The Uruguay national football team won competitions.
The 1980 Mundialito ( Spanish for `` little World Cup '' ) , or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ( `` World Champions ' Gold Cup '' ) , was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo , Uruguay , from December 30 , 1980 , to January 10 , 1981 , in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament , which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue . The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América , better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina , was the 43rd edition of the Copa América , the main international football tournament for national teams in South America . The FIFA World Cup , often simply called the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the senior men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body . Uruguay national football team . Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito , a tournament among former World Cup champions .