Editing 1958 FIFA World Cup (section)

== Summary ==

[[File:1958 Football World Cup poster.jpg|thumb|Official 1958 FIFA World Cup poster.]]

In Group 4, [[Pelé]] and [[Garrincha]] did not play until the last of [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'s group games, against the [[USSR national football team|Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 December 2022 |title=How 17-year-old Pele conquered the world with dazzling goals as Brazil won its first World Cup in 1958 |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-17-year-old-pele-conquered-the-world-with-dazzling-goals-as-brazil-won-its-first-world-cup-in-1958/articleshow/96611469.cms |access-date=15 March 2023 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> Pelé failed to score, but provided the assist to [[Vavá]]'s second goal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Pelé: Most Wins of the FIFA World Cup by a player |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/pele-most-wins-of-the-fifa-world-cup-by-a-player |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022 |title=Pelé leads Brazil to first World Cup title |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pele-helps-brazil-to-world-cup-title |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}</ref> Brazil won the game 2–0 (also thanks to an impressive exhibition of dribbling prowess by 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 national football team|Austria]] had already been eliminated. The English side had been weakened by the [[Munich air disaster]] earlier in the year, which killed three internationals on the books of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], including England's young star [[Duncan Edwards]].

Playoffs were also needed in Group 1 ([[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] beat [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] to join the defending champions [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] in the quarter-finals) and Group 3 ([[Wales national football team|Wales]] topped [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] to advance with hosts [[Sweden men's national football team|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 [[1956 Hungarian Revolution|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.

In Group 2, [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] faced [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], and [[France national football team|France]]. France topped the group, 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 as in 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 through at the expense of USSR. The other game in the quarter-finals saw Pelé score the only goal for Brazil 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 veteran forward [[Fritz Walter]] injured, which further weakened the German team (substitutes were first allowed in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]).

In the other semi-final, Brazil and France were tied 1–1 for much of the first half. However, 36 minutes into the game, French captain and most experienced defender [[Robert Jonquet]] suffered a broken leg in a clash with Vavá, and France was down to ten men for the rest of the game, (substitutions were not allowed back then). Brazil dominated the rest of the match, as a Pelé hat-trick gave them a 5–2 victory. Fontaine of France added one goal to his impressive tally.

The third-place match saw Fontaine score four more goals as France defeated West Germany 6–3. This brought his total to 13 goals in one competition, a record that still stands.

=== Final ===
The [[1958 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] was played in [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], in the [[Råsunda Stadium]]; 50,000 people watched as the Brazilians went a goal down after four minutes. However, [[Vavá]] equalised shortly afterwards and then put them a goal ahead before half time. In the second half, Pelé outshone everyone, notching two goals, including the first one where he lobbed the ball over [[Bengt Gustavsson]] then followed it with a precise volley shot. [[Mário Zagallo|Zagallo]] added a goal in between, and Sweden managed a consolation goal.

The Final saw many records made in World Cup history that still stand {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. At age 17, Pelé simultaneously became the youngest player to participate in, score, and win a World Cup final. Conversely, [[Nils Liedholm]] became the oldest player to score in a World Cup Final at 35 years 263 days. This final had the highest number of goals scored by a winning team (5), the highest number of total goals scored (7), and together with the [[1970 FIFA World Cup Final|1970]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup Final|1998]] finals shares the highest goal margin of difference (3); Brazil played in all those three finals.

The game is also notable for many firsts in FIFA World Cup. With the exception of the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] final group stage, this marked the first time that a World Cup host reached the final without winning it. Additionally, the match marked the first time two nations from different continents (Europe and South America) met in a World Cup final. It also marks the first and only World Cup hosted in Europe not won by a European team, a feat mirrored in [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] where a World Cup hosted in the [[Americas]] was not won by a team from the Americas for the first time, with [[2014 FIFA World Cup Final|Germany beating Argentina 1–0 at the final]].