FIFA World Cup future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternating the hosts between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, hosted jointly by South Korea and Japan, was the first one held in Asia, and the first tournament with multiple hosts. South Africa became the first African nation to host the World Cup in 2010. The 2014 FIFA World Cup was hosted by Brazil, the first held in South America since Argentina 1978, and was the first occasion where consecutive World Cups were held outside Europe. The host country is
2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup announced that bidding had re-opened for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. New member associations interested in hosting submitted a declaration of interest by 15 April 2014, and provided the complete set of bidding documents by 1 October 2014. The following 12 countries made official bids for hosting the tournament. Argentina were the only country to submit an entry in both rounds of bidding. On 19 December 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee announced the Bahamas as hosts. Qualification began with the European qualifiers on 2 September 2016 and concluded with the final match of the AFC event on 11