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
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup overall statistics of all 19 World Cups that have occurred since 1995, combining the results of both the original "Beach Soccer World Championships" era and the current "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" era. This table shows the overall statistics of all 9 World Cups that have occurred since 2005, of the current "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup" era only. This table shows the overall statistics of all 10 World Cups that occurred between 1995 and 2004, of the now defunct "Beach Soccer World Championships" era only. The following documents the winners of the awards presented during the FIFA era of