Still although the International Federation of Association Football (also known as Fédération Internationale de Football Association or (FIFA), came into existence in 1904, it get the world another 25 years to see the first Football World Cup take place. The thought of hosting an autonomous international competition was conceptualized by the FIFA Congress under the leadership of Jules Rimet, the then President of FIFA, on 28th May, 1928, in Amsterdam. Uruguay, who had won the Olympic football tournament in 1924 and 1928, was chosen to be the host nation for first ever Soccer World Cup.First Football World Cup
Uruguay was rejoice the centenary of its first constitution in 1930, and this was yet another reason why it was chosen to host the first FIFA World Cup. The tournament was held between 13th July to 30th July that year. A total of thirteen soccer playing nations from South America (7 teams), Europe (4 teams) and North America (2 teams) participated in the first World Cup. The tournament started with two matches being played at the same time - the first between France (4) and Mexico (1) and the second between USA (3) and Belgium (0). The goal achieved by Lucien Laurent for France became the first goal in the history of World Cup Football. Eventually, four teams made it to the semi-finals - USA, Argentina, Uruguay and Yugoslavia. The first semi-final saw Argentina defeat USA (6-1) to book a berth in the finals. In the second semi-final, Uruguay defeated Yugoslavia (2-1) and set up the first ever title clash in the history of Soccer World Cup. In the first ever World Cup final, Uruguay defeated Argentina with a score line of 4-2, and became the first ever Soccer World Champions.
Following Football World Cups
the after that two World Cups were hosted by Italy (1934) and France (1938) respectively. throughout this period, traveling across the continents was a major hindrance and that resulted in poor participation from South American nations in these two World Cups. Brazil was the only Latin-American nation which participated in both of these World Cups. World championships planned for 1942 and 1946 were fragment as a result of Second World War outbreak. The fourth World Cup was finally held in 1950 in Brazil. The FIFA World Cup Trophy which is being honored to the champion even today was designed in 1970. Before 1970, the winner was given the Jules Rimet Trophy, which was also called the World Cup. Since 1950, FIFA has successfully organized a World Cup every four years, with the last one being held in South Africa in 2010.
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