1930 FIFA World Cup

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.

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	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	70 (3.89 per match)
Attendance	434,500 (24,139 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Guillermo Stábile (8 goals)
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A replica of the trophy Uruguay received.

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.

• Argentina
• Belgium
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• France
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Romania
• United States
• Uruguay
• [[Yugoslavia {{{altlink}}}|Yugoslavia]]

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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
France	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

13 July 1930
France	4 – 1	Mexico
15 July 1930
Argentina	1 – 0	France
16 July 1930
Chile	3 – 0	Mexico
19 July 1930
Chile	1 – 0	France
Argentina	6 – 3	Mexico
22 July 1930
Argentina	3 – 1	Chile

Brazil team against Yugoslavia

Group 2

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

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

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
Romania	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	2
Peru	2	0	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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	2
Belgium	2	0	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
	Argentina	6
	United States	1
					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.

Rankings

R	Team	G	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	3	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	8
2	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	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	Bolivia	2	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
13	Mexico	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

1930 FIFA World Cup Media

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  1930 FIFA World Cup, derived from Image:

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  Foto del estadio Centenario en 1930

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  Foto del estadio Gran Parque Central en 1900.

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  Foto del estadio Pocitos en 1930 (estadio desaparecido)

Other websites

• FIFAArchived 2010-01-06 at the Wayback Machine