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
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup The 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Colombia from 10 September to 1 October 2016. Brazil and Spain, the two teams that won all previous tournaments, were eliminated in round of 16 and quarter-final. This means that this is the first tournament in which the champion is neither Brazil nor Spain. In the final, Argentina defeated Russia 5–4 to win the tournament and become