Världsmästerskapet i Fotboll Sverige 1958(Swedish)
Tournament details
Host country
Sweden
Dates
8–29 June
Teams
16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)
12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions
Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up
Sweden
Third place
France
Fourth place
West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played
35
Goals scored
126 (3.6 per match)
Attendance
819,810 (23,423 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Just Fontaine (13 goals)
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International football competition
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in Solna, Stockholm, to claim their first title, having beaten France in the semi-final and Wales in the quarter-final. The tournament also marked the arrival of a then 17-year-old Pelé on the world stage, who scored in all three of Brazil's knockout games.
This was the first appearance of Wales at the FIFA World Cup. They would not qualify for another until 64 years later. This tournament also marked the debuts of fellow British side Northern Ireland, as well as the Soviet Union. Defending champions West Germany were eliminated by runners up Sweden and would lose to France in a third place match.
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Global Information
Brazil (1st title)
Sweden
France
West Germany
Just Fontaine (13 goals)