What year did the WORLD CUP officially start?
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1930\nhttp://worldsoccer.about.com/cs/worldcup/a/wcupwinz.htm
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In Uruguay in 1930\n\nwon by Uruguay\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifa_world_cup
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1930 IN URUGUAY \n1908 WAS THE FIRST OLYMPIC SOCCER GAME
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Brazil won the first World Cup in 1958, in Sweden, beating the hosts in the final, 5-2.\nThe Captain was Bellini, a defender from Vasco da Gama.
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it all began in September 2003, when all teams from South America including defending champions BRAZIL kick off their World Cup qualifiers. \n\nall other nations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania plus North & Central America kick off their matches after the world cup qualifying draw was made in December 2003. a total of 194 teams from 205 FIFA members participated in the qualifiers around the world.\n\n847 matches was played throughout the whole qualifiers from September 2003 up to 16 November 2005, where all 32 nations are known. \n\nThese are the breakdown of teams competing in this year's World Cup from their respective confederations:\n\nEurope (UEFA) - 14 including host nation\nGERMANY \nNETHERLANDS\nUKRAINE\nPORTUGAL\nFRANCE\nITALY\nENGLAND\nSERBIA & MONTENEGRO\nCROATIA\nSWEDEN \nPOLAND\nCZECH REPUBLIC\nSWITZERLAND\nSPAIN\n\nAfrica (CAF) - 5 \nTOGO\nGHANA\nCOTE D'IVOIRE\nANGOLA\nTUNISIA\n\nSouth America (CONMEBOL) - 4\nBRAZIL\nARGENTINA\nECUADOR\nPARAGUAY\n\nAsia (AFC) - 4\nSAUDI ARABIA\nJAPAN\nKOREA REPUBLIC\nIRAN\n\nNorth & Central America (CONCACAF) - 4\nUNITED STATES\nMEXICO\nCOSTA RICA\nTRINIDAD & TOBAGO\n\nOceania (OFC) - 1\nAUSTRALIA
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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 official World Cup, The 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the programme due to the low popularity of football in the United States. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games.[5] FIFA president Jules Rimet thus set about organizing the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930.
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The World Cup (The Golden Nike) was founded in 1930 by Frenchman Jules Rimet, the creator of the world championship games. It was known as the Jules Rimet Cup back then.\nThe FIFA World Cup was founded in 1971\n\n1930 Uruguay\n1934 Italy\n1938 France\n1950 Brazil\n1954 Switzerland\n1958 Sweden\n1962 Chile\n1966 England\n1970 Mexico\n1974 Germany\n1978 Argentina\n1982 Spain\n1986 Mexico\n1990 Italy\n1994 USA\n1998 France\n2002 Korea & Japan\n2006 Germany
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The first golden goal in World Cup history took place in 1998, as France defeated Paraguay in the Round of 16 on June 28, 1998. Laurent Blanc scored the winning goal in the 113th minute. The score was 0-0 at the end of normal time.
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Laurent of France scored the first goal in the first World Cup against Mexico after 19 minutes of play in the opening match on July 13, 1930 at Montevideo.
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FIFA was founded in Paris on 21 May 1904.\n\nBelgium faced France at the first official international match in Brussels on 1 May 1904. \n\nFor oodles more information, please check out:\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/history/history/0,1283,4,00.html
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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 1930, the host nation was Uruguay.
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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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Uruguay won the first world cup in1930 which was held in Uruguay
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there are no such father of the world cup, but FIFA president (1921-1954) Jules Rimet set about organizing the inaugural World Cup tournament in Uruguay in 1930.\n\nJules Rimet (born October 14, 1873 at Theuley-les Lavoncourt, France, died October 16, 1956) was president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1945 and of FIFA from 1921 to 1954. On Rimet's intiative, the first Football World Cup was held in 1930. Jules Rimet Trophy,  was named in his honour (which was the name of the world cup until Brazil made lifted the coveted cup for the third time in 1970 and took it home for permanent).
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FIFA president Jules Rimet set about organising the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930\n\nThe first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France.