1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey guys, welcome to This Day in History Class, 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: where we bring you a new tidbit from history every day. 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: Today is Duly nineteen. The day was July nineteen thirty. 5 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: The first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's 6 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: national soccer teams, began in monte Video, Uruguay. FIFA, or 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: the International Federation of Association Football, is the international governing 8 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: body for soccer. In nine feefless Congress voted to hold 9 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: a World Championship for soccer in nineteen thirty. Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, 10 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: and Spain all expressed interest in hosting the championship, but 11 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: Uruguay was willing to pay for travel and hotel expenses 12 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 1: and to build a new stadium. Duguay had also won 13 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: the gold medal for soccer or football as people outside 14 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: of the US call it, in the nineteen twenty four 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: and nineteen eight Summer Olympics. Plus nineteen thirty would mark 16 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: the one d anniversary of the adoption of Uruguay's first constitution. 17 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 1: At the nineteen twenty nine FIFA Congress in Barcelona, Uruguay 18 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: was confirmed as the hosting country. The first World Cup 19 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: would be the only without qualifications teams were invited. At 20 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 1: the time, the Great Depression was affecting economies all around 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: the world. Many European players were not able to or 22 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: did not want to make the trip to South America 23 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: to participate in the championship. Soccer did not earn them 24 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: a living, and they were afraid they would lose their 25 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: jobs if they were away for too long. Though many 26 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: European teams did not take part in the inaucural World Cup, 27 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: the president of FIFA at the time, July Rimy, got Belgium, France, 28 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: Romania and Yugoslavia to participate. The King of Romania personally 29 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: selected the team members for the tournament and guaranteed their 30 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: jobs would still be there when they returned home. Mexico, 31 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Pedaguay and Peru 32 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: also participated in the World Cup, bringing the total number 33 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: of competing teams to thirteen. All the European teams besides Yugoslavia, 34 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: left Barcelona on June two, nineteen thirty, on the S 35 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: s conte Verde. The Yugoslavian team left on its own 36 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: on the MS Florida the conte Verde picked up the 37 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: Brazilian players in Rio and stopped at Santos. On July four, 38 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: they arrived in Monte Budeo. Construction began on the stadium 39 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: built specifically for the World Cup, called Estadio Centennario, in 40 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: July of ninete, but it was still not finished by 41 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: the time the World Cup began on July thirt and 42 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: the first match wasn't held in the stadium until days later. 43 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: The first games, France versus Mexico and the US versus 44 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: Belgium were held that day at the Rositos and far 45 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: Case Entrall stadiums in Monte Video. Francis Lucien Laurent scored 46 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: the first ever World Cup gold nineteen minutes into the game. 47 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: France beat Mexico for the one in the US beat 48 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: Belgium three to zero. Controversy arose when referees ended France's 49 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: second game versus Argentina six minutes early. The official brought 50 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: the teams back to finish the game and Argentina won 51 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: one to zero. Argentina and the United States went up 52 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: against each other in the semifinals, which Argentina won six 53 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: to one. The final, Argentina versus Uruguay took place on 54 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: July Somewhere between sixty eight thousand and ninety thousand spectators 55 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: were in the audience at the Stadio Centennatio. Uruguay beat 56 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: Argentina four to two, with Argentinian Castro scoring a minute 57 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: before the match ended. The trophy that Uruguay received was 58 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: designed by a French gold gum named Albert La. The 59 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: first FIFA Women's World Cup was held in n though 60 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: other unofficial international tournaments had been held already starting in 61 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy. 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