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Uruguay won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, defeating Argentina 4-2 in the final. The tournament was hosted by Uruguay to celebrate their centenary of independence and their Olympic football gold medals in 1924 and 1928.

Uruguay hosted the first FIFA World Cup in 1930, held in Montevideo. The country was chosen as hosts in honor of their centenary of independence and their back-to-back Olympic football gold medals in 1924 and 1928.

Only two FIFA World Cup finals have been decided by penalty shootouts: 1994 (Brazil defeated Italy) and 2022 (Argentina defeated France). While penalty shootouts occur in other knockout rounds, the question refers to championship matches specifically.

Mexico has never reached the World Cup semifinals (top four). Their best performances were quarterfinal finishes in 1970 and 1986 when they hosted the tournament. South Korea (4th in 2002), USA (3rd in 1930), and Netherlands (2nd in 1974, 1978, 3rd in 2014) have all reached the top four.

Nicolas Mahut is French. This refers to the historic Isner-Mahut marathon match at Wimbledon 2010, where the Frenchman faced American John Isner in the longest tennis match ever played.

The Isner-Mahut marathon at Wimbledon 2010 was a first-round match that lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days. It holds the record for longest match in tennis history by both time (11h 5m) and games played (183).

At the end of play on Wednesday (day 2 of the match), the Isner-Mahut match had lasted 9 hours and 58 minutes. The match would eventually conclude the following day at 11 hours and 5 minutes total.

The fifth set of Isner-Mahut (70-68) was longer than any previous complete singles match in history. It featured 138 games and lasted 8 hours and 11 minutes, surpassing the previous record of 112 games in 6 hours and 33 minutes.

In the historic Isner-Mahut match, John Isner hit 98 aces compared to Nicolas Mahut's 95. Both totals surpassed the previous Wimbledon record of 51 aces, which Isner had set earlier in the tournament.