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- Only World Cup with no qualifying tournament
- Only World Cup to be held in 1 city (Montevideo)
- Fewest stadiums used in a World Cup (3)
- Only World Cup were the host nation had to qualify
- Only World Cup were defending champions did not participate
- Was originally scheduled to take place in 1949, but changed to 1950 on request by the Brazilian FA
- Only World Cup were the hosts were not seeded
- First time a country had hosted 2 World Cups
2002 - South Korea/Japan
[edit]- First World Cup to be co-hosted
