First World Cup

The Summer Olympic Games 1932, in Los Angeles, not to plan for the game as part of the program because of the low popularity of football in the United States, as American Football has been growing. FIFA and IOC also agreed on the state of football fans and gaming was withdrawn. Cup Jules Rimet for the first World Cup tournament draft be held in Uruguay in 1930. The national associations of the countries selected were invited to a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic to Europe. Of course, no European country pledged, please send a team two months before the start of competition. To adopt Rimet teams from Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia for the trip. A total of 13 countries took part-seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.

The first two WM-Spiele took place at the same time, and were by France and the United States against Mexico 4-1 and Belgium 3-0,. The first goal in the history of the World Cup has been approved by Lucien Laurent of France. In the final bezwang Uruguay Argentina 4-2 before a crowd of 93000 people in Montevideo, and was the first nation and World Cup.