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Mar 24, 2024 · 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.
Group stage (June 8, 1958 to June 15, 1958) Group 1. ... For more information on the expected goals model and which competitions have ... > 1958 World Cup Stats. Full ...
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Date: June 8 – June 29, 1958 1958 FIFA World Cup Final Score: Sweden – Brazil 2-5 3rd place: West Germany – France 3-6 Teams: 16 Stadiums: 12 Host cities: 12 Matches played: 35 Goals: 126 Attendance: 919,580 Top scorer: Just Fontaine (France) (13 goals)
Four countries showed interest in hosting the 6th edition: Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Sweden. A Swedish delegate lobbied other countries at the FIFA congress in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro. Therefore Sweden was granted on June 23, 1950, to host the 1958 tournament. No voting took place.
Fifty-five countries tried to be 1 of the 16 soccer World Cupparticipants. Sweden qualified automatically since they were the host, and 1954 surprise world champions West Germany qualified because they won the previous World Cup. FIFA introduced a new qualification round rule: a country would only qualify if they had played at least 1 match. In pre...
A new FIFA World Cup format was introduced at the 1958 tournament in Sweden: four pools of four, each team playing the other, with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finals. At the Swedish TV Cirkus studio, there were no seeds except for the four qualified British teams and one Latin American team in each pool, resulting in some strong first-ro...
The 1958 World Cup initiated a format used in all editions since. Not the entire format, but a considerable part of it. The round-robinformatthat wasn’t used in the 1954 World Cup has returned in this tournament. There are four pools, with each containing four teams. All the teams of each pool had to play against each other without extra time. This...
Twelve cities and 12 stadiums were used to host the 1958 World Cup matches. However, there were doubts about whether there was enough funding to build the Ullevi and Malmö Stadion, especially for the tournament. Therefore the organizers arranged two stand-by stadiums just in case. Both stadiums, however, were located in Denmark (Copenhagen) and Nor...
Northern Ireland – Czechoslovakia 1-0, 2-1
Orjans Vall, Halmstad – Attendance: 10,647 Pool 1 contained West Germany, Northern Ireland, Argentina, and Czechoslovakia. Surely, Northern Ireland didn’t stand a chance against the three good, experienced and strong teams. But what happened was that West Germany was the only country to go to the Quarter-Finals after all pool matches had been played. Northern Ireland and Czechoslovakia had to play an extra play-off match to determine who would join West Germany in the next round. Argentina, s...
France – Paraguay 7-3
Idrottsparken, Norrkoping – Attendance: 16,500 France never really impressed anyone yet in a World Cup till this match. Everyone immediately knew who Just Fontaine was. A French player who scored 13 goals in this tournament. Never again has any player scored so many goals in one edition. Six of the 13 goals were scored in the first round. The French striker scored his first World Cuphat-trick in this match. Roger Piantoni, Maryan Wisnieski, Raymond Kopa, and Jean-Vincent also scored for Franc...
Wales – Hungary 1-1, 2-1
Rasunda Stadium, Solna – attendance: 20,000 The Wales 1958 World Cup squadwas lucky to have the opportunity to play in this tournament. But no one expected they would be able to beat Hungary. The Hungarian Golden Team, aka Magical Magyars from the 1954 World Cup, suffered the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. As a result, certain star players like Sandor Kocsis and Ferenc Puskas left their homeland and never played for the Hungarian team again. Nevertheless, Hungary is expected to make it at leas...
France – Brazil 2-5
Rasunda Stadium, Solna – Attendance: 27,000 This was one of the most exciting matches of the 1958 World Cup. Both legendary players, Just Fontaine and Pele in action. It was the first gamethey encountered each other in a World Championship. Both teams were known for their attacking ability. Vava scored the first goal within two minutes after kick-off. Just Fontaine equalized seven minutes later. It became rapidly clear Brazil was dominating the match. Didi scored Brazil’s second goal, and the...
West Germany – Sweden 1-3
Ullevi, Gothenburg – Attendance: 25,000 West Germany made it to the Semi-Final by scoring the solitary goal against Yugoslavia. However, their luck ran out in this match. German striker Hans Schafer scored the first goal of the match. Swedish left winger Lennart Skoglund scored their only goal in the first half. Gunnar Gren and Kurt Hamrin both scored in the last 10 minutes of the second half. Sweden reached the final for the first time.
West Germany – France 3-6
Ullevi, Gothenburg – Attendance: 25,000 France ended the 1958 World Cup in style. This match showed the best performance of Just Fontaine. He scored four goals in total, contributing highly to the end score of 6-3. Raymond Kopa scored a penalty, and Yvon Douis scored 1 goal. Hans Cieslarczyk, Helmut Rahn, and Hans Schafer scored the three goals for West Germany. Just Fontaine became the tournament top scorer with 13 goals. This record would only be beaten in the 1974 World Cup by German Gerd...
Sweden was playing their best World Cup in 1958 and only drew 1 match against Wales before reaching the final. On the other hand, Brazil drew one game as well against England and won all the other matches. Brazil and Sweden encountered each other for the 3rd time in a World Championship match. Brazil defeated Sweden back in 1938 and 1950. On June 2...
Information related with the soccer World Cup Sweden 1958 including standings, all the scores and the complete schedule of the groups. World Cup 1958 Sweden: Summary. First Round: Group 1 - Group 2 - Group 3 - Group 4. Final Round: Fixture and All the Scores. Statistics: Final Standings - Top Scorers Table Cards - Goals Summary.
Statistics. Number of teams: 16. Total goals scored: 121 goals. Matches played: 34 matches. Number of goals/match in average: 3.56 goals/match. Best attack: France (23 goals in 6 matches: 3.83 goals/match)
5:2 (2:1) 29 June 1958. 15:00. Solna. SOLNA, Jun. 29, 1958 (AMP) — Sweden 58 : Brazil claimed the FIFA World Cup crown with a 5-2 win against Sweden (halftime: 2-1) in the final on Sunday afternoon at the Rasunda Stadium in Solna.Vavá and Pelé scored dual goalsSweden opened the score in the score in the 4th minute thanks to Nils Liedholm ...
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The second group saw the largest number of goals scored in a single group in the 1958 World Cup with 27 goals in total (4.5 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.
