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Background |
The first ever FIFA World Cup Finals was awarded to Uruguay.
Before the FIFA Congress could vote on
the first-ever World Cup host, a series of withdrawals led to the election of
Uruguay; The Netherlands and Hungary withdrew; this was followed by Sweden
withdrawing in favour of Italy; then both Italy and Spain withdrew, in favour of
the only remaining candidate Uruguay. The 18th FIFA Congress met in Barcelona, Spain
on 17-18 May 1929 to ratify the decision, and Uruguay was chosen without any need
of a vote.
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The Draw |
The thirteen teams were drawn into four groups,
with the first group containing four teams, and the others containing
only three. Each group played each other once, with two points
awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The four group winners then
progressed to the knockout semi-final stage.
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and the United States were
seeded, and were kept apart in the draw, which took place in Montevideo
once all the teams arrived. |
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In an attempt to receive some participation from the European
sector, the Uruguayan Football Association sent a letter of invitation
to the Football Association, even though they were not members of FIFA
at the time. This was rejected by the FA Committee on 18 November 1929. |
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The
Draw |
The four teams that qualified for the semi-finals were
Argentina, Uruguay, United States and Yugoslavia. A draw took place in
July 23 to decide the semi-final meetings. Hosts Uruguay were
drawn to play Yugoslavia. Argentina and the United States would
contest the other semi-final. |
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Semi
Finals |
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26 July 1930 -
2:45pm UYT |
Argentina 6 United States 1 [1-0]
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
(72,886) |
Monti, Scopelli, Stábile (2), Peucelle (2)
Brown |
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27 July 1930 -
2:45pm UYT |
Uruguay 6 Yugoslavia 1
[3-1]
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
(79,867) |
Cea (3), Anselmo (2), Iriarte
Vujadinović |
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The
1930 Final |
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30 July 1930 -
3:30pm UYT |
Uruguay 4 Argentina 2
[1-2]
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
(68,346) |
Dorado, Cea, Iriate, Castro
Peucelle, Stábile |
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England
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