1930 World Cup

 The first ever World Cup was held in Uruguay 🇺🇾 from July 17-30, 1930. Montevideo hosted all the games. Highlights had Lucien Laurent of France 🇫🇷 score the first ever world cup goal in a 4-1 win over Mexico, while on the same day Jimmy Douglas of the USA 🇺🇸 produce the furs clean sheet (shutout) in a 3-0 win over Belgium 🇧🇪. Francisco Varallo of Argentina 🇦🇷 was the last surviving player,  when he passed away on August 30, 2010 at 100 years old.  4 groups and 13 teams participated. Group winners went to semi finals. Group 1 had Argentina 🇦🇷 1st followed by Chile 🇨🇱, France 🇫🇷 and Mexico 🇲🇽. Group 2 had Yugoslavia first  followed by Brazil 🇧🇷 and Bolivia 🇧🇴. Group 3 had Uruguay 🇺🇾,  followed by Romania 🇷🇴 and Peru 🇵🇪. Group 4 had USA 🇺🇸 followed by Paraguay 🇵🇾 and Belgium 🇧🇪.  Semi finals had Uruguay beat Yugoslavia 6-1 and Argentina beat USA 6-1. Uruguay then beat Argentina 4-2 to become first champions, while on home soil. Here is the poster of this world cup. 


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