1958 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_CupThe 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in the Stockholm suburb of Solna to claim their first title. The tournament also marked the arrival of a …
FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), the sport's global governing body.The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 …
FIFA World Cup history: Past winners, runners-up, leading
https://www.theroar.com.au › worl...Most successful World Cup nations ; Brazil, 5, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 ; Germany, 4, 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014 ; Italy, 4, 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006 ; Argentina, 2 ...
History of the FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_FIFA_World_CupIn 1930, FIFA made the decision to stage their own international tournament. The 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the programme because the sport was not popular in the United States. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games. FIFA president Jules Rimetthus set about organizi…