The FIFA World Cup 1930

Host country: Uruguay
Dates: 13 July – 30 July
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): Argentina Guillermo Stábile (8 goals).

The FIFA World Cup 1930 was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the planet championship for men's national association football teams. It happened in Uruguay from 13 this summer to 30 this summer 1930. FIFA, football's worldwide regulating body selected Uruguay as host nation because the country could be honoring the centenary of their first metabolic rate, and also the Uruguay national football team had effectively maintained their football title in the 1928 Summer time Olympic Games. All matches were performed within the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, most in the Estadio Centenario, that was designed for the tournament.

13 teams, seven from South USA, four from Europe and 2 from The United States joined the tournament. Couple of European teams made a decision to participate due to the problem of going to South USA. The teams were split into four groups, using the champion of every group advancing towards the semi-finals. The very first two World Cup matches happened concurrently, and were won by France and also the U. S. States, who defeated Mexico 4-1 and Belgium 3-, correspondingly. Lucien Laurent of France obtained the very first goal in World Cup history, while American goalkeeper Jimmy Douglas published the very first official "clean sheet" within the tournament.

Argentina, Uruguay, U. S. States and Yugoslavia each won their particular groups to entitle to the semi-finals. Within the final, hosts and pre-tournament favorites Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 before an audience of 93,000 people, and grew to become the very first nation to win the planet Cup.

Background

In 1914, FIFA decided to recognize the Olympic football tournament like a "world football championship for amateurs", and required responsibility for controlling the big event in the next three Olympiads: from 1920 to 1928. Within the 1908 Olympics and also the 1912 Olympics the football competitions have been organized through the Football Association and also the Swedish Football Association correspondingly.

The preliminary agenda for the 1932 Summer time Olympic Games locked in La didn't include football. FIFA and also the Worldwide Olympic Committee could not agree within the status of amateur gamers, so association football was dropped in the Games. On 26 May 1928, at FIFA's Amsterdam conference as well as on the outlet day's the Olympic football tournament, FIFA leader Jules Rimet introduced intends to stage a tournament in addition to the Olympic Games, available to all FIFA people with professionalism allowed. The membership chose 25-5 to simply accept the proposal.

Host selection

Italia, Sweden, holland, the country and Uruguay all lodged programs to host the big event. Uruguay's bid grew to become the obvious favourite for several reasons. Uruguay were reigning Olympic champions, and therefore p facto world champions, the bid incorporated intends to develop a new stadium like a centrepiece, and also the Uruguayan government bodies also provided to refund the price of participants. Other nations withdrew their bids, and Uruguay was selected to host the tournament in a FIFA congress at Barcelona in 1929. A golden trophy referred to as "The Goddess of Victory" was commissioned from French artist Abel Lafleur.

Participants

The very first World Cup was the only person without qualification. Every country associated with FIFA was asked to compete, and given a deadline of 28 Feb 1930 to simply accept. Lots of interest was proven by nations within the Americas Argentina, South America, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru and also the U. S. States all joined. An overall total of seven South American teams participated, a lot more than in almost any subsequent World Cup Finals. However, due to the lengthy and pricey trip over the Atlantic Sea, and the size of absence needed for gamers, very couple of European teams was inclined to participate. Some declined to countenance visit South USA in almost any conditions, with no European records were received prior to the Feb deadline. So that they can gain some European participation, the Uruguayan Football Association sent a call for participation towards the Football Association, despite the fact that the house Nations weren't people of FIFA at that time. It was declined through the FA Committee on 18 November 1929. Two several weeks before the beginning of the tournament, no team from Europe had formally joined.

FIFA leader Rimet intervened, and finally four European teams made the visit to ocean: Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia. The Romanians handled by Constantin Radulescu and trained by their captain Rudolf Wetzer and Octav Luchide, joined your competition following a intervention of recently crowned King Carol II. He selected the squad personally, and discussed with companies to make sure that the gamers would have jobs upon their return. In France They joined in the personal intervention of Rimet, but neither France's star striker neither Manuel Anatol nor the team's regular coach Gaston Barreau might be convinced to create the trip. The Belgians participated in the instigation of FIFA vice-leader Rudolf Seedrayers.

The Romanians boarded the SS Conte Verde at Genoa, in france they were acquired at Villefranche-sur-Mer on 21 June 1930 and also the Belgians embarked at Barcelona. The Conte Verde transported Rimet, the trophy and also the three designated European referees: the Belgians Jean Langenus and Henri Christophe, together with Thomas Balway, a Parisien and also require been British. The Brazilian team was acquired once the boat docked in Rio p Janeiro on 29 June before coming in Uruguay on 4 this summer. Yugoslavia traveled through the mail steamship Florida from Marseille.

Peru wouldn't compete in other World Cup finals until 1970.