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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: Sweden
Dates: 08-June-1958 to 29-June-1958
Teams: 16

Stages:
Round 1: 16 teams split in 4 groups of 4
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
Round 2: 8 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • Brazil, the winners, became the first team to win a World Cup outside their home continent.
  • French striker Just Fontaine became the top scorer of the tournament with a still standing record of 13 goals.

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating Current ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Brazil 1974 2275 (+301) 16 4 +12 CONMEBOL
    2 Sweden 1800 2022 (+222) 12 7 +5 UEFA
    3 France 1835 2073 (+238) 23 15 +8 UEFA
    4 West Germany 1913 1849 (-64) 12 14 -2 UEFA
    5 Soviet Union 1883 1881 (-2) 5 6 -1 UEFA
    5 Yugoslavia 1896 1873 (-23) 7 7 0 UEFA
    5 Wales 1713 1833 (+120) 4 4 0 UEFA
    5 Northern Ireland 1731 1728 (-3) 6 10 -4 UEFA
    17 Czechoslovakia 1887 2001 (+114) 9 6 +3 UEFA
    17 Hungary 2077 1946 (-131) 7 5 +2 UEFA
    17 England 2010 1911 (-99) 4 5 -1 UEFA
    17 Austria 1901 1794 (-107) 2 7 -5 UEFA
    17 Argentina 2043 1743 (-300) 5 10 -5 CONMEBOL
    17 Paraguay 1750 1726 (-24) 9 12 -3 CONMEBOL
    17 Scotland 1824 1726 (-98) 4 6 -2 UEFA
    17 Mexico 1778 1634 (-144) 1 8 -7 CONCACAF
    Top goal scorers:

    • 13 goals Just Fontaine
    • 6 goals Helmut Rahn
    • 6 goals Pelé
    • 5 goals Peter McParland
    • 5 goals Vavá
    • 4 goals Agne Simonsson
    • 4 goals Kurt Hamrin
    • 4 goals Lajos Tichy
    • 4 goals Zdenek Zikán
    • 3 goals Hans Schäfer
    • 3 goals Oreste Corbatta
    • 3 goals Raymond Kopa
    • 3 goals Roger Piantoni
    • 3 goals Todor Veselinovic
    • 2 goals Aleksandar Petakovic
    • 2 goals Aleksandr Ivanov
    • 2 goals Anatoli Ilyin
    • 2 goals Derek Kevan
    • 2 goals Florencio Amarilla
    • 2 goals Ivor Allchurch
    • 2 goals Jorge Lino Romero
    • 2 goals José Parodi
    • 2 goals Juan Bautista Agüero
    • 2 goals Maryan Wisnieski
    • 2 goals Mazzola
    • 2 goals Milan Dvorák
    • 2 goals Nils Liedholm
    • 2 goals Uwe Seeler
    • 2 goals Václav Hovorka
    • 1 goal Alfred Körner
    • 1 goal Bobby Collins
    • 1 goal Cayetano Ré
    • 1 goal Dida
    • 1 goal Gunnar Gren
    • 1 goal Hans Cieslarczyk
    • 1 goal Jackie Mudie
    • 1 goal Jaime Belmonte
    • 1 goal Jean Vincent
    • 1 goal Jimmy Murray
    • 1 goal Jirí Feureisl
    • 1 goal John Charles
    • 1 goal Johnny Haynes
    • 1 goal József Bencsics
    • 1 goal József Bozsik
    • 1 goal Karl Koller
    • 1 goal Károly Sándor
    • 1 goal Lennart Skoglund
    • 1 goal Ludovico Avio
    • 1 goal Mário Zagallo
    • 1 goal Nikita Simonyan
    • 1 goal Nílton Santos
    • 1 goal Norberto Menéndez
    • 1 goal Radivoje Ognjanovic
    • 1 goal Sammy Baird
    • 1 goal Terry Medwin
    • 1 goal Tom Finney
    • 1 goal Wilbur Cush
    • 1 goal Yvon Douis
    • 1 goal Zdravko Rajkov


    Own goal scorers:

    No own goals