What countries played in the first world cup?
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FIFA's decision to hold the first FIFA World Cup™ in Uruguay did not meet universal acclaim, as Europe was plunged in the midst of an economic crisis. Participation in a FIFA World Cup taking place overseas involved a long sea journey. Moreover, for some clubs it meant having to go without their best players for two months - a problem that is still topical today.\n\nThe organisation of the first FIFA World Cup looked rather different from today's with no qualifying competition, the 13 teams entered by invitation and the final draw was not made until the teams arrived in Uruguay.\n\nFrance met Mexico in the opening match and duly won 4-1, but the first final was contested by the hosts and their neighbours Argentina. After trailing 2-1 at the interval, Uruguay went on to prevail 4-2 and thus won the cup which had been designed by French sculptor Abel Lafleur.\n\nURUGUAY 1930\nJuly 13th - July 30th\nCompetitors\n\nGROUP A \nFRANCE \nMEXICO  \nCHILE\nARGENTINA\n\nGROUP B\nYUGOSLAVIA\nBRAZIL\nBOLIVIA\n  \nGROUP C\nROMANIA\nPERU\nURUGUAY\n\nGROUP D\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nBELGIUM\nPARAGUAY\n\n \nLocations\nMontevideo - Estadio Centenario\nMontevideo - Central Park\nMontevideo - Estadio Pocitos\n\n1st Round\nGROUP A\nFRANCE (3)4 V 1(0) MEXICO\nARGENTINA (0)1 V 0(0) FRANCE \nCHILE (1)3 V 0(0) MEXICO \nCHILE (0)1 V 0(0) FRANCE\nARGENTINA (3)6 V 3(0)MEXICO \nARGENTINA (2)3 V 1(1) CHILE\n\nGROUP B\nYUGOSLAVIA 2(2) V (0)1 BRAZIL\nYUGOSLAVIA 4(0) V (0)0 BOLIVIA\nBRAZIL 4(1) V (0)0 BOLIVIA\n\n\nGROUP C\nROMANIA 3(1) V (0)1 PERU\nURUGUAY 1(0) V (0)0 PERU\nURUGUAY 4(4) V (0)0 ROMANIA\n\nGROUP D\nUNITED STATES 3(2) V (0)0 BELGIUM\nUNITED STATES 3(2) V (0)0 PARAGUAY\nPARAGUAY 1(1) V (0)0 BELGIUM\n\nSemifinals\nARGENTINA 6(1) V (0)1 UNITED STATES\nURUGUAY 6(3) V (1)1 YUGOSLAVIA\n\nFinal\nURUGUAY 4(1) V (2)2 ARGENTINA
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The first world cup was in 1930 and has been held every 4 years apart since (except during world war 2).\n\nCheck the site below for all the stats on every world cup and the history around the event.\n\n1970\nDetails Mexico \nBrazil 4 - 1  Italy\n\n1974\nDetails West Germany \nWest Germany 2 - 1  Netherlands
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The first tentative Fifa World cup competition was in 1930, Uruguay.
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1930\n\nThe first Football World Cup was staged in 1930. The games were awarded to Uruguay as they were the Olympic champions at the time and since they were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4-2.\n\nThe first World Cup was the only one without qualification; teams were invited. Due to the long and costly trip across the Atlantic, very few European teams chose to participate; two months before the tournament started, no team from that continent had officially entered. FIFA's president, Jules Rimet, intervened, along with the Uruguayan government, which promised to pay the travel expenses of any travelling European team. Eventually four teams made the three-week sea trip: Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia.\n\nThe thirteen teams were drawn into four groups, with all the games taking place in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Since there were no qualifying games, the opening two matches of the tournament were also the first ever World Cup games, taking place simultaneously on July 13th; France beat Mexico 4-1, while the USA defeated Belgium 3-0 at the same time in Estadio Gran Parque Central. France's Lucien Laurent was the scorer of the first ever World Cup goal. The USA's Bert Patenaude scored the first hat-trick in World Cup history, as his team beat Paraguay 3-0. The four eventual group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, and the USA, moved to the semifinals.\n\nThe two semi-final matches saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the US and Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia. Because the traditional third-place playoff match was not established until 1934, the 1930 World Cup is unique in not having any games take place between the semi-finals and the Final as Yugoslavia refused to play the 3rd place play-off against the USA. [citation needed] However, some sources, notably the FIFA Bulletin from 1984, affirm that the match occurred (Yugoslavia - US 3-1). [1] This information has never been officially confirmed.\n\nThe first ever World Cup Final was played at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, on July 30th. A seemingly innocuous controversy overshadowed the build-up to the match as the teams disagreed on who should provide the match ball, forcing FIFA to intervene and decree that the Argentine team would provide the ball for the first half and the Uruguayans would provide their own for the second. The game ended 4-2 to Uruguay (who had trailed 2-1 at half time) who added the title World Cup Winners to the already prestigious mantle of Olympic Champions, as Jules Rimet presented the World Cup Trophy, which was later to be named after the man himself. Only one player from that final, Francisco Varallo (who played as a striker for Argentina), is still alive today.
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The first Football World Cup was staged in 1930. The games were awarded to Uruguay as they were the Olympic champions at the time and since they were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4-2.\n\nThe King of FIFA World Player 2002 was Ronaldo and the Queen was Mia Hamm.
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The first time was in the second world cup:\n\n1934, Rome, Italy: final score Italy 2 : 1 Czechoslavakia\n1962: Santiago, Chile: final score Brazil 3 : 1 Czechoslavakia
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The first FIFA World Cup was staged in 1930. The tournament was played in Uruguay, the Olympic champions at the time, since they were celebrating the centenary of their independence. As well as being the first ever hosts, Uruguay also became the inaugural champions, beating Argentina in the final, 4 – 2.
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Uruguay's won twice, the first world cup, in 1930, and again in 1950, Italy three times in 1934, 1938, and 1982.  Germany three times, in 1954, 1974, and 1990.  Brazil five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002.  England once, in 1966.  Argentina twice, in 1978 and 1986.  France once, in 1998.  There were no tournaments between 38 and 50 due to World War II.  More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup
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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.
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Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in the first World Cup Tournament in 1930 as France beat Mexico 4-1.\n\nUruguay went on to win the final by beating Argentina 4-2, and thus become the first nation to win the World Cup.
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Uruguay, 1st Worldcup which they won..
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The first World Cup was in 1930. It was staged in Uruguay.and was won by Uruguay. England didn't participate because they believed the World Cup was fully representative of world football. England didn't play in the World Cup until 1950. England was knocked out of the competition by a squad of U.S. part timers 1-0. The World Cup that the teams are playing for is not the original . The first cup was the Jules Rimet Trophy. That cup was retired when Brazil won it's third World Cup Championship. When the next nation wins the present World Cup three times they will retire that trophy as well.
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The inaugural World Cup tournament, held in Uruguay in 1930, was participated in by 13 nations (seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America).\n\nIn the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina, 4-2, in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win a World Cup.
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Italy won their first World Cup against Czechoslovakia in Italy 1934. They won the game 2-1. Germany beat Austria 3-2 to get 3rd place.
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The World Cup was the idea of Jules Rimet and the 1st tournament was held in Uruguay. Only 13 took part, European nations unwilling to make the trans-Alantic trip by boat.\n\nUruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the final, in Montevideo.
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The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France as they beat Mexico 4-1 in 1930.
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Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930.