where was the first world cup?
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please name the sport for which u want the information.
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Uruguay was the very first host of the World Cup.  They are also the winners of the first two World Cups.
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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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The first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930, so would be 76 years old. The 2006 competition will be the 18th time it will be held.
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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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This year's begins June 9th, historically the first World Cup was in Uruguay in 1930
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The first World Cup after the war was played in Brasil in 1950. European teams from countries most affected by World War II (among others the Polish team) didn't enter the qualifiers. The silver medallists of the previous championships, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Argentina didn't participate either. For the first time teams from England and Scotland entered the competition and Uruguay, the world champion of 1930, entered after 20 years of absence. Eventually 13 out of 16 entered teams played in the tournament, after India, Scotland and Turkey had withdrawn from the competition after the draw. Under these circumstances, FIFA invited France and Portugal to play, but both countries rejected the offer. \n\nThere were no play-offs in the tournament, all games were played in groups. Most surprisingly, favoured England lost to USA and Spain (both games 0:1), which eliminated the pretender to the cup in the preliminary phase of the games. The team from Yugoslavia didn't get past the first round either, despite two victories. Spain, Sweden, Brasil and Uruguay made the finals, but in this stage only the South American teams counted. "Canarinhos" defeated Sweden 7:1 and Spain 6:1 and the game for the gold was to be played with Uruguay. Surprisingly, Uruguay was better and won the World Cup again, after 20 years. The 3. place went to Sweden. \n\nTop players of the tournament: Ademir, Bauer, Chico, Zizinho (Brasil), Basora (Spain), Ghiggia, Máspoli, Schiaffino, Varela (Uruguay), Mitiæ (Yugoslavia).
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The first World Cup was played in 1930 in Uruguay, coincidentally it was was won by Uruguay.
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the men's FIFA World Cup begins in 1930 in URUGUAY while the FIFA Women's World Cup begins in 1991 in China. URUGUAY (men's) & UNITED STATES (women's) won the respective first tournament.
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Lucien Laurent of France against Mexico in 19' minutes of the inaugural match of the world cup in 1930 in Estadio Pocitos in the capital city of Montevideo of Uruguay. France eventually won the match by 4-1.
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Uruguay which also was the hosting nation.\nCheck this piece of history over here:\nhttp://www.worldcuptour.org/the-history-of-world-cup.php
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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.
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As for the first World Cup (1930) only 13 countries participated. It was held in Uraguay and there were no qualification matches - teams were merely invited to take part. Many european countries declined the invitation because of the travelling distance and transport facilities weren't as efficient as they are today. The top scorer was Guillermo Stábile of Argentina with 8 goals. The first scorer of a World Cup goal however was scored by Lucien Laurent, of France, in the 19th minute of their opening game. \n\nUraguay won the tournament.\n\nPrize money for the World Cup has recently been increased for the impending tournament. The winners of the tournament in Germany will walk away with 24.5 million Swiss francs (£10.7m), more than double the total for the 2002 World Cup, while every qualifying nation will pocket a minimum of seven million Swiss francs (£3m). Needless to say prize money increases the further the nation progresses through the tournament. Specific amounts awarded to each country will be known after the World Cup.
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The first tentative Fifa World cup competition was in 1930, Uruguay.
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BraZIL\n\nIn 1962 the Football World Cup returned to the continent of South America. It was held in Chile by FIFA's decision in Lisbon in June 1956 , and won by Brazil, who retained the championship beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final.\n\nOnly three nations competed for the honour of staging the tournament. Chile prevailed over West Germany and Argentina though the larger, better-equipped Latin American country was the favorite. The format of the competition stayed the same as 1958: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.\n\nIn May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered one of the largest earthquakes (8.5 magnitude) of the twentieth century, which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Because we don't have anything, we will do everything in our power to rebuild," which became the unofficial slogan of the tournament. Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organizational flaw. Sadly, Dittborn would not live to see the success of his tireless efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was renamed in his honor and bears his name to this day.
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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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http://www.worldcup.isn.pl/en/cups/1930.htm\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fifa_world_...