Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya bayyana cewa FIFA World Cup 2026 ta "halakar da duk tarihin" a tarihin gasar, yana rufe wani abu da ya bayyana a matsayin gasar da ta zarce gaba ɗaya har ma da ana buƙatar ƙirƙirar kalmomin sabuwa don bayyana girman ta.

Spain ta dauki kofin a New York New Jersey Stadium, tana doke zakaru Argentina a wasan karshe domin ɗaga kofin a karo na biyu a tarihinsu. Gasar ta ɗauki kwanaki 39 a duk fadin Canada, Mexico, da Amurka — karo na farko da gasar ta haɗa tawagar 48 da wasanni 104.

Adadin masu halartar wasanni da masu kallon wasa sun sake rubuta tarihi

Jimillar masu kallo 6,810,966 sun halarta wasanni a fili 16 — wanda ya wuce jimillar masu halartar bugu na 2018 da 2022 tare — tare da dakunan wasanni sun cika da kashi 99.7% na iyakarsu da matsakaicin masu kallo 65,490 a kowane wasa.

Waje da filin wasanni, ana tsammanin adadin mutanen da suka bi gasar a duniya zai wuce biliyoyin shida lokacin da aka sanar da adadin ƙarshe. Sama da mutum miliyan 9 sun halarta FIFA Fan Festivals a ƙasashe masu masaukin guda uku, tare da Mexico ɗaya na maraba da sama da miliyan 4.5 na baƙi a waɗannan tarurruka.

Kwallayen sun zuba a matakin da bai kasance ba cikin shekaru 56

Ƙungiyoyin 48 masu shiga gasar sun jefa jimillar kwallayen 208 — wanda ya kakkarya tarihin da ya gabata na 172 wanda aka kafa a gasar Qatar 2022 — a matsakaicin kwallayen 2.96 a kowace wasa. Wannan adadi ya wakilci mafi yawan adadin kwallaye a kowace wasa a FIFA World Cup tun gasar 1970 da aka yi a Mexico.

"Wannan kofin Duniya bai kawai karya duk tarihin da za a iya yiwuwa ba, ya farfashe su, ya halakar da duk tarihin," in ji Infantino. "Duk manyan 'yan wasan sun yi wasa sosai — daga Rodri, wanda ya sami kyautar mafi kyawun ɗan wasa na gasar, zuwa Leo Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham: kowanne ɗan wasa yana can."

Infantino kuma ya yabi labarun ƙasashe da suka fara shiga gasar a karon farko, yana zaɓi Cabo Verde a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun labarai na gasar. "Ba za ka iya rubuta rubutun mafi kyawun Kofin Duniya ba ta hanyar da wannan Kofin Duniya ya faru," in ji shi. "Ina tsammanin dole ne mu ƙirƙiri ƙamus sabuwa, kalmomin sabuwa don bayyana nasarar FIFA World Cup nan."

Ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin ƙarfin haɗin kai

Shugaban FIFA ya yi tunani kan abin da gasar ta wakilta fiye da ƙwallon ƙafa kanta, yana jaddada hotunan farin ciki da aka raba a cikin biranen masu masaukin da kuma a duniya baki ɗaya.

"Mun sa mutum miliyoyin farin ciki a Amurka da kuma a duk duniya," in ji Infantino. "Wannan yana tunatar da mu cewa ƙwallon ƙafa da FIFA World Cup ba kawai gasar ba ce — a zahiri yana nan ne don haɗa duniya tare kuma mai yiwuwa ya sa duniya ta zama ɗan mafi kyau."

Idanun suna juya zuwa FIFA World Cup 2030

Da gasar 2026 yanzu a cikin littattafan tarihi, hankalin yana juyawa zuwa FIFA World Cup 2030, wanda Morocco, Portugal, da Spain za su masauki tare, tare da ƙarin wasanni da za a buga a Argentina, Paraguay, da Uruguay a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin musamman na cika shekaru ɗari.

"Babu abin da zai iya taɓa ƙarfi da sihirin FIFA World Cup, domin duniya tana buƙatar abubuwa kamar waɗannan don haɗa mutane tare da farin ciki da farin ciki," in ji Infantino. "Wannan FIFA World Cup ya kasance mai ban sha'awa; mai zuwa zai zama mai ban sha'awa sosai."