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2030 Mundialito
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
Dates23–30 March 2030
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored18 (2.25 per match)
1980
2080

The 2030 Mundialito was an association football tournament that took place in March 2030, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup, and to serve as a warm-up to the following quadrennial tournament, which was held in June and July of the same year.

The competition, which followed the 1980 edition—celebrating the 50th anniversary—faced the eight FIFA World Cup winners of its history, spanning 100 years, from 1930 to 2030. In total, in the tournament partecipated a record number of 23 titles, from the first of Uruguay to the last of France.

Teams

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Partecipating teams

Participation

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The eight partecipating teams were the nations that have won at least one time the FIFA World Cup, since its inauguration in 1930. The most recent champions were France, while the farest team in time to have won the competition were Uruguay, having triumphed for the second time in the 1950 edition.

All-time results

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National team       Years won
  Brazil 5 2 2 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
  Germany 4 4 4 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
  Italy 4 2 1 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
  Argentina 3 3 0 1978, 1986, 2022
  France 2 2 2 1998, 2018
  Uruguay 2 0 0 1930, 1950
  England 1 0 0 1966
  Spain 1 0 0 2010

Venues

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Uruguay in South America

All matches took place in Montevideo, Uruguay. Two stadiums have been used: Estadio Centenario and Estadio Campeón del Siglo.

The Estadio Centenario was purposely built for the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and has hosted the 1930 final and all the matches of the 1980 Mundialito. The Estadio Campeón del Siglo opened in 2016, and it was, together with the Estadio Centenario, on the list of potential hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, to which Uruguay has presented a bid.

Venues of 2030 Mundialito
Montevideo Montevideo
Estadio Centenario Estadio Campeón del Siglo
34°53′40.38″S 56°9′10.08″W / 34.8945500°S 56.1528000°W / -34.8945500; -56.1528000 (Estadio Centenario) 34°47′48.90″S 56°04′1.8″W / 34.7969167°S 56.067167°W / -34.7969167; -56.067167 (Estadio Campeón del Siglo)
Capacity: 60,235 Capacity: 40,000
   

Schedule

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Draw

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The teams were subdivided in two pots:[1] the first cointained the three American teams and the second the five European teams. The hosts Uruguay were automatically inserted in the first match, in the top half of the bracket.

For television rights reasons, all the matches of the non-host American teams (Argentina and Brazil) were played in the evening slot of 17:00 UYT (20:00 UTC), and not in the afternoon slot of 14:00 UYT (17:00 UTC).

Pot 1: America Pot 2: Europe

Calendar

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Day Time Venue Stage Team 1 Result Team 2
Friday
15 March
17:00 Centenario Quarter-finals Uruguay   0–2   Italy
Saturday
16 March
17:00 Campeón del Siglo Argentina   2–1   Germany
Sunday
17 March
17:00 Centenario Spain   1–0   England
Monday
18 March
17:00 Campeón del Siglo Brazil   3–0   France
Tuesday
19 March
Rest day
Wednesday
20 March
17:00 Centenario Semi-finals Italy   0–1   Argentina
Thursday
21 March
17:00 Campeón del Siglo Spain   3–2   Brazil
Friday
22 March
Rest day
Saturday
23 March
17:00 Campeón del Siglo Third place
play-off
Italy   1–0   Brazil
Sunday
24 March
17:00 Centenario Final Argentina   2–0   Spain

Knockout phase

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 March
 
 
  Uruguay0
 
20 March
 
  Italy2
 
  Italy0
 
16 March
 
  Argentina1
 
  Argentina2
 
24 March
 
  Germany1
 
  Argentina2
 
17 March
 
  Spain0
 
  Spain1
 
21 March
 
  England0
 
  Spain3
 
18 March
 
  Brazil2 Third place play-off
 
  Brazil 3 
 
23 March
 
  France0
 
  Italy 1 
 
 
  Brazil 0 
 

Quarter-finals

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All the participating teams enter in this phase.

Uruguay  0–2  Italy
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Argentina  2–1  Germany
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Spain  1–0  England
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Brazil  3–0  France
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Semi-finals

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The winners of each quarter-final are qualified for the two semi-finals.

Italy  0–1  Argentina
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Spain  3–2  Brazil
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Third place play-off

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The losers of each semi-final are qualified for the play-off for the third place.

Italy  1–0  Brazil
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Final

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See also: 2030 Mundialito final

The winners of each semi-final are qualified for the final of the tournament.

Argentina  2–0  Spain
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Final ranking

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Retrospective table

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Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
    Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 5 0 +5
    Spain 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 +1
Eliminated in the semi-finals
3   Brazil 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 +1
4   Italy 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5   Uruguay 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 −1
6   England 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 −1
7   Germany 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 −2
8   France 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 −3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FIFA World Rankings, fifa.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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