Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya yi magana a taron yau da kullum na Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta ASEAN (AFF) a Manila, Philippines, inda ya bayyana cewa haɗin gwiwar gudanar da gasar kamar FIFA ASEAN Cup™ yana da "muhimmanci sosai" ga ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa a yankin Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya.

FIFA ASEAN Cup™ ta farko ta gudana a Indonesiya a lokacin taga na ƙasa da ƙasa na watan Satumba/Oktoba, tare da FIFA ASEAN Challenge Cup™ ta farko a Hong Kong, China. Ƙungiyoyin AFF 11 — waɗanda suka wakilci jama'a fiye da biliyan ɗaya — sun shiga gasar biyu. Sama da 70,000 masu kallon wasa sun cika Gelora Bung Karno Stadium a Jakarta don ganin Indonesiya ta doke Thailand ta ɗaga kofin FIFA ASEAN Cup™.

Yanki mai ƙarfin ci gaba

Waɗannan gasar biyu sun biyo bayan ayyukan ƙwallon ƙafa da yawa a yankin. Indonesiya ta karɓi masaukin taron FIFA Series 2026™ a wannan shekara, Thailand ta haɗa hannuwa wajen karɓar masaukin FIFA Women's Series™ ta farko, kuma Philippines ta shirya FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup™ ta farko a shekarar 2024.

"Aikin da kuke yi na tsara gasar da abubuwan da suka shafi yankin don 'yan mata, don yara maza, don mata, da kuma don maza yana da muhimmanci sosai ga ci gaba da shahara ta ƙwallon ƙafa a wannan ɓangaren duniya mai muhimmanci," in ji Infantino ga Shugaban AFF Major General Khiev Sameth da wakilai. "Dole ne mu yi hakan tare da ƙarin haɗin gwiwa."

Tallafi daga FIFA ga yankin zai ƙaru sosai a zagayen ƙasa na shekaru huɗu masu zuwa. Kowace ƙungiya memba ta FIFA za ta cancanci samun har zuwa USD 25 miliyam ta hanyar shirin FIFA Forward da FIFA Surplus Solidarity Programme — kuɗi da aka keɓe don inganta kayan aikin da sauran ayyukan ci gaba. Hannun jarin AFF, wanda a yanzu yake USD 60 miliyam a cikin shekaru huɗu, kuma zai ƙaru don tallafawa shirya gasar yanki.

Tarihin U-15 da shigar duniya

Infantino ya yabi halartar dukkan ƙungiyoyin AFF 12 a FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™ ta farko a watan da ya gabata a Azerbaijan. Biyar daga cikinsu — Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, da Timor-Leste — sun yi bayyanarsu ta farko a filin wasa na duniya.

"Kashi 90 na membobin FIFA sun zo, dukkan AFF sun shiga, kowace ƙungiya ta ci ƙalla ƙwallo ɗaya," in ji Infantino, yana ƙara cewa kowane ɗan shiga ya ji cewa yana cikin "dangin ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya na FIFA." Ya bayyana buri cewa bugun gaba za su iya haɗa yara maza da mata tun daga shekara ta farko.

Sauya fasalin Rizal Memorial Stadium

Bayan taron, Infantino ya haɗu da Shugaban Philippine Football Federation (PFF) John Gutierrez don sanya hannu kan Memorandum of Agreement kan sake gina Rizal Memorial Stadium a Manila.

An buɗe filin wasa a shekarar 1934, kuma yana aiki a matsayin babban wurin wasan ƙwallo na ƙwararru maza da mata na Philippines. Aikin gyara na USD 15 miliyam — wanda aka tsara a matsayin aikin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin FIFA, PFF, Philippine Sports Commission, gwamnatin birni na Manila, da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki — zai mai da shi wuri na zamani mai kudin 25,000, tare da sabo saman, tare da kammala da aka yi niyya a shekarar 2028.

"Gina filin wasa fiye da gina wuri kawai inda ƙungiyar ƙasar ta buga," in ji Infantino. "Gina filin wasa shine ba da murmushi, farin ciki, da bege ga dukan ƙasa."

Infantino ya kuma ƙarfafa dukkan membobin AFF su ba da gudummawarsu ga sake duba tsarin mulkin FIFA na yanzu, wanda ƙungiyar aiki ta jagoranta bayan amincewa da Majalisar FIFA a tsakiyar Oktoba. Ana sa ran ƙungiyar za ta gabatar da ƙarshen ra'ayoyinta ga Majalisar FIFA, sa'annan Majalisar FIFA a shekara mai zuwa.