Although, unlike in subsequent World Cups, there
had been no qualifying competition, one principle
was established for the future: the groups were
divided so as to try and achieve as much geographical
diversity as possible. The groups were:
Group A
Argentina (seeded) South America
Chile South America
France Europe
Mexico Central America
Group B
Brazil (seeded) South America
Bolivia (seeded) South America
Yugoslavia Europe
Group C
Uruguay (seeded) South America
Romania Europe
Peru South America
Group D
USA (seeded) North America
Belgium Europe
Paraguay South America
The individual team results (half time scores in
brackets) were:
| GROUP A |
GROUP B |
France - Mexico 4:1
(3:0)
Argentina - France 1:0 (0:0)
Chile - Mexico 3:0 (1:0)
Chile - France 1:0 (0:0)
Argentina - Mexico 6:3 (3:0)
Argentina - Chile 3:1 (2:1) |
Yugoslavia - Brazil
2:1 (2:0)
Yugoslavia - Bolivia 4:0 (0:0)
Brazil - Bolivia 4:0 (1:0) |
| GROUP C |
GROUP D |
Romania
- Peru 3:1 (1:0)
Uruguay - Peru 1:0 (0:0)
Uruguay - Romania 4:0 (3:0) |
USA - Belgium 3:0
(2:0)
USA - Paraguay 3:0 (2:0)
Paraguay - Belgium 1:0 (1:0) |
Tabulating this gives:
| Group A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Team |
Pts |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
| Argentina |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
| Chile |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
| France |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| Mexico |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
| Group B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Team |
Pts |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
| Yugoslavia |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
| Brazil |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
| Bolivia |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
| Group C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Team |
Pts |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
| Uruguay |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| Romania |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Peru |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Group D |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Team |
Pts |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
| USA |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| Paraguay |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Belgium |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
The semi-finals emphatically justified the seeding,
Uruguay and Argentina crushed their opponents Yugoslavia
and the USA by the identical score line of 6-1.
SEMI-FINALS (half time scores in brackets)
Argentina - USA 6:1 (1:0)
Uruguay - Yugoslavia 6:1 (3:1)
FINAL (half time scores in brackets)
July 30, 1930
Uruguay - Argentina 4:2 (1:2)
Attendance: 90, 000
Teams:
Uruguay:
Ballesteros, Nasazzi, Mascheroni, Andrade, Fernandez,
Gestido, Dorado, Scarone, Castro, Cea, Iriarte.
Scorers: Dorado, Cea, Iriarte, Castro.
Argentina
Botasso, Della Torre, Paternoster, J. Evaristo,
Monti, Suarez, Peucelle, Varallo, Stabile, Ferreira,
M. Evaristo.
Scorers: Peucelle, Stabile.
Referee: J. Langenus.
Notes
Leading players: Ferreyra, Monti, Stábile (Argentina),
Thépot (France), Andrade, Cea, Nasazzi, Scarone
(Uruguay).
Number of teams: 13
Hosts: Uruguay
Champions: Uruguay (1st title)
Matches played: 18
Goals scored: 70
(an average of 3.89 per match)
Total attendance: 434,500
(an average of 24,139 per match)
Top scorer: Guillermo Stábile (ARG) 8 goals
Other scorers:
José Pédro Cea (URU) 5 goals
Bert Patenaude (USA) 4 goals
Juan Pelegrino Anselmo (URU) 3 goals
Ivan Beck (JUG) 3 goals
Carlos Desiderio Peucelle (ARG) 3 goals
João Coelho Neto (Preguinho) (BRA) 3 goals
Héctor Castro (URU) 2 goals
Pablo Dorado (URU) 2 goals
Victoriano Santos Iriarte (URU) 2 goals
André Maschinot (FRA) 2 goals
Bartholomew McGhee (USA) 2 goals
Luís Fernando Monti (ARG) 2 goals
Moderato Visintainer (BRA) 2 goals
Manuel Rosas Sanchez (MEX) 2 goals
Constantin Stanciu (ROM) 2 goals
Carlos Vidal Lepe (CHI) 2 goals
Djordje Vujadinovic (JUG) 2 goals
Adolfo Bernabé Zumelzú (ARG) 2 goals
Guillermo Arellano Moraga (CHI) 1 goal
Stefan Barbu (ROM) 1 goal
James Brown (USA) 1 goal
Delfín Benítez Cáceres (PAR) 1 goal
Juan Carreño Sandoval (MEX) 1 goal
Roberto Gayón Marquéz (MEX) 1 goal
Marino Evaristo (ARG) 1 goal
Marcel Langiller (FRA) 1 goal
Lucien Laurent (FRA) 1 goal
Blagoje Marjanovic (JUG) 1 goal
Héctor Pedro Scarone (URU) 1 goal
Alejandro Scopelli Casanova (ARG) 1 goal
Luís Alfonso Souza Ferreira (PER) 1 goal
Guillermo Subiabre Astorga (CHI) 1 goal
Aleksander Tirnanic (JUG) 1 goal
Francisco Antonio Varallo (ARG) 1 goal
Own goals
Manuel Rosas Sánchez (MEX) 1 goal (against Chile)
