The Uruguay national football team is a competition winner.
The 1930 FIFA World Cup Final was contested by the finalists from the 1928 Olympics , Uruguay and Argentina . At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris , Uruguay dominated the football tournament winning the Gold . Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics tournament , won by Uruguay against Argentina , would be the precursor to the first FIFA World Cup held in 1930 in Uruguay . Uruguay national football team . They have won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice , in 1924 and 1928 recognized by FIFA as World Cup , before the creation of the World Cup .