1958 FIFA World Cup
The final round of the Football World Cup 1958 was the sixth playout this important tournament for football teams and was held from 8 to 29 June 1958 in Sweden. Although as scheduled after the tournament in Switzerland in 1954 would have been as host of the series a South American country, Sweden was the only candidate to host the World Cup. After the end of World War II, few countries were able to organize the orientation of a major sporting event, which is why the decision was made by the FIFA Congress at the meeting of 23 June 1950 in Rio de Janeiro for the neutral in the war Sweden.
The Brazilian team won the then 17 -year-old future world star Pelé their first world title by a 5-2 win against the team of the host. 16 teams played in four preliminary round groups of four teams for the title. In the 35 games 126 goals were scored. Scorer was the Frenchman Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals for France in third place and still not reached record aufstellte. The defending champion Germany, now strengthened by the accession of the Saarland, the home team lost the hard-fought semi-finals and France in the game for third place, Austria difference in the first round of winless, Switzerland and the crew of the GDR had not qualified.
- 5.1 Group 1
- 5.2 Group 2
- 5.3 Group 3
- 5.4 Group 4
- 6.1 Schedule
- 6.2 quarterfinals
- 6.3 Semi-finals
- 6.4 3rd place match
- 6.5 final
- 6.6 honors the runners
Venues
The World Cup games were played in twelve stages in twelve different cities in the south of Sweden. The biggest stadiums were the Råsundastadion in Solna and Ullevi in Gothenburg, each with nearly 50,000 seats. Northernmost stadium where ever was fought a World Cup match, the stadium was Jernvallen in the small town of Sandviken.
Qualification
Main article: qualification for the FIFA World Cup 1958
Of the total of 52 registered teams were able to qualify 14. Hosts Sweden and Germany as the defending champion automatically qualified. Biggest surprise was the failure of the two -time world champion Italy, which was eliminated against the hitherto insignificant team from Northern Ireland, and Uruguay, which had to be in the South American group 2 of the Paraguayan team the lead. Spain, whose clubs at that time dominated the European Cup competitions, failed to qualify against Scotland. The team from Wales participated as a representative of Asia and Africa at the tournament, since all Islamic countries of Africa and Asia refused to play against Israel. Therefore, it was with a group Wales second in the European Qualifiers randomly assigned, which prevailed against Israel. The national teams of Northern Ireland, the Soviet Union and Wales took part in a tournament for the first time. The United Kingdom was the first and last times represented complete with its four associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Participant
Draw
The teams were divided according to geographical location. From each of four pots each group a team ever been released is lost. Even earlier was determined that the group in Solna, near Stockholm Sweden plays with.
For information about the various groups and cadres of the teams click on the link.
Mode
The 16 participants met four preliminary groups with four teams each. In contrast to the previous tournament in Switzerland has been waived seedings, so again everyone had to play against anyone in the individual groups. The two group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, on points on the second and third place playoff was scheduled. From the quarter- finals in the tournament knock-out system has been discharged.
Preliminary round
In group 1, Germany prevailed thanks to two draws and a victory over Argentina, who finished only fourth. France placed in Group 2 just ahead of Yugoslavia. Who traveled here as a substitute Just Fontaine scored six goals. Sweden and Brazil were unchallenged group winners after convincing opening victories.
In three groups, there were playoffs for second place. England defeated while the World Cup newcomer Soviet Union. Of the four British teams reached only the originally assessed as weaker Wales and Northern Ireland the next round. Austria had the misfortune to have been drawn into the game strongest group, and retired, after a draw against England, as expected from.
Group 1
Decision -place play- 2:
Group 2
Group 3
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Group 4
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Final round
Schedule
Quarterfinals
Northern Ireland, Wales and the Soviet Union had to pass to reach the quarter-finals playoffs and had less than 48 hours time for regeneration and change of location. As expected, they had no chance in the next round - Brazil, France and Sweden came to easy victories.
Germany had with Yugoslavia, a much more difficult because ausgeruhteren to overcome opponents. An early lead by Helmut Rahn could be saved with difficulty over time.
Semifinal
The German team had to deal with the hosts Sweden in the short term scheduled venue Gothenburg. The mood of the audience was problematic, equipped with megaphones cheerleader ensured a hostile attitude towards the German team. After balanced game score at halftime 1-1. Then Erich Juskowiak was sent off for a foul revenge on Italy Senior Kurt Hamrin. After injury loss of Fritz Walter, the Swedes won 3-1. The sporting relations between the two nations remained after this " battle of Gothenburg " disturbed for several years.
The second semi-final between France and Brazil was balanced long time. It was only when the French captain Robert Jonquet broke after about half an hour at 1-1 the leg ( and according to the applicable regulations was not to be replaced), the South Americans gained the upper hand and won clearly 5-2. It is still the only victory in Brazil against France at the World Cup, after France was three times (1986, 1998 and 2006) to win.
3rd Place Match
Endgame
Against the strong Brazilian game the Swedes, despite their home advantage had no chance. After a 0-1, the South Americans scored four goals in a row. By artistically finished 3-1 again made the seventeen- year-old Pele attention to itself, which thus finally became the great star of this World Cup.
Honors the runners
Raymond Kopa was voted European Footballer of the Year, Helmut Rahn and Just Fontaine took places 2 and 3 Orvar Bergmark was awarded the Guldbollen as the best Swedish footballer of the year and Maurice Lafont French Player of the Year. In Brazil and Germany, there was at the time no such distinction.
Top scorers
In addition, there were 32 players with one hit.
Scorer of the whole competition was also the Frenchman Just Fontaine with its 13 hits from the finals.
The best player of the tournament
From the European and South African press following players were the most frequently mentioned as the best player of the tournament:
Television and the World Cup
The 1958 World Cup was the first to be broadcast on television on all continents. The live games, however, were determined by FIFA. In the Federal Republic saw, inter alia, to the group matches against Argentina and Northern Ireland and a quarter and semi final match original. The match for 3rd place and the final was also broadcast live on television. Since the transfer of all German World Cup games was not guaranteed, it came on 24 June to the curious situation that the football fans in Germany at 19:00 saw the semi-final between Brazil and France on the screen, and at the same time in broadcasting the dramatic game listening between Germany and Sweden, by Rudi Michel ( first half) and Herbert Zimmermann ( 2nd Half) has been commented.
Moving pictures of the entire World Cup finals (including the German semi-final against Sweden ) it was only from July 4, 1958 in the cinemas, as the World Cup Documentary Into! was exhibited. The film was produced by the UFA and Consul General Hans Schubert. Chief reporter was Sammy Drechsel. Other speakers of the documentation were Heribert Meisel, Herbert Zimmermann and Heinz Gottschalk.
Others
After the defeat in the semi-final against Sweden, there was in Germany to violence against Swedish tourists. In Hamburg tires were slashed from Swedish cars and the very popular Sweden plate disappeared from restaurant menus. The trigger was the view of part of the German public, the behavior of some Swedish fans during the game, which, encouraged by animators, a supposedly hostile atmosphere in the stadium in Gothenburg caused, and the sending-off against Erich Juskowiak.
With England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to the only previous times took all four British associations participate in a final round. Of these, only the weaker teams assessed from Northern Ireland and Wales reached the quarter- finals. After all, England was the only team that had not lost to the eventual champions Brazil, but also was able to win any of their three group games and dropped out after a play against the USSR.
The final was the first World Cup final, in which teams from Europe and South America were facing. With his victory succeeded in Brazil for the first and only time, to win as a South American country a World Cup tournament in Europe. In addition, it was the first world title for a country that played in the tournament only against teams from other confederations. This was only Brazil in 1994 and again in 2002, with the difference that in 1958 Brazil played only against European teams, 1994 and 2002 but also against African, Central and North American teams. It is also the only one to date in the finals defeated the hosts. 1950 Brazil, as host may have lost the last game against Uruguay, but this was not really a finale.
The World Cup in 1958 was the subject of the fictional documentary film Conspiracy 58 of the Swedish director Johan Löfstedt of 2002. It is claimed that there was a group of that, which was convinced that the World Cup had never happened, but would be similar to the moon landing as a television event been staged. Plus a host of alleged evidence is supplied. The film was supposed mockumentary as the audience to encourage people to scrutinize media reports critical. However, the allegations of the film spread beyond conspiracy theory.