England's World Cup Record

Sweden 1958

Qualifying

England were drawn in Qualifying Group 1 along with Republic of Ireland and Denmark.
The group winner qualified for the Finals.

Qualifying Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Result
08 May 1956	London	England v Ireland	5-1
15 May 1956	Copenhagen	Denmark v England	1-4
03 Oct 1956	Dublin	Ireland v Denmark	2-1
05 Dec 1956	Wolverhampton	England v Denmark	5-2
19 May 1957	Dublin	Ireland v England	1-1
02 Oct 1957	Copenhagen	Denmark v Ireland	2-0

Standings

Group 1	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	4	3	1	0	15	5	7
Republic of Ireland	4	1	1	2	4	9	3
Denmark	4	1	0	3	6	11	2

England won the group and qualfied for the final tournament.

Final Tournament

England were drawn in Group 4, along with Brazil, Austria and USSR.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the Quarter Finals.

First Round Matches - Group 4

Date	Venue	Match	Result	Att	Referee
08 Jun 1958	Gothenburg	England v USSR	2-2	50,000	Zsolt (HUN)
08 Jun 1958	Udevalla	Brazil v Austria	3-0		Guigue (FRA)
11 Jun 1958	Gothenburg	Brazil v England	0-0	40,900	Dusch (GER)
11 Jun 1958	Boras	USSR v Austria	2-0	22,000	Jorgensen (DEN)
15 Jun 1958	Gothenburg	Brazil v USSR	2-0	50,900	Guigue (FRA)
15 Jun 1958	Boras	England v Austria	2-2	16,800	Bronkhorst (HOL)

Standings

Group 4	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	0	5
USSR	3	1	1	1	4	4	3
England	3	0	3	0	4	4	3
Austria	3	0	1	2	2	7	1

USSR and England finished with the same points and goal difference, a play-off was needed to decide second place.

Play Off Match

Played on a knock-out basis, the match winner advanced from the group.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

17 Jun 1958 Gothenburg USSR v England 1-0 23,200 Dusch (GER)

England were eliminated from the competition.