JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Summaries of the previous opening matches of the World Cup hosts. 1930 in Uruguay At Centenario, Montevideo Uruguay 1 - Hector Castro 65 Peru 0 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Jean Langenus (Belgium) - - 1934 in Italy At Stadio Nazionale, Rome Italy 7 - Angelo Schiavio 18, 29, 64 Raimundo Orsi 20, 69, Giovanni Ferrari 63 Giuseppe Meazza 90 United States 1 - Aldo Donelli 57 Halftime: 3-0; Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Rene Mercet (Switzerland) - - 1938 in France At Stade Olympique, Paris France 3 - Emile Veinante 1, Jean Nicolas 16, 69 Belgium 1 - Hendrik Isemborghs 38 Halftime: 2-1; Attendance; 30,000 Referee: Hans Wuethrich (Switzerland) - - 1950 in Brazil At Maracana, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 4 - Ademir 30, 79, Jair 65, Baltazar 71 Mexico 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 82,000 Referee: George Reader (England) - - 1954 in Switzerland At La Pontaise, Lausanne Switzerland 2 - Robert Ballaman 18, Sepp Huegi 78 Italy 1 - Gianpiero Boniperti 44 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Mario Viana (Brazil) - - 1958 in Sweden At Rasunda stadium, Stockholm Sweden 3 - Agne Simonsson 17, 64 Nils Liedholm 57 pen Mexico 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Nikolaj Latychev (Soviet Union) - - 1962 in Chile At Nacional stadium, Santiago Chile 3 - Leonel Sanchez 44, 51, Jaime Ramirez 55 Switzerland 1 - Rolf Wuethrich 6 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Ken Aston (England) - - 1966 in England At Wembley stadium, London England 0 Uruguay 0 Attendance: 87,000 Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary) - - 1970 in Mexico At Azteca stadium, Mexico City Mexico 0 Soviet Union 0 Attendance: 107,160 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Germany) - - 1974 in West Germany At Olympiastadion, West Berlin West Germany 1 - Paul Breitner 18 Chile 0 Red card: Carlos Caszely 67 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 83,168 Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey) - - 1978 in Argentina At Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires Argentina 2 - Leopoldo Luque 15, Daniel Bertoni 83 Hungary 1 - Karoly Csapo 10 Red cards: Andras Torocsik 82, Tibor Nyilasi 89 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 71,615 Referee: Jose Antonio Garrido (Spain) - - 1982 in Spain At Mestalla, Valencia Spain 1 - Lopez Ufarte 65 pen Honduras 1 - Hector Zelaya 7 Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 49,562 Referee: Arturo Andres Ithurralde (Argentina) - - 1986 in Mexico At Azteca stadium, Mexico City Mexico 1 - Luis Flores 3 Paraguay 1 - Julio Cesar Romero 85 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 114,600 Referee: George Courtney (England) - - 1990 in Italy At Stadio Olimpico, Rome Italy 1 - Salvatore Schillaci 78 Austria 0 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 73,303 Referee: Jose Ramiz Wright (Brazil) - - 1994 in United States At Silverdome, Detroit U.S. 1 - Eric Wynalda 44 Switzerland 1 - Georges Bregy 39 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 73,425 Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina) - - 1998 in France At Stade Velodrome, Marseille France 3 - Christophe Dugarry 34 Pierre Issa 77 own goal Thierry Henry 90 South Africa 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Marcio Rezende (Brazil) - - 2002 in Japan and South Korea At Busan stadium, South Korea South Korea 2 - Hwang Sun-hong 26, Yoo Sang-chul 53 Poland 0 Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 48,760 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) - At Saitama stadium, Japan Japan 2 - Takayuki Suzuki 59, Junichi Inamoto 67 Belgium 2 - Marc Wilmots 57, Peter van der Heyden 75 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 55,256 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica) - - 2006 in Germany At Allianz Arena, Munich Germany 4 - Philipp Lahm 6, Miroslav Klose 17, 61 Torsten Frings 87 Costa Rica 2 - Paulo Wanchope 12, 73 Halftime: 2-1; Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
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