| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Uruguay |
| Dates | 13 July-10 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in Montevideo, San Sebastian host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Netherlands (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Fourth place |  Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 83 (2.59 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Antonin Hojer (6 goals) |
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup since it started in 1906. It took place between the 13th July to the 3rd August and was the first tournament to be held in South America.
Netherlands took home their first World Cup title after defeating Argentina in the final by 2-0 and in the progress became the fifth nation to win a World Cup title.
Background
The host nation was selected on May 31, 1926, with Uruguay winning the vote. This though spark convertiseary from the outset with the British teams pulling out and sparked a football competition for the British Empire Games which happened in Canada only two days after the World Cup ended. Despite the protest from the British teams, the competition still went as planned with FIFA declaring that it will be rotating the World Cups between Europe and the Americas.
Bids
For the first time in FIFA World Cup history, there had to be a vote for the sixth World Cup with Uruguay and Italy putting a bid in for the 1930 edition. On May 31 1926, Uruguay won the vote by the closest margin possible by only 1 vote.
| Voting results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Round 1 | ||
 Uruguay | 7 | ||
 Italy | 6 | ||
Qualfiying
- Main article: 1930 FIFA World Cup qualification
Seeding
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group Stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 | 6 |
 Yugoslavia
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 | 4 |
| 23x15px Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.50 | 1 |
 Peru
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0.20 | 1 |
July 13
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| Germany 23x15px | 1-3 | Uruguay
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|---|---|---|
Pöttinger  59'
| Petrone 23' Melogno 69'Urdinarán 77'
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Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
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July 13
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| Peru
| 0-5 | Yugoslavia
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|---|---|---|
| Marjanović 48', 64', 83' Vujadinović 19'Luburić 37'
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Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
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July 20
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| Yugoslavia
| 3-1 | 23x15px Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Marjanović 5', 79' Bek 57'
| Hofmann 32'
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Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo
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July 27
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| Germany 23x15px | 2-2 | Peru
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|---|---|---|
| Frank 22', 86'
| Villanueva 14' Sarmiento 53'
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Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.50 | 5 |
| Argentina
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2.50 | 4 |
 France
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | 3 |
 United States
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 |
July 21
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| Netherlands
| 4-0 | United States
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| Tap 15', 80' van den Broek 31', 72'
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Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
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July 28
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| France
| 1-2 | Netherlands
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| Veinante 65'
| Landaal 39' van der Heijden 43'
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Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 |
 Brazil
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 3 |
 Egypt
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 |
| Italy
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 1 |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1.25 | 4 |
 Norway
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 2 |
 Paraguay
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 0 |
July 24
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| Switzerland
| 5-0 | Paraguay
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| Lehmann 31', 72' Grassi 18', 22'Weiler 55'
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Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
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Knockout Stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Uruguay
| 1 | |||||||||
| 7 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 2 (aet) | |||||||||
| Czechoslovakia
| 0 | |||||||||
| 3 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Netherlands
| 3 | |||||||||
| Netherlands
| 2 (aet) | |||||||||
| 10 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Brazil
| 1 | |||||||||
| Netherlands
| 2 | |||||||||
| 4 August - San Sebastian | ||||||||||
| Argentina
| 0 | |||||||||
| Sweden
| 0 | |||||||||
| 7 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Argentina
| 1 | |||||||||
| Argentina
| 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 4 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
| Switzerland
| 0 | |||||||||
| Switzerland
| 2 | Czechoslovakia
| 2 | |||||||
| Yugoslavia
| 0 | Switzerland
| 0 | |||||||
| 10 August - Montevideo | ||||||||||
Quarter Finals
August 3
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| Netherlands
| 2-1 (a.e.t) | Brazil
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| van der Wildt 53' van den Broek 107'
| Russinho 84'
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Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo
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Semi Finals
August 7
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| Czechoslovakia
| 0-3 | Netherlands
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| Landall 30', 37' Tap 41'
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Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo
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Third Place Playoff
Final
Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Guillermo Stábile
- Moderato
- 23x15px Georg Frank
- Tullio Grassi
- Adolf Stelzer
- Ángel Melogno
- Juan Carlos Calvo
- Zoilo Saldombide
- Santos Urdinarán
1 goal
- Manuel Ferreira
- Alejandro Scopelli
- Teóphilo
- Russinho
- Antonín Puč
- Josef Silný
- František Svoboda
- Raqab Hasan
- Mahmoud Ismail
- André Cheuva
- Marcel Langiller
- André Maschinot
- Émile Veinante
- 23x15px Ludwig Hofmann
- 23x15px Josef Pöttinger
- Evert van der Heijden
- Koos van der Wildt
- Jørgen Juve
- Israel Krupp
- Morten Pettersen
- Alejandro Villanueva
- Jorge Sarmiento
- Knut Kroon
- Harry Lundahl
- Max Weiler
- Ivan Bek
- Pedro Petrone
- Stevan Luburić
- Dragoslav Mihajlović
- Đorđe Vujadinović
1 own goal
- Alberto Chividini (playing against the Netherlands)
Tournament team rankings
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | B | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 |
| 2 | Argentina | B | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | D | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 |
| 4 | Switzerland | D | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the quarter finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Uruguay | A | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| 6 | Sweden | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | A | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
| 8 | Brazil | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | France | B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Egypt | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Norway | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 23x15px Germany | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Peru | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |
| 15 | United States | B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
| 16 | Paraguay | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
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