1930 FIFA World Cup

1930 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	13 June – 30 July
Teams	13
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	70 (3.89 per match)
Attendance	434,500 (24,139 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Guillermo Stábile (8 goals)

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Uruguay in 1930. Uruguay won the trophy after beating Argentina in the final.

Participants

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Bolivia (BOL) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Chile (CHI) • Squad
• Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
• Peru (PER) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
France	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

13 July 1930
France	4 – 1	Mexico
15 July 1930
Argentina	1 – 0	France
16 July 1930
Chile	3 – 0	Mexico
19 July 1930
Chile	1 – 0	France
Argentina	6 – 3	Mexico
22 July 1930
Argentina	3 – 1	Chile

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	4
Brazil	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	2
Bolivia	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

14 July 1930
Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Brazil
17 July 1930
Yugoslavia	4 – 0	Bolivia
20 July 1930
Brazil	4 – 0	Bolivia

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
Romania	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	2
Peru	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

14 July 2004
Romania	3 – 1	Peru
18 July 2004
Uruguay	1 – 0	Peru
21 July 2004
Uruguay	4 – 0	Romania

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
USA	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	2
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

13 July 2004
United States	3 – 0	Belgium
17 July 2004
United States	3 – 0	Paraguay
20 July 2004
Paraguay	1 – 0	Belgium

Knockout Stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Argentina	6
	United States	1
					Argentina	2
					Uruguay	4
	Uruguay	6
	Yugoslavia	1

Uruguay won the championship. Although there was no third place play off, the United States are recognised as coming in third place (and Yugoslavia in fourth place) as the United States had better results in the tournament overall.

R	Team	G	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uruguay	3	4	4	0	0	15	3	+12	8
2	Argentina	1	5	4	0	1	18	9	+9	8
3	United States	4	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Yugoslavia	2	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	4
Eliminated in the group stage
5	Chile	1	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	4
6	Brazil	2	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	2
7	France	1	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2
8	Romania	3	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	2
9	Paraguay	4	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	2
10	Peru	3	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
11	Belgium	4	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
12	Bolivia	2	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
13	Mexico	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

References

• FIFA