Editing 1958 FIFA World Cup (section)

== Venues ==
A total of twelve cities throughout the central and southern parts of Sweden hosted the tournament. FIFA regulations required at least six stadiums to have a capacity of at least 20,000.<ref name="norlin23" /> If [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] had qualified, the organisers had planned to use the [[Idrætsparken]] in [[Copenhagen]] for Denmark's group matches.<ref name="norlin23">Norlin, p. 23</ref> The Idrætsparken was renovated in 1956 with this in mind, but Denmark lost out to England in qualification.<ref name="norlin23" /> When doubts arose about whether funding would be forthcoming for rebuilding the [[Ullevi]] and [[Malmö Stadion]], the organisers considered stadiums in Copenhagen and [[Oslo]] as contingency measures.<ref>Norlin, p. 32</ref>

The Råsunda Stadium was expanded from 38,000 for the World Cup by building end stands.<ref name="norlin27">Norlin, p. 27</ref> Organising committee chairman Holger Bergérus mortgaged his house to pay for this.<ref name="norlin27" /> The new Malmö Stadion was built for the World Cup, replacing the 1896 Malmö Stadion at a new site.<ref>Norlin, p. 30</ref> The Idrottsparken had 4,709 seats added for the World Cup. The [[Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party|Social Democratic]] municipal government refused to pay for this until the organisers threatened to select [[Folkung]]avallen in [[Linköping]] instead.<ref>Norlin, p. 28</ref> At the Rimnersvallen, a stand from the smaller Oddevallen stadium was moved to Rimnersvallen for the World Cup. The crowd at Brazil v. Austria was estimated at 21,000, with more looking in from the adjoining hillside.<ref name="norlin27" /> The most used stadium was the Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, which hosted 8 matches, including the final, followed by the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg (the biggest stadium used during the tournament), which hosted 7 matches. The Malmö Stadium hosted 4 matches, Norrköping hosted 3 matches; Borås, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Västerås, and Sandviken hosted 2 matches each, and Örebro, Eskilstuna, and Uddevalla each hosted 1 match.

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float: left"
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![[Gothenburg]]
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|[[Ullevi|Ullevi Stadium]]
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| Capacity: '''53,500'''
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|[[File:Ullevi 1959-06-03.jpg|200px]]
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![[Eskilstuna]]
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|[[Tunavallen]]
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|Capacity: '''22,000'''
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|[[File:Tunavallen 2011.jpg|200px]]
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![[Sandviken]]
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|[[Jernvallen]]
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|Capacity: '''20,000'''
|-
|[[File:Jernvallen.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Borås]]
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| [[Ryavallen]]
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| Capacity: '''15,000'''
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| [[File:Ryavallen, main stand, january 2008.JPG|200px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; height:976.4px"
![[Helsingborg]]
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|[[Olympia (Helsingborg)|Olympia]]
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| Capacity: '''27,000'''
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|[[File:Olympia Helsingborg.jpg|200px]]
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![[Norrköping]]
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|[[Nya Parken|Idrottsparken]]
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|Capacity: '''20,000'''
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|[[File:Nyaparken.jpg|200px]]
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![[Uddevalla]]
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|[[Rimnersvallen]]
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|Capacity: '''17,778'''
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|[[File:Rimnersvallen.jpg|200px]]
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! [[Västerås]]
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| [[Arosvallen]]
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| Capacity: '''10,000'''
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| [[File:Arosvallen Gåsmyrevreten Västerås.jpg|200px]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; height:976.4px"
|-
![[Solna Municipality|Solna]]<br>{{small|([[Stockholm]] area)}}
![[Malmö]]
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|[[Råsunda Stadium]]
|[[Malmö Stadion]]
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| Capacity: '''52,400'''
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
|-
|[[File:Råsunda February 2013 01.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:South Stand, Malmö Stadion.jpg|200px]]
|-
! colspan="2" |{{Location map+|Sweden South|width=400|float=center|caption=|places=
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{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=56.05|lon_deg=12.716667|position=right|label=[[Helsingborg]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=55.583333|lon_deg=13.033333|position=bottom|label=[[Malmö]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=58.6|lon_deg=16.2|position=bottom|label=[[Norrköping]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=59.266667|lon_deg=15.216667|position=left|label=[[Örebro]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=60.616667|lon_deg=16.783333|position=left|label=[[Sandviken]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=59.35|lon_deg=18|position=right|label=[[Solna Municipality|Solna]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=58.35|lon_deg=11.916667|position=to|label=[[Uddevalla]]}}
{{Location map~|Sweden South|mark=red pog.svg|lat_deg=59.616667|lon_deg=16.533333|position=top|label=[[Västerås]]}}
}}
|-
! [[Halmstad]]
! [[Örebro]]
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| [[Örjans Vall]]
| [[Behrn Arena|Eyravallen]]
|-
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
| Capacity: '''13,000'''
|-
| [[File:Northern Ireland vs Czechoslovakia FIFA World Cup 1958.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Behrn Arena 2008.JPG|200px]]
|}</div>