Edition 1 of 22 Uruguay13 teams18 matches
1930 URUGUAY
The first one. Thirteen invited teams. Uruguay crowned at home in the brand-new Centenario.
The Final
How it ended
1930-07-30 · Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance
68,346
Referee
John Langenus (BEL)
Venue
Estadio Centenario
City
Montevideo
Top four
- 1Uruguay ✦
- 2Argentina
- 3United States
- 4Yugoslavia
Individual honours
Awards
⚽
Golden Boot
Guillermo Stábile
ARG
8 goals
◉
Golden Ball
Introduced 1982
✦
Golden Glove
Introduced 1994
The numbers
By the figures
13
Teams
18
Matches
70
Goals
3.89 per game
590,549
Attendance
avg 32,808
The tournament
Format, mascot, ball
Format
Single-stage group + knockout · invitation only
Dates
1930-07-13
→ 1930-07-30
Match ball
Tiento / T-Model
Poster
Guillermo Laborde — goalkeeper diving
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Footnote
Final ball was a coin-flipped compromise: Argentine ball at half-time, Uruguayan ball thereafter. Uruguay had been losing 1-2 at the break.
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