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{{Short description|Inaugural World Cup final, held in Uruguay}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox football match
| title              = 1930 FIFA World Cup final
| image              = Uruguay national football team 1930.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption            = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] are champions
| event              = [[1930 FIFA World Cup]]
| team1              = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| team1association   = {{flagdeco|URU|size=30px}}
| team1score         = 4
| team2              = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| team2association   = {{flagdeco|ARG|1861|size=30px}}
| team2score         = 2
| details            =
| date               = {{Start date|1930|7|30|df=y}}
| stadium            = [[Estadio Centenario]]
| city               = [[Montevideo]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee            = [[John Langenus]] ([[Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
| attendance         = 68,346
| weather            =
| next               = [[1934 FIFA World Cup final|1934]]
}}
The '''1930 FIFA World Cup final''' was a [[Association football|football]] tournament match that culminated in the inaugural [[1930 FIFA World Cup]] champions. [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] contested in what was a rematch of the [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics#Gold medal match|gold medal match of the 1928 Olympics]], which Uruguay won after a [[Replay (sports)|replay]]. The final was played at the [[Estadio Centenario]] in [[Montevideo]], Uruguay, on 30 July.

It was played on a Wednesday and also was one of only two World Cup finals to be played on a day other than Sunday, the other being the [[1966 FIFA World Cup final]], which was played on a Saturday. A disagreement overshadowed the build-up to the match as which team would provide the match ball. [[FIFA]] intervened with a compromise, that Argentina would provide the ball for the first half, and Uruguay for the second.<ref name="BBC1930">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1632000/1632201.stm |title=Uruguay 1930 |date=11 April 2002 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=25 February 2007}}</ref>

The stadium gates were opened at eight in the morning, six hours before kick-off, and at noon the ground was full,<ref name="Glanville19">Glanville, p19</ref>{{full citation|date=July 2020}} officially holding 93,000 people.<ref name="origin">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02e_fwc-origin_8816.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129182243/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02e_fwc-origin_8816.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2007 |title=FIFA World Cup Origin |work=[[FIFA]] |access-date=20 May 2007}}</ref> Uruguay successfully "defended" its Olympic gold medal achievement 4–2, coming back from a 2–1 deficit at half-time. 

Uruguay manager [[Alberto Suppici]] was 31 at the time, and still holds the record for being youngest coach of a FIFA World Cup winning team. [[Jules Rimet]], president of FIFA, presented Uruguay with the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy#Jules Rimet Trophy|World Cup Trophy]], later to be named after him. The following day was declared a national holiday in Uruguay.<ref name="origin"/> In [[Buenos Aires]], a mob threw stones at the Uruguayan consulate.<ref>Glanville, p21</ref>{{full citation|date=July 2020}}

The last living player from the final was Argentine striker [[Francisco Varallo]], who died on 30 August 2010 aged 100.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/do-you-remember/newsid=1166517/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628083753/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/do-you-remember/newsid=1166517/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2013 |title=Francisco Varallo, 100 not out |work=[[FIFA]] |access-date=20 June 2014}}</ref> The last living Uruguayan from the final was [[Ernesto Mascheroni]], who died on 3 July 1984 aged 76.

==Route to the final==
{| style="width:100%;text-align:center"
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#9cf"
! colspan="2" style="width:1*" |Uruguay
!Round
! colspan="2" style="width:1*" |Argentina
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup#First round|First round]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|PER|1825}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup Group 3#Uruguay vs Peru|1–0]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff" |Match 1
|{{fb|FRA|1794}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1#Argentina vs France|1–0]]
|-
|{{fb|ROU}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup Group 3#Uruguay vs Romania|4–0]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff" |Match 2
|{{fb|MEX|1916}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1#Argentina vs Mexico|6–3]]
|-
|
|
| style="background:#c1e0ff" |Match 3
|{{fb|CHI}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1#Argentina vs Chile|3–1]]
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! width="175" |Team
! width="20" |{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-
| align="left" |'''{{fb|URU}}'''
|2||2||0||0||5||0||+5||'''4'''
|-
| align="left" |{{fb|ROU}}
|2||1||0||1||3||5||−2||'''2'''
|-
| align="left" |{{fb|PER|1825}}
|2||0||0||2||1||4||−3||'''0'''
|}
| style="background:#c1e0ff" |Final standing
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! width="175" |Team
! width="20" |{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|W|Matches won}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
! width="20" |{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-
| align="left" |'''{{fb|ARG|1861}}'''
|3||3||0||0||10||4||+6||'''6'''
|-
| align="left" |{{fb|CHI}}
|3||2||0||1||5||3||+2||'''4'''
|-
| align="left" |{{fb|FRA|1794}}
|3||1||0||2||4||3||+1||'''2'''
|-
| align="left" |{{fb|MEX|1916}}
|3||0||0||3||4||13||−9||'''0'''
|}
|- style="vertical-align:top;background:#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|{{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Uruguay vs Yugoslavia|6–1]]
| style="background:#c1e0ff" |Semi-finals
|{{fb|USA|1912}}
|[[1930 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Argentina vs United States|6–1]]
|}

==Match==

===Summary===
After 12 minutes, [[Pablo Dorado]] put the hosts into the lead, before Argentina winger [[Carlos Peucelle]] equalised 8 minutes later, beating goalkeeper [[Enrique Ballestrero]] with a powerful shot. In the 37th minute, tournament top scorer [[Guillermo Stábile]] gave Argentina a 2–1 lead going into the break. Uruguay leveled the score 12 minutes into the second half via a goal from [[Pedro Cea]], and took the lead back for good with a [[Santos Iriarte]] goal in the 68th minute. With a minute remaining, [[Héctor Castro]] put Uruguay up 4–2, sealing victory in the inaugural World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |last=Molinaro |first=John F. |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/1930-world-cup-uruguay-welcomes-the-soccer-world-1.843670 |title=1930 World Cup: Uruguay welcomes the soccer world |website=[[CBC Sports]] |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>

===Details===
<section begin=Final />{{football box
|date={{Start date|1930|07|30|df=y}}
|time=12:45 UYT ([[UTC-03:30]])
|team1={{fb-rt|URU}}
|score=4–2
|report=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/uruguay1930/matches/match/1087
|team2={{fb|ARG|1861}}
|goals1=[[Pablo Dorado|Dorado]] {{goal|12}}<br/>[[Pedro Cea|Cea]] {{goal|57}}<br/>[[Santos Iriarte|Iriarte]] {{goal|68}}<br/>[[Héctor Castro|Castro]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Carlos Peucelle|Peucelle]] {{goal|20}}<br/>[[Guillermo Stábile|Stábile]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance=68,346
|referee=[[John Langenus]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
}}<section end=Final />
<section begin=Lineups />
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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||[[Enrique Ballestrero]]
|-
|RB ||[[José Nasazzi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LB ||[[Ernesto Mascheroni]]
|-
|RH ||[[José Leandro Andrade|José Andrade]]
|-
|CH ||[[Lorenzo Fernández]]
|-
|LH ||[[Álvaro Gestido]]
|-
|OR ||[[Pablo Dorado]]
|-
|IR ||[[Héctor Scarone]]
|-
|CF ||[[Héctor Castro]]
|-
|IL ||[[Pedro Cea]]
|-
|OL ||[[Santos Iriarte]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Alberto Suppici]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:URU-ARG 1930-07-30.svg|300px]]
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||[[Juan Botasso]]
|-
|RB ||[[José Della Torre]]
|-
|LB ||[[Fernando Paternoster]]
|-
|RH ||[[Juan Evaristo]]
|-
|CH ||[[Luis Monti]]
|-
|LH ||[[Arico Suárez]]
|-
|OR ||[[Carlos Peucelle]]
|-
|IR ||[[Francisco Varallo]]
|-
|CF ||[[Guillermo Stábile]]
|-
|IL ||[[Manuel Ferreira (footballer)|Manuel Ferreira]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|OL ||[[Mario Evaristo]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Managers:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|[[Francisco Olazar]]<br />[[Juan José Tramutola]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />[[Ulises Saucedo]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])
<br />[[Henri Christophe (referee)|Henri Christophe]] ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
<includeonly>|}</includeonly><section end=Lineups />
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary
*[[Replay (sports)#Association football|Replay]] if scores still level
*No substitutions permitted
|}

==See also==
*[[Argentina at the FIFA World Cup]]
*[[Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup]]
* [[Argentina–Uruguay football rivalry]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}

* [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/uruguay1930/matches/round=405/match=1087/index.html 1930 FIFA World Cup final fifa.com]

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