Afirka ta Kudu, Botswana, da Zimbabwe sun hukuma gabatar da haɗaɗɗen takarda don karɓar Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka ta 2028, a matsayin yunƙuri na ƙasashen Afirka ta Kudu don dawo da babbar gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta nahiyar zuwa yankinsu.
An tabbatar da wannan matakin ne ta Tariq Babitseng, shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Botswana da shugaban Majalisar Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwallon Ƙafa na Afirka ta Kudu (COSAFA), wanda ya bayyana cikakken amincewarsa da ikon yankin wajen shirya gasar.
"Mun gabatar da takarda kuma muna da kwarin gwiwa kan ababen more rayuwa da muke da su, da kuma hangen nesa na Shugaban CAF Dr. Patrice Motsepe, wanda ya yi imanin cewa dukkan yankuna ya kamata su sami damar karɓar AFCON," in ji Babitseng. "A matsayinmu na COSAFA, muna ganin muna da damar karɓa fiye da kowa."
Yanki mai tarihi da buri
Haɗin gwiwar ƙasashe uku yana kawo maƙwabta masu tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa mai zurfi da ƙwarewa a shirya manyan taron wasanni na duniya. Afirka ta Kudu ta shirya Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka a shekarar 1996 kuma ta karɓi Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA a shekarar 2010 — lokaci na tarihi ga dukan nahiyar.
Ga Botswana da Zimbabwe, wannan takarda tana wakiltar damar nuna ababen more rayuwa na ƙwallon ƙafa da ke bunƙasa da kuma ƙarfinsu na gudanarwa a fagen duniya. Yankin Afirka ta Kudu bai karɓi Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka kwanan nan ba, yayin da gasar ta ci gaba da yawo cikin sauran yankuna na nahiyar.
Hangen nesa na CAF kan rarraba yankuna
Babitseng ya jaddada cewa takarda ta haɗin gwiwa ta yi daidai da nufin Shugaban CAF Patrice Motsepe na tabbatar da cewa Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka na juyawa daga kowane yanki na ƙwallon ƙafa a Afirka, domin ba a barin wani ɓangare na nahiyar a wajen karɓar wannan babban taron.
Ana tsammanin CAF za ta tantance takardu masu hamayya bisa ƙa'idoji da suka haɗa da ingancin filayen wasa, wuraren horarwa, masauki, hanyoyin sufuri, da shirye-shiryen gasar gabaɗaya. Ana sa ran bugu na 2028 zai jawo takardu masu hamayya da yawa — Burkina Faso, Mali, da Jamhuriyar Nijar sun riga sun sanar da haɗin gwiwa don bugu na 2032, wanda ke nuna ƙara ƙaruwar sha'awa a duk fadin Afirka ga gasar haɗin gwiwa.
Idan takardar Afirka ta Kudu-Botswana-Zimbabwe ta yi nasara, za ta zama babban dawowar Gasar Cin Kofin Afirka zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma samar da dandali mai ƙarfi don haɓaka ababen more rayuwa na ƙwallon ƙafa da inganta yawon buɗe ido a ƙasashe uku.
