Editing 1930 FIFA World Cup (section)

==Venues==
{{main|FIFA World Cup hosts}}
Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, and Uruguay all lodged applications to host the event. Uruguay's bid became the clear selection after all the other countries withdrew their bids.<ref name="FIFAhistory">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa/first-fifa-world-cup.html |title=History of FIFA&nbsp;– The first FIFA World Cup |work=FIFA |accessdate=14 June 2014 |archive-date=29 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429164718/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/fifa/first-fifa-world-cup.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="BBC1930">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1632000/1632201.stm |title=World Cup History&nbsp;– Uruguay 1930 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=11 April 2002 |accessdate=14 June 2009 }}</ref>

All matches took place in [[Montevideo]]. Three stadiums were used: [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Estadio Pocitos]], and [[Estadio Gran Parque Central]]. The Estadio Centenario was built both for the tournament and as a celebration of the centenary of Uruguayan independence. Designed by Juan Scasso,<ref name="goldblatt_248"/> it was the primary stadium for the tournament, referred to by Rimet as a "temple of football".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunning |first1=Eric |last2=Malcolm |first2=Dominic |title=Sport |publisher=Routledge |page=46 |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-415-26292-7 }}</ref> With a capacity of 90,000, it was the largest football stadium outside the [[British Isles]].<ref name=g249/> The stadium hosted 10 of the 18&nbsp;matches, including both semi-finals and the final. However, the construction schedule was rushed and delayed by a rainy winter, therefore the Centenario was not ready for use until five days into the tournament.<ref name="G16">Glanville (2005), p. 16</ref> Early matches were played at smaller stadiums usually used by Montevideo football clubs [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] and [[Peñarol]], the 20,000 capacity Gran Parque Central and the Pocitos.<ref name="g17">Glanville (2005), p. 17</ref>

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!colspan=3|[[Montevideo]]
|-
|[[Estadio Centenario]]
|[[Estadio Gran Parque Central]]
|[[Estadio Pocitos]]
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|<small>{{Coord|34|53|40|S|56|9|10|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio Centenario}}</small>
|<small>{{Coord|34|54|4|S|56|9|32|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio Gran Parque Central}}</small>
|<small>{{Coord|34|54|18|S|56|9|22|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio Pocitos}}</small>
|-
|Capacity: '''90,000'''
|Capacity: '''20,000'''
|Capacity: '''10,000'''
|-
|[[File:Estadio Centenario 1930.jpg|250px]]
|[[File:Gran Parque Central 1900.jpg|226px]]
|[[File:Estadio Pocitos 1930.jpg|226px]]
|-
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|caption=}}
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