who scored the first goal of the world cup?
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Lucien Laurent of France against Mexico in the 19th minute in the first World Cup match on 13/07/1930
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The first World Cup was played in the year 1930 at Uruguay. The first goal was scored by France's Lucien Laurent in which France won 4-1 against Mexico. But the Cup was won by the hosts.\nAs for Pele, he has scored 12 goals in the World Cup, third in the all-time highest list.\n\nWHY DO PEOPLE COPY ANSWERS???\nGO DOWN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!
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stoichkov(Bulgaria) and oleg salenko..(Russia)\nSalenko is the first person who scored 5 goals in a world cup match( againt cameroon)
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Lucien Laurent- He was making only his third appearance for his country (France) when he struck the opening goal in the first game of the inaugural World Cup tournament in Uruguay on 13 July 1930.\n\nThe midfielder struck with a 19th-minute volley which set France on their way to a 4-1 victory over Mexico.
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allnationsca is right, the first match of the first World Cup (Uruguay 1930) was France x Mexico, in the Pocitos stadium in Montevideo on July 13th 1930. France won 4x1. USA x Belgium (3x0) took place on the same day, but according to FIFA France x Mexico was the opening match of the 1930 WC.\n\nThe Uruguay x Argentina (4x2) that other people mentioned was the 1930 WC final (and so the first WC final), on July 30th 1930.
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fastest goal in the World Cup history:\n\nHakan Sukur of Turkey who scored after 11 seconds against Korea Republic in the 3rd & 4th place playoff in Daegu, Korea Republic in the World Cup 2002. Turkey won 3-2 to finish third. \n\nPreviously, it was Bryan Robson of England who scored after 27 seconds against France in 1982. England won 3-1 that day.
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England, but the first World Cup was played on Uruguay
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The first FIFA World Cup, held in 1930 in Uruguay, was won by the host nation on July 30th by the score of 4-2 over Argentina. \n\nGoals were scored by:\n\nDORADO Pablo (URU) 12'\nPEUCELLE Carlos (ARG) 20'\nSTABILE Guillermo (ARG) 37'\nCEA Pedro (URU) 57'\nIRIARTE Victoriano Santos (URU) 68'\nCASTRO Hector (URU) 89'
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I think this is what you mean...\n\nThe first World Cup was Uruguay 1930. The opening match was France VS Mexico. France won 4-1 and here's the scoring history:\n\nLAURENT Lucien (FRA) 19', LANGILLER Marcel (FRA) 40', MASCHINOT Andre (FRA) 42', CARRENO Juan (MEX) 68', MASCHINOT Andre (FRA) 86'.\n\nSo, Laurent from France scored the earliest (or the first?) goal in the history of World Cups.\n\nNow, the FASTEST goal in World Cup history... Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in  2002 when he scored 11 seconds into the match against South Korea.
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Guillermo Stabile of Argentina scored the first-ever World Cup hat-trick on 19th July 1930 against Mexico in Montevideo. His team won 6-3.
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Brazil v Germany. The score was 2-0 to Brazil. Scorer was Ronaldo with two
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If you are referring to the 'golden goal', it was Laurent Blanc for France at the 1998 WC.\n\nVs Paraguay I believe.
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The first ever world cup was hosted by Uruguay in 1930. The hosts themselves emerged as the winners. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the highest goalscorer with a tally of 8 goals.\n\nUruguay were also the favourites to win the cup as they were the defending Olympic champs, winning the gold on two successive occasions 1924 and 1928.
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Don't know who scored the goal.  But the first FIFA match was May 1, 1904.  The match was held in Brussels, Belgium.  The game was between Belgium and France.
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Rasheed Yekini scored the first goal for Nigeria at a World Cup on 21st June 1994 in the match against Bulgaria (3-0).
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France beat Brazil 3-0 on 12th July 1998 at the Stade St. Denis in Paris to win the fifteenth World Cup. It was their first victory, having reached the semi-finals in 1982 and 1986.\nFrance's team :\nFabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Franck Lebouef, Bixente Lizerazu, Christian Karembeu (sub Alain Boghossian 57 mins), Didier Deschamps (captain), Emmanuel Petit, Zinedine Zidane, Youri Djorkaeff (sub Patrick Viera 75 mins), Stephane Guivarc'h (sub Christophe Dugarry 66 mins).\nThe goals were scored by Zidane (27 and 45 minutes) and Petit (90). The coach was Aime Jacquet. \n75000 spectators were in attendance, and France were the first new team to win the trophy since Argentina in 1978.
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Pablo Dorado scored for Uruguay against Argentina in the 12th minute of the first World Cup FINAL on July 30, 1930. Uruguay was the host nation and went on to win the game 4-2, becoming the very first World Cup Champions.