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	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	70 (3.89 per match)
Attendance	590,549 (32,808 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Guillermo Stábile (8 goals)
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The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution, and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. All matches were played in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, the majority at the Estadio Centenario, which was built for the tournament.

Thirteen teams (seven from South America, four from Europe, and two from North America) entered the tournament. Few European teams chose to participate because of the difficulty of travelling to South America. The teams were divided into four groups, with the winner of each group progressing to the semi-finals. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously, and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0, respectively. Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in World Cup history, while American goalkeeper Jimmy Douglas posted the first official "clean sheet" in the tournament.

Argentina, Uruguay, the United States and Yugoslavia each won their respective groups to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, hosts and pre-tournament favourites Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people, and became the first nation to win the World Cup.

Host selection

Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary and Uruguay all lodged applications to host the event. Uruguay's bid became the clear selection after all the other countries withdrew their bids.

Venues

All matches took place in Montevideo. Three stadiums were used: Estadio Centenario, Estadio Pocitos, and Estadio Parque Central. The Estadio Centenario was built both for the tournament and as a celebration of the centenary of Uruguayan independence. Designed by Juan Scasso, it was the primary stadium for the tournament, referred to by Rimet as a "temple of football". With a capacity of 90,000, it was the largest football stadium outside the British Isles. The stadium hosted 10 of the 18 matches, including both semi-finals and the final. However, a rushed construction schedule and delays caused by the rainy season meant the Centenario was not ready for use until five days into the tournament. Early matches were played at smaller stadiums usually used by Montevideo football clubs Nacional and Peñarol, the 20,000 capacity Parque Central and the Pocitos.

Montevideo
Estadio Centenario	Estadio Gran Parque Central	Estadio Pocitos
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 1,000

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1930 FIFA World Cup squads.

Participants

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Bolivia (BOL) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Chile (CHI) • Squad
• Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
• Peru (PER) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Group stage

Group 1

Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup 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	Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo
15 July 1930
Argentina	1–0	France	Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo
16 July 1930
Chile	3–0	Mexico	Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo
19 July 1930
Chile	1–0	France	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Argentina	6–3	Mexico	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
22 July 1930
Argentina	3–1	Chile	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Group 2

Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	2–1	Brazil	Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo
17 July 1930
Yugoslavia	4–0	Bolivia	Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo
20 July 1930
Brazil	4–0	Bolivia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Group 3

Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup 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	Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo
18 July 1930
Uruguay	1–0	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
21 July 1930
Uruguay	4–0	Romania	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Group 4

Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup 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	Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo
17 July 1930
United States	3–0	Paraguay	Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo
20 July 1930
Paraguay	1–0	Belgium	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Knockout stage

Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July – Montevideo (Centenario)
	Uruguay	6
	Yugoslavia	1
					30 July – Montevideo (Centenario)
					Uruguay	4
					Argentina	2
	26 July – Montevideo (Centenario)
	Argentina	6
	United States	1

Semi-finals

26 July 1930 14:45 UYT (UTC−03:30)	Argentina	6–1	United States	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 72,886 Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
	Monti  20' Scopelli  56' Stábile  69', 87' Peucelle  80', 85'		Brown  89'

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27 July 1930 14:45 UYT (UTC−03:30)	Uruguay	6–1	Yugoslavia	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 79,867 Referee: Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo (Brazil)
	Cea  18', 67', 72' Anselmo  20', 31' Iriarte  61'		Vujadinović  4'

Final

Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup Final

30 July 1930 15:30 UYT (UTC−03:30)	Uruguay	4–2	Argentina	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 68,346 Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
	Dorado  12' Cea  57' Iriarte  68' Castro  89'	Report	Peucelle  20' Stábile  37'

Goalscorers

With eight goals, Guillermo Stábile was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 70 goals were scored by 37 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal.

8 goals

• Guillermo Stábile

5 goals Pedro Cea

4 goals Bert Patenaude

3 goals Carlos Peucelle Preguinho Peregrino Anselmo Ivan Bek

2 goals

Luis Monti Adolfo Zumelzú Moderato Guillermo Subiabre

Carlos Vidal André Maschinot Manuel Rosas Héctor Castro

Pablo Dorado Santos Iriarte Đorđe Vujadinović

1 goal

Mario Evaristo Alejandro Scopelli Francisco Varallo Marcel Langiller Lucien Laurent Juan Carreño

Roberto Gayón Luis Vargas Peña Luis de Souza Ferreira Template:Country data Kingdom of Romania Adalbert Deșu Template:Country data Kingdom of Romania Nicolae Kovács Template:Country data Kingdom of Romania Constantin Stanciu

Jim Brown Tom Florie Bart McGhee Héctor Scarone Blagoje Marjanović Aleksandar Tirnanić

Own goals

• Manuel Rosas (against Chile)

Last surviving players

The last surviving player from Uruguay's World Cup-winning side was Ernesto Mascheroni, who died on 3 July 1984 at the age of 76. He was outlived by reserve defender Emilio Recoba who died on 12 September 1992 (aged 87), but did not play any matches in the tournament. However, many other players who participated in the tournament were still alive by this stage and the last surviving player from the tournament was Argentina's Francisco Varallo, who died on 30 August 2010 at the age of 100 – eighty years after the tournament.

External links

• FIFA

1930 FIFA World Cup stadiums

Estadio Centenario · Estadio Pocitos · Estadio Parque Central