The 1958 FIFA Football World Championship was hosted by Sweden, with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland uniquely all taking part. The thirteen goals in a single tournament scored by Just Fontaine are a record that will likely never be broken. It was not enough for the French to win the title, as they were eliminated by Brazil in the semi-final, with a young Pelé scoring three goals. In the final hosts Sweden also found themselves unable to prevent a Brazil featuring such greats as Garrincha, Vavá, and Didi from lifting the trophy.

Final Sweden 2-5 Brazil 3rd place play-off West Germany 3-6 France Semi-finals
W Germany	1-3	Sweden	France	2-5	Brazil
Quater-finals
W Germany	1-0	Yugoslavia	France	4-0	N Ireland
Sweden	2-0	Soviet Union	Brazil	1-0	Wales
Play-offs [1] Northern Ireland 2-1 Czechoslowakia (a.e.t.)  Wales 2-1 Hungary Soviet Union 1-0 England First Round
Pool 1			Pool 2
West Germany 3 1 2 0 7-5 4 N Ireland 3 1 1 1 4-5 3 Czechoslow. 3 1 1 1 8-4 3 Argentina 3 1 0 2 5-10 2			France 3 2 0 1 11-7 4 Yugoslavia 3 1 2 0 7-6 4 Paraguay 3 1 1 1 9-12 3 Scotland 3 0 1 2 4-6 1
Czechoslow. W Germany W Germany Argentina N Ireland W Germany	6-1 2-2 2-2 3-1 1-0 3-1	Argentina N Ireland Czechoslow. N Ireland Czechoslow. Argentina	Paraguay France Paraguay Yugoslavia Yugoslavia France	3-3 2-1 3-2 3-2 1-1 7-3	Yugoslavia Scotland Scotland France Scotland Paraguay
Pool 3			Pool 4
Sweden 3 2 1 0 5-1 5 Wales 3 0 3 0 2-2 3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 6-3 3 Mexico 3 0 1 2 1-8 1			Brazil 3 2 1 0 5-0 5 Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 4-4 3 England 3 0 3 0 4-4 3 Austria 3 0 1 2 2-7 1
Hungary Sweden Sweden Mexico Hungary Sweden	4-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 3-0	Mexico Wales Hungary Wales Wales Mexico	Brazil England Soviet Union Brazil Soviet Union Brazil	2-0 2-2 2-0 0-0 2-2 3-0	Soviet Union Austria Austria England England Austria
1954 • FIFA World Cup • 1962

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#01:	With the second and third placed teams in three of the four groups ending equal on points, play-off matches were used to decide which countries went through to the next round.