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  "name": "FIFA World Cup 1958 (champions - Brazil)",
  "summary": "The 1958 World Cup ended with Brazil beating hosts Sweden 5-2 in Stockholm - still the highest-scoring World Cup final - for their first title. Pele, at 17 years and 249 days, remains the youngest player to appear in and score in a World Cup final, after a semi-final hat-trick against France.",
  "locale": "en",
  "tags": [
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    "fifa",
    "tournaments",
    "finals"
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "rel": "preceded",
      "target": "world-cup-1962"
    }
  ],
  "questions": [
    "Who won the 1958 World Cup?",
    "How old was Pele in the 1958 final?",
    "What is the highest-scoring World Cup final?"
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "c1",
      "text": "Brazil beat hosts Sweden 5-2 in the 1958 final - with seven goals, still the highest-scoring World Cup final - to win their first title, with Pele scoring twice.",
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      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "id": "c2",
      "text": "At 17 years and 249 days Pele remains the youngest player to appear in a World Cup final, and his first goal against Sweden made him the youngest scorer in one; he had scored a hat-trick against France in the semi-final.",
      "sources": [
        "fifa-wc1958-pele-article"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "id": "c3",
      "text": "FIFA records that Brazil's team psychologist advised against taking the 17-year-old to Sweden, and that coach Vicente Feola overruled him, saying that if Pele's knee was ready, he would play.",
      "sources": [
        "fifa-wc1958-pele-article"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.93
    }
  ],
  "takeaways": [],
  "faqs": [],
  "evidence_tier": "primary",
  "evidence": {
    "level": "industry_observation",
    "source_types": [
      "industry_observation"
    ]
  },
  "moat_flag": false,
  "winning_edge": "Pele's twin youngest records with the exact age figure and the sourced psychologist anecdote, bound to FIFA's record article.",
  "confidence": 0.94,
  "last_verified": "2026-08-08",
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    "headline": "FIFA World Cup 1958 (champions - Brazil)"
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