1930 FIFA World Cup
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| 1930 FIFA World Cup - Uruguay 1er Campeonato Mundial de Football |
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 Official logo |
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| 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 Stábile8 goals |
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup tournament ever staged. It was played in Uruguay from July 13 to July 30. FIFA chose Uruguay as hosts in May 1929, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its independence and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4-2.
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[edit] Overview
The first World Cup was the only one without qualification. Every country affliated with FIFA was invited to compete. However, only thirteen teams ended up participating. Due to the long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean, very few European teams chose to take part; two months before the tournament started, no team from that continent had officially entered. FIFA 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 Romanians, coached by Costel Radulescu boarded the ship Conte Verde at Genoa, the French were picked up at Villefranche-South-Mer and the Belgians were taken from Barcelona. This is the same vessel which took Jules Rimet, the trophy itself and the three European referees: the Belgians Jean Langenus and Henri Christophe and the Paris-based EnglishmanThomas Balway. In addition the Brazilian team were picked up when the boat docked in Rio de Janeiro before arriving at Uruguay.[1] Yugoslavia travelled via the mail steamship Florida.[2]
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 at the Estadio Centenario, while the United States defeated Belgium 3-0 at the same time at the 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 United States, moved to the semifinals.
The two semi-final matches saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the United States and Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia. Because the traditional third-place 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 3, U.S 1).[3] This information has never been officially confirmed.
The first ever World Cup final was played at the Estadio Centenario, 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.[4]
[edit] Venues
All matches took place in Montevideo. Three stadiums were used:
- Estadio Pocitos
- Estadio Parque Central - Capacity: 20,000
- Estadio Centenario - Capacity: 100,000
[edit] Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1930 FIFA World Cup squads.
[edit] First round
[edit] Group 1
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| France |
0–1 | Argentina |
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central Attendance: ~18000 Referee: Rege (Brazil) |
| (Report) | Monti 81' |
| July 16, 1930 14:45 |
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| Mexico |
0–3 | Chile |
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central Attendance: ~7000 Referee: Christophe (Belgium) |
| (Report) | Subiabre 3'[5], 52'[6] Vidal 65' |
| July 19, 1930 12:50 |
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| France |
0–1 | Chile |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: ~50000 Referee: Tejada (Uruguay) |
| (Report) | Subiabre 65'[7] |
| July 19, 1930 15:00 |
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| Mexico |
3–6 | Argentina |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: ~50000 Referee: Saucedo (Bolivia) |
| M. Rosas 42' pen, 65' Gayón 75' |
(Report) | Stábile 8', 17', 80' Zumelzú 12', 55' Varallo 53' |
| July 22, 1930 14:45 |
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| Argentina |
3–1 | Chile |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: ~35000 Referee: Langenus (Belgium) |
| Stábile 12', 13' M. Evaristo 51' |
(Report) | Subiabre 15'[8] |
[edit] Group 2
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Yugoslavia |
4–0 | Bolivia |
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central Attendance: ~20000 Referee: Mateucci (Uruguay) |
| Bek 60', 67' Marjanović 65' Vujadinović 85'[9] |
(Report) |
| July 20, 1930 13:00 |
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| Brazil |
4–0 | Bolivia |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: ~12000 Referee: Balway (France) |
| Moderato 37', 73' Preguinho 57'[10], 83' |
(Report) |
[edit] Group 3
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 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 |
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| Romania |
3–1 | Peru |
Montevideo, Estadio Pocitos Attendance: +2000 Referee: Warnken (Chile) |
| Desu 1'[11] Barbu 85'[12] Stanciu 85'[13] |
(Report) | Souza Ferreira 75' |
| July 18, 1930 14:30 |
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| Uruguay |
1–0 | Peru |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: +85000 Referee: Langenus (Belgium) |
| Castro 65' | (Report) |
| July 21, 1930 14:50 |
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| Uruguay |
4–0 | Romania |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: ~80000 Referee: Rege (Brazil) |
| Dorado 7' Scarone 26'[14] Anselmo 31' Cea 35'[15] |
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[edit] Group 4
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 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 |
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| USA |
3–0 | Belgium |
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central Attendance: +15000 Referee: Macias (Argentina) |
| McGhee 41'[16], 45'[17] Patenaude 88'[18] |
(Report) |
| July 17, 1930 14:45 |
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| USA |
3–0 | Paraguay |
Montevideo, Estadio Parque Central Attendance: ~20000 Referee: Macias (Argentina) |
| Patenaude 10', 15'[19], 50' | (Report) |
| July 20, 1930 15:00 |
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| Paraguay |
1–0 | Belgium |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: ~12000 Referee: Vallarino (Uruguay) |
| Vargas Peña 40'[20] | (Report) |
[edit] Knockout stage
| Semi finals | Finals | ||||||
| 26 July – Montevideo | |||||||
| Argentina |
6 | ||||||
| USA |
1 | ||||||
| 30 July – Montevideo | |||||||
| Argentina |
2 | ||||||
| Uruguay |
4 | ||||||
| 27 July - Montevideo | |||||||
| Uruguay |
6 | ||||||
| Yugoslavia |
1 | ||||||
[edit] Semi-finals
| July 26, 1930 14:45 |
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| 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 |
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| Uruguay |
6–1 | Yugoslavia |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: +80000 Referee: Rege (Brazil) |
| Cea 18'[21], 67'[22], 72' Anselmo 20'[23], 31'[24] Iriarte 61'[25] |
(Report) | Sekulić 4'[26] |
[edit] Final
| July 30, 1930 15:30 |
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| Uruguay |
4–2 | Argentina |
Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: 93,000[29] Referee: Langenus (Belgium) |
| Dorado 12' Cea 57'[27] Iriarte 68' Castro 89' |
(Report) | Peucelle 20' Stábile 37'[28] |
[edit] Awards
| 1930 World Cup Winners |
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 Uruguay First title |
[edit] Scorers
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[edit] 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.
- The first player to be sent off in a World Cup was Placido Galindo of Peru in its match against Romania. Note that red and yellow cards were not formally introduced in World Cup play until 1970.
- Bert Patenaude of the United States was the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, on 19 July 1930 against Paraguay. However, until November 10, 2006 the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Guillermo Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude. In 2006 FIFA announced that Bert Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as teammate Tom Florie's goal in the match against Paraguay was reattributed to Patenaude [30].
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Overview of Uruguay 1930 - Official FIFA World Cup web site
- ^ Uruguay 1930 - Marca.com (in Spanish)
- ^ World Cup 1930 - full details by RSSSF
- ^ Francisco Varallo, the sole survivor of a famous final FIFA.com
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Carlos Vidal.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as an own goal by Manuel Rosas.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 67th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Guillermo Arellano.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 86th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 67th minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF to Constantin Stanciu in the 2nd minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 79th minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 89th minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 28th minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 80th minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 40th minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 43rd minute.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF in the 89th minute.
- ^ FIFA initially credits this goal to Tom Florie, but changed it to Patenaude in 2006 [1]. RSSSF credits this goal as an own goal by Aurelio González.
- ^ This goal is credited by RSSSF to Delfín Benítez Cáceres.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 19th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 66th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 21st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 23rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 63rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Đorđe Vujadinović.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 58th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 38th minute.
- ^ FIFA World Cup Origin, FIFA Media Release. Retrieved on May 13, 2006.
- ^ American Bert Patenaude credited with first hat trick in FIFA World Cup™ history FIFA.com
