On this day 96 years ago, at the conclusion of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, La Celeste, or Uruguay, won the trophy. Rarely considered as favorites in the tournament's editions these days, Uruguay was on a tear by the time the first World Cup kicked off in Montevideo, Uruguay's capital. They had won the 1924 and 1928 Olympic football tournaments. Beating Argentina 2-1 in the '28 Olympics, they beat their cross-border rivals again, 4-2, to win the World Cup. READ about the history of the competition... (1930)
