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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蒙得维的亚（Montevideo）1930年：重新评估第一届世界杯东道主的选择

摘要鉴于当时足球在欧洲的强大重心，最初在1929年选择乌拉圭作为第一届世界杯的主办国似乎令人惊讶。迄今为止，这种选择的不统一主要归因于以下事实：乌拉圭是两次捍卫奥运冠军的人（巴黎1924，阿姆斯特丹1928），并且即将庆祝其独立一百周年。蒙得维的亚代表合理选择的想法主要基于学术研究中广泛动员的两个资源，即朱尔斯·里梅茨的回忆录和国际足联1929年的会议记录。但是，更深入的分析表明，这两个文档极具误导性，而蒙得维的亚（Montevideo）候选资格的成功之路比以前想象的要复杂得多。