when was the first rugby world cup?
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In 1987. This is when the official body of rugby, the IRB, organized the event. The RWC was help on New Zealand with the All Blacks defeating France 29-9 in the final.
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the first ever worldcup was in 1930, in the south american country of uruguay. there only 3 continents, south america, europe and north america. the host went on the win the first worldcup.
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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 first FIFA World Cup was in 1930 in Uruguay. Argentina, Chile, France, Mexico, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Bolivia, Romania, Peru, Uruguay, Belgium, USA, and Paraguay participating in the first World Cup. Uruguay was down 2-1 at the break, but in the second half Uruguay brought out the famous claw. Within minutes, Pedro Cea tied the game, and shortly thereafter "El Mago" Scarone put the Uruguayans ahead 3-2. Then in the 88th minute, with the Argentines looking desperately for the equalizer, "El Manco" Castro dealt the finishing blow, ending the scoring 4-2. Uruguay was the first ever World Champion.
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England played their first World Cup game in the 1950 finals in Brazil. They wore red and white vertical stripes, and blue shorts. They beat Chile 2-0.
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the first World Cup finals was held in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. 13 teams participate in the finals:\n\nARGENTINA\nFRANCE\nMEXICO\nCHILE\nBRAZIL\nBELGIUM\nBOLIVIA\nYUGOSLAVIA\nUNITED STATES\nROMANIA\nURUGUAY\nPARAGUAY\nFRANCE\nPERU\n\n1930 World Cup final was won by Uruguay 4-2 winners against Argentina.
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The All Blacks last won the world cup in 1987, their only win.\n\nIn 1991 and 2003 they lost in the semi final to Austrailla, and deserved to lose, Austrailia are experts at peaking for competitions.\n\nIn 1995 they lost the final 15-12 in extra time to a determined South African team who wanted it more.
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(m)\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 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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Can't choose one because they are all wrong.  The World Cup was first held in Uruguay and won by Uruguay of the contries listed above only Brazil even participated.\n\nUruguay - 1930
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Lucien Laurent of France scored against Mexico in the 19th minute of the very first World Cup match on July 13, 1930. France went on to win the match 4-1 but host nation Uruguay was the eventual winner of the tournament.
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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 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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Uruguay was the winner of the very first World Cup
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Uruguay,who also hosted the first World cup in 1930.
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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.
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In 1982, Maradona played his first World Cup tournament. In the first round, Argentina, as defending champions, lost to Belgium 0-1.