SEASON
1930 FIFA World Cup
Overview
The inaugural FIFA World Cup was staged in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. Thirteen national teams took part, every match was played in Montevideo, and hosts Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in the final at Estadio Centenario to become the first world champions.
Key facts
- Host
- Uruguay
- Champion
- Uruguay
- Runner-up
- Argentina
- Third place
- United States
- Top scorer
- Guillermo Stábile - 8 goals
- Matches
- 18
- Goals
- 70
- Current season
- 1930
- Teams
- 13
Records
First World Cup goalValue: Lucien Laurent for France vs Mexico
Top scorerValue: Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) - 8
First recognised World Cup hat-trickValue: Bert Patenaude (United States)
FinalValue: Uruguay 4-2 Argentina
Tournament goalsValue: 70 in 18 matches
Group standings
Matches
France 4-1 MexicoDate: 1930-07-13 · Stage: Group A · Home Team: France · Away Team: Mexico
Argentina 1-0 FranceDate: 1930-07-15 · Stage: Group A · Home Team: Argentina · Away Team: France
Mexico 0-3 ChileDate: 1930-07-16 · Stage: Group A · Home Team: Mexico · Away Team: Chile
France 0-1 ChileDate: 1930-07-19 · Stage: Group A · Home Team: France · Away Team: Chile
Mexico 3-6 ArgentinaDate: 1930-07-19 · Stage: Group A · Home Team: Mexico · Away Team: Argentina
Argentina 3-1 ChileDate: 1930-07-22 · Stage: Group A · Home Team: Argentina · Away Team: Chile
Yugoslavia 2-1 BrazilDate: 1930-07-14 · Stage: Group B · Home Team: Yugoslavia · Away Team: Brazil
Yugoslavia 4-0 BoliviaDate: 1930-07-17 · Stage: Group B · Home Team: Yugoslavia · Away Team: Bolivia
Brazil 4-0 BoliviaDate: 1930-07-20 · Stage: Group B · Home Team: Brazil · Away Team: Bolivia
Romania 3-1 PeruDate: 1930-07-14 · Stage: Group C · Home Team: Romania · Away Team: Peru
Uruguay 1-0 PeruDate: 1930-07-18 · Stage: Group C · Home Team: Uruguay · Away Team: Peru
Uruguay 4-0 RomaniaDate: 1930-07-21 · Stage: Group C · Home Team: Uruguay · Away Team: Romania
United States 3-0 BelgiumDate: 1930-07-13 · Stage: Group D · Home Team: United States · Away Team: Belgium
United States 3-0 ParaguayDate: 1930-07-17 · Stage: Group D · Home Team: United States · Away Team: Paraguay
Paraguay 1-0 BelgiumDate: 1930-07-20 · Stage: Group D · Home Team: Paraguay · Away Team: Belgium
Argentina 6-1 United StatesDate: 1930-07-26 · Stage: Semi-final · Home Team: Argentina · Away Team: United States
Uruguay 6-1 YugoslaviaDate: 1930-07-27 · Stage: Semi-final · Home Team: Uruguay · Away Team: Yugoslavia
Uruguay 4-2 ArgentinaDate: 1930-07-30 · Stage: Final · Home Team: Uruguay · Away Team: Argentina
Top scorers
Guillermo StábileTeam: Argentina · Goals: 8
Pedro CeaTeam: Uruguay · Goals: 5
Bert PatenaudeTeam: United States · Goals: 4
Carlos PeucelleTeam: Argentina · Goals: 3
PreguinhoTeam: Brazil · Goals: 3
Ivan BekTeam: Yugoslavia · Goals: 3
Juan Peregrino AnselmoTeam: Uruguay · Goals: 3
Luis MontiTeam: Argentina · Goals: 2
Adolfo ZumelzúTeam: Argentina · Goals: 2
Moderato WisintainerTeam: Brazil · Goals: 2
Carlos VidalTeam: Chile · Goals: 2
André MaschinotTeam: France · Goals: 2
Đorđe VujadinovićTeam: Yugoslavia · Goals: 2
Manuel RosasTeam: Mexico · Goals: 2
Constantin StanciuTeam: Romania · Goals: 2
Héctor CastroTeam: Uruguay · Goals: 2
Pablo DoradoTeam: Uruguay · Goals: 2
Santos IriarteTeam: Uruguay · Goals: 2
Bart McGheeTeam: United States · Goals: 2
Teams
ArgentinaGroup: A · Manager: Juan José Tramutola · Finish: Runner-up
ChileGroup: A · Manager: György Orth · Finish: Group stage
FranceGroup: A · Manager: Raoul Caudron · Finish: Group stage
MexicoGroup: A · Manager: Juan Luque de Serrallonga · Finish: Group stage
YugoslaviaGroup: B · Manager: Boško Simonović · Finish: Semi-final
BrazilGroup: B · Manager: Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues · Finish: Group stage
BoliviaGroup: B · Manager: Ulises Saucedo · Finish: Group stage
UruguayGroup: C · Manager: Alberto Suppici · Finish: Champion
RomaniaGroup: C · Manager: Costel Rădulescu / Octav Luchide · Finish: Group stage
PeruGroup: C · Manager: Francisco Bru · Finish: Group stage
United StatesGroup: D · Manager: Robert Millar · Finish: Semi-final / third-place ranking
ParaguayGroup: D · Manager: José Durand Laguna · Finish: Group stage
BelgiumGroup: D · Manager: Hector Goetinck · Finish: Group stage
Venues
Estadio CentenarioCity: Montevideo · Country: Uruguay
Gran Parque CentralCity: Montevideo · Country: Uruguay
Estadio PocitosCity: Montevideo · Country: Uruguay
Sources
FIFARole: primary competition source
RSSSFRole: match/results cross-check and historical detail