Abstract
ABSTRACT The selection in 1929 of Uruguay as the host for the first World Cup might seem surprising at first given football’s strong European centre of gravity at the time. The incongruity of this choice has so far been mainly attributed to the fact that Uruguay was the twice-defending Olympic champion (Paris 1924, Amsterdam 1928) and that it was about to celebrate its centenary of independence. The idea that Montevideo represented a sound choice has been primarily based on two sources broadly mobilized in academic research, namely Jules Rimets’s memoires and FIFA’s 1929 congress minutes. However, a more in-depth analysis has revealed that these two documents are highly misleading and that the path to success of Montevideo’s candidacy was far more complex than previously thought. The aim of this study was to re-examine what appears to have been a South American coup in the context of a predominantly European governing body.
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