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Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup
Participation of Uruguay's national football team in the FIFA World Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a record of Uruguay's results at the FIFA World Cup. Uruguay have won four FIFA-organized World Football Championships. (But FIFA recognizes the 1924 and 1928 wins by Uruguay). They won the first World Championship organized by FIFA under the Olympic Committee umbrella with true representation from all continents; before then, football in the Olympics comprised only European teams. Uruguay then won the next two World Cups (Jules Rimet Trophy) in which they participated; these tournaments, the 1930 and 1950 FIFA World Cups, were fully independent from the Olympics and employed clear rules distinguishing professional and amateur football players. Since 1924 marked the beginning of true international football competition, organized by FIFA, FIFA recognizes Uruguay as two time world champions and allows the team to wear two stars on their uniforms during official international football competitions. (Before 1974, the FIFA World Cup was referred to as the Football World Championship, and the nine champions from 1930 to 1970 received replicas of the Jules Rimet Trophy.) Uruguay hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second and last title in 1950, upsetting host Brazil 2–1 in the final match. The team have qualified for fourteen World Cups, reaching the second round in ten, the semi-finals five times, and the final twice. They also won the gold medal in Olympic football twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. Uruguay won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament comprising former World Cup champions hosted in Uruguay to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first World Championship. Uruguay is one of the most successful teams in the world, having won twenty FIFA official titles: two World Cups, two Olympic Games, fifteen Copa América championships, and the 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup.

Uruguay refused to participate in 1934 and defend their title because many European nations declined to take part in 1930 held in Uruguay. They also refused to enter in 1938 because FIFA's decision to hold the tournament in France caused outrage in South America where it was believed that the venue would alternate between the two continents.
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*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
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Uruguay 1930
Semi-finals
Final
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Brazil 1950
Final round
Switzerland 1954
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Bronze Final
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Chile 1962
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England 1966
Quarter-final
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Mexico 1970
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Bronze Final
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West Germany 1974
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Mexico 1986
Round of 16
Italy 1990
Group E
Round of 16
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South Korea/Japan 2002
Group A
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South Africa 2010
Group A
Round of 16
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Bronze Final
Brazil 2014
Group D
Round of 16
Russia 2018
Group A
Round of 16
Quarter-final
Qatar 2022
Group stage
Most appearances
Top goalscorers
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