the title World Cup Winners to the already prestigious mantle of Olympic Champions, as Jules Rimet presented the World Cup Trophy, which was subsequently named for him.

Only one player from that final, Francisco Varallo (who played as a striker for Argentina), is still alive as of 2006.

Venues

All matches took place in Montevideo. Three stadia were used -

• Estadio Pocitos
• Estadio Parque Central - Capacity: 20,000
• Estadio Centenario - Capacity: 100,000

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Template:ROUfpre19472	3–1	Peru
Desu 1' Barbu 85' Stanciu 85'	(Report)	Souza-Ferreira 75'

Group 4

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

Final

Awards

1930 World Cup Winners:
URUGUAY First title

Final rankings

These are the unofficial final rankins, calculated according to modern tie-breakers.

Team		Pts	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Dif	Perc
1	Uruguay	8	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	100%
2	Argentina	8	5	4	0	1	18	9	+9	80.0%
3	USA	4	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	66.6%
4	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	66.6%
5	Chile	4	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	66.6%
6	Brazil	2	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	50.0%
7	France	2	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	33.3%
8	Romania	2	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2	50.0%
9	Paraguay	2	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2	50.0%
10	Peru	0	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	0.00%
11	Belgium	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0.00%
12	Bolivia	0	2	0	0	2	0	8	-8	0.00%
13	Mexico	0	3	0	0	3	4	13	-9	0.00%

Scorers

Trivia

• Spain, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Sweden with Italy had attempted to organize the event, but retracted their candidacies.
• The record of the most goals in the opening match was not broken until 2006 when Germany and Costa Rica scored 6 goals between them. The 1930 record was 5 goals.

External links

• FIFA - Uruguay 1930
• Details at RSSSF; several goals assigned to different players than here

References

1. Both of these goals are credited by RSSSF to Carlos Vidal
2. This goal is credited by RSSSF to Carlos Vidal
3. This goal is credited by RSSSF to Constantin Stanciu, in the 2nd minute
4. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 79th minute.
5. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 89th minute.
6. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 28th minute.
7. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 80th minute.
8. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 40th minute.
9. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 43rd minute.
10. This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 89th minute.
11. This goal is credited by RSSSF as an own goal by Aurelio González; others claim it was scored by Patenaude, giving him a hat trick.
12. This goal is credited by RSSSF to Delfín Benítez Cáceres.
13. RSSSF credits this goal to Đorđe Vujadinović
14. RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 58th minute.
15. RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 38th minute.
16. FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on May 13, 2006.

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• FIFA World Cup tournaments
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