FIFA (Federation of International Football Associations) was founded in Paris in 1904. France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and Spain were the first. It was designed to represent the interests of international football, but in 1921 Jules Rimet became FIFA’s president, and he brought the concept of arranging a world championship.

The Beginnings of the World Cup

There was an international football competition at the Olympics, but according to Henry Delaunty, Secretary of the French Federation, it was an amateur event, therefore a professional championship had to be organized. Members were looking for a definition of that professionalism. Britain submitted theirs, but in the end there was no agreement on one and Britain decided to leave FIFA.
The world championship idea was debated for a long time, until after the 1928 Olympics, with the approval of most members, it was agreed that such a competition would be held in Uruguay in 1930, for their Olympic Championships in 1924 and 1928. A French sculptor designed the Jules Rimet Trophy, a solid gold figure of the Victory Goddess.