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The International Football Belt · season

The 1958 season

8 belt games · 5 title changes

Argentina carried the belt into the 1958 season. It changed hands 5 times among 5 nations, 3 of those in the playoffs, and Brazil finished the season with it. Most defenses: Germany, 3.

Who held it, in order

UruguayArgentinaGermanySwedenBrazil

Every belt game

Belt gameDateResult
318Apr 6, 1958Uruguay beat Argentina 1–0 (Friendly)Title change
319Apr 30, 1958Argentina beat Uruguay 2–0 (Friendly)Title change
320Jun 8, 1958Germany beat Argentina 3–1 (FIFA World Cup) World cupTitle change
321Jun 11, 1958Germany and Czechoslovakia tied 2–2 (FIFA World Cup) World cupTie · defense
322Jun 15, 1958Germany and Northern Ireland tied 2–2 (FIFA World Cup) World cupTie · defense
323Jun 19, 1958Germany beat Yugoslavia 1–0 (FIFA World Cup) World cupDefense
324Jun 24, 1958Sweden beat Germany 3–1 (FIFA World Cup) World cupTitle change
325Jun 29, 1958Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 (FIFA World Cup) World cupTitle change

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