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Sports World · October 11, 2026

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In 1950 this small nation stunned a crowd of nearly 200,000 by beating the hosts 2–1 in the deciding match of the World Cup. Twenty years earlier it had hosted and won the very first World Cup.

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Uruguay

💡 The 1950 upset against Brazil is known as the 'Maracanazo', after the Maracanã stadium where it happened.

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