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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 retained their football ...
The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the U.S. in the Americans' 3–0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo to become the first nation to win a ...
Estadio Centenario, the location of the first World Cup final in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of ...
12 teams travelled to the South American country of Uruguay for the finals.
1930 British Home Championship (October 19, 1929 – April 5, 1930) England. I. Dr. Gerö Cup (September 18, 1927 – May 11, 1930) Italy. FIFA World Cup in Uruguay (July 13 – 30 1930) Uruguay Argentina; Baltic Cup 1930 in Lithuania (August 15–17, 1930) Lithuania. 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship (June 14, 1929 – September 25, 1932)
The 2030 and 2034 World Cups each had only a single bid and both were confirmed by acclamation. Soccer-Morocco, Spain and Portugal confirmed as 2030 World Cup hosts, 2034 edition awarded to Saudi ...
The hosts for both World Cups were announced by the FIFA Executive Committee on 2 December 2010. Russia was selected to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, making it the first time that the World Cup was hosted in Eastern Europe and making it the biggest country geographically to host the World Cup.
The Olympics were the de facto World Championship until FIFA decided to host its own tournament in between Olympics. With Uruguay winning the Gold Medals in 1924 and 1928, it was decided that the first men's football World Cup, the 1930 FIFA World Cup, was played in Uruguay, while there would be no football at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles ...