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Host · Sweden

1958

1958 FIFA Men's World Cup · 8 June 1958 – 29 June 1958

Champion

Brazil

5–2

Runner-up

Sweden

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

16 nations qualified for this tournament.

Argentina

ARG

Austria

AUT

Brazil

BRA

Czechoslovakia

CSK

England

ENG

France

FRA

Hungary

HUN

Mexico

MEX

Northern Ireland

NIR

Paraguay

PRY

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (35 total).

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group stage · 27 matches
8 June 1958

Sweden v Mexico

3–0

Råsunda Stadium
8 June 1958

Argentina v West Germany

1–3

Malmö Stadion
8 June 1958

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Just FontaineFrance

13 goals

2

PeléBrazil

6 goals

3

Helmut RahnWest Germany

6 goals

4

Peter McParlandNorthern Ireland

5 goals

5

VaváBrazil

5 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerPeléBrazil
Golden BootJust FontaineFrance
Silver BootHelmut RahnWest Germany
Silver BootPeléBrazil

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

No match at this tournament was decided by a penalty shootout.

16

Teams

35

Matches

126

Goals

0

Cards

0

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

4

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Scotland

SCO

Soviet Union

SUN

Sweden

SWE

Wales

WAL

West Germany

DEU

Yugoslavia

YUG

Northern Ireland v Czechoslovakia

1–0

Örjans Vall
8 June 1958

France v Paraguay

7–3

Idrottsparken
8 June 1958

Yugoslavia v Scotland

1–1

Arosvallen
8 June 1958

Hungary v Wales

1–1

Jernvallen
8 June 1958

Brazil v Austria

3–0

Rimnersvallen
8 June 1958

Soviet Union v England

2–2

Ullevi
11 June 1958

Argentina v Northern Ireland

3–1

Örjans Vall
11 June 1958

West Germany v Czechoslovakia

2–2

Olympia
11 June 1958

Paraguay v Scotland

3–2

Idrottsparken
11 June 1958

Yugoslavia v France

3–2

Arosvallen
11 June 1958

Mexico v Wales

1–1

Råsunda Stadium
11 June 1958

Brazil v England

0–0

Ullevi
11 June 1958

Soviet Union v Austria

2–0

Ryavallen
12 June 1958

Sweden v Hungary

2–1

Råsunda Stadium
15 June 1958

Sweden v Wales

0–0

Råsunda Stadium
15 June 1958

Czechoslovakia v Argentina

6–1

Olympia
15 June 1958

West Germany v Northern Ireland

2–2

Malmö Stadion
15 June 1958

France v Scotland

2–1

Eyravallen
15 June 1958

Paraguay v Yugoslavia

3–3

Tunavallen
15 June 1958

Hungary v Mexico

4–0

Jernvallen
15 June 1958

Brazil v Soviet Union

2–0

Ullevi
15 June 1958

England v Austria

2–2

Ryavallen
17 June 1958

Northern Ireland v Czechoslovakia

2–1

Malmö Stadion
17 June 1958

Wales v Hungary

2–1

Råsunda Stadium
17 June 1958

Soviet Union v England

1–0

Ullevi
quarter-finals · 4 matches
19 June 1958

Brazil v Wales

1–0

Ullevi
19 June 1958

France v Northern Ireland

4–0

Idrottsparken
19 June 1958

Sweden v Soviet Union

2–0

Råsunda Stadium
19 June 1958

West Germany v Yugoslavia

1–0

Malmö Stadion
semi-finals · 2 matches
24 June 1958

Brazil v France

5–2

Råsunda Stadium
24 June 1958

Sweden v West Germany

3–1

Ullevi
third-place match · 1 match
28 June 1958

France v West Germany

6–3

Ullevi
final · 1 match
29 June 1958

Brazil v Sweden

5–2

Råsunda Stadium