Mamelodi Sundowns suna ɗaukar fatan ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka zuwa FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2026, suna karɓar bakan Asiya Al Ahli na Saudi Arabia a Pretoria ranar Asabar, 19 Satumba. Kofin FIFA — da hanyar zuwa wani ƙarshen wasa mai yuwuwa da Paris Saint-Germain — sun dogara a kan wannan wasa.

Yadda Sundowns suka isa nan

Sundowns sun samu cancanta ta hanyar lashe TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2025/26, suna doke AS FAR na Morocco da raga 2-1 a jimla don kwace nagartar ƙasa da ƙasa ta biyu. Nasarar ta zo tare da kyautar tarihi ta USD miliyan 6 daga CAF, da sauran cancantar shiga FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2026 da kuma FIFA Club World Cup 2029.

Menene FIFA Intercontinental Cup?

An gabatar da ita a tsarin yanzu a shekarar 2024 bayan FIFA ta sake tsara tsohon Club World Cup na shekara-shekara, FIFA Intercontinental Cup ita ce babbar gasa ta duniya ta shekara-shekara tsakanin kulake yanzu, tana tattara gasar kowace daga cikin ƙungiyoyi shida. An kebe sunan Club World Cup don gasar da aka faɗaɗa ta ƙungiyoyi 32 da ake gudanarwa kowace shekara huɗu.

Real Madrid sun lashe buɗewa na 2024. Paris Saint-Germain sun samu kofin 2025 ta hanyar doke Flamengo a bugun fanariti a ƙarshen wasa. A matsayinsu na zakaran Turai, PSG sun dawo a 2026 da shiga kai tsaye zuwa ƙarshen wasa.

Yadda tsarin ke aiki

Al Ahli sun ci gaba daga FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Play-Off ta hanyar doke Auckland FC da raga 1-0 a Jeddah a watan Agusta, Saleh Abu Al Shamat ya zura kwallo mai yanke hukunci a rabin wasa na biyu. Sakamakon hakan ya kai Al Ahli Pretoria, inda wanda ya ci wasan da Sundowns zai ɗaga kofin FIFA ya kuma ci gaba zuwa FIFA Challenger Cup.

Zakaran Concacaf Toluca za su fuskanci wadanda za su lashe CONMEBOL Libertadores daban a FIFA Derby of the Americas. Wanda ya lashe Derby zai ci karo da wanda ya ci wasan Sundowns-Al Ahli a Challenger Cup, kuma wanda ya yi nasara a wannan zagaye zai fuskanci PSG a ƙarshen wasa.

Gwanin Sundowns na FIFA da ya gabata

Ba shine karon farko da Sundowns ke fitowa a fagen duniya na FIFA ba. Sun shiga tsohon Club World Cup na shekara-shekara a 2016 bayan nagartar CAF Champions League ta farko, amma sun yi rashin nasara 2-0 a hannun zakaran Japan Kashima Antlers a zagaye na farko kafin su fadi 4-1 a hannun Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors a wasan wuri na biyar. Shekaru goma bayan haka, Sundowns sun dawo a matsayin zakara sau biyu na Afirka da kwarewa mafi girma a nahiyar.

Tarihin Afirka a gasar kulake ta duniya

Babu kulabi na Afirka da ya taɓa zama zakaran duniya na shekara-shekara, amma nahiyar ta kai ƙarshen wasa sau biyu. TP Mazembe sun yi tarihi a 2010 ta hanyar zama kulabi na farko daga wajen Turai ko Kudancin Amirka da ya kai ƙarshen wasa na Club World Cup — suna doke Pachuca da kuma mamaki doke zakaran Copa Libertadores Internacional 2-0 — kafin su sha kashi 3-0 a hannun Inter Milan a ƙarshen wasa.

Raja Casablanca sun maimaita wannan nasara bayan shekaru uku a ƙasar Morocco, suna doke Auckland City, Monterrey, da Atlético Mineiro kafin Bayern Munich su kawo ƙarshen tafiyarsu da nasara ta 2-0 a ƙarshen wasa. Al Ahly sune ƙungiyar Afirka mafi yawan nasara, suna kammala a wuri na uku sau huɗu — a 2006, 2020, 2021, da 2023.

Tarihin Afirka a ƙarƙashin sabon tsarin

Kulaken Afirka sun samu kyakkyawan farawa a ƙarƙashin tsarin Intercontinental Cup. A 2024, Al Ahly sun doke Al Ain 3-0 a Alkahira suka zama waɗanda suka lashe FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup na farko, kafin su yi rashin nasara a bugun fanariti da Pachuca a Challenger Cup. A 2025, Pyramids FC sun je nesa kuma a matakai na farko, suna doke Auckland City 3-0 sannan suka yi nasara mai ban sha'awa 3-1 a waje da gida da Al Ahli a Jeddah — ɗan wasan DR Congo Fiston Mayele ya zura kwallaye uku — don ɗaga African-Asian-Pacific Cup. Tafiyar Pyramids ta ƙare da rashin nasara 2-0 da Flamengo a Challenger Cup, nasara ɗaya kacal daga ƙarshen wasa da PSG.

Sundowns yanzu suna da damar zama kulabi na uku a jere na Afirka da ya lashe African-Asian-Pacific Cup.

Kuɗin kyautar gasar

A 2025, zakara ya karɓi USD miliyan 5, wanda ya zo na biyu ya samu USD miliyan 4, ƙungiyar da aka fitar a Challenger Cup ta samu USD miliyan 2, kuma wanda ya yi rashin nasara a Derby of the Americas ya karɓi USD miliyan 1 — ma'ana Pyramids sun tattara USD miliyan 2 bayan fitarsu daga Challenger Cup.