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)
Runners-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)

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.

• Argentina
• Belgium
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• France
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Romania
• United States
• Uruguay
• Yugoslavia

Summary

Group Stage

Group 1 was the only group to have four teams. They were Argentina, France, Chile and Mexico. Argentina won the group. This was because they won all three of their matches in the group, including a 6-3 win against Mexico. Guillermo Stábile scored 3 goals in that game. Chile finished 2nd, while France ended in 3rd.

Yugoslavia won Group 2. They won both of the matches in their group. They were the only European team to qualify. This was after they won 2-1 against likely winners Brazil in the first game. They beat Bolivia 4-0 in the second game to win the group. Brazil beat Bolivia in the final game by the same score.

In Group 3, the host nation (Uruguay) won both of their games to qualify for the knockout stage. After a one-goal win over Peru, they beat Romania in the last game of the group without giving away a goal. During that match, they scored with four different players in their 4-0 win. The other match in the group saw the smallest crowd at a World Cup with 2,459. The actual figure though is to be around 300 people.

In the final group, the United States won the group with wins against Belgium and Paraguay by the same score (3-0). During the Paraguay game, Bert Patenaude was credited as the first player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup. The last match of the group saw Paraguay beat Belgium one to nil.

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 Stage

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

File:Yugoslavia-Brazil, 1930.jpg

Brazil team against Yugoslavia

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
17 July 1930
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
	Jugoslavija	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	Jugoslavija	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

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