Iyini ifomethi entsha yeNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026
Context:NgoMashi 14, 2023, uMkhandlu we-FIFA wamukela ifomethi ebuyekeziwe enamaqembu ayi-12 aqukethe amaqembu amane. Ukucatshangelwa kabusha kwaqhamuka ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngamathuba okuhlangana emidlalweni yokugcina yamaqembu eqembu elinamathimba amathathu. Ngaphansi kwefomethi ebuyekeziwe, inani lemidlalo edlalwayo lizokhuphuka lisuke ku-64 liye ku-104, futhi inani lemidlalo edlalwa abadlali abafinyelela esigabeni sokugcina lizokhuphuka lisuke kwesikhombisa liye kwesishiyagalombili. Umqhudelwano uzoqedwa ngezinsuku ezingama-39, ukwanda kusuka ezinsukwini ezingama-32 zomqhudelwano wango-2014 nango-2018. Iqembu ngalinye lisazodlala imidlalo emithathu yeqembu, lapho amaqembu ayisishiyagalombili aphezulu endaweni yesithathu ejoyina abawinile beqembu nabagijimayo emzuliswaneni omusha wama-32.
INdebe yomhlaba ye-FIFA ka-2026 izobanjelwa eCanada, eMexico nase-USA. Lokhu kuzoba umqhudelwano wokuqala weNdebe yoMhlaba owake waba khona onamaqembu angu-48 ahlukaniswe ngamaqembu angu-12. Inani lemidlalo lizokhuphuka lisuke emidlalweni engu-64 liye ku-104 kanti lo mqhudelwano uzoba izinsuku ezingu-39 uma kuqhathaniswa nezinsuku ezingu-32 zemincintiswano yango-2014 nango-2018. Njengengxenye yalokhu kukhula iFifa ihambisa kabusha ukwabiwa kwezikhala zamaqembu amasha ukufaka amaqembu amaningi avela e-Afrika, e-Asia kanye ne-OFC kanye neNyakatho Melika.