In 1946 after WWII, Scotland and the other British teams rejoined FIFA and wished to take part in the 1950 World Cup. What they did not want to do was take part in a qualifying tournament. For this reason FIFA let the 1950 British Championships double as a qualifying tournament with the top two teams qualifying. Scotland though said that they would only take part in the finals if they qualified as British Champions. Wales and Ireland went down a similar path. In the previous year’s British Championships, Scotland defeated all of their opponents, therefore Scotland were confident going into the 1950 tournament. It began with an 8-2 win away to Ireland, which was Scotland’s biggest victory in 48 years. A home win over Wales followed, before the Championship decider at Hampden with England. England won 1-0 and therefore won the tournament and as a result Scotland would not play in the World Cup finals. A month after the England match Scotland travelled to Paris for a friendly, and came back with an impressive 1-0 win. The following year Scotland won the British Championships with a 3-1 win over Wales, 6-1 over Ireland and a 3-2 win at Wembley. This meant that Scotland were the champions in 1949 and 1951, but the year that mattered was 1950.