Only 12 teams traveled to Uruguay for the first last World Cup ever held in 1930 . Twenty years later , the tournament entered a new era when it was staged in Mexico . The 1958 World Cup in Sweden marked the arrival of a 17-year-old superstar called Edison Arantes do Nascimento , better known as Pele , as Brazil were crowned champions at last . The 1930 event in Mexico featured technicolor coverage via satellite television broadcasts . Brazil go into the the 2010 tournament in Brazil as the defending champions .
Only 12 teams traveled to Uruguay for the first last World Cup ever held in 1930 . Twenty years later , the tournament entered a new era when it was staged in Mexico . The 1930 event in Mexico featured technicolor coverage via satellite television broadcasts . Brazil go into the the 2010 tournament in Brazil as the defending champions .