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The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the worldwide governing body of soccer. FIFA governs all levels of soccer, including professional play, Olympic competitions, and youth leagues. The organization also governs the sport’s premier event, the World Cup, an international competition held every four years pitting national teams from 32 countries against one another.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

1930 FIFA World Cup


1930 FIFA World Cup


1930 FIFA World Cup - Uruguay
1er Campeonato Mundial de Football
Official logo
Official logo
Teams
13  (from 13 entrants)
Host
Uruguay
Champions
Uruguay (1st title)
Matches played  
18
Goals scored
70  (average 3.889 per match)
Attendance
434,500  (average 24,139 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Guillermo Stábile (ARG)
8 goals
Qualifying countries
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Qualifying countries
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 three-week sea trip: 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). [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 stadiums were used -

First round

Group 1
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Argentina
6
3
3
0
0
10
4
Chile
4
3
2
0
1
5
3
France
2
3
1
0
2
4
3
Mexico
0
3
0
0
3
4
13

July 13, 1930
15:00

France
4–1
Mexico
Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos
Attendance: +3000
Referee: Lombardi (Uruguay)

Laurent 19'
Langiller 40'
Maschinot 43', 87'
(Report)
Carreño 70'



July 15, 1930
16:00

France
0–1
Argentina
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central
Attendance: ~18000
Referee: Rege (Brazil)


(Report)
Monti 81'



July 16, 1930
14:45

Mexico
0–3
Chile
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central
Attendance: ~7000
Referee: Christophe (Belgium)


(Report)
Subiabre 3', 65'[1]
Rosas 52' (og)



July 19, 1930
12:50

France
0–1
Chile
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: ~50000
Referee: Tejada (Uruguay)


(Report)
Subiabre 67'



July 19, 1930
15:00

Mexico
3–6
Argentina
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: ~50000
Referee: Saucedo (Bolivia)

Rosas 42' pen, 65'
Gayón 75'
(Report)
Stábile 8', 17', 80'
Zumelzú 12', 55'
Varallo 53'



July 22, 1930
14:45

Argentina
3–1
Chile
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: ~35000
Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Stábile 12', 13'
Marino Evaristo 51'
(Report)
Subiabre 15'[2]

[edit]
Group 2
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Yugoslavia
4
2
2
0
0
6
1
Brazil
2
2
1
0
1
5
2
Bolivia
0
2
0
0
2
0
8

July 14, 1930
12:45

Yugoslavia
2–1
Brazil
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central
Attendance: ~20000
Referee: Tejada (Uruguay)

Tirnanić 21'
Bek 30'
(Report)
Preguinho 62'



July 17, 1930
12:45

Yugoslavia
4–0
Bolivia
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central
Attendance: ~20000
Referee: Mateucci (Uruguay)

Bek 60', 67'
Marjanović 65'
Vujadinović 86'
(Report)



July 20, 1930
13:00

Brazil
4–0
Bolivia
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: ~12000
Referee: Balway (France)

Moderato 37', 73'
Preguinho 67', 83'
(Report)

[edit]
Group 3
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
Uruguay
4
2
2
0
0
5
0
Romania
2
2
1
0
1
3
5
Peru
0
2
0
0
2
1
4

July 14, 1930
14:50

Romania
3–1
Peru
Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos
Attendance: +2000
Referee: Warnken (Chile)

Desu 1'[3]
Barbu 85'[4]
Stanciu 85'[5]
(Report)
Souza-Ferreira 75'



July 18, 1930
14:30

Uruguay
1–0
Peru
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: +85000
Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Castro 65'
(Report)




July 21, 1930
14:50

Uruguay
4–0
Romania
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: ~80000
Referee: Rege (Brazil)

Dorado 7'
Scarone 26'[6]
Anselmo 31'
Cea 35'[7]
(Report)



Group 4
Team
Pts
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
USA
4
2
2
0
0
6
0
Paraguay
2
2
1
0
1
1
3
Belgium
0
2
0
0
2
0
4

July 13, 1930
15:00

USA
3–0
Belgium
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central
Attendance: +15000
Referee: Macias (Argentina)

McGhee 41'[8], 45'[9]
Patenaude 88'[10]
(Report)




July 17, 1930
14:45

USA
3–0
Paraguay
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central
Attendance: ~20000
Referee: Macias (Argentina)

Patenaude 10', 50'
Florie 15' [11]
(Report)




July 20, 1930
15:00

Paraguay
1–0
Belgium
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: ~12000
Referee: Vallarino (Uruguay)

Vargas Peña 40'[12]
(Report)


[edit]
Knockout stages
Semi finals
Finals







26 July – Montevideo
  Argentina
6

  USA
1


30 July – Montevideo


  Uruguay
4

  Argentina
2
27 July - Montevideo
  Uruguay
6
  Yugoslavia
1


Semi-finals
July 26, 1930
14:45

Argentina
6–1
USA
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: +60000
Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Monti 20'
Scopelli 56'
Stábile 69', 87'
Peucelle 80', 85'
(Report)
Brown 89'



July 27, 1930
14:45

Uruguay
6–1
Yugoslavia
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: +80000
Referee: Rege (Brazil)

Cea 19', 66', 72'
Anselmo 21', 23'
Iriarte 63'
(Report)
Sekulić[13] 4'


Final
July 30, 1930
15:30

Uruguay
4–2
Argentina
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 93,000[16]
Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Dorado 12'
Cea 57'[14]
Iriarte 68'
Castro 89'
(Report)
Peucelle 20'
Stábile 37'[15]


Awards
1930 World Cup Winners:
Uruguay
Uruguay
First title

Scorers
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

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.

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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