1930 FIFA World Cup final

Inaugural World Cup final, held in Uruguay April 2018 1930 FIFA World Cup final Uruguay national football team 1930.jpg 250 Eventual champions Uruguay before the match 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay URU 30px 4 Argentina ARG 1861 30px 2 1930 7 30 y Estadio Centenario Montevideo John Langenus (Belgium) 68,346 1934 The final match of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, the inaugural edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams, was played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 30 July 1930, and was contested by Uruguay and Argentina. The tournament comprised hosts Uruguay and 12 other teams that were invited by FIFA to compete. The 13 teams competed in a group stage, from which 4 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, Uruguay finished first in Group 3, with two wins, after which they defeated Yugoslavia in the semi-final. Argentina finished first in Group 1 with three wins, before defeating the United States in the semi-final. The final took place in front of 93,000 supporters with the stadium gates opening at eight in the morning six hours before kick-off, and at noon the ground was full,Glanville Brian 2005 The Story of the World Cup Faber & Faber 0-571-22944-119https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02e_fwc-origin_8816.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20071129182243/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02e_fwc-origin_8816.pdf dead 29 November 2007 FIFA World Cup Origin FIFA 20 May 2007 and was refereed by John Langenus from Belgium. Before the match, a disagreement overshadowed the build-up to the match as which team would provide the match ball. FIFA intervened with a compromise, that Argentina would provide the ball for the first half, and Uruguay for the second.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1632000/1632201.stm Uruguay 1930 11 April 2002 BBC Sport 25 February 2007 22 November 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20031122125127/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1632000/1632201.stm live Uruguay opened the scoring in the 12th minute with Pablo Dorado opening the scoring. Carlos Peucelle equalised in the 20th minute, beating goalkeeper Enrique Ballestrero with a powerful shot. The tournament top scorer Guillermo Stábile gave Argentina a 2–1 lead going into the break. In the 57th minute, Uruguay leveled the score via a goal from Pedro Cea. Two more goals in the 68th and the 89th minute from Santos Iriarte and Héctor Castro put Uruguay up 4–2, sealing victory in the inaugural World Cup. Uruguay manager Alberto Suppici was 31 at the time, and still holds the record for being youngest coach of a FIFA World Cup winning team. Jules Rimet, president of FIFA, presented Uruguay with the World Cup Trophy, later to be named after him. The following day was declared a national holiday in Uruguay. In Buenos Aires, a mob threw stones at the Uruguayan consulate.21 The last living player from the final was Argentine striker Francisco Varallo, who died on 30 August 2010 aged 100.https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/do-you-remember/newsid=1166517/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130628083753/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/do-you-remember/newsid=1166517/index.html dead 28 June 2013 Francisco Varallo, 100 not out FIFA 20 June 2014 The last living Uruguayan from the final was Ernesto Mascheroni, who died on 3 July 1984 aged 76. This was the first World Cup final to feature two Spanish-speaking countries, with the only other being the 2026 final between Argentina and Spain. Background thumb|right|The 4th goal of Uruguay v. Argentina national team scored by Héctor Castro. Heading into the 1930 World Cup, Uruguay was experiencing its "golden generation" at the time. At continental level, Uruguay had won half of the South America Championship (forerunner to the Copa America), with the national team also winning the gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/olympicgames/paris2024/articles/uruguay-1924-1928-1930-world-cup How Uruguay became football's first global powerhouse 24 May 2024 24 January 2026 FIFA 9 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240709175515/https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/olympicgames/paris2024/articles/uruguay-1924-1928-1930-world-cup live For Argentina, they won the last two South American Championships in 1927 and 1929 and had also finished with a silver medal at the 1928 Olympics. Before the World Cup final, the two teams had played in one hundred and ten matches. This included eleven matches at the continental level, and two matches at the 1928 Olympic final, in which Uruguay won 2–1 in a replay.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/argurures.html ARGENTINA-URUGUAY Matches 1902-2017 14 December 2017 24 January 2026 RSSSF Héctor Darío Pelayes 5 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190105020111/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/argurures.html live The last match before the World Cup between the two teams was at the 1930 Copa Newton which was only held two months prior on the 25 May in Buenos Aires which saw the match end in a 1–1 draw between the two teams but as Uruguay was the visiting country, they won the trophy.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/newton.html Copa Newton 9 May 2019 24 January 2026 RSSSF José Luis Pierrend 30 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221030195016/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/newton.html live Route to the final Uruguay Uruguay was drawn in Group 3 with Peru and Romania. The opening match was against Peru at the Estadio Centenario was delayed by five days with the game being proceeded by a ceremony before the match. The first half saw the hosts intimidated by the 90,000 crowd as they would scrape for a one-nil victory with Héctor Castro scoring in the 65th minute to give Uruguay the win.https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/tournaments/fifa-world-cup/1930/1930-group-c.html FIFA World Cup 1930 Group 3 historical kits.co.uk Moor Dave 17 January 2023 17 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230117131650/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/tournaments/fifa-world-cup/1930/1930-group-c.html live At the end of the match, the Uruguayan press wanted a more demanding a more comprehensively attack in the next game against Romania.https://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/11/24/how-uruguay-lifted-the-1930-world-cup/ How Uruguay Lifted the 1930 World Cup These Football Times Davison Dan 24 November 2017 17 January 2023 22 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200922014432/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/11/24/how-uruguay-lifted-the-1930-world-cup/ live UruguayRoundArgentinaOpponentResultFirst roundOpponentResultPER 18251–0Match 1FRA 17941–0ROU4–0Match 2MEX 19166–3Match 3CHI3–1TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsURU220050+54ROU210135−22PER 1825200214−30Final standingTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsARG 18613300104+66CHI320153+24FRA 1794310243+12MEX 19163003413−90OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultKingdom of Yugoslavia6–1Semi-finalsUSA 19126–1 Match Summary After 12 minutes, Pablo Dorado put the hosts into the lead, before Argentina winger Carlos Peucelle equalised 8 minutes later, beating goalkeeper Enrique Ballestrero with a powerful shot. In the 37th minute, tournament top scorer Guillermo Stábile gave Argentina a 2–1 lead going into the break. Uruguay leveled the score 12 minutes into the second half via a goal from Pedro Cea, and took the lead back for good with a Santos Iriarte goal in the 68th minute. With a minute remaining, Héctor Castro put Uruguay up 4–2, sealing victory in the inaugural World Cup.Molinaro John F. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/1930-world-cup-uruguay-welcomes-the-soccer-world-1.843670 1930 World Cup: Uruguay welcomes the soccer world CBC Sports Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 26 November 2009 8 April 2018 15 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180515175537/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/1930-world-cup-uruguay-welcomes-the-soccer-world-1.843670 live Details 1930 07 30 y 12:45 UYT (UTC-03:30) URU 1930 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Final 4–2 1930 FIFA World Cup final ARG 1861 Dorado 12 Cea 57 Iriarte 68 Castro 89 Peucelle 20 Stábile 37 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 68,346 John Langenus (Belgium) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/1/405/1087 Uruguay vs Argentina Final 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=405/match=1087/index.html 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay – Matches – Uruguay v Argentina FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171213174015/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=405/match=1087/index.html 13 December 2017 _whiteborder _collarwhite_laced _whiteborder _white_bands 99CCFF 99CCFF 99CCFF 000000 000000 Uruguay _white_stripes _3stripesonwhite _white_stripes _white_bands 99CCFF 99CCFF 99CCFF 999999 000000 Argentina GK Enrique BallestreroRB José Nasazzi (c)LB Ernesto MascheroniRH José AndradeCH Lorenzo FernándezLH Álvaro GestidoOR Pablo DoradoIR Héctor ScaroneCF Héctor CastroIL Pedro CeaOL Santos IriarteManager:Alberto Suppici300pxGK Juan BotassoRB José Della TorreLB Fernando PaternosterRH Juan EvaristoCH Luis MontiLH Arico SuárezOR Carlos PeucelleIR Francisco VaralloCF Guillermo StábileIL Manuel Ferreira (c)OL Mario EvaristoManagers:Francisco OlazarJuan José Tramutola Assistant referees: Ulises Saucedo (Bolivia) Henri Christophe (Belgium) |}Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay if scores still level No substitutions permitted See also Argentina at the FIFA World Cup Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry References Match reports Report External links 1930 FIFA World Cup final fifa.com Final Category:FIFA World Cup finals Category:Uruguay national football team matches Category:Argentina national football team matches Final Final Category:Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry FIFA World Cup Final World Cup Final Category:Men's international association football finals in South America Category:Football matches in Uruguay