1930 FIFA World Cup

1930 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	13–30 July (18 days)
Teams	13
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	United States
Fourth place	File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1941).svg Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	70 (3.89 per match)
Attendance	434,500 (24,139 per match)
Top scorer(s)	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Stábile (8 goals)
	1934 →

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930. Thirteen teams competed in the first World Cup. Seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America. The teams were split into four groups with the winner of each group entering the semi-finals. The final saw Uruguay winning the trophy after beating Argentina.

Participants

This was the only World Cup to not have qualifiers. This is because every FIFA member was invited to join the tournament. Most of the interest came from South America where seven nations entered. This was the most South American nations that had entered the World Cup throughout its history. Few European nations took part because of cost from travelling the Atlantic Ocean from Europe.^[1]

[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Argentina
Belgium
22x20px Bolivia
22x20px Brazil
Chile
[[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France
22x20px Mexico
Paraguay
22x20px Peru
Romania
United States
Uruguay
[[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}|Yugoslavia]]

Summary

Group Stage

Semi finals

The four winners, Argentina, United States, Uruguay and Yugoslavia met in two games to see who would make the final. In the first match, the pitch had puddles all through the pitch.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	10	4	+6	6
Chile	3	2	1	5	3	+2	4
[[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] France	3	1	2	4	3	+1	2
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	3	0	3	4	13	−9	0


13 July 1930
France [[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]]	4 – 1	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
15 July 1930
Argentina [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]]	1 – 0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] France
16 July 1930
Chile	3 – 0	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
19 July 1930
Chile	1 – 0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] France
Argentina [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]]	6 – 3	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
22 July 1930
Argentina [[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]]	3 – 1	Chile

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Brazil team against Yugoslavia

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
[[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}\|Yugoslavia]]	2	2	0	6	1	+5	4
Brazil	2	1	1	5	2	+3	2
22x20px Bolivia	2	0	2	0	8	−8	0


14 July 1930
[[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}\|Yugoslavia]]	2 – 1	Brazil
17 July 1930
[[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}\|Yugoslavia]]	4 – 0	22x20px Bolivia
20 July 1930
Brazil	4 – 0	22x20px Bolivia

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	2	2	0	5	0	+5	4
Romania	2	1	1	3	5	−2	2
Peru	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0


14 July 1930
Romania	3 – 1	Peru
18 July 1930
Uruguay	1 – 0	Peru
21 July 1930
Uruguay	4 – 0	Romania

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	6	0	+6	4
Paraguay	2	1	1	1	3	−2	2
Belgium	2	0	2	0	4	−4	0


13 July 1930
United States	3 – 0	Belgium
17 July 1930
United States	3 – 0	Paraguay
20 July 1930
Paraguay	1 – 0	Belgium

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals		Final


[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Argentina	6
United States	1


		[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Argentina	2
		Uruguay	4




Uruguay	6
[[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}\|Yugoslavia]]	1

Uruguay won the championship. Although there was no third place play off, the United States are recognized as coming in third place (and Yugoslavia in fourth place) as the United States had better results in the tournament overall.^[2]

Rankings

R	Team	G	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	3	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	8
2	[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Argentina	1	5	4	0	1	18	9	+9	8
3	United States	4	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
4	[[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}\|Yugoslavia]]	2	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	4
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Chile	1	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
6	Brazil	2	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	2
7	[[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] France	1	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2
8	Romania	3	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	2
9	Paraguay	4	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	2
10	Peru	3	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
11	Belgium	4	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
12	22x20px Bolivia	2	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
13	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

1930 FIFA World Cup Media

1930 FIFA World Cup.png

1930 FIFA World Cup, derived from Image:
BlankMap-World 1935.png and Image:1930 world cup.png, countries qualified (red), showing: * * 1st (dark blue)
Estadio Centenario 1930.jpg

Foto del estadio Centenario en 1930
Gran Parque Central 1900.jpg

Foto del estadio Gran Parque Central en 1900.
Estadio Pocitos 1930.jpg

Foto del estadio Pocitos en 1930 (estadio desaparecido)

References

↑ Hunt, Chris (2006). World Cup Stories: The History of the FIFA World Cup. Ware: Interact. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9549819-2-1.
↑ 1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009. Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

Other websites

FIFA Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Hunt, Chris (2006). World Cup Stories: The History of the FIFA World Cup. Ware: Interact. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9549819-2-1.

[2] 1930 FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com. Retrieved on 5 March 2009. Archived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

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