1958 FIFA World Cup - wikipedia 1958 FIFA World Cup 1958 FIFA World Cup Världsmästerskapet i Fotboll Sverige 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup official logo Tournament details Host country Sweden Dates 8 -- 29 June ( 22 days ) 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 ) Best young player Pelé ← 1954 1962 → The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 to 29 June. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5 -- 2 in the final in the Stockholm suburb of Solna for their first title. The tournament is also notable for marking the debut on the world stage of a then 17 - year - old Pelé. Contents 1 Host selection 2 Qualification 2.1 List of qualified teams 3 Format 4 Summary 4.1 Final 5 Venues 6 Match officials 7 Seeding 8 Squads 9 Group stage 9.1 Group 1 9.1. 1 Play - off 9.2 Group 2 9.3 Group 3 9.3. 1 Play - off 9.4 Group 4 9.4. 1 Play - off 10 Knockout stage 10.1 Bracket 10.2 Quarter - finals 10.3 Semi-finals 10.4 Third place play - off 10.5 Final 11 Goalscorers 12 FIFA retrospective ranking 13 See also 14 References 15 External links Host selection Main article : FIFA World Cup hosts Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Sweden expressed interest in hosting the tournament. Swedish delegates lobbied other countries at the FIFA Congress held in Rio de Janeiro around the opening of the 1950 World Cup finals. Sweden was awarded the 1958 tournament unopposed on 23 June 1950. Qualification Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification The hosts ( Sweden ) and the defending champions ( West Germany ) qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, nine were allocated to Europe, three to South America, one to North / Central America, and one to Asia / Africa. This World Cup saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, and the last time all the United Kingdom 's Home Nations : England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland qualified. Aside from the main European zone matches, Wales, which finished second in its group behind Czechoslovakia, was drawn into a play - off with Israel after Israel won its group by default because its three opponents, Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan, refused to play. FIFA had imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match, something that had happened in several previous World Cups. Wales won the play - off and qualified. On 8 February 1958, in Solna, Lennart Hyland and Sven Jerring presented the results of the draw where the qualified teams were divided into four groups. Seeding was geographical rather than by team strength, with each group containing one western European team, one eastern European team, one of the four British teams that had qualified, and one from the Americas. This tournament saw the only appearance of Wales at a World Cup finals, and the only time that England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have qualified for the same tournament. It also marked the debuts of the Soviet Union and Northern Ireland. Argentina appeared for the first time since 1934. This would be Paraguay 's last finals appearance until 1986, Northern Ireland 's last until 1982, and Austria 's last until 1978. This FIFA World Cup finals was the only occasion on which Italy failed to qualify until 2018 ( Italy did not take part in the 1930 tournament but there was no qualification for that competition ). Other teams that failed to qualify included two time champions and 1954 semi finalists Uruguay, Spain and Belgium. List of qualified teams The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. AFC ( 0 ) None qualified CAF ( 0 ) None qualified NAFC ( 1 ) Mexico CCCF ( 0 ) None qualified CONMEBOL ( 3 ) Argentina Brazil Paraguay UEFA ( 12 ) Austria Czechoslovakia England France Hungary Northern Ireland Scotland Soviet Union Sweden ( hosts ) Wales West Germany ( title holders ) Yugoslavia Qualifying countries and their results Format 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. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. If the first two teams finished on equal points then goal average would decide who was placed first and second. As in 1954, if the second and third placed teams 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, goal average from the group games would be used to determine who went through to the next round. If the goal averages were equal then lots would have been drawn. These arrangements had not been finalised by the time the tournament started and were still being debated as it progressed. Some teams complained that a play - off match, meaning three games in five days, was too much, and before the second round of group matches FIFA informed the teams that goal average would be used before resorting to a play - off. This was overturned when the Swedish Football Association complained, ostensibly that it was wrong to change the rules mid-tournament, but also because it wanted the extra revenue from playoff matches. This was the first time that goal average was available to separate teams in a World Cup. It was used to separate the teams finishing first and second in one of the groups. However, all three playoffs finished with decisive results and so it was not needed to separate the teams involved in a tied playoff. Almost all the matches kicked off simultaneously in each of the three rounds of the group phase, as did the quarter - finals and semi-finals. The exceptions were Sweden 's three group matches, all of which were televised by Sveriges Radio ; these started at other times so Swedes could attend other matches without missing their own team 's. Apart from these, one match per round was televised, and relayed across Europe by the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ). Many Swedes bought their first television for the World Cup. The official ball was the `` Top - Star VMbollen 1958 '' model made by Sydsvenska Läder & Remfabriks AB ( aka `` Remmen '' or `` Sydläder '' ) in Ängelholm. It was chosen from 102 candidates in a blind test by four FIFA officials. Summary 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 earlier in the year, which killed three 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. In Group 2, Scotland faced Yugoslavia, Paraguay, and France. France topped the group, 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 as in 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 through 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 veteran forward Fritz Walter injured, which further weakened the German team ( substitutes were first allowed in the 1970 FIFA World Cup ). In the other semi-final, Brazil and France were tied 1 - 1 for much of the first half. However, 36 minutes into the game French captain and most experienced defender Robert Jonquet suffered broken leg in a clash with Vavá, and France was down to ten men for the rest of the game ( substitutions were not allowed back then ). Brazil dominated the rest of the match, as a Pelé hat - trick gave them a 5 -- 2 victory. Fontaine of France added one goal to his impressive tally. The third place match saw Fontaine score four more goals as France defeated West Germany 6 -- 3. This brought his total to 13 goals in one competition, a record that still stands. Final The final was played in Solna, in the Råsunda Stadium ; 50,000 people watched as the Brazilians went a goal down after four minutes. However 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. The Final saw many records made in World Cup history that still stand as of 2014. At age 17, Pelé simultaneously became the youngest player to participate in, score, and win a World Cup Final. Conversely, Nils Liedholm became the oldest player to score in a World Cup Final at 35 years, 263 Days. This final had the highest number of goals scored by a winning team ( 5 ), the highest number of total goals scored ( 7 ), and together with the 1970 and 1998 finals shares the highest goal margin of difference ( 3 ) ; Brazil played in all those three finals. The game is also notable for many firsts in FIFA World Cup. With the exception of the 1950 FIFA World Cup final group stage, this marked the first time that a World Cup host reached the final without winning it. Additionally, the match marked the first time two nations from different continents ( Europe and South America ) met in a World Cup final. It also marks the first and only World Cup hosted in Europe not won by a European team ; a feat mirrored in 2014 where a World Cup hosted in the Americas was not won by a team from the Americas for the first time, with Germany beating Argentina 1 - 0 at the final. Venues A total of twelve cities throughout the central and southern parts of Sweden hosted the tournament. FIFA regulations required at least six stadiums to have a capacity of at least 20,000. If Denmark had qualified, the organisers had planned to use the Idrætsparken in Copenhagen for Denmark 's group matches. The Idrætsparken was renovated in 1956 with this in mind, but Denmark lost out to England in qualification. When doubts arose about whether funding would be forthcoming for rebuilding the Ullevi and Malmö Stadion, the organisers considered stadiums in Copenhagen and Oslo as contingency measures. The Rasunda Stadium was expanded from 38,000 for the World Cup by building end stands. Organising committee chairman Holger Bergérus mortgaged his house to pay for this. The new Malmö Stadion was built for the World Cup, replacing the 1896 Malmö Stadion at a new site The Idrottsparken had 4,709 seats added for the World Cup. The Social Democratic municipal government refused to pay for this until the organisers threatened to select Folkungavallen in Linköping instead. At the Rimnersvallen, a stand from the smaller Oddevallen stadium was moved to Rimnersvallen for the World Cup. The crowd at Brazil v. Austria was estimated at 21,000, with more looking in from the adjoining hillside. The most used stadium was the Rasunda Stadium in Stockholm, which hosted 8 matches including the final, followed by the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg ( the biggest stadium used during the tournament ), which hosted 7 matches. Solna ( Stockholm ) Gothenburg Borås Eskilstuna Gothenburg Halmstad Helsingborg Malmö Norrköping Örebro Sandviken Stockholm Uddevalla Västerås Råsunda Stadium Ullevi Stadium Capacity : 52,400 Capacity : 53,500 Malmö Helsingborg Malmö Stadion Olympia Capacity : 30,000 Capacity : 27,000 Eskilstuna Norrköping Sandviken Uddevalla Tunavallen Idrottsparken Jernvallen Rimnersvallen Capacity : 20,000 Capacity : 20,000 Capacity : 20,000 Capacity : 17,778 Borås Halmstad Örebro Västerås Ryavallen Örjans Vall Eyravallen Arosvallen Capacity : 15,000 Capacity : 15,000 Capacity : 13,000 Capacity : 10,000 Match officials 22 match officials were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees. Europe Fritz Seipelt Lucien van Nuffel Martin Macko Carl Jørgensen Arthur Ellis Reginald Leafe Arne Eriksson Maurice Guigue István Zsolt Vincenzo Orlandini Jan Bronkhorst Joaquim Campos Jack Mowat Juan Gardeazábal Garay Sten Ahlner Raymond Wyssling Nikolai Latyshev Mervyn Griffiths Albert Dusch Leo Lemešić South America Juan Brozzi José María Codesal Seeding Western European Pot Eastern European Pot British Pot Americas Pot Sweden West Germany Austria France Czechoslovakia Hungary Soviet Union Yugoslavia England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Argentina Brazil Mexico Paraguay The geographical basis of the seeding attracted criticism, especially from Austria, who were drawn against the teams considered strongest in each of the other three pots. Squads For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1958 FIFA World Cup squads. The team of the tournament voted by journalists was as follows : Goalkeeper : Harry Gregg Defenders : Djalma Santos, Hilderaldo Bellini, Nílton Santos Midfielders : Yuriy Voynov, Horst Szymaniak Forwards : Garrincha, Didi, Raymond Kopa, Pelé, Lennart Skoglund Although Just Fontaine got more votes than any other forward, they were split between the left and right inside forward positions. Group stage Group 1 Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 1 The West Germans, surprise world champions four years before, were still very strong, and fielded an exciting young forward in Uwe Seeler. But this time the Germans had to contend with a real powerhouse in Argentina 's team, competing for the first time since 1934. In fact, some experts thought Argentina had a very realistic chance of reaching the semi finals or even winning the World Cup this time. Czechoslovakia was a fairly strong team with a rich football tradition, and was considered to be no walk - over for the West Germans or the Argentinians, but nobody expected much from tiny newcomers Northern Ireland. But the Northern Irish had already shown that they could be a danger to anyone, by knocking out double world champions Italy in the qualifying tournament for the World Cup. In the end, the Northern Irish did pull off one of the biggest upsets in World Cup Finals history by qualifying for the quarter - finals, beating Czechoslovakia in a play - off. Finishing last in the group with a − 5 goal differential was a horrible blow for Argentina, and on the way home the Argentinian team met the wrath of several thousand angry football fans at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires. Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts West Germany 0 7 5 1.40 Northern Ireland 5 0.80 Czechoslovakia 8 2.00 Argentina 0 5 10 0.50 Northern Ireland finished ahead of Czechoslovakia by winning a play - off 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Argentina 1 -- 3 West Germany Corbatta 3 ' Report Rahn 32 ', 79 ' Seeler 42 ' Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance : 31,156 Referee : Reginald Leafe ( England ) 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Northern Ireland 1 -- 0 Czechoslovakia Cush 21 ' Report Örjans Vall, Halmstad Attendance : 10,647 Referee : Fritz Seipelt ( Austria ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) West Germany 2 -- 2 Czechoslovakia Schäfer 60 ' Rahn 71 ' Report Dvořák 24 ' ( pen. ) Zikán 42 ' Olympiastadion, Helsingborg Attendance : 25,000 Referee : Arthur Edward Ellis ( England ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Argentina 3 -- 1 Northern Ireland Corbatta 37 ' ( pen. ) Menéndez 56 ' Avio 60 ' Report McParland 4 ' Örjans Vall, Halmstad Attendance : 14,174 Referee : Sten Ahlner ( Sweden ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) West Germany 2 -- 2 Northern Ireland Rahn 20 ' Seeler 78 ' Report McParland 18 ', 60 ' Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance : 21,990 Referee : Joaquim Campos ( Portugal ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Czechoslovakia 6 -- 1 Argentina Dvořák 8 ' Zikán 17 ', 39 ' Feureisl 68 ' Hovorka 81 ', 89 ' Report Corbatta 64 ' ( pen. ) Olympiastadion, Helsingborg Attendance : 16,418 Referee : Arthur Edward Ellis ( England ) Play - off 17 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Northern Ireland 2 -- 1 ( a.e.t. ) Czechoslovakia McParland 44 ', 97 ' Report Zikán 18 ' Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance : 6,196 Referee : Maurice Guigue ( France ) Group 2 Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 2 The second group saw the largest number of goals scored in a single group in the 1958 World Cup with 31 goals in total ( ~ 5.16 goals per game ). Just Fontaine of France scored 6 of his 13 goals in the tournament, making him the tournament 's top scorer going into the quarter - finals. None of the teams in this group had been particularly successful at previous World Cups. France, despite having hosted the 1938 event, had not achieved any real World Cup success, Yugoslavia had not been able to replicate their semi-final success of 1930 and Paraguay and Scotland were considered underdogs during the tournament. France won the group ahead of Yugoslavia and would go on to finish third. Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts France 0 11 7 1.57 Yugoslavia 0 7 6 1.17 Paraguay 9 12 0.75 Scotland 0 6 0.67 France finished ahead of Yugoslavia on goal average 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) France 7 -- 3 Paraguay Fontaine 24 ', 30 ', 67 ' Piantoni 52 ' Wisnieski 61 ' Kopa 70 ' Vincent 83 ' Report Amarilla 20 ', 44 ' ( pen. ) Romero 50 ' Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance : 16,518 Referee : Juan Gardeazábal Garay ( Spain ) 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Yugoslavia 1 -- 1 Scotland Petaković 6 ' Report Murray 49 ' Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance : 9,591 Referee : Raymond Wyssling ( Switzerland ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Yugoslavia 3 -- 2 France Petaković 16 ' Veselinović 63 ', 88 ' Report Fontaine 4 ', 85 ' Arosvallen, Västerås Attendance : 12,217 Referee : Benjamin Griffiths ( Wales ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Paraguay 3 -- 2 Scotland Agüero 4 ' Ré 45 ' Parodi 73 ' Report Mudie 24 ' Collins 74 ' Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance : 11,665 Referee : Vincenzo Orlandini ( Italy ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) France 2 -- 1 Scotland Kopa 22 ' Fontaine 44 ' Report Baird 58 ' Eyravallen, Örebro Attendance : 13,554 Referee : Juan Brozzi ( Argentina ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Paraguay 3 -- 3 Yugoslavia Parodi 20 ' Agüero 52 ' Romero 80 ' Report Ognjanović 18 ' Veselinović 21 ' Rajkov 73 ' Tunavallen, Eskilstuna Attendance : 13,103 Referee : Martin Macko ( Czechoslovakia ) Group 3 Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 3 The Swedish hosts could count themselves lucky in ending up in a rather weak group which they proceeded to win fairly easily with their powerful workmanlike football. The group included Hungary which had been considered by far the best team in the world some years ago -- although the Hungarians could not beat West Germany in the final of the World Cup in 1954. But the Hungarian team had been dealt a blow by the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 after which star players like Sándor Kocsis and Ferenc Puskás left their homeland. Striker Nándor Hidegkuti was still playing, but he was by now 36 years old and nowhere near his previous form. In spite of Hungary 's recent travails, everyone expected the Hungarian players to advance from their group. The success of Wales therefore was a great surprise but the Welsh managed to draw all the group games and then beat the once - mighty Hungarians in a play - off match to decide which nation should follow Sweden into the knock - out stage. Had goal difference been the decider, Hungary would have gone through as the Hungarians had a goal ratio of 6 -- 3 compared to 2 -- 2 of Wales. As it was, Wales had the honour of meeting Brazil in the quarterfinals and becoming the recipient of young Pelé 's first World Cup goal. The 1 -- 1 draw between Wales and Mexico was the first point scored by Mexico in a World Cup. The match between Hungary and Wales in Sandviken became the northern-most World Cup match in history. Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts Sweden 0 5 5.00 5 Wales 0 0 1.00 Hungary 6 2.00 Mexico 0 8 0.13 Wales finished ahead of Hungary by winning a play - off 8 June 1958 14 : 00 ( CET ) Sweden 3 -- 0 Mexico Simonsson 17 ', 64 ' Liedholm 57 ' ( pen. ) Report Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 34,107 Referee : Nikolay Latyshev ( Soviet Union ) 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Hungary 1 -- 1 Wales Bozsik 5 ' Report J. Charles 27 ' Jernvallen, Sandviken Attendance : 15,343 Referee : José María Codesal ( Uruguay ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Mexico 1 -- 1 Wales Belmonte 89 ' Report I. Allchurch 32 ' Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 15,150 Referee : Leo Lemesic ( Yugoslavia ) 12 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Sweden 2 -- 1 Hungary Hamrin 34 ', 55 ' Report Tichy 77 ' Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 38,850 Referee : Jack Mowat ( Scotland ) 15 June 1958 14 : 00 ( CET ) Sweden 0 -- 0 Wales Report Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 30,287 Referee : Lucien van Nuffel ( Belgium ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Hungary 4 -- 0 Mexico Tichy 19 ', 46 ' Sándor 54 ' Bencsics 69 ' Report Jernvallen, Sandviken Attendance : 13,300 Referee : Arne Eriksson ( Finland ) Play - off 17 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Wales 2 -- 1 Hungary I. Allchurch 55 ' Medwin 76 ' Report Tichy 33 ' Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 2,823 Referee : Nikolay Latyshev ( Soviet Union ) Group 4 Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 4 Notwithstanding the disappointments of the previous tournaments, Brazil were considered extremely powerful, as would indeed prove to be the case. The Soviet Union were the reigning Olympic champion and Austria had won the bronze medal in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, four years earlier. And although England, weakened by the loss of several players at the Munich air disaster, were not considered at their very best, they were still always a formidable team. In the end, this group had the highest average attendance, even higher than Group 3 with the host nation, Sweden. The quality of the football in this group did not quite live up to expectations, however. Only 15 goals were scored in the whole group, fewer than in any of the other groups. And when England and Brazil drew 0 -- 0, it was the first time in World Cup history that a game ended with no goals. Brazil won the group without conceding a single goal. The teenage Pelé played Brazil 's last game against the Soviet Union. He did not score but drew wild reviews for his play. The Soviet Union, in their first World Cup, took second place. Team Pld GF GA GAv Pts Brazil 0 5 0 -- 5 Soviet Union 1.00 England 0 0 1.00 Austria 0 7 0.29 The Soviet Union finished ahead of England by winning a play - off 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Brazil 3 -- 0 Austria Altafini 37 ', 85 ' Nílton Santos 50 ' Report Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla Attendance : 17,778 Referee : Maurice Guigue ( France ) 8 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Soviet Union 2 -- 2 England Simonyan 13 ' A. Ivanov 56 ' Report Kevan 66 ' Finney 85 ' ( pen. ) Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 49,348 Referee : István Zsolt ( Hungary ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Brazil 0 -- 0 England Report Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 40,895 Referee : Albert Dusch ( West Germany ) 11 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Soviet Union 2 -- 0 Austria Ilyin 15 ' V. Ivanov 62 ' Report Ryavallen, Borås Attendance : 21,239 Referee : Carl Jørgensen ( Denmark ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) England 2 -- 2 Austria Haynes 56 ' Kevan 74 ' Report Koller 15 ' Körner 71 ' Ryavallen, Borås Attendance : 15,872 Referee : Jan Bronkhorst ( Netherlands ) 15 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Brazil 2 -- 0 Soviet Union Vavá 3 ', 77 ' Report Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 50,928 Referee : Maurice Guigue ( France ) Play - off 17 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Soviet Union 1 -- 0 England Ilyin 69 ' Report Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 23,182 Referee : Albert Dusch ( West Germany ) Knockout stage Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup knockout stage Bracket Quarter - finals Semi-finals Final 19 June -- Gothenburg Brazil 24 June -- Solna Wales 0 Brazil 5 19 June -- Norrköping France 2 France 29 June -- Solna Northern Ireland 0 Brazil 5 19 June -- Solna Sweden 2 Sweden 24 June -- Gothenburg Soviet Union 0 Sweden Third place 19 June -- Malmö West Germany 1 28 June -- Gothenburg West Germany France 6 Yugoslavia 0 West Germany 3 Quarter - finals 19 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Brazil 1 -- 0 Wales Pelé 66 ' Report Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 25,923 Referee : Fritz Seipelt ( Austria ) 19 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) France 4 -- 0 Northern Ireland Wisnieski 44 ' Fontaine 55 ', 63 ' Piantoni 68 ' Report Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance : 11,800 Referee : Juan Gardeazábal Garay ( Spain ) 19 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Sweden 2 -- 0 Soviet Union Hamrin 49 ' Simonsson 88 ' Report Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 31,900 Referee : Reginald Leafe ( England ) 19 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) West Germany 1 -- 0 Yugoslavia Rahn 12 ' Report Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance : 20,055 Referee : Raymond Wyssling ( Switzerland ) Semi-finals 24 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Brazil 5 -- 2 France Vavá 2 ' Didi 39 ' Pelé 52 ', 64 ', 75 ' Report Fontaine 9 ' Piantoni 83 ' Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 27,100 Referee : Benjamin Griffiths ( Wales ) 24 June 1958 19 : 00 ( CET ) Sweden 3 -- 1 West Germany Skoglund 32 ' Gren 81 ' Hamrin 88 ' Report Schäfer 24 ' Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 49,471 Referee : István Zsolt ( Hungary ) Third place play - off 28 June 1958 17 : 00 ( CET ) France 6 -- 3 West Germany Fontaine 16 ', 36 ', 78 ', 89 ' Kopa 27 ' ( pen. ) Douis 50 ' Report Cieslarczyk 18 ' Rahn 52 ' Schäfer 84 ' Ullevi, Gothenburg Attendance : 32,483 Referee : Juan Brozzi ( Argentina ) Final Main article : 1958 FIFA World Cup Final 29 June 1958 15 : 00 ( CET ) Brazil 5 -- 2 Sweden Vavá 9 ', 32 ' Pelé 55 ', 90 ' Zagallo 68 ' Report Liedholm 4 ' Simonsson 80 ' Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance : 49,737 Referee : Maurice Guigue ( France ) Goalscorers With 13 goals, Just Fontaine was the top scorer in the tournament. As of 2018, no player has ever scored more goals in a single FIFA World Cup Final stage. In total, 126 goals were scored by 60 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 13 goals Just Fontaine 6 goals Pelé Helmut Rahn 5 goals Vavá Peter McParland 4 goals Zdeněk Zikán Lajos Tichy Kurt Hamrin Agne Simonsson 3 goals Omar Oreste Corbatta Raymond Kopa Roger Piantoni Hans Schäfer Todor Veselinović 2 goals José Altafini Milan Dvořák Václav Hovorka Derek Kevan Maryan Wisnieski Juan Bautista Agüero Florencio Amarilla José Parodi Jorge Lino Romero Anatoli Ilyin Nils Liedholm Ivor Allchurch Uwe Seeler Aleksandar Petaković 1 goal Ludovico Avio Norberto Menéndez Karl Koller Alfred Körner Didi Nílton Santos Mário Zagallo Jiří Feureisl Tom Finney Johnny Haynes Yvon Douis Jean Vincent József Bencsics József Bozsik Károly Sándor Jaime Belmonte Wilbur Cush Cayetano Ré Sammy Baird Bobby Collins Jackie Mudie Jimmy Murray Aleksandr Ivanov Valentin Ivanov Nikita Simonyan Gunnar Gren Lennart Skoglund John Charles Terry Medwin Hans Cieslarczyk Radivoje Ognjanović Zdravko Rajkov FIFA retrospective ranking In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. The rankings for the 1958 tournament were as follows : R Team GF GA GD Pts. Brazil 6 5 0 16 + 12 11 Sweden 6 12 7 + 5 9 France 6 0 23 15 + 8 8 West Germany 6 12 14 − 2 6 Eliminated in the quarter - finals 5 Wales 5 5 5 0 5 6 Soviet Union 5 5 6 − 1 5 7 Northern Ireland 5 6 10 − 4 5 8 Yugoslavia 7 7 0 Eliminated in the group stage 9 Czechoslovakia 9 6 + 3 10 Hungary 7 5 + 2 11 England 0 5 - 1 12 Paraguay 9 12 − 3 13 Argentina 0 5 10 − 5 14 Scotland 0 6 − 2 15 Austria 0 7 − 5 16 Mexico 0 8 − 7 See also Conspiracy 58, a mockumentary conspiracy theory film claiming the 1958 World Cup never happened. References Norlin, Arne ( 2008 ). 1958 : När Folkhemmet Fick Fotbolls - VM ( in Swedish ). Malmö : Ross & Tegner. ISBN 978 - 91 - 976144 - 8 - 1. ^ Jump up to : Norlin, pp. 24 -- 25 Jump up ^ `` FIFA World Cup : host announcement decision '' ( PDF ). FIFA. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` History of the World Cup Final Draw '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 2 March 2012. ^ Jump up to : Norlin, p. 117 Jump up ^ Norlin, pp. 130 -- 6 Jump up ^ `` Top Star 1958 ''. balones-oficiales.com. Retrieved 17 September 2011. ^ Jump up to : Norlin, p. 23 Jump up ^ Norlin, p. 32 ^ Jump up to : Norlin, p. 27 Jump up ^ Norlin, p. 30 Jump up ^ Norlin, p. 28 Jump up ^ Norlin, p. 8 ^ Jump up to : Norlin, p. 273 Jump up ^ Mundo Deportivo, 23 June 1958 ; El Grafico, 27 June 1958. Jump up ^ `` Players - Top goals ''. FIFA. Jump up ^ `` page 45 '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 2 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` FIFA World Cup : Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7 '' ( PDF ). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 21 May 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to FIFA World Cup 1958. 1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden TM, FIFA.com Details at RSSSF 1958 FIFA World Cup Stages Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Knockout stage Final General information Qualification Squads 1958 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Brazil Runners - up Sweden Third place France Fourth place West Germany Quarter - finals Northern Ireland Soviet Union Wales Yugoslavia Group stage Argentina Austria Czechoslovakia England Hungary Mexico Paraguay Scotland FIFA World Cup Tournaments Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea / Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 Canada / Mexico / United States 2026 2030 2034 Qualification 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Finals 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Squads 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Seedings 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Broadcasters 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Bids 2014 2018 and 2022 2026 2030 Statistics 2002 2006 2014 2018 Disciplinary record 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Overall records All - time table Goalscorers top goalscorers finals goalscorers hat - tricks own goals Penalty shoot - outs Player appearances Red cards Referees Team appearances Teams with no appearances Winners Miscellaneous Awards Balls Economics Final draw History Hosts Mascots Official films Official songs Organisers Trophy Video games Notes : There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final ; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. 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Question: what was the score of the 1958 world cup
Answer: 5–2