Editing 1958 FIFA World Cup (section)

===Group 3===
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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 national football team|Hungary]] which had been considered by far the best team in the world some years ago, although the Hungarians could not beat [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] in the final of the [[1954 FIFA World Cup|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 peak form.

In spite of Hungary's recent travails, they were still considered a strong side and were expected to advance from their group. The success of [[Wales national football team|Wales]] was a surprise but they drew all their group games and beat the Hungarians in a play-off match to follow Sweden into the knock-out stage. Wales played Brazil in the quarterfinals and became the recipient of young [[Pelé]]'s first World Cup goal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/8957288.stm|title=BBC Sport archive: 1958 - Wales 0-1 Brazil|date=1 September 2010|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

The 1–1 draw between Wales and Mexico was the first point scored by Mexico in a World Cup, having lost all eight matches in their previous three appearances in the World Cup, as well as their first match in this group against Sweden. To date, no other team has ever lost nine consecutive games in the World Cup.

The match between Hungary and Wales in [[Sandviken]] became the northernmost World Cup match in history.

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* Wales finished ahead of Hungary by winning a play-off

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====Play-off====
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