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The 2030 Mundialito was an association football tournament that took place in March 2030, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the FIFA World Cup, and to serve as a warm-up to the following quadrennial tournament, which was held in June and July of the same year.

The competition, which followed the 1980 edition—celebrating the 50th anniversary—faced the eight FIFA World Cup winners of its history, spanning 100 years, from 1930 to 2030. In total, in the tournament partecipated a record number of 23 titles, from the first of Uruguay to the last of France.

Participation
The eight partecipating teams were the nations that x|have won at least one time the FIFA World Cup, since its inauguration in 1930. The most recent champions were France, while the farest team in time to have won the competition were Uruguay, having triumphed for the second time in the 1950 edition.

Venues


All matches took place in Montevideo, Uruguay. Two stadiums have been used: Estadio Centenario and Estadio Campeón del Siglo.

The Estadio Centenario was purposely built for the 1930 FIFA World Cup, and has hosted the 1930 final and all the matches of the 1980 Mundialito. The Estadio Campeón del Siglo opened in 2016, and it was, together with the Estadio Centenario, on the list of potential hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, to which Uruguay has presented a bid.

Draw
The teams were subdivided in two pots: the first cointained the three American teams and the second the five European teams. The hosts Uruguay were automatically inserted in the first match, in the top half of the bracket.

For television rights reasons, all the matches of the non-host American teams (Argentina and Brazil) were played in the evening slot of 17:00 UYT (20:00 UTC), and not in the afternoon slot of 14:00 UYT (17:00 UTC).

Quarter-finals
All the participating teams enter in this phase.

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Semi-finals
The winners of each quarter-final are qualified for the two semi-finals.

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Third place play-off
The losers of each semi-final are qualified for the play-off for the third place.

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Final

 * See also: x|2030 Mundialito final

The winners of each semi-final are qualified for the final of the tournament.

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Retrospective table

 * colspan="11" | Eliminated in the semi-finals
 * colspan="11" | Eliminated in the semi-finals


 * colspan="11" | Eliminated in the quarter-finals
 * colspan="11" | Eliminated in the quarter-finals


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