1958 FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup international football tournament

The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth edition of the men's international football championship, held in Sweden, and is especially remembered for the emergence of Pelé and Brazil's first World Cup title.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	FIFA World Cup → international football tournament →
ballUsed	Top Star football →
bestYoungPlayer	Pelé →
BrazilCoach	Vicente Feola →
BrazilKeyPlayer	Didi → Garrincha → Pelé →
championTitleCountForBrazil	1 →
confederationsRepresented	4 →
continent	Europe →
editionNumber	6 →
endDate	1958-06-29 →
finalCity	Solna →
finalScore	Brazil 5–2 Sweden →
finalVenue	Råsunda Stadium →
fourthPlace	West Germany national football team →
FranceKeyPlayer	Just Fontaine →
goalsScored	126 →
groupStageFormat	four groups of four teams →
hostCities	Eskilstuna → Gothenburg → Helsingborg → Malmö → Norrköping → Sandviken → Stockholm → Uddevalla →
hostCountry	Sweden →
matchesPlayed	35 →
nextEdition	1962 FIFA World Cup →
notableFor	Brazil's first World Cup title → emergence of Pelé →
numberOfTeams	16 →
officialLanguage	English → French →
openingMatch	Sweden vs Mexico →
openingMatchScore	Sweden 3–0 Mexico →
organizer	FIFA →
previousEdition	1954 FIFA World Cup →
qualificationMatchesPlayed	89 →
qualificationTeamsEntered	55 →
runnerUp	Sweden national football team →
startDate	1958-06-08 →
SwedenCoach	George Raynor →
thirdPlace	France national football team →
tieBreakerMethod	play-off match for level teams →
topScorer	Just Fontaine →
topScorerGoals	13 →
winner	Brazil national football team →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bobby Charlton → Sir Robert Charlton →	participatedIn
Wales national football team →	firstWorldCupAppearance
Ullevi Stadium →	hostedEvent
1954 FIFA World Cup →	nextEdition
1962 FIFA World Cup →	previousEdition
Wales national football team →	worldCupAppearance