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The very first World Cup soccer game...
The very first World Cup soccer game...
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July 31, 1930
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 31, 1930 The World Cup tournament began in 1930, with Wikipedia noting its creation:
"Due to the success of soccer at the Olympic games,an official game beginning in 1908, the FIFA started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics. On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship organized by FIFA. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions (as 1924 was the start of FIFA's professional era) and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament.
The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition. Eventually teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia made the trip. In total thirteen nations took part: seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.
The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously on 13 July 1930, and were won by France and USA, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0 respectively. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and in doing so became the first nation to win the World Cup."
This issue of the Times reports the final game of the very first World Cup tournament. With soccer being a somewhat unknown sport in the United States at the time, it is exceedingly difficult to find any 1930 reports of the World Cup in American newspapers, coverage lacking in several major city publications.
The one column headline on the sports page reads: "Uruguay Annexes Title At Soccer" with subheads: "70,000 Spectators See Argentine Lose Contest for World Honors by 4-2" "Victors Stage Come-Back" "Trailing by 1-2 at End of First Half, They Launch Attack Which Brings Triumph". The text takes three column inches and can be seen in its entirely in the photos.
A cornerstone piece for any soccer collection as any items from the very first World Cup are almost unobtainable today. This is one.
An absolutely genuine newspaper from 1930, complete in 40 pages, usual browning with some spine wear, otherwise good condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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