歷史今天:1930年首屆世界盃足球賽
【英文原文】
The First FIFA World Cup
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for international football teams. It was played in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July. FIFA chose Uruguay as hosts at the Barcelona conference on 18 May 1929, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its independence and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Thirteen teams participated; nine from the Americas and four from Europe. Few European teams chose to participate due to the duration and cost of travel. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously, and were won by France and the USA, who beat Mexico 4-1 and Belgium 3-0, respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. In the final, hosts and pre-tournament favourites Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people, and became the first nation to win a World Cup.
【中文譯文】
1930年7月13日至7月30日在烏拉圭舉辦的世界盃足球賽是史上第一次世界盃。由於烏拉圭即將迎來百年華誕並且獲得了1928年奧運會足球項目的冠軍，國際足聯在1929年5月18日的巴塞羅那會議上宣佈由烏拉圭舉辦此次比賽。
首屆盃賽共有13個隊伍參加; 9來自美洲和4個來自歐洲。由於長途旅行需要耗費大量的時間和金錢，只有很少歐洲球隊參加了此次比賽。在第一比賽日兩場同時進行比賽中，法國和美國分別以4-1和3-0的比分擊敗了墨西哥和比利時。法國的Lucien Laurent打進了世界盃歷史上的第一個進球。在決賽中，93000名觀衆見證了奪冠呼聲最高的東道主烏拉圭以4-2的比分擊敗了阿根廷成爲第一個世界冠軍。
