I-Ndebe Yomhlaba ka-2026 iqale namuhla ngoLwesine, ngo-June 11, e-City of Mexico, emakheni ukuqala komcimbi we-bhola omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni. Okokuqala emlandweni, lo mqhudelwano ubanjwe kuzwe elithathu — i-United States, i-Canada, ne-Mexico — futhi unamaqembu angu-48 nemidlalo engu-104, izinombolo eziphakeme kunazo zonke ezidlule. Abalandeli abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-6,5 balindeleke ukuthi babone imidlalo ezinkundleni kusukela namuhla kuze kube ngaphezu kwenyanga, okwenza lo mcimbi ube ngenye yezinto ezinkulu kwezemidlalo emhlabeni. Umdlalo wokuqala, e-Estadio Azteca, ukhumbula izikhathi eziyisimangaliso ze-bhola emlandweni futhi uvula indlela yomqhudelwano ozokwenza izinto ezintsha emkhakheni.
Umqhudelwano Omkhulu Kunayo Yonke
Ukukhuliswa kwamaqembu kusuka ku-32 kuya ku-48 kushintsha kakhulu isimo se-Copa. Ngamathuba amaningi amazwe avela e-Afrika, e-Asia, eNyakatho Melika nase-Oceania, izingqinamba zokuncintisana zanda kakhulu. I-Mexico izoba izwe lokuqala ukubamba imidlalo emithathu yeNdebe Yomhlaba yabesilisa, kuyilapho i-United States izothola iningi lemidlalo, futhi i-Canada izokwenza okokuqala ukubamba umqhudelwano wabesilisa. Zonke izifundazwe eziyi-16 ezisabalele emazweni amathathu zizothola imidlalo, idala uhlelo olungakaze lubonwe kanye nokufinyelela okubanzi ezwenikazi.
I-Azteca: Inkundla Yezinganekwane
Umcimbi wokuvula kanye nomdlalo wokuqala kuzokwenzeka e-Estadio Azteca, e-City of Mexico, inkundla eye yabona imidlalo emihle ka-Pelé no-Diego Maradona kumacala adlule. Ukubuya kwalesi sikhungo emgqeni wokuqala kuqinisa isikhundla sayo njengenye yezinkundla eziyingqayizivele ze-bhola. Umdlalo wokugcina uhlelelwe u-July 19, 2026, enkundleni yase-New York/New Jersey, okulindeleke ukuthi ubuke abantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane emhlabeni wonke. Lokhu kuzoba okokuqala lapho umdlalo wokugcina weNdebe Yomhlaba uba sesigabeni esabelana amazwe amabili aseMelika.
I-Argentina Iphikisana Nezinkinga Zokuphepha
Iqembu lase-Argentina lifika njengompetha womhlaba okhona futhi lizama ukufeza into engavamile: ukuvikela isicoco esatholwa ngo-2022. Iqembu liqhubeka nokuheha ukunaka komhlaba ngenxa yokukhona kuka-Lionel Messi, othathwa njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu emlandweni. Kodwa-ke, iqembu libhekene nenkinga engalindelekile ngemva kokuvuza kwemibhalo yangaphakathi, okwenza ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha nangobumfihlo babadlali. Phakathi kwamaqembu asemqoka angakwazi ukuwina isicoco, ngaphandle kwe-Argentina, kukhona:
- IFrance
- ISpain
- I-England
- IJalimani
- IPortugal
- IBrazil
- I-Netherlands
Le mibuso emikhulu ihlanganisa amandla ayo namaqembu amasha akhombisa ukuthuthuka okukhulu eminyakeni edlule, okwenza kube nokungenzeka kwezinto ezingalindelekile emqhudelwaneni. Amazwe ayekade ebhekene nobunzima ukuze aqokwe manje athola ithuba lokudlala enkundleni enkulu ye-bhola emhlabeni, ngenxa yokwanda kwezikhala. Ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuhlukahluka kungakhulisa ukulingana kwemidlalo ezigabeni ezahlukene, kwenza umqhudelwano ube nokuqagela okwengeziwe. Ubukhona bamaqembu avela emazwenikazi ahlukene kuphinde kunikeze umcimbi ukujula kwamasiko, kuheha abalandeli bevela ezindaweni ezahlukene.
Izinselelo Zesimo Sezulu Nobuchwepheshe
Ukushisa Okukhulu Nokujwayela
Enye yezihloko ezixoxwa kakhulu emuva kwesigcawu ithinta isimo sezulu emadolobheni abamba imidlalo. Ucwaningo lwakamuva lukhombisa ukuthi eminye imidlalo ingenzeka emazingeni okushisa aphakeme, okudala izinselelo ezengeziwe kubadlali, ochwepheshe nabahleli. Amaqembu avela ezindaweni ezibandayo angabhekana nobunzima bokujwayela, kuyilapho izigangi ezijwayele ukushisa zingathola inzuzo emidlalweni ethile. Lokhu kubaluleka kakhulu emqhudelwaneni othatha inyanga, nemidlalo ezindaweni ezahlukene ze-fusi ne-biomes.
Ubuchwepheshe, Ukuzijabulisa, Nomthelela Wezomnotho
I-FIFA itshale imali enkulu ekusungulweni kwezinto zedijithali, okuhlanganisa amathikithi edijithali, ama-app okulandela umdlalo ngesikhathi sangempela, kanye nolwazi olusebenzisanayo kubalandeli. Ngokubambisana ne-Netflix, inhlangano yethule umdlalo omusha we-Copa we-World Cup, ukukhulisa ubukhulu bedijithali. Enye yezinto ezintsha ezixoxwa kakhulu ukwethulwa komcimbi we-half-time kumdlalo wokugcina, indlela eyisuselwe emicimbini emikhulu yezemidlalo yaseMelika, okwenza izinkulumo phakathi kweziteshi nabahleli. Ngokwezomnotho, abahlaziyi bakholelwa ukuthi i-Copa izoletha ama-dollar ayizigidigidi emalini ezokungena ngqo nangokungaqondile, ikhulisa izimboni ezifana nezokuvakasha, izindlu zokuhlala, nezohwebo emadolobheni abamba imidlalo. Izinkampani ezifana ne-Airbnb sezivele zethule amapromoshini akhethekile afaka indawo yokuhlala namathikithi emidlalweni. E-Los Angeles, omunye wamadolobha abamba imidlalo abalulekile, umongameli we-FIFA, u-Gianni Infantino, wathi leli dolobha 'lizohlaselwa izinkonkoni ezijabulile', ebhekisela ekufikeni kwezigidi zabalandeli.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinhlaka zomthetho nezokuphepha zilungiselela umthwalo omkhulu wokulondoloza ukuhleleka emazingeni okushisa aphezulu nasezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi. Abahleli batshelwe ukuthi bagcine amanethiwekhi abo ocingo namandla kagesi avikeleke, ngenxa yezinkinga ezingase ziqhamuke ngenxa yesimo sezulu. Kodwa-ke, umoya womhlaba wonke ukhombisa ukuthi lo mcimbi unguhambo oluyisimangaliso, futhi abantu abaningi bayalindela ukuthi i-Copa izoletha ubunye kwezemidlalo.