Buenos Aires lost by a single vote to Melbourne; for the 1968 Summer Olympics, held in Mexico City; and in 2004, when the games were awarded to Athens. However, Buenos Aires hosted the first Pan American Games (1951) and was also host city to several World Championship events: the 1950 and 1990 Basketball World Championships, the 1982 and 2002 Men's Volleyball World Championships and, most remembered, the 1978 FIFA World Cup, won by Argentina on 25 June 1978, when it defeated the Netherlands at the Estadio Monumental 3–1. In September 2013, the city hosted the 125th IOC Session, Tokyo was elected the
Buenos Aires Football Club (1886) which would become today's Argentine Rugby Union. Buenos Aires would also open the first season of the recently created championship, playing Lomas, which defeated Buenos Aires by 11-4. Lomas would finally win the first title at the end of the season. Buenos Aires later became one of the most successful clubs of Argentina, winning eight championships of 16 contested (five of them consecutively between 1900 and 1904). After a fire that destroyed the facilities both clubs shared, Buenos Aires FC merged with Buenos Aires Cricket Club in 1951 to form Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club. Due to there were