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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 successfully retained their ...
FIFA organised a survey on the Internet for users to choose the "Best Young Player" of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. [97] With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé , who finished ahead of the Peruvian Teófilo Cubillas , the best young player at Mexico 1970 , and England's Michael ...
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 ...
Prior to that, only players who were on the pitch during the final matches (or the de facto final in 1950) received medals. FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974. [1] World Cup winning players are among a selected few who are officially allowed to touch the FIFA ...
Best player at the South American Championship: 1923, 1935; FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1930 [9] France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990, 56th: 1994 [10] IFFHS South American Footballer of the Century, 26th: 1999 [11] World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time, 75th: 1999 [12] RSSSF Uruguay All-Time Team: 1999 [13]
The FIFA World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament. Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two different trophies have been used: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970 and thereafter the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day. The production cost of the ...
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 ...
Top goalscorers at each FIFA World Cup final tournament [126] [127] [128] World Cup Player Team Goals scored Matches played Golden Boot Other FIFA Awards; Uruguay 1930: Guillermo Stábile Argentina: 8 4 Silver Ball Italy 1934: Oldřich Nejedlý Czechoslovakia: 5 4 Bronze Ball France 1938: Leônidas Brazil: 7 4 Golden Ball Brazil 1950: Ademir ...