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The 1930 FIFA World Cup final was a football tournament match that culminated in the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup champions. Uruguay and Argentina contested in what was a rematch of the gold medal match of the 1928 Olympics, which Uruguay won after a replay. The final was played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 30 July, a ...
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their ...
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 94 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Toggle World Cup Final match officials subsection. 1.1 By country. 1.2 By confederation. ... John Langenus (1930, 1934, 1938) Sandy Griffiths (1950, 1954, 1958)
The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed. [13] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify. Automatic berths have never been given for defending World Cup runners-up.
Both teams saluting their fans at Centenario. The knockout stage of the 1930 FIFA World Cup was played between 26 and 30 July 1930. The semi-finals were played on 26 and 27 July, with two rest days before the final on 30 July.
In the 1930 FIFA World Cup, held in Uruguay and the first ever to be staged, Langenus handled four matches as referee, [6] plus two as linesman. [7] Two "Group" matches played under his stewardship were followed by the first semi-final between Argentina and the United States on 26 July 1930, which finished 6–1 to the South American side. [8]
1930 FIFA World Cup final (Uruguay 4–2 Argentina) Stadio Nazionale PNF: Rome, Italy: 1934 FIFA World Cup final (Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia) Stade Yves-du-Manoir: Colombes , France: 1938 FIFA World Cup final (Italy 4–2 Hungary) Maracanã Stadium: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1950 FIFA World Cup decisive match (Uruguay 2–1 Brazil)