It does not include 1924 and 1928

[titoBouzout]

If starts in 1930, then its missing something important .. The Uruguayan jersey has 4 stars [1] Two of them representing gold medals received at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics [2], recognised by FIFA as World Championships. [3]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uruguay_football_association.svg
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team#Kit_evolution
[3] http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02s_fwc-origin_8819.pdf

The later document, translated somewhat like:

The FIFA Congress agreed in 1924 to take responsibility for the organization of the Olympic Football Tournaments after ratifying the proposal that "provided that the Olympic Football Tournaments are held according to FIFA regulations , the latter shall recognize this tournament as a World Soccer Championship."

The 1924 tournament was a huge success and was attended by over 60,000 spectators at the final between Uruguay and Switzerland. The South Americans won by 3-0 and were received as World Champions in Montevideo.

The South American superiority became apparent again in the Olympic Football Tournament in 1928 in Amsterdam. The Uruguayans did not give up another win against their Argentine neighbours.

The success of the Olympic Games increased desire FIFA have their own World Championship. The FIFA President Jules Rimet led the struggle for the means to achieve this dream . Following a proposal of the Executive Committee, the FIFA Congress of May 26, 1928 held in Amsterdam decided to organize an official FIFA World Cup :World Cup was born !

A year later , Uruguay , Olympic champion in 1930 he planned to celebrate the centenary of its independence, was commissioned to organize the first World Cup .

:-)

[geraldb]

Thanks for letting me know. You're welcome to add the missing tournaments, of course ;-) .Do you know any pages on Wikipedia showing the matches or on the FIFA site? For the Olympics you might start a new repo. Thanks again for the info. Cheers.

[titoBouzout]

I'll take a look, i'm also interested to update Copa América, will try it with some motivation!

[JorgeQuijano]

Hey guys, I'm not sure if you are still updating this page. There is now documentation of the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics

[geraldb]

@JorgeQuijano Thanks for letting us know. You're welcome to add it to a new summer-olympics repo or something. Cheers.

[danieldestro]

FIFA official website say FIFA Congress was held on 28 May 1928 (not the 26th).
http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/history/first-fifa-world-cup.html

[Andriagos]

"Early years 1924 - 1930
At the 1924 Congress, FIFA agreed to assume responsibility for the organisation of the Olympic Football
Tournament by ratifying the proposal that “on condition that the Olympic Football Tournament takes place in
accordance with the Regulations of FIFA, the latter shall recognise this as a world football championship”.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140405000621/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02e_fwc-origin_8816.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20150707085050/http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_02s_fwc-origin_8819.pdf

[geraldb]

Thanks for the update. Again you're more than welcome to add the missing tournaments, of course ;-) Anyone?

FYI: I'm just a regular random nobody. Not sure what else I can do - feels kind of funny - hundreds of people watching how a random idiot (e.g. your humble servant) updates the dataset. If you want to see something added, add it - yes, you can! Cheers. Prost.