1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden
- When: 08 June 1958 to 29 June 1958
- Final: 29 June 1958
- Matches: 35
- Goals Scored: 126 (average 3.6 per match)
- Attendance: 919580 (average 26273)
- Teams: 16
- Austria
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- France
- Germany FR
- Hungary
- Northern Island
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Sweden
- Wales
- Yugoslavia
- Mexico
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Paraguay
Final
Brazil (2) 5-2 (1) Sweden Third Place
France (3) 6-3 (1) Germany FR Semifinal
Brazil (2) 5-2 (1) France Sweden (1) 3-1 (1) Germany FR - Winner: Brazil
- Runners-Up: Sweden
- Third: France
- Fourth: Germany FR
- Golden Shoe: Just FONTAINE (13 goals) (France)
- PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (6 goals) (Brazil)
- Helmut RAHN (6 goals) (Germany FR)
- VAVA (5 goals) (Brazil)
- Peter McPARLAND (5 goals) (Northern Ireland)
- Gunnar Gren made his Sweden debut on 29 August 1940, just less than two months before Brazil's Pele, whom he competed against in the Final, was born.
- During the course of the competition, eight players who made appearances for Paraguay signed for overseas sides from teams from their homeland.
- For the only time, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were all represented at the finals, with the latter pair reaching the quarter-finals.
- Guillermo Stabile, who helped his nation beat the USA 6-1 in 1930, was on the receiving end of a 6-1 result as Argentina coach against Czechoslovakia.
- Despite being the event's sixth edition, Brazil and England played out its first 0-0 draw, a result that Wales and Sweden repeated four days later.
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