did the usa play in the first world cup? if so how did they do?
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Yes, and the US won one of the first two matches, which were played simultaneously (the other by France). They eventually lost in the semifinals 6-1 to Argentina.
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first world cup took place in 1930 in Uruguay. In 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 in 1934, by beating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time.  They actually trailed 1-0 early in the game but came back to win it, the second host team to do so.
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in Mexico 1986. they have played 3 games. all 3 lost with France 0-1, Hungary 0-2 and U.S.S.R. 0-2. this was they first and last world cup event for Canada!
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Uruguay was the winner of the very first World Cup
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Yes. In the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan. They beat Mexico 2-0 in the round of 16, and then lost to Germany 1-0 in the quarterfinals. They reached the semifinals in the 1930 World Cup (the first World Cup).
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The first goal of the first game of the First World Cup was scored by Lucien Laurent of France.\n\nAnd the first goal in the final (at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, on July 30th, 1930) was made in the 12th minute by Dorado of Uruguay against Argentina. The final score was 4-2 for Uruguay.
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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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The first game for the 1930 Uruguay World Cup was in Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo. France beat Mexico 4:1. Another game that started at the same time again in Montervideo was held in Estadio Gran Parque Central where the U.S, won 3:0.
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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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(m)\n\nUruguay won the first world cup tournament in 1930.
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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 held in Uruguay in 1930. The final match featured Uruguay against Argentina. The hosts (Uruguay) won the match 4-2 to capture the first World Cup trophy.
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The first goal in the first World Cup was scored by Laurent a French player in 1930. The 100th by Schiavol, an Italian player in 1934. The 1000th by Rensenbrink, a Netherlander in 1978 and the last one by Petit a French player in 1998.\nSource-SAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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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 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 United States participated in the following World\nCups: 1930-Uruguay, 1934-Italy, 1950-Brazil, 1994-Host\ncountry of the World Cup, 1998-France, 2002-Korea and Japan,\nand 2006-Germany-yet to be determined.\n\nThe United States made it to the Quarter-finals once,\nwhich was in 2002 versus Germany and lost the match 1-0.\n\nThe only other time, that the U.S.A. furthered themselves\nin the World Cup, was in 1930 in Uruguay, which they lost \nto Argentina in the Semi-finals 6-1.