Matakan ƙungiyoyi na FIFA World Cup 2026 sun ƙare — kuma ƙididdiga sun ba da labari wanda ba a taɓa ganin irin sa a tarihin gasar. Bugu na farko da ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi 48, wanda ya bazu a cikin biranen 16 na Canada, Mexico, da USA, ya gabatar da wasanni 72 a cikin kwanaki 17, yana sake rubuta rikodin daga gidajen tallafi zuwa filin wasa.

Halarta da kwarewar magoya baya

Jimlar mutane 4,644,549 sun cika filayen wasa yayin matakan ƙungiyoyi, suna cika kashi 99.7 na kujeru da ake da su da matsakaicin magoya baya 64,508 a kowane wasa. Wannan lamba ta wuce rikodin tsoho na FIFA World Cup na mutane miliyan 3.5, wanda aka sanya a FIFA World Cup USA 1994. Magoya baya daga ƙasashe da yankuna 210 sun halarta, kuma a ranar 25 ga Yuni, an samu rikodin yau ɗaya na masu kallo 426,834 a duk filayen wasa.

Bayan filayen wasa, FIFA Fan Festival ta karɓi magoya baya sama da miliyan 5.5 a ƙasashe uku masu masaukin baki yayin matakan ƙungiyoyi kaɗai — babban bugu na bikin har zuwa yau. A cikin ƙididdiga mafi ban sha'awa: an ci hot dogs 300,000, adadi wanda, idan aka shimfiɗa jere, zai mika zuwa kusan kilomita 45 tsakanin New York New Jersey Stadium da filin jirgin sama na JFK.

Ƙasashen Afirka suna yin tarihi

Ƙungiyoyi tara na CAF sun cancanci matakin kawar da ɗaya — ƙungiyoyi mafi yawa na Afirka fiye da kowace FIFA World Cup da ta gabata. A baya, ƙungiyoyi biyu na Afirka ne kawai suka taɓa kai wannan matakin a cikin guda ɗaya, wanda ya faru a 2014 (Algeria da Nigeria), sannan ya sake faruwa a 2022 (Morocco da Senegal). Wannan bugu ya ga Egypt, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo DR, da Cabo Verde suna haɗuwa da Morocco da Senegal a cikin ƙungiyoyi 32 na ƙarshe.

Cabo Verde, ƙasa da yawan jama'a 500,000 kawai, ita ce kawai ƙungiya mai fara shiga da ta gama matakan ƙungiyoyi ba tare da an ci ta ba. Kevin Pina ya rubuta sunansa cikin tarihi ta hanyar zura ƙwallon farko na Cabo Verde a FIFA World Cup, a kan Uruguay. Za su fuskanci Argentina a Miami a zagaye na 32.

Ismael Saibari na Morocco ya zama ɗan wasan Afirka na farko da ya zura kwallo a wasanni uku a jere a FIFA World Cup. Senegal kuma ta sanya tarihi ta wajen zama ƙungiyar Afirka ta farko da ta zura ƙwallaye biyar a wasa ɗaya na FIFA World Cup.

Ƙwallaye da rikodin a filin wasa

An zura ƙwallaye 215 a wasanni 72 na matakan ƙungiyoyi — matsakaicin uku a kowane wasa — wanda ya zarce ƙwallaye 172 da aka zura a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. France, Germany, da Netherlands sun jagoranci ƙungiyoyi mafi yawan ƙwallaye da ƙwallaye 10 kowanensu. Daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 48, 47 sun zura ƙwallo; Panama ɗaya ta kasa yin haka.

Lionel Messi ya nuna wataƙila kyakkyawar wasan mutum ɗaya na matakan ƙungiyoyi. Kyaftin na Argentina ya zama ɗan wasa na farko a tarihi da ya zura ƙwallo a wasanni bakwai a jere a matakai na ƙarshe na FIFA World Cup, kuma jimillar sa na ƙwallaye 19 ya sa shi zama mafi yawan ƙwallaye a tarihin gasar. Ya kuma zama tsohon ɗan wasa da ya taɓa zura hat-trick a tarihin Kofin Duniya, yana da shekara 38 da kwanaki 357, yana wuce rikodin Cristiano Ronaldo da aka sanya a 2018. Kylian Mbappé, da ƙwallaye 16, yana kusa da rikodin Messi.

Cristiano Ronaldo, da jimillar ƙwallaye 10 na FIFA World Cup, yanzu ya wuce jimillar Eusébio ta ƙwallaye tara don zama mafi ƙwal na Portugal a tarihin gasar. Harry Kane, a nasa ɓangaren, ya zama mafi ƙwal na England a tarihin FIFA World Cup da ƙwallaye 11, yana wuce alaman Gary Lineker na 10.

Nasarar 6-0 da Canada ta samu akan Qatar ita ce karo na farko da ƙungiyar CONCACAF ta zura fiye da ƙwallaye huɗu a wasa ɗaya na FIFA World Cup. Nasarar 4-1 da USA ta samu akan Paraguay ita ce karo na farko da Amurkawa suka zura ƙwallaye huɗu a wasan Kofin Duniya. Nasarar 4-0 da Japan ta samu akan Tunisia ita ce lokaci ɗaya wasanni na 1,000 a tarihin FIFA World Cup da kuma mafi babban nasara da ƙungiyar AFC ta taɓa samu a gasar.

Rikodin kociyoyi da ƙungiyoyin farko

Babban kocin Curaçao Dick Advocaat, mai shekara 78 da kwanaki 271, ya zama tsofaffin koci a tarihin FIFA World Cup. Hugo Broos na South Africa, mai shekara 74 da kwanaki 75, ya zama tsofaffin koci da ya lashe wasa a FIFA World Cup — yana wuce Carlos Queiroz wanda ya sanya wannan rikodin a farkon gasar lokacin da ya jagoranci Ghana zuwa nasara akan Panama yana da shekara 73.

Matakan ƙungiyoyi sun ga ƙungiyoyi huɗu suna shiga FIFA World Cup a karo na farko: Curaçao, Cabo Verde, Jordan, da Uzbekistan. Gabaɗaya, ɗan wasa 894 daga cikin 1,248 da suke gasar sun fafata a FIFA World Cup a karo na farko.

Ƙididdiga muhimmai

Ƙungiyoyi sun kammala wucewar ƙwallon 68,162 yayin matakan ƙungiyoyi, Spain ta jagoranta da 2,191. Matsakaicin canjin da ƙungiyoyi suka yi ya kasance 4.77. Alkalai sun ba da kaya rawaya 180 da kaya ja 10 a cikin wasanni 72, South Africa ta karɓi kaya ja biyu.