INkomfa Yomhlaba ye-2026 izoba ngenye yezinkulungwane ezinkulu kakhulu, ngoba okokuqala emlandweni, ama-48 eqembu azongena emqhudelwaneni. Lokhu kukhulisa kukhulu kakhulu okwenziwa yi-FIFA. Imidlalo engu-104 izodlalwa, kusukela emazingeni angu-64 emqhudelwaneni wangaphambili. Izinkulungwane zeziguli zizolandela lo mqhudelwano owenzeka emadolobheni amaningi asenyakatho neMelika. Isinqumo sokukhulisa inani lamaqembu savunywa yi-FIFA eminyakeni edlule, njengengxenye yesu elihlose ukukhulisa ukumelwa kombuso webhola lezinyawo emhlabeni wonke.
Uhlelo Olusha Lwamaqembu kanye Nemidlalo Yokuhlunga
Ngokohlelo olusha, ama-48 eqembu azohlukaniswa ngamaqembu ayi-12, ngalinye linamaqembu amane. Amaqembu amabili aphezulu eqenjini ngalinye azongena ngokuqondile emdlalweni wokuhlunga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-8 eqembu awina indawo yesithathu angathola ithuba lokungena esigabeni esisha esibizwa ngokuthi "dezesseis avos de final" (umdlalo wokuhlunga wama-32). I-FIFA icabanga ukuthi lesi sakhiwo esisha sizokwenza umqhudelwano ube mnandi kakhulu, ngemidlalo eningi enqumayo nokusondelana kwezithameli. Ochwepheshe ababhaliwe emithonjeni yezindaba bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuzonciphisa ukukhishwa kwamaqembu avamile ngaphambi kwesikhathi, futhi kunikeza amathuba amakhulu kumaqembu asafufusa ukuba amangalise.
Uhlelo Oludala: Amaqembu Angu-32 Nezigaba Eziyisishiyagalombili
Kusukela eNkomfeni Yomhlaba yango-1998 eFulansi, umqhudelwano wawunamaqembu angu-32 ngokuhlukaniswa ngezigaba eziyisishiyagalombili ezinamaqembu amane, kwathi ama-2 aphezulu egameni ngalinye ayezongena kuma-round-of-16. Lolu hlelo lwahlala lungashintshiwe cishe iminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Nakuba lwaluvunywa kakhulu izithameli, abaholi be-FIFA babephikisa ukuthi amaqembu amaningi anamandla ayengangeni ngenxa yezikhala ezilinganiselwe, ikakhulukazi e-Afrika, e-Asia, eCentral America nase-Oceania. Ukukhuliswa kwaba ngu-48 kuzama ukunciphisa lokhu kukhawulela futhi kukhulise ukumelwa kombuso, kuvulwe izimakethe ezintsha zezemidlalo futhi kukhushulwe ukubonakala kwamazwe omhlaba.
Izintsha Zomlando kanye Nokukhula Komhlaba Wonke
Enye yemiphumela ebalulekile yokukhulisa yile yokungenwa kwamaqembu angakaze abe nengxenye eNkomfeni Yomhlaba. Ngo-2026, amazwe afana ne-Uzbekistan, i-Jordaniya kanye ne-Cabo Verde athola amandla okuqala emlandweni, okwakungaba nzima kakhulu ohlelweni oludala. Lezi zintsha zikhombisa ukuthi ibhola lezinyawo liya likhula emhlabeni wonke, ngezimali ezenziwa ezakhiweni, ekufundiseni abadlali nasekuthuthukiseni amaligi kazwelonke okukhulisa izinga lomncintiswano. Ukwengeza, ukungena eNkomfeni Yomhlaba kuvame ukuletha imithelela enkulu kwezomnotho: ukusekelwa, amalungelo okudlulisa, ezokuvakasha kwezemidlalo kanye nokwenyuka kwenani labadlali. I-FIFA ithemba ukuthi ukukhuliswa kuzoqinisa ubukhona ezimakethe ezikhulayo.
Izinselele Zokuhlela nokugxeka
Ukuhlela umqhudelwano onamaqembu angu-48 kudinga ukuhlela okuyinkimbinkimbi ezindaweni ezinjengokuthutha, ukuhlala, ukuphepha, ezokuxhumana kanye nezakhiwo zemidlalo. Amazwe amathathu aphethe kudingeka asebenzisane ngemizamo engakaze ibonwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izindwendwe, iziguli, izintatheli kanye nabaxhasi bangahamba kahle phakathi kwamadolobha namazwe ahlukene ngesikhathi somqhudelwano. Enye inselele ebalulekile yizinkundla zemidlalo: izinkundla eziningi zaseNyakatho Melika zazinemigqa yokudlala eyenziwe ngokokwenziwa, engahambisani namazinga e-FIFA, okudinga ukusetshenzwa kwezimali eziyizigidi ukufaka utshani bemvelo. Abacwaningi be-United States Golf Association kanye nochwepheshe abaphathisana nezinkundla babambe iqhaza ocwaningweni oluthuthukisiwe ukuqinisekisa izinga elifanayo kuwo wonke amagceke. Ngaphandle kwezinselele zokuhlela, uhlelo olusha lubuye lagxekwa: abanye ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi ukwenyuka kwenani lamaqembu kungase kunciphise izinga lobuciko bomqhudelwano, kanti abanye bathi inani elikhulu lemidlalo libangela ukukhathala okungeziwe emzimbeni wabadlali. Amakilabhu aseYurophu nawo abonise ukukhathazeka ngomthelela womqhudelwano emikhathini eyizinsuku ezizayo, njengoba abadlali abaningi bazohlala behileleke izikhathi ezinde. Naphezu kokugxekwa, i-FIFA ithi izinzuzo ziyenselele futhi uhlelo olusha luzofaka isandla ekukhuleni okuzinzile kwebhola lezinyawo emhlabeni wonke.
Izinkanyezi Zomhlaba: Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar eNkomfeni Yomlando
Esinye isizathu esikhulisa intshisekelo ngohlelo lwango-2026 ukuba khona kwabanye babadlali abakhulu emlandweni webhola lezinyawo. Abadlali abanjengokuqukethwe a-Cristiano Ronaldo, u-Lionel Messi kanye noNeymar bangena emqhudelwaneni omqoka kunawo wonke. Kwabaningi abalandeli, lokhu kungase kube ukuhamba okokugcina kwalezi zinkanyezi eNkomfeni Yomhlaba. Ukuhlangana phakathi kohlelo olusha kanye nokuhamba okungenzeka kwabanye abadlali abakhulu besikhathi sanamuhla kukhuphula okukhulu izimiso zomhlaba wonke.
Amarekhodi Ababukeli kanye Namathuba Abadlali
Uhlelo lwango-2026 lunamaqembu angu-48, imidlalo engu-104, amazwe amathathu aphethe kanye namadolobha amaningi aphethe. Ochwepheshe babala ukuthi izigidi eziyizigidi zababukeli zizolandela umcimbi emhlabeni wonke ngomabonakude, izinkundla eziphathwayo kanye nokudluliswa kwe-inthanethi. I-FIFA icabanga ukuthi izoshaya amarekhodi emalini, ngamathuba amasha okuhweba ahlanganisa abaxhasi, ezokukhangisa, ukuthengiswa kwamathikithi kanye nezivumelwano zokudlulisa emazweni. Ngokohlaziyo lwe-Statista, imboni yebhola lezinyawo ihlanganisa amakhulu ezigidigidi zamaRandi emhlabeni wonke, futhi iNkomfa Yomhlaba iyimpahla eyinhloko yezezimali yalowo muzi. Ngemidlalo engu-104 ehleliwe, umqhudelwano ubuye udale amathuba amaningi okuba abadlali bakhanye emhlabeni wonke. Abadlali abasha bangase basebenzise lo mqhudelwano njengefasitela lokukhanga amakilabhu amakhulu aseYurophu kanye namanye amaligi abalulekile. Ngokomlando, iNkomfa Yomhlaba ishintsha imisebenzi, futhi ukukhuliswa kwande lokho kungaba namandla ngokufaka abadlali abavela ezimakethe ezingatholakali kaningi.
I-FIFA Ithemba Ukukhula Okuzinzile kanye Nokuhlala Kohlelo
Uma uhlelo lwango-2026 lubhekwa njengokuphumelelayo, konke kubonisa ukuthi uhlelo olunamaqembu angu-48 luzohlala emiqhudelwaneni eyizinsuku ezizayo. I-FIFA ikholelwa ukuthi ukukhuliswa kuyisinyathelo esingokwemvelo ekuthuthukisweni komqhudelwano futhi kungase kukhuthaze ukuthuthukiswa kwebhola lezinyawo emazweni amaningi. Inhlangano ibuye ibheke ukukhulisa ubukhona bayo ezimakethe ezikhulayo, iqinise amaligi kazwelonke, izinhlelo eziyisisekelo kanye nezimali ezakhiweni zemidlalo emhlabeni wonke. Ngamaqembu amaningi abambe iqhaza, isilindele ukuthi intshisekelo ngezifunda ezazilahlwa ngaphambilini ikhule kakhulu, ikhiqize imali engenayo emisha namathuba.