text: in what country, was the first world cup played?   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!