Thirteen countries took part in the inaugural Football World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930, as sadly only four European teams were willing to undertake the long boat-journey to South-America that was necessary to participate in the tournament. The hosts ended up clinching the title, after beating Argentina in a final that saw them recovering from being 1-2 behind at half-time to win the match 4-2.

Final Argentina 2-4 Uruguay Semi-finals
Argentina	6-1	Yugoslavia	Uruguay	6-1	USA
First Round
Group 1			Group 2
Argentina 3 3 0 0 10-4 6 Chile 3 2 0 1 5-3 4 France 3 1 0 2 4-3 2 Mexico 3 0 0 3 4-13 0			Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 6-1 4 Brazil 2 1 0 1 5-2 2 Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0-8 0
Argentina Mexico France Mexico France France	3-1 3-6 0-1 0-3 0-1 4-1	Chile Argentina Chile Chile Argentina Mexico	Brazil Bolivia Yugoslavia	4-0 0-4 2-1	Bolivia Yugoslavia Brazil
Group 3			Group 4
Uruguay 2 2 0 0 5-0 4 Romania 2 1 0 1 3-5 2 Peru 2 1 0 2 1-4 0			USA 2 2 0 0 6-0 4 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 1-3 2 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0-4 0
Uruguay Uruguay Romania	4-0 1-0 3-1	Romania Peru Peru	Paraguay USA USA	1-0 3-0 3-0	Belgium Paraguay Belgium
--- • FIFA World Cup • 1934