FIFA World Cup 2026 za zama mafi girma a tarihi, tare da karbar ƙasashe 48 a matsayin tarihi — duk da haka, wasu daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya ba za su halarci gasar ba. A cikin manyan ƙasashe biyar masu kiwon FIFA waɗanda suka kasa cancantar shiga, Italia ta jagoranci wannan jerin mai matuƙar baƙin ciki, yayin da Najeriya ta zama asarar da ta fi shafar Afirka.

Rashin halarta Italia na uku a jere

Italia ta jagoranci wannan jerin marar so, bayan ta kasa cancantar shiga Kofin Duniya sau uku a jere. Gli Azzurri — waɗanda a zamanin da suka lashe kofin duniya sau huɗu — sun shiga wani mummunan faɗuwa a kamfen na cancantar shiga wanda kaɗan za su iya hasashen shekaru goma da suka wuce. Rashin halartarsu a babbar mataki ta ƙwallon ƙafa yana kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin labarai mafi ban mamaki a wannan wasan.

Super Eagles na Najeriya sun kasa tashi

Ga magoya bayan Afirka, rashin Najeriya na cancantar shiga shi ne mafi azaba. Super Eagles, ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi samun nasara a nahiyar kuma sun cika da hazaƙa, ba su samu damar kammala kamfen dinsu na cancantar shiga ba. Rashin Najeriya za a ji ta fadin Afirka, inda miliyoyin mutane suka yi fatan marawa koren da fararen launuka baya a gasar da ta faɗaɗa zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48, wanda ya ba da ƙarin hanyoyin cancanta fiye da kowane lokaci a baya.

Denmark, Ukraine, da Poland ma sun kasa

Denmark, Ukraine, da Poland sun kammala rukunin ƙasashe biyar masu ƙima da suka kasa cancantar shiga. Denmark, waɗanda suka kai zagaye na 16 a FIFA World Cup 2022 a Qatar, ba su iya maimaita wannan aiki a kamfen na cancantar shiga ba. Ukraine, waɗanda ke yin gasa a yanayi na musamman saboda rikicin da ke gudana a ƙasarsu, sun rasa duk da ƙoƙarinsu. Poland — da Robert Lewandowski ya jagoranta tsawon shekaru — ma ta kasa tabbatar da wurinta a Arewacin Amurka.

Abin da hakan ke nufi ga gasar

Da ƙungiyoyi 48 a FIFA World Cup 2026, cancantar shiga ta fi sauƙi a ka'ida fiye da kowace bugu da ya gabata. Cewa ƙasashe biyar masu matsayi kamar haka — Italia, Denmark, Najeriya, Ukraine, da Poland — har yanzu sun kasa shiga yana nuna yadda gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya ta zama mai tsanani. Ga magoya bayan waɗannan ƙungiyoyin, jiran dawowar ƙasarsu zuwa mataki na Kofin Duniya yana ci gaba.