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1930 FIFA World Cup Group 4

Group 4 of the 1930 FIFA World Cup began on 13 July 1930 and concluded on 20 July 1930. United States won the group, and advanced to the semi-finals. Paraguay and Belgium failed to advance.

The United States started out by defeating Belgium 3-0 in the joint-opening World Cup match. They then beat Paraguay by the same score with the first ever World Cup hat-trick. The final match decided second place in which Paraguay won 1-0.

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4 Advance to the knockout stage
2   Paraguay 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 2
3   Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: ESPN

Matches edit

United States vs Belgium edit

United States  3–0  Belgium
McGhee   23'[1]
Florie   45'[1]
Patenaude   69'[1]		 Report
Attendance: 18,346

Linesmen:
Francisco Mateucci (Uruguay)
Alberto Warnken (Chile)

United States vs Paraguay edit

United States  3–0  Paraguay
Patenaude   10', 15', 50'[2] Report
Attendance: 18,306

Linesmen:
Martin Aphesteguy (Uruguay)
Anibal Tejada (Uruguay)

Paraguay vs Belgium edit

Paraguay  1–0  Belgium
Vargas Peña   40'[1] Report
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 12,000

Linesmen:
José Macías (Argentina)
Domingo Lombardi (Uruguay)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d This is one of several goals for which the statistical details are disputed. The goalscorers and timings used here are those of FIFA, the official record. Some other sources, such as RSSSF, state a different scorer, timing, or both. See "World Cup 1930 finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  2. ^ FIFA initially credited the goal in the 15th minute to Tom Florie, but changed it to Patenaude in 2006. During previous years, it was also listed as an own goal by Aurelio González (RSSSF).
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