Top scorer: Argentina’s Guillermo Stabile (8 goals)
Number of games: 18
Total goals scored: 70
Average goals per game: 3.89
Highest scoring game: Argentina’s 6-3 win over Mexico on July 19
Total attendance: 434,500
Average attendance: 24,139
Unlike today when teams fight to qualify, the first World Cup was by invitation only. The 13 teams were divided into four groups: Pool 1 consisted of Argentina, Chile, France and Mexico; Pool 2 saw Yugoslavia grouped with Brazil and Bolivia; Uruguay competed in Group 3 alongside Romania and Peru, while Pool 4 was made up of the U.S., Belgium and Paraguay. The four pool winners advanced directly to the semifinals.
THE FINAL
The day before the final, thousands of fans in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aries made the trip across the River Plate by boat to see their heroes try and vanquish Uruguay in the all-South American final. A crowd of 90,000 spectators jammed into Montevideo’s Centenario stadium for the electric matchup on July 30. Comically, the game was delayed when both teams insisted on using a ball of their own choice.
Pablo Dorado put the home side up after only 12 minutes, but Carlos Peucelle equalized eight minutes later for Argentina when he beat Uruguay goalkeeper Enrique Ballesteros with a powerful shot. The visitors took a 2-1 lead before half time when Guillermo Stabile, the tournament’s top scorer, found the back of the net. Uruguay captain Jose Nasazzi protested that Stabile was offside, but Belgian referee Jean Langenus let the goal stand.
The second half was all Uruguay. Pedro Cea went on a scintillating run and drew Uruguay even with his goal in the 57th minute. Santos Iriarte made it 3-2 in the 68th minute, and Hector Castro sealed the result with his second goal of the tournament in the final minutes, scoring on a header off a cross from Dorado. Uruguay was crowned champion, and the World Cup was well on its way to becoming the biggest sporting event in the world.
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
 Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
 France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
 Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
France 4-1 Mexico
Argentina 1-0 France
Chile 3-0 Mexico
Chile 1-0 France
Argentina 6-3 Mexico
Argentina 3-1 Chile
Group 2
Yugoslavia 2-1 Brazil
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 |
 Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 2 |
 Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Yugoslavia 4-0 Bolivia
Brazil 4-0 Bolivia
Group 3
Romania 3-1 Peru
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 |
 Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
 Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Uruguay 1-0 Peru
Uruguay 4-1 Romania
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 USA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
 Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
 Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
USA 3-0 Paraguay
Paraguay 1-0 Belgium
| 27 July – Montevideo (Cenetario) | |||||||
| Uruguay | 6 | ||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | ||||||
| 30 July – Montevideo (Cenetario) | |||||||
| Uruguay | 4 | ||||||
| Argentina | 2 | ||||||
| 26 July – Montevideo (Cenetario) | |||||||
| Argentina | 6 | ||||||
| United States | 1 | ||||||
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