Past World Cup Results

 

Uruguay 1930

Final Winners Uruguay 4-2 against Argentina

Just 13 teams decided to make the trip to the South American debut of what is now the biggest event in the world for a single sport.

The most notable absentees included the game's mother country England as well as the then dominant European teams - Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

One of just four European teams, Yugoslavia, flew the continent's flag into the semifinals by upsetting Brazil 2-1.

They were joined in the final four by the hosts, Argentina and the United States.

The two matches turned out to be lopsided affairs - Uruguay blasted Yugoslavia 6-1 and Argentina hammered the U.S. by the same scoreline.

Led by their star Leone Andrade, who died impoverished in 1957, Uruguay won the "Coupe Jules Rimet" with a late 4-2 win over their neighbours.

Argentina boasted first top scorer in Guillermo Stabile.

GROUP A		GROUP B
France - Maxico	4:1 (3:0)	Yugoslavia - Brasil	2:1 (2:0)
Argentina - France	1:0 (0:0)	Yugoslavia - Bolivia	4:0 (0:0)
Chile - Mexico	3:0 (1:0)	Brasil - Bolivia	4:0 (1:0)
Chile - France	1:0 (0:0)
Argentina - Mexico	6:3 (3:0)
Argentina - Chile	3:1 (2:1)
GROUP C		GROUP D
Romania - Peru	3:1 (1:0)	USA - Belgium	3:0 (2:0)
Uruguay - Peru	1:0 (0:0)	USA - Paraguay	3:0 (2:0)
Uruguay - Romania	4:0 (3:0)	Paraguay - Belgium	1:0 (1:0)
SEMIFINALS
Argentina - USA	6:1 (1:0)
Uruguay - Yugoslavia	6:1 (3:1)
FINAL
Uruguay - Argentina	4:2 (1:2)