Karo na farko a tarihin Kofin Duniya na FIFA, kasashe huɗu mafi girman matsayi a duniya sun duka kai semi-final. Spain, Argentina, France, da England — da FIFA ta jera su matsayi farko, na biyu, na uku, da na huɗu bi da bi — kowannen su ya tsira daga zagayowar knockout don shirya wasan semi-final biyu masu jan hankali.

Semi-final zane France da Spain a Talata, da kuma England da Argentina a Laraba.

Yadda aka tsara zanen kuri'a

Wannan nasarar ba ta faru ne ta hanyar sa'a ba. FIFA ta sake tsara tsarin zanen kuri'a na Kofin Duniya 2026 da gangan, tana sanya manyan ƙungiyoyi huɗu a sassa daban-daban na jadawalin don ba a ba wani daga cikinsu su sadu da wani kafin semi-final.

Don wannan shirin ya yi nasara, dole ƙungiyoyi huɗun su lashe rukuninsu na daban-daban — kuma kowannen su ya yi haka. FIFA ta bayyana wannan tsari a matsayin tabbatar da "daidaiton gasa" ta hanyar "hanyoyi biyu daban-daban zuwa semi-final."

Ana amfani da tsarin iri ɗaya a Wimbledon da kuma tsarin UEFA Champions League na yanzu, inda ake riƙe da manyan seeds nesa da juna cikin nau'i-nau'i.

Dalilin da ya sa FIFA ta yi wannan sauyi

Abin da ya ƙaddamar da sauyin shi ne faɗaɗa daga ƙungiyoyi 32 zuwa 48 a 2026, wanda ya ƙara zagaye ɗaya na knockout. A tsarin tsohon ƙungiyoyi 32, shugabannin rukunan ba za su iya haduwa da juna a zagayen 16 ba — don haka haduwa da wuri tsakanin ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarfi ba matsala ta kasance ba.

Don nemo lokacin ƙarshe da biyu daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi huɗu a duniya suka sadu kafin semi-final, za ka koma quarter-final na 2010, lokacin da Netherlands ta fitar da Brazil 2-1.

Sai dai, tsarin da aka faɗaɗa ya sa irin waɗannan haduwar ba kawai yiwuwa ba ne amma kusan ba makawa. A zagayen 16 na wannan lokacin rani, hakan ya riga ya faru a wasanni uku daban-daban: United States da Belgium, England da Mexico, da Switzerland da Colombia.

FIFA ta ɗauki mataki don kare manyan wasannin gasar — tana tabbatar da cewa babban wasan tsakanin ƙungiyoyi masu matsayi mafi girma ba zai faru a zagayen knockout na farko ba tare da kawar da ƙungiyar jagora tun da wuri.

Tarihi da ya daɗe yana gudu

FIFA ta gabatar da tsarin matsayin duniya a 1994, kodayake ba a yi amfani da su wajen zanen kuri'ar waccan shekara ba. A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, manyan ƙungiyoyi huɗu sun ci gaba da kasa. Belgium a 2022, Germany a 2018, Spain a 2014, Italy a 2010, da France a 2002 duka sun kasance cikin manyan huɗu a matsayi amma sun kasa wucewa daga zagayen rukuni.

A kowane Kofin Duniya tun 1998, manyan ƙungiyoyi huɗu mafi girman matsayi ba su taɓa kaiwa semi-final duka ba — sai yanzu.

An yi amfani da tsarin seeds iri ɗaya a FIFA Club World Cup bara, sai dai ɗaya daga cikin manyan seeds huɗu, Real Madrid, bai kai semi-final ba. A Kofin Duniya 2026, tsarin ya cika daidai abin da FIFA ta nufa.