text: The first World cup was in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930 at the Centenario Stadium.  Uruguay became the first inagural champions - they beat Argentina 4-2.  This is all I knew about the first World Cup.  I looked it up on the internet and there is a VERY interesting description on Wikipedia and so much more information about the matches.  There is only 1 player alive today that played in the 1930 final match!