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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

Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup
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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.

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The lineup of Uruguay that won the 1930 FIFA World 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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World Cup record

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More information Year, Round ...

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

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Matches

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Uruguay 1930

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 1–0, Peru ...
Attendance: 70,000

More information 4–0, Romania ...

Semi-finals

More information 6–1, Yugoslavia ...

Final

More information 4–2, Argentina ...
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Brazil 1950

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 8–0, Bolivia ...

Final round

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 2–2, Spain ...

More information 3–2, Sweden ...
Attendance: ~8,000
Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)

More information 2–1, Brazil ...

Switzerland 1954

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 2–0, Czechoslovakia ...
Attendance: 20,500

More information 7–0, Scotland ...
Attendance: 43,000

Quarter-final

More information 4–2, England ...
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)

Semi-final

More information 2–4 (a.e.t.), Hungary ...

Bronze Final

More information 1–3, Austria ...
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Raymon Wyssling (Switzerland)
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Chile 1962

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 2–1, Colombia ...
Attendance: 7,908
Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

More information 1–3, Yugoslavia ...

More information 1–2, Soviet Union ...
Attendance: 9,973
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
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England 1966

More information Team, Pld ...
More information England, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 87,000

More information 2–1, France ...

More information Mexico, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Quarter-final

More information 0–4, West Germany ...
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Jim Finney (England)
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Mexico 1970

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 2–0, Israel ...
Attendance: 20,000

More information 0–0, Italy ...

More information 0–1, Sweden ...
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Henry Landauer (United States)

Quarter-final

More information 1–0 (a.e.t.), Soviet Union ...

Semi-final

More information 1–3, Brazil ...

Bronze Final

More information 0–1, West Germany ...
Attendance: 104,403
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West Germany 1974

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 0–2, Netherlands ...

More information Bulgaria, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

More information Sweden, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 27,100
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Mexico 1986

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 1–1, West Germany ...

More information Denmark, 6–1 ...

More information Scotland, 0–0 ...

Round of 16

More information Argentina, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Italy 1990

Group E

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 0–0, Spain ...
Attendance: 35,713
Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

More information Belgium, 3–1 ...

More information South Korea, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 29,039
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Round of 16

More information Italy, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 73,303
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South Korea/Japan 2002

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 1–2, Denmark ...
Attendance: 30,157
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

More information France, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 38,289
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

More information Senegal, 3–3 ...
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South Africa 2010

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
More information 0–0, France ...
Attendance: 64,100

More information South Africa, 0–3 ...

More information Mexico, 0–1 ...

Round of 16

More information 2–1, South Korea ...

Quarter-final

More information 1–1 (a.e.t.), Ghana ...

Semi-final

More information 2–3, Netherlands ...

Bronze Final

More information 2–3, Germany ...

Brazil 2014

Group D

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
More information 1–3, Costa Rica ...
Attendance: 58,679

More information 2–1, England ...

More information Italy, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 39,706

Round of 16

More information Colombia, 2–0 ...

Russia 2018

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Egypt, 0–1 ...

More information 1–0, Saudi Arabia ...

More information 3–0, Russia ...
Attendance: 41,970[7]

Round of 16

More information 2–1, Portugal ...

Quarter-final

More information 0–2, France ...

Qatar 2022

Group stage

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information 0–0, South Korea ...

More information Portugal, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 88,668

More information Ghana, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 43,443

Most appearances

More information Rank, Player ...

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...

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References

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