1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Sweden.
Squads
Europe
North and Central America
South America
Results
Group stage
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1.40 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.80 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0.50 | 2 |
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1.57 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1.17 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0.75 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 1 |
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.00 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0.13 | 1 |
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.29 | 1 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 19 June - Gothenburg | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
| 24 June - Solna | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
| 19 June - Norrköping | ||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
| 29 June - Solna | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
| 19 June - Solna | ||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
| 24 June - Gothenburg | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
| 19 June - Malmö | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
- France 4-0 Northern Ireland
- Brazil 1-0 Wales
- West Germany 1-0 Yugoslavia
- Sweden 2-0 Soviet Union
Semifinals
- Sweden 3-1 West Germany
- Brazil 5-2 France
3rd place
- France 6-3 West Germany
Final
Brazil won the championship.
Goalscorers
13 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Lennart Skoglund
Gunnar Gren
Nikita Simonyan
Aleksandr Ivanov
Valentin Ivanov
Tom Finney
Johnny Haynes
József Bozsik
Károly Sándor
József Bencsics
John Charles
Terry Medwin
Cayetano Ré
Jean Vincent
Yvon Douis
Jimmy Murray
Jackie Mudie
Bobby Collins
Sammy Baird
Nílton Santos
Didi
Mário Zagallo
Wilbur Cush
Jaime Belmonte
Norberto Menéndez
Ludovico Avio
Radivoje Ognjanović
Zdravko Rajkov
Karl Koller
Alfred Körner
Jiří Feureisl
Hans Cieslarczyk
1958 FIFA World Cup Media
USSR stamps marking the tournament; the Soviet Union qualified for the first time
A view over Nya Parken football arena in Norrköping, Sweden. To the left, Östra Läktaren (the East Stand), in the center Södra Läktaren (the South Stand) with the Away team section to the left. To the right the VM-läktaren (the WC Stand). In the foreground the Norra Läktaren (the North Stand) with the home team section.
References
- FIFA Archived 2016-03-16 at the Wayback Machine