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1958 FIFA World Cup

Världsmästerskapet i Fotboll Sverige 1958
1958 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	8 June – 29 June
Teams	16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	France
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	126 (3.6 per match)
Attendance	919,580 (26,274 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Just Fontaine (13 goals)
← 1954 1962 →

The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. Sweden was chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1950. It was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5–2 in the final for their first title. The World Cup marked the debut on the world stage of a precocious unknown 17-year-old named Pelé.

Qualification

Qualifying countries

This World Cup saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, and the qualification of all the United Kingdom's Home Nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with Northern Ireland eliminating Italy for the first (and only) time in the competition's history.

Aside from the main European zone matches, Wales, which finished second in its group behind Czechoslovakia, were drawn into a play-off with Israel after Israel won their group without playing a match due to the withdrawals of the three opponents, Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan. FIFA had imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match because many teams qualified for previous World Cups without playing due to withdrawals of their opponents. Wales won the play-off and qualified.

On 8 February, in Solna, Lennart Hyland and Sven Jerring presented the results of the draw where the qualified teams were divided into four groups. There was no seeding, apart from each group containing one western European team, one eastern European team, one of the four British teams that had qualified, and one from American continent. ^[1]

Summary

The format of the competition changed from 1954: 16 teams still competed in four groups of four, but this time each team played each of the other teams in its group at least once, without extra time in the event of a draw. Instead, if second and third place finished on the same points, then there would be a play-off with the winner going through. If a play-off resulted in a draw, then goal average from the group games would have been used to determine who went through to the next round. If the goal averages were equal then lots would have been drawn. If the first two teams finished on equal points then goal average would decide who was placed first and second. These arrangements had not been finalised by the time the tournament started and were still being debated as it progressed. The organizing committee even released press statements stating that goal average would be counted before resorting to playoffs. However this idea was eventually rejected.

The official 1958 FIFA World Cup poster.

In Group 4, Pelé did not play until the last of Brazil's group games, against the Soviet Union. He failed to score, but Brazil won the game 2–0 (much thanks to an impressive exhibition of dribbling prowess by his partner Garrincha) and the group by two points. Previously, they had drawn 0–0 with England in what was the first ever goalless game in World Cup history. Eventually, the Soviet Union and England went to a playoff game, in which Anatoli Ilyin scored in the 67th minute to knock England out, while Austria had already been eliminated. The English side had been weakened by the Munich Air Disaster which killed 3 internationals on the books of Manchester United, including England's young star Duncan Edwards.

Playoffs were also needed in Group 1 (Northern Ireland beat Czechoslovakia to join the defending champions West Germany in the quarter-finals) and Group 3 (Wales topped Hungary to advance with hosts Sweden). Hungary had become a spent force after their appearance in the final of the previous tournament. They had lost their best players two years before, when they fled in the wake of the failed uprising against the communist regime. In a rather restrictive sense, from the 1954 team, only goalkeeper Gyula Grosics, defender Jozsef Bozsik and forward Nándor Hidegkuti remained.

Of the British nations, it was arguably Scotland who had the toughest group, having to face Yugoslavia, Paraguay, and France. France topped Group 2, with Just Fontaine netting six goals. Yugoslavia finished second, while Scotland came in last.

The quarter-finals saw France's Just Fontaine continue in similar form to the group stage, managing another two goals as France triumphed over Northern Ireland. West Germany's Helmut Rahn put them into the semi-finals with a single goal against Yugoslavia, while Sweden went though at the expense of USSR. The other game in the quarter-finals saw Pelé score the only goal against Wales.

In the semi-finals, Sweden continued their strong run as they defeated West Germany 3–1 in a vicious game that saw the German player Erich Juskowiak sent off (the first ever German player to be sent off in an international game) and German team captain Fritz Walter injured, which further weakened the German team (substitutes were first allowed in the 1970 FIFA World Cup).

While another goal from Fontaine of France added to his impressive tally, it was not enough to prevent Brazil thundering into the Final as a Pelé hat-trick gave them a 5–2 victory. The French were effectively down to ten men from the 30th minute onwards when their most experienced defender and captain Robert Jonquet got incapacitated after a clash with Vavá. The third place match saw Fontaine score four more goals as they beat the Germans 6-3. This brought his total to 13 goals in one competition, a record that still has not been broken.

The final was played in Solna, in the Råsunda Stadium, as 50,000 people watched in amazement as the Brazilians went a goal down after four minutes. The Brazilians were not dismayed, and Vavá equalised shortly afterwards and then put them a goal ahead before half time. In the second half Pelé outshone everyone, notching up two goals, including the first one where he lobbed the ball over Bengt Gustavsson then followed it with a precise volley shot. Zagallo added a goal in between, and Sweden managed a consolation goal. But the game really belonged to Pelé, and the Jules Rimet trophy belonged to Brazil - the World Cup winners.

Venues

A record of twelve cities hosted the tournament:

• * Built for the World Cup
  • ** Expanded for the World Cup

Note that some matches brought more than the venue's actual capacity.

Seeding

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1958 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
West Germany	3	1	2	0	7	5	1.40	4
Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	4	5	0.80	3
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	8	4	2.00	3
Argentina	3	1	0	2	5	10	0.50	2

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	West Germany	3 – 1	Argentina	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 31,156 Referee: Leafe (England)
	Rahn  32', 79' Seeler  42'	Report	Corbatta  3'

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	Northern Ireland	1 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Örjans Vall, Halmstad Attendance: 10,647 Referee: Seipelt (Austria)
	Cush  21'	Report

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	Argentina	3 – 1	Northern Ireland	Örjans Vall, Halmstad Attendance: 14,174 Referee: Ahlner (Sweden)
	Corbatta  37' (pen.) Menéndez  56' Avio  60'	Report	McParland  4'

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	West Germany	2 – 2	Czechoslovakia	Olympiastadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Schäfer  60' Rahn  71'	Report	Dvořák  24' (pen.) Zikán  42'

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	West Germany	2 – 2	Northern Ireland	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 21,990 Referee: Campos (Portugal)
	Rahn  20' Seeler  78'	Report	McParland  18', 60'

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	Czechoslovakia	6 – 1	Argentina	Olympiastadion, Helsingborg Attendance: 16,418 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Dvořák  8' Zikán  17', 39' Feureisl  68' Hovorka  81', 89'	Report	Corbatta  64' (pen.)

Play-off

17 June 1958 19:00 CET	Northern Ireland	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 6,196 Referee: Guigue (France)
	McParland  44', 97'	Report	Zikán  18'

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	11	7	1.57	4
Yugoslavia	3	1	2	0	7	6	1.17	4
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	9	12	0.75	3
Scotland	3	0	1	2	4	6	0.67	1

• France were placed first on goal average.

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	France	7 – 3	Paraguay	Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Fontaine  24', 30', 67' Piantoni  52' Wisnieski  61' Kopa  70' Vincent  83'	Report	Amarilla  20', 44' (pen.) Romero  50'

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	Yugoslavia	1 – 1	Scotland	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Wyssling (Switzerland)
	Petaković  6'	Report	Murray  49'

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	Yugoslavia	3 – 2	France	Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Griffiths (Wales)
	Petaković  16' Veselinović  63', 88'	Report	Fontaine  4', 85'

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	Paraguay	3 – 2	Scotland	Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Orlandini (Italy)
	Agüero  4' Ré  45' Parodi  73'	Report	Mudie  24' Collins  74'

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	France	2 – 1	Scotland	Eyravallen, Örebro Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Brozzi (Argentina)
	Piantoni  22' Fontaine  44'	Report	Baird  58'

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	Paraguay	3 – 3	Yugoslavia	Tunavallen, Eskilstuna Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Macko (Czechoslovakia)
	Parodi  20' Agüero  52' Romero  80'	Report	Ognjanović  18' Veselinović  21' Rajkov  73'

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	0	5	1	5.00	5
Wales	3	0	3	0	2	2	1.00	3
Hungary	3	1	1	1	6	3	2.00	3
Mexico	3	0	1	2	1	8	0.13	1

8 June 1958 14:00 CET	Sweden	3 – 0	Mexico	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)
	Simonsson  17', 64' Liedholm  57' (pen.)	Report

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	Hungary	1 – 1	Wales	Jernvallen, Sandviken Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Codesal (Uruguay)
	Bozsik  5'	Report	J. Charles  27'

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	Mexico	1 – 1	Wales	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lemesic (Yugoslavia)
	Belmonte  89'	Report	I. Allchurch  32'

12 June 1958 19:00 CET	Sweden	2 – 1	Hungary	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Mowat (Scotland)
	Hamrin  34', 55'	Report	Tichy  77'

15 June 1958 14:00 CET	Sweden	0 – 0	Wales	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)
		Report

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	Hungary	4 – 0	Mexico	Jernvallen, Sandviken Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Eriksson (Finland)
	Tichy  19', 46' Sándor  54' Bencsics  69'	Report

Play-off

17 June 1958 19:00 CET	Wales	2 – 1	Hungary	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)
	I. Allchurch  55' Medwin  76'	Report	Tichy  33'

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	0	∞	5
Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	4	4	1.00	3
England	3	0	3	0	4	4	1.00	3
Austria	3	0	1	2	2	7	0.28	1

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	Brazil	3 – 0	Austria	Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla Attendance: 17,778 Referee: Guigue (France)
	Mazzola  37', 85' Nílton Santos  50'	Report

8 June 1958 19:00 CET	Soviet Union	2 – 2	England	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 49,348 Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)
	Simonyan  13' A. Ivanov  56'	Report	Kevan  66' Finney  85' (pen.)

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	Brazil	0 – 0	England	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 40,895 Referee: Dusch (West Germany)
		Report

11 June 1958 19:00 CET	Soviet Union	2 – 0	Austria	Ryavallen, Borås Attendance: 21,239 Referee: Jorgensen (Denmark)
	A. Ivanov  15' V. Ivanov  62'	Report

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	England	2 – 2	Austria	Ryavallen, Borås Attendance: 15,872 Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
	Haynes  56' Kevan  74'	Report	Koller  15' Körner  71'

15 June 1958 19:00 CET	Brazil	2 – 0	Soviet Union	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 50,928 Referee: Guigue (France)
	Vavá  3', 77'	Report

Play-off

17 June 1958 19:00 CET	Soviet Union	1 – 0	England	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 23,182 Referee: Dusch (West Germany)
	Ilyin  69'	Report

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	19 June – Malmö
	West Germany	1
					24 June - Gothenburg
	Yugoslavia	0
					West Germany	1
	19 June - Solna
					Sweden	3
	Sweden	2
									29 June – Solna
	Soviet Union	0
									Sweden	2
	19 June - Norrköping
									Brazil	5
	France	4
					24 June – Solna
	Northern Ireland	0
					France	2			Third place
	19 June - Gothenburg
					Brazil	5
	Brazil	1							West Germany	3
	Wales	0							France	6
									28 June - Gothenburg

Quarter-finals

19 June 1958 19:00 CET	France	4 – 0	Northern Ireland	Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Wisnieski  22' Fontaine  55', 63' Piantoni  68'	Report

19 June 1958 19:00 CET	Sweden	2 – 0	Soviet Union	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Leafe (England)
	Hamrin  49' Simonsson  88'	Report

19 June 1958 19:00 CET	Brazil	1 – 0	Wales	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Seipelt (Austria)
	Pelé  66'	Report

19 June 1958 19:00 CET	West Germany	1 – 0	Yugoslavia	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wyssling (Switzerland)
	Rahn  12'	Report

Semi-finals

24 June 1958 19:00 CET	France	2 – 5	Brazil	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Griffiths (Wales)
	Fontaine  9' Piantoni  83'	Report	Vavá  2' Didi  39' Pelé  52', 64', 75'

24 June 1958 19:00 CET	West Germany	1 – 3	Sweden	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)
	Schäfer  24'	Report	Skoglund  32' Gren  81' Hamrin  88'

Third place match

28 June 1958 17:00 CET	West Germany	3 – 6	France	Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Brozzi (Argentina)
	Cieslarczyk  18' Rahn  52' Schäfer  84'	Report	Fontaine  16', 36', 78', 89' Kopa  27' (pen.) Douis  50'

Final

29 June 1958 15:00 CET	Sweden	2 – 5	Brazil	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 51,800 Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
	Liedholm  4' Simonsson  80'	Report	Vavá  9', 32' Pelé  55', 90' Zagallo  68'

Awards

1958 FIFA World Cup Winners
Brazil First title

Scorers

See also

• Conspiracy 58

References

1. ^ History of the World Cup Final Draw

External links

• 1958 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
• Details at RSSSF
• History of the World Cup-1958

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