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INdebe Yomhlaba yeFifa yango-2026 ibukeka izobe inkulu kakhulu, njengoba lo mqhudelwano uzohlanganisa amaqembu angu-48 esikhundleni samaqembu angu-32, okuzoholela ekutheni kube nemidlalo engu-104 esikhundleni semidlalo engu-64 evamile.
I-USA, i-Canada kanye ne-Mexico bazosingatha le midlalo ngokuhlanganyela eminyakeni emithathu kanti i-Fifa izoqinisekisa izindaba zefomethi entsha kanye namaqembu azofakwa ngoLwesibili.
“I-Fifa Council isigunyaze ngazwi linye ukuchitshiyelwa okuhlongozwayo kwefomethi yemiqhudelwano kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ye-Fifa ngo-2026,” kusho isigungu esilawulayo esitatimendeni.
Ifomethi entsha izovumela izikhala eziningi ezinhlangothini zase-Afrika futhi zisazoba namaqoqo amane. Ababili abazophuma phambili eqenjini ngalinye kwangu-12 bazohlanganiswa namaqembu ayisishiyagalombili aphume isithathu emzuliswaneni ka-32.
I-Fifa iphinde yaqinisekisa uhlobo olusha lomqhudelwano wayo weNdebe ye-Club World, ozoba namaqembu angu-32 azoqhudelana njalo eminyakeni emine kusukela kuNhlangulana ngo-2025.
“Lo mqhudelwano uzohlanganisa ompetha bazo zonke izinhlangano futhi uphothulwe ngomdlalo wamanqamu ozodlalelwa endaweni engathathi hlangothi njengoba kuzobe kubhekene owinile we-Uefa Champions League nowine kuma-play-offs phakathi kwamanye amazwe,” kusho i-Fifa.
Ezinye izindaba ezimnandi ziphinde zavela ngoLwesibili, njengoba i-Morocco imemezele ukuthi izojoyina i-Spain ne-Portugal emkhankasweni wokusingatha iNdebe yoMhlaba ye-Fifa ka-2030.
“Ngithanda ukumemezela ukuthi i-Kingdom of Morocco inqume, ngokubambisana ne-Spain ne-Portugal, ukwethula isicelo sokusingatha iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2030,” kusho uNgqongqoshe wezemidlalo u-Chakib Benmoussa egameni leNkosi uMohammed VI nge-Reuters.
“Le midlalo izohlanganisa i-Afrika ne-Europe, i-Northern kanye ne-Southern Medithera, kanye namazwe ase-Afrika, i-Arab kanye ne-Euro-Medithera. Le midlalo izoveza okuhle kakhulu kithi sonke, empeleni izohlanganisa, ubuhlakani, isipiliyoni kanye nokunye.”
Isithombe esingenhla: Indebe yoMhlaba ye-Fifa
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