FIFA World Cup 1930
The World Cup in 1930 was to be hosted by Uruguay as decided by the FIFA Congress in 1928. The reigning Olympic champions, not co-incidentally, also celebrated a 100 years of independence that year but the Argentines had not read the script and raced to a 2-1 half-time lead. A pre-match disagreement had occurred over the match ball, however, and an Argentine ball was used for the first half while a Uruguayan one was used in the second. With a familiar friend at their feet, the home side scored three without reply in the second half, and were crowned the first world champions.