Football World Cup 1930
The first ever Football World Cup was staged in 1930. The games were hosted by the Olympic champions at the time, Uruguay.Thirteen nations entered and were divided into four groups:
| Group 1 | pts | goals | Group 2 | pts | goals | Group 3 | pts | goals | Group 4 | pts | goals |
| Argentina | 6 | 10-4 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 6-1 | Uruguay | 4 | 5-0 | United States | 4 | 6-0 |
| Chile | 4 | 5-3 | Brazil | 2 | 5-2 | Romania | 2 | 3-5 | Paraguay | 2 | 1-3 |
| France | 2 | 4-3 | Bolivia | 0 | 0-8 | Peru | 0 | 1-4 | Belgium | 4 | 0-4 |
| Mexico | 0 | 4-13 |
With so few nations involved there was only the group stage that lay before the Semi-Finals, and despite France's Lucien Laurent scoring the first ever goal in the World Cup, the only European nation in the Semi-Finals were Yugoslavia--who went on to be beaten 6-1 by the indomitable Uruguay. Whilst U.S.A were also beaten 6-1 by Argentina.
The first ever World Cup Final was played at the Centenero Stadium, Montevideo on July 30th between the host nation and their South American neighbours Argentina.
The game ended 4-2 to Uruguay who added the title World Cup Winners to the already prestigious mantle of Olympic Champions, as Jules Rimet (President of football's governing body FIFA, and inventor of the World Cup concept) presented the World Cup Trophy, which was later to be named after the man himself.
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July 30:
Results - Group Stage:
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Semi-finals
July 27:
Final
There was no third-place playoff.
| FIFA World Cup (Men) |
| Uruguay 1930 | Italy 1934 | France 1938 | Brazil 1950 | Switzerland 1954 | Sweden 1958 | Chile 1962 | England 1966 | Mexico 1970 | West Germany 1974 | Argentina 1978 | Spain 1982 | Mexico 1986 | Italy 1990 | USA 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006 | 2010 |
| FIFA World Cup (Women) |
| China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007 |