Japan da Tunisia za buga wasa a ranar Asabar, 20 ga Yuni, a Monterrey Stadium, wanda zai zama wasa na 1,000 a tarihin Kofin Duniya na FIFA. Wannan taron tsakanin ƙungiyar Asiya da ƙungiyar Afirka, da aka gudanar a Arewacin Amurka, alama ce filla-filla ta yadda kwallon kafa ta yadu ko'ina a duniya.

Alamar tarihi da aka tsara ta hanyar faɗaɗa kwallon kafa

Wannan wasan ya zo shekara 96 bayan Uruguay ta shirya Kofin Duniya na FIFA na farko a shekara ta 1930 da ƙasashe 13 kawai. A gasar ta 1954 da aka gudanar a Switzerland — inda aka buga wasa na 100 — ƙasashe 36 kawai suka shirya, kuma ƙasashe bakwai kawai daga cikinsu sun fito daga wajen Turai ko Kudancin Amurka. Duniya ta canza sosai tun daga lokacin.

Adadin ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da suka fara tafiyar cancantar Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 ya kai adadin tarihi na 209, wanda Canada, Mexico, da Amurka suke maraba da shi. Afirka da Asiya tare sun sami wurare 17 na kai tsaye da kuma wurare biyu na wasan share fage, yayin da Oceania ta sami wuri kai tsaye a karon farko. Tsarin da ya faɗaɗa zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48 — daga 32 — ya bude ƙofa ga al'ummomin da a baya ba su da bege na isa ga wasan karshe.