1958 FIFA World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup
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1958 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 8 June – 29 June
Teams 16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  France
Fourth place  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 35
Goals scored 126 (3.6 per match)
Attendance 919,580 (26,274 per match)
Top scorer(s) France Just Fontaine (13 goals)
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The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup, was hosted by Sweden from 8 June to 29 June. Sweden were chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1950. The tournament was won by Brazil, who beat Sweden 5–2 in the final for their first title. To date, this marks the only occasion that a World Cup staged in Europe was not won by a European team. The group stage of the tournament saw a format change whereby extra time was no longer played and instead teams tied in second and third place at the end of the group phase would instead contest a play-off game. The tournament is notable for marking the debut on the world stage of a then largely unknown 17-year-old Pelé.

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Qualification

Qualifying countries

This World Cup saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, and the qualification of all the United Kingdom's Home Nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

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, in Solna, Lennart Hyland and Sven Jerring presented the results of the draw where the qualified teams were divided into four groups. There was no seeding, apart from each group containing one western European team, one eastern European team, one of the four British teams that had qualified, and one from the American continent. [1]

This tournament saw the first, and as of 2010 the only, appearance of Wales at a World Cup finals. 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 and Austria's last until 1978.

The 1958 competition remains the only occasion on which Italy failed to qualify (Italy did not take part in the 1930 tournament but there was no qualification for that competition). Other teams failing to qualify were Uruguay and Belgium.

Summary

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. Instead, if second and third place 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, then goal average from the group games would have been used to determine who went through to the next round. If the goal averages were equal then lots would have been drawn. If the first two teams finished on equal points then goal average would decide who was placed first and second. These arrangements had not been finalised by the time the tournament started and were still being debated as it progressed. The organizing committee even released press statements stating that goal average would be counted before resorting to playoffs. However this idea was eventually rejected.

The 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 which killed 3 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.

Of the British nations, it was arguably Scotland who had the toughest group, having to face Yugoslavia, Paraguay, and France. France topped Group 2, 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 to 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 though 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 team captain Fritz Walter injured, which further weakened the German team (substitutes were first allowed in the 1970 FIFA World Cup).

While another goal from Fontaine of France added to his impressive tally, it was not enough to prevent Brazil thundering into the Final as a Pelé hat-trick gave them a 5–2 victory. The French were effectively down to ten men from the 30th minute onwards when their most experienced defender and captain Robert Jonquet got incapacitated after a clash with Vavá. The third place match saw Fontaine score four more goals as France defeated 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, as 50,000 people watched in amazement as the Brazilians went a goal down after four minutes. The Brazilians were not dismayed, and 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. But the game really belonged to Pelé, and the Jules Rimet trophy belonged to Brazil - the World Cup winners.

The Final holds many records in World Cup history. Pele became the youngest player to play a World Cup Finals, the youngest scorer in a World Cup Final and the youngest player to win a World Cup Winner's Medal. Also, Nils Liedholm became the oldest player to score in a World Cup Final (35 years, 263 Days). Moreover, this final had the highest number of goals scored by a winning team (5), the highest number of total goals scored (7), together with the World Cup finals in 1970 and 1998, it also had the greatest victory margin (3).

For both teams who took part this was a classic Final. Sweden played its first and only World Cup Final, the best performance by the Sweden team in a World Cup. Brazil won its first World Cup Final and as Pele himself as he believes that the match between Sweden and Brazil must be considered as the most classic World Cup final in history.

Venues

A total of twelve cities hosted the tournament:

City Stadium Capacity Built
Stockholm Råsunda Stadium** 50,000 1937
Gothenburg Ullevi* 50,000 1958
Malmö Malmö Stadion* 30,000 1958
Eskilstuna Tunavallen 20,000 1924
Norrköping Idrottsparken** 20,000 1904
Sandviken Jernvallen 20,000 1938
Helsingborg Olympia 16,000 1898
Borås Ryavallen 15,000 1941
Halmstad Örjans Vall 15,000 1922
Örebro Eyravallen 13,000 1923
Uddevalla Rimnersvallen 12,000 1921
Västerås Arosvallen 10,000 1932

Note that some matches brought more than the venue's actual capacity.

Seeding

Western European Pot Eastern European Pot British Pot Americas Pot

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1958 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

Group stage

Group 1

Beforehand, Group 1 was widely considered to be the World Cup´s strongest preliminary group. The West Germans, surprise world champions four years ago, were still very strong, and fielded an exciting young forward in Uwe Seeler. But the Germans this time had to contend with a real powerhouse in Argentina´s team, competing for the first time since 1934. In fact, many experts thought Argentina had a very realistic chance of 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 Germans or the Argentinians, but nobody expected much from tiny Northern Ireland. But the Irish had already shown that they could be a danger to anyone, by knocking out double world champions Italy in the qualifying tournment for the World Cup.

In the end, the Irish did pull off one of biggest upsets in World Cup Finals history by qualifying for the quarterfinals, while Argentina and Czechoslovakia were eliminated. In their last game the Irish were only 12 minutes from eliminating the West Germans, as well. Seeler scored in the 78th minute against Northern Ireland, thus salvaging a draw. Had the Irish won, the Czechs would have followed the Irish into the quarterfinals.

Finishing last in the group with a -5 goal differential was a horrible blow for Argentina, and on the way home the Argentinian team chose to land in Montevideo, Uruguay, instead of Buenos Aires, to escape the wrath of angry football fans.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
 West Germany 3 1 2 0 7 5 1.40 4
 Northern Ireland 3 1 1 1 4 5 0.80 3
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 8 4 2.00 3
 Argentina 3 1 0 2 5 10 0.50 2
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 West Germany  3 – 1  Argentina Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 31,156
Referee: Leafe (England)
Rahn Goal 32', 79'
Seeler Goal 42'		 Report Corbatta Goal 3'
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Northern Ireland  1 – 0  Czechoslovakia Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 10,647
Referee: Seipelt (Austria)
Cush Goal 21' Report
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Argentina  3 – 1  Northern Ireland Örjans Vall, Halmstad
Attendance: 14,174
Referee: Ahlner (Sweden)
Corbatta Goal 37' (pen.)
Menéndez Goal 56'
Avio Goal 60'		 Report McParland Goal 4'
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 West Germany  2 – 2  Czechoslovakia Olympiastadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ellis (England)
Schäfer Goal 60'
Rahn Goal 71'		 Report Dvořák Goal 24' (pen.)
Zikán Goal 42'
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 West Germany  2 – 2  Northern Ireland Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 21,990
Referee: Campos (Portugal)
Rahn Goal 20'
Seeler Goal 78'		 Report McParland Goal 18', 60'
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Czechoslovakia  6 – 1  Argentina Olympiastadion, Helsingborg
Attendance: 16,418
Referee: Ellis (England)
Dvořák Goal 8'
Zikán Goal 17', 39'
Feureisl Goal 68'
Hovorka Goal 81', 89'		 Report Corbatta Goal 64' (pen.)
Play-off
17 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Northern Ireland  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Czechoslovakia Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 6,196
Referee: Guigue (France)
McParland Goal 44', 97' Report Zikán Goal 18'

Group 2

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 six of his 13 goals in the tournament, making him the tournament's top scorer going in to the quarter-finals.

None of the teams in this group had been particularily successful at previous World Cups. France 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 W D L GF GA GAv Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 11 7 1.57 4
 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 0 7 6 1.17 4
 Paraguay 3 1 1 1 9 12 0.75 3
 Scotland 3 0 1 2 4 6 0.67 1
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 France  7 – 3  Paraguay Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
Fontaine Goal 24', 30', 67'
Piantoni Goal 52'
Wisnieski Goal 61'
Kopa Goal 70'
Vincent Goal 83'		 Report Amarilla Goal 20', 44' (pen.)
Romero Goal 50'
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Yugoslavia  1 – 1  Scotland Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Wyssling (Switzerland)
Petaković Goal 6' Report Murray Goal 49'
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Yugoslavia  3 – 2  France Arosvallen, Västerås
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
Petaković Goal 16'
Veselinović Goal 63', 88'		 Report Fontaine Goal 4', 85'
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Paraguay  3 – 2  Scotland Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Orlandini (Italy)
Agüero Goal 4'
Ré Goal 45'
Parodi Goal 73'		 Report Mudie Goal 24'
Collins Goal 74'
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 France  2 – 1  Scotland Eyravallen, Örebro
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Brozzi (Argentina)
Piantoni Goal 22'
Fontaine Goal 44'		 Report Baird Goal 58'
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Paraguay  3 – 3  Yugoslavia Tunavallen, Eskilstuna
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Macko (Czechoslovakia)
Parodi Goal 20'
Agüero Goal 52'
Romero Goal 80'		 Report Ognjanović Goal 18'
Veselinović Goal 21'
Rajkov Goal 73'

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 did of course include 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 former 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 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 match between Hungary and Mexico in Sandviken became the northern-most World Cup match in history.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
 Sweden 3 2 1 0 5 1 5.00 5
 Wales 3 0 3 0 2 2 1.00 3
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 6 3 2.00 3
 Mexico 3 0 1 2 1 8 0.13 1
8 June 1958
14:00 (CET)
 Sweden  3 – 0  Mexico Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)
Simonsson Goal 17', 64'
Liedholm Goal 57' (pen.)		 Report
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Hungary  1 – 1  Wales Jernvallen, Sandviken
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Codesal (Uruguay)
Bozsik Goal 5' Report J. Charles Goal 27'
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Mexico  1 – 1  Wales Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lemesic (Yugoslavia)
Belmonte Goal 89' Report I. Allchurch Goal 32'
12 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Sweden  2 – 1  Hungary Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Mowat (Scotland)
Hamrin Goal 34', 55' Report Tichy Goal 77'
15 June 1958
14:00 (CET)
 Sweden  0 – 0  Wales Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Report
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Hungary  4 – 0  Mexico Jernvallen, Sandviken
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Eriksson (Finland)
Tichy Goal 19', 46'
Sándor Goal 54'
Bencsics Goal 69'		 Report
Play-off
17 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Wales  2 – 1  Hungary Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)
I. Allchurch Goal 55'
Medwin Goal 76'		 Report Tichy Goal 33'

Group 4

In advance the experts considered the Fourth group the toughest one in this World Cup. Notwithstanding the disappointments of the previous tournaments, Brazil was considered extremely powerful, as would indeed prove to be the case. The Soviet Union was the reigning Olympic champion and Austria had won the bronze medal in the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, four years earlier. And although England was not considered at its very best it was 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 16 goals were scored in the whole group, lower than in any of the others 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 Pele played Brazil´s last game against the Soviet Union. He did not score but drew wild reviews for his play. The Soviet Union, in its first World Cup, took second place.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 0 ∞ 5
 Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 4 4 1.00 3
 England 3 0 3 0 4 4 1.00 3
 Austria 3 0 1 2 2 7 0.29 1
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Brazil  3 – 0  Austria Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla
Attendance: 17,778
Referee: Guigue (France)
Mazzola Goal 37', 85'
Nílton Santos Goal 50'		 Report
8 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Soviet Union  2 – 2  England Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 49,348
Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)
Simonyan Goal 13'
A. Ivanov Goal 56'		 Report Kevan Goal 66'
Finney Goal 85' (pen.)
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Brazil  0 – 0  England Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 40,895
Referee: Dusch (West Germany) [2]
Report
11 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Soviet Union  2 – 0  Austria Ryavallen, Borås
Attendance: 21,239
Referee: Jorgensen (Denmark)
A. Ivanov Goal 15'
V. Ivanov Goal 62'		 Report
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 England  2 – 2  Austria Ryavallen, Borås
Attendance: 15,872
Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Haynes Goal 56'
Kevan Goal 74'		 Report Koller Goal 15'
Körner Goal 71'
15 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Brazil  2 – 0  Soviet Union Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 50,928
Referee: Guigue (France)
Vavá Goal 3', 77' Report
Play-off
17 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Soviet Union  1 – 0  England Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 23,182
Referee: Dusch (West Germany)
Ilyin Goal 69' Report

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
19 June – Malmö        
  West Germany  1
24 June - Gothenburg
  Yugoslavia  0  
  West Germany  1
19 June - Solna
    Sweden  3  
  Sweden  2
29 June – Solna
  Soviet Union  0  
  Sweden  2
19 June - Norrköping
    Brazil  5
  France  4
24 June – Solna
  Northern Ireland  0  
  France  2 Third place
19 June - Gothenburg
    Brazil  5  
  Brazil  1   West Germany  3
  Wales  0     France  6
28 June - Gothenburg

Quarter-finals

19 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 France  4 – 0  Northern Ireland Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
Wisnieski Goal 22'
Fontaine Goal 55', 63'
Piantoni Goal 68'		 Report
19 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Sweden  2 – 0  Soviet Union Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Leafe (England)
Hamrin Goal 49'
Simonsson Goal 88'		 Report
19 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 Brazil  1 – 0  Wales Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Seipelt (Austria)
Pelé Goal 66' Report
19 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 West Germany  1 – 0  Yugoslavia Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wyssling (Switzerland)
Rahn Goal 12' Report

Semi-finals

24 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 France  2 – 5  Brazil Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
Fontaine Goal 9'
Piantoni Goal 83'		 Report Vavá Goal 2'
Didi Goal 39'
Pelé Goal 52', 64', 75'
24 June 1958
19:00 (CET)
 West Germany  1 – 3  Sweden Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)
Schäfer Goal 24' Report Skoglund Goal 32'
Gren Goal 81'
Hamrin Goal 88'

Match for third place

28 June 1958
17:00 (CET)
 West Germany  3 – 6  France Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Brozzi (Argentina)
Cieslarczyk Goal 18'
Rahn Goal 52'
Schäfer Goal 84'		 Report Fontaine Goal 16', 36', 78', 89'
Kopa Goal 27' (pen.)
Douis Goal 50'

Final

29 June 1958
15:00 (CET)
 Sweden  2 – 5  Brazil Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 51,800
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
Liedholm Goal 4'
Simonsson Goal 80'		 Report Vavá Goal 9', 32'
Pelé Goal 55', 90'
Zagallo Goal 68'

Scorers

13 goals
6 goals
5 goals
  • Brazil Vavá
  • Northern Ireland Peter McParland
4 goals
  • France Roger Piantoni
  • Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Zikán
  • Hungary Lajos Tichy
  • Sweden Kurt Hamrin
  • Sweden Agne Simonsson
3 goals
  • Argentina Omar Oreste Corbatta
  • West Germany Hans Schäfer
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Veselinović
2 goals
  • Brazil Mazzola
  • Czechoslovakia Milan Dvořák
  • Czechoslovakia Václav Hovorka
  • England Derek Kevan
  • France Raymond Kopa
  • France Maryan Wisnieski
  • West Germany Uwe Seeler
  • Paraguay Juan Agüero
  • Paraguay Florencio Amarilla
  • Paraguay José Parodi
  • Paraguay Jorge Lino Romero
  • Soviet Union Aleksandr Ivanov
  • Sweden Nils Liedholm
  • Wales Ivor Allchurch
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Petaković
1 goal
  • Argentina Ludovico Avio
  • Argentina Norberto Menéndez
  • Austria Karl Koller
  • Austria Alfred Körner
  • Brazil Didi
  • Brazil Nílton Santos
  • Brazil Mário Zagallo
  • Czechoslovakia Jiří Feureisl
  • England Tom Finney
  • England Johnny Haynes
  • France Yvon Douis
  • France Jean Vincent
  • West Germany Hans Cieslarczyk
  • Hungary József Bencsics
  • Hungary József Bozsik
  • Hungary Károly Sándor
  • Mexico Jaime Belmonte
  • Northern Ireland Wilbur Cush
  • Paraguay Cayetano Ré
  • Scotland Sammy Baird
  • Scotland Bobby Collins
  • Scotland Jackie Mudie
  • Scotland Jimmy Murray
  • Soviet Union Anatoli Ilyin
  • Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
  • Soviet Union Nikita Simonyan
  • Sweden Gunnar Gren
  • Sweden Lennart Skoglund
  • Wales John Charles
  • Wales Terry Medwin
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoje Ognjanović
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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.[3] The rankings for the 1958 tournament were as follows:

  1.  Brazil
  2.  Sweden
  3.  France
  4.  West Germany
  5.  Yugoslavia
  6.  Wales
  7.  Soviet Union
  8.  Northern Ireland
  9.  Czechoslovakia
  10.  Hungary
  11.  England
  12.  Paraguay
  13.  Argentina
  14.  Scotland
  15.  Austria
  16.  Mexico

See also

References

  1. ↑ History of the World Cup Final Draw
  2. ↑ FIFA anachronistically indicates the referee as a representative from 'GER' and not 'FRG' as it should have been at the time.
  3. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf page 45

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1There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. 2No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.
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