1930 was the inaugurating year of the event and it's host Uruguay was also the first winner.
The 1932 competition, first to introduce qualifications, also saw its host win the cup; set in Italy during fascist domination, there was much controversy regarding Mussolini's influence on the referees' decisions that led to Italy's victory.
Because many european nations had snubbed the 1930 World Cup, in 1932 Uruguay decided to not participate as a sign of protest.
The 1938 games were played in France, where Italy retained it's title of champions of the world. Fearing a european monopoly of the championship, this time both Uruguay and Argentina decided to not show up.
2006-08-24 05:20:35
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answer #2
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answered by suryen23 2
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IN 1930
FIFA congress: 26.05.1928
Host: Uruguay
Qualifiers: -
Participants: 13 teams
Winner: Uruguay ....Uruguay 4 Argentina 2
Organizing the first World Cup championship was granted to Uruguay to honour its achievements in sports (two Olympic gold medals in football) and a centennial of this country's constitution, falling in 1930. Only 13 national teams declared a will to participate in the tournament (top European teams such as England, Scotland, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary didn't enter the competition), so there was no qualifiers.
The tournament was organized in two rounds: group games and play-offs. The participating teams were divided into 4 groups by geographical region. 5 teams were seeded: Uruguay (Olympic champion), Argentina (silver medallist), Brasil, USA and Bolivia. During the group games Yugoslavia did very well; so did USA and favourites from Uruguay and Argentina and these 4 teams made the semi-final. Just as expected, the favourite teams crushed their opponents (both games 6:1) and met in the final. For the players from Argentina this was supposed to be a kind of rematch for their loss with Uruguay in the Olympic final of 1928, but once again they were defeated. The first World Cup champion was the team from Uruguay. There was no 3. place game, since it was not in the regulations.
Top players of the tournament: Ferreyra, Monti, Stábile (Argentina), Thépot (France), Andrade, Cea, Nasazzi, Scarone (Uruguay).
in 1934
FIFA congress:08.10.1932
Host:Italy
Qualifiers:29 teams
Participants:16 teams
Winner:Italy
More national teams entered the competition that took place in Italy that year than in 1930, so for the first time qualifiers were organized. The big absentee was the team from Uruguay, which didn't intend to participate in the cup. The official reason was financial problems, but there were rumours about this being a way of getting back at the major European teams for not participating in the competition in 1930. Once again the British Isles didn't show interest in the games organized by FIFA. The team from Argentina arrived in substitute squad to protest against Italians, who had acquired three of Argentina's top players of Italian descent.
The competition in Italy was organized as play-offs (without groups). European teams dominated after they eliminated teams from Argentina, Brasil, Egypt and USA in the first round. The games in the second round were more equalized (all the games were won by one goal). The quarterfinal game between teams from Italy and Spain was dramatic and the referees handed the victory to the "squadra azzurra". In the semi-final Italians defeated Austria 1:0, not without trouble, and Czechoslovakia beat Germany. 45,000 people attended the final match. The Italian team won in extended time, even though 10 minutes before the end of the game they were loosing 0:1. Germany defeated Austria 3:2 in the 3. place game.
Top players of the tournament: Sindelar (Austria), Najedlý, Plánicka (Czechoslovakia), Conen (Germany), Meazza, Monti, Orsi (Italy), Zamora (Spain).
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In 1938
FIFA congress:15.08.1936
Host:France
Qualifiers:27 Teams
Participants:15 Teams
Winner:italy
The World Cup championship played in France was the last one before World War II and turned out to be the least attended to. Once again the teams of the British Isles and Uruguay didn't enter the qualifiers, Argentina backed out of the competition after the draw, and Austria didn't participate because of its political situation. The team from Yugoslavia that had won the bronze at the championship of 1930 didn't qualify in 1938. The defending champion (Italy) and the hosting team (France) were automatically entered in the competition without a need to participate in the qualifiers. In all, 15 out of 16 qualified teams showed up in France.
The World Cup in France was played in the play-off system. In the first round, after a fierce match and additional time Poland, a first-time player in the cup, lost to Brasil 5:6. In the second phase Brasil put up a fight with Czechoslovakia and won the game, only to lose to Italy, the defending champion, in the semi-finals. Even though the German team was strengthened by Austrian players, it failed to defeat Switzerland. The Hungarians did well, beating strong teams from Switzerland and Sweden on its way to the final game. They were then easily defeated by the favourite team from Italy. The Italians won for the second time and defended their title as World Cup champion. The Brazilian team won 3. place after a 3:1 victory over Sweden.
Top players of the tournament: Domingos, Leônidas, Martim (Brasil), Plánicka (Czechoslovakia), Aston (France), Sárosi (Hungary), Andreolo, Meazza, Piola, (Italy), Wilimowski (Poland).
2006-08-24 05:21:06
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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