FIFA World Cup hosts second of these, the 1938 FIFA World Cup, in France was controversial, as the South American countries had been led to understand that the World Cup would rotate between the two continents. Both Argentina and Uruguay thus boycotted the tournament. The first tournament following World War II, held in Brazil in 1950, had three teams withdraw for either financial problems or disagreements with the organization. To avoid any future boycotts or controversy, FIFA began a pattern of alternation between the Americas and Europe, which continued until the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Asia. The system evolved so that the host
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round This page provides the summaries of the CAF First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. In this round the twenty-four lowest seeded teams were drawn into 12 home-and-away ties, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. The matches were scheduled to be held with first legs on 11 November 2011 and second legs on 15 November 2011. The 12 winners advanced to the second round of the African qualifiers. The July 2011 FIFA Ranking was used