Domaćin igara 1958. godine bila je Švedska, što je obilježilo uspon jedne od najvećih svjetskih fudbalskih zvijezda uopće -- Brazilca Pelea, koji je tad imao tek 17 godina, a čija zemlja je u finalu pobijedila Švedsku s 5:2 i osvojila Svjetski kup po prvi, ali ne i zadnji put.
Sweden hosted the 1958 games, which marked the rise of one of the biggest global football stars ever -- Brazil's Pele, who was only 17 years old at the time, and whose country defeated Sweden 5-2 in the final to win the World Cup for the first, but not last, time.