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The first Football World Cup was staged in 1930. The games were hosted by the Olympic champions at the time, Uruguay. Uruguay became the inaugural champion, beating Argentina in the final, 4-2.

The first World Cup was the only one without qualification; teams were invited. Due to the long, harsh, and costly trip across the Atlantic, very few European team chose to participate; two months before the tournament started, no team from that continent entered. FIFA's president, Jules Rimet, intervened, and four teams: Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia made the trip.

The thirteen teams were drawn into four groups, and the first match of the first ever World Cup saw France beat Mexico 4-1 on July 13th. Lucient Laurent scored the first ever goal. USA's Bert PatenaudeBertram Patenaude (born November 4, 1909 in Fall River, Massachusetts; died November 4, 1974 in Fall River) is an American soccer player, the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history. Patenaude's historic day came on July 17, 1930, as the United scored the first hat-trickIn sports, a hat-trick (more often rendered in North America as hat trick without the hyphen) is associated with achieving something in a group of three. The term was originally used in cricket, and was connected with the custom of giving a hat or cap to in World Cup history, as his team beat ParaguayThe Paraguay national football team has reached the second round of the World Cup on three occasions (in 1986, 1998 and 2002) but has never advanced beyond that stage. Paraguay's only major tournament victories have come in the Copa America, in which they 3-0. The group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, and USA, moved to the semifinals.

The semifinals saw identical 6-1 scores, as Argentina beat the US and Uruguay took care of Yugoslavia. There was no third place match for the only time in World Cup history.

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