Disaster of Sweden
Olympia Stadium in 2005 | |||||||
| Event | 1958 FIFA World Cup, first round, group 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Date | 15 June 1958 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion, Helsingborg, Sweden | ||||||
| Referee | Arthur Edward Ellis (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 16,418 | ||||||
The Disaster of Sweden (Spanish: Desastre de Suecia) is the name given to the early elimination of the Argentina football team from the 1958 FIFA World Cup at the hands of the Czechoslovakia football team. The match was played on 15 June 1958, at the Olympiastadion in the city of Helsingborg, Sweden, the host country of the championship. That day, Czechoslovakia beat Argentina 6–1. The final result means the heaviest defeat for the Albiceleste team in a FIFA World Cup.