▁visible . ▁However , ▁the ▁media ▁does ▁not ▁publish ▁his ▁mock ery . ▁Still ▁optim istic , ▁he ▁dec ides ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁make ▁themselves ▁known ▁is ▁to ▁organ ize ▁a ▁truly ▁international ▁tournament : ▁the ▁World ▁Cup . ▁ ▁R imet ▁is ▁at ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁giving ▁up ▁organ izing ▁the ▁World ▁Cup ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁funds ▁until ▁he ▁receives ▁an ▁unexpected ▁letter ▁from ▁En rique ▁Bu ero . ▁Bu ero ▁and ▁his ▁South ▁American ▁t ies ▁will ▁fund ▁the ▁first ▁World ▁Cup , ▁hoping ▁that ▁in ▁doing ▁so , ▁it ▁will ▁make ▁Uruguay ▁and ▁other ▁South ▁American ▁countries ▁more ▁well - known . ▁R imet ▁and ▁Bu ero ▁coll ude ▁to ▁award ▁the ▁first ▁World ▁Cup ▁to ▁Uruguay . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁Uruguay ▁wins ▁the ▁first ▁World ▁Cup . ▁R imet ▁remains ▁president ▁of ▁FIFA , ▁working ▁through ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁lo oming ▁war , ▁and ▁disag re ement ▁among ▁FIFA ▁members ; ▁R imet ▁would ▁organ ize ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁World ▁Cup , ▁but ▁would ▁fail ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁due ▁to ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁R imet ▁organized ▁two ▁more ▁World ▁Cu ps ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁The ▁World ▁Cup ▁and ▁FIFA ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁grew ▁significantly , ▁with ▁many ▁new ▁members ▁joining ▁in ▁many ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁After