CAF ta kawo karshen AFCON a duk shekara, gasar ta sauya zuwa zagaye na shekaru hudu bayan 2028

The Gasar cin kofin Afrika Shugaban hukumar kwallon kafar Afirka Patrice Motsepe ya sanar a ranar Asabar din da ta gabata cewa za a gudanar da shi ne duk bayan shekara hudu bayan bugu da aka shirya a shekarar 2028 a wani babban sauyi zuwa abin da ake nunawa a yanzu a duk shekara.

Shugaban hukumar kwallon kafar Afirka CAF ya bayyana wannan sauyi a matsayin wani muhimmin gyare-gyaren da ake yi a wasannin kasa da kasa a nahiyar domin taimaka mata wajen daidaita kalandar duniya.
AFCON a kowace shekara biyu ta kasance muhimmiyar hanyar samun kudaden shiga ga ƙungiyoyin ƙasashen Afirka, amma Motsepe ya ce gabatar da gasar lig ɗin Afirka na shekara-shekara – mai kama da na UEFA Nations League – yanzu zai taimaka wajen haɓaka asusun ajiya maimakon.
Motsepe ya shaida wa manema labarai a Rabat a ranar Asabar da ta gabata, a jajibirin bude gasar cin kofin kasashen Afirka da Morocco za ta karbi bakunci, inda ya ce: “A yanzu hankalinmu yana kan wannan AFCON amma a shekarar 2027 za mu je Tanzaniya da Kenya da Uganda, sannan kuma AFCON za ta kasance a shekarar 2028.”

Ya ce za a bude wani shiri ne ga kasashen da ke da sha’awar karbar bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2028.
“Sa’an nan bayan gasar cin kofin duniya ta kungiyoyin kwallon kafa ta FIFA a 2029 za mu sami gasar cin kofin kasashen Afirka ta farko… tare da karin kudaden kyaututtuka, karin albarkatu, karin gasa.
“A wani bangare na wannan tsari, AFCON yanzu za ta kasance sau ɗaya a kowace shekara hudu.”
Yawancin lokaci ana gudanar da gasar cin kofin kasashen cikin shekaru biyu tun bayan bugu na farko a shekarar 1957, amma a cikin shekaru 15 da suka gabata an yi ta kokarin samun wuri mai dacewa a kalandar duniya.
Gasar da za a yi a Morocco a bana za ta kasance karo na takwas da za a yi tun a shekarar 2012 a kasashen Equatorial Guinea da Gabon.
An gudanar da bugu na 2019 a Masar a watan Yuni da Yuli, ƙaura daga rukunin gargajiya a farkon shekarar da ake ganin wata hanya ce ta farantawa manyan kungiyoyin Turai ta hanyar guje wa yin wasa a tsakiyar kakar wasanninsu.

– Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙasa, Kuɗin Kyauta –

Amma gasar AFCON guda biyu na baya-bayan nan, a Kamaru a shekarar 2022 da Ivory Coast a shekarar 2024, sun koma watan Janairu zuwa Fabrairu domin kaucewa haduwa da damina a wadannan yankuna.
Tun a watan Yuni da Yuli na wannan shekara ne ya kamata a fara gudanar da gasar cin kofin duniya na baya-bayan nan, amma an tilastawa ficewa daga gasar saboda bugu na farko da FIFA ta fadada gasar cin kofin duniya na kungiyoyin kwallon kafa a Amurka.
Koyaya, CAF ba za ta iya jira har zuwa watan Yuni mai zuwa ba saboda gasar cin kofin duniya na 2026, kuma ba za su iya sake buga gasar cin kofin duniya a watan Janairu da Fabrairu ba saboda sabon. UEFA Champions League tsari.
Mafita ita ce a fara a watan Disamba kuma a ci gaba da shiga sabuwar shekara, a daidai lokacin da wasu kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na Turai – inda taurarin Afirka da dama ke taka leda – suna hutu, amma gasar ta Premier tana da cikakken tsari.

Motsepe ya ce an yi wannan sauyi tare da gabatar da kungiyar ta Nations League, “domin tabbatar da kalandar kwallon kafa a duniya ta fi dacewa da juna”.
Ya kara da cewa “Hakika aikinmu na farko shi ne wasan kwallon kafa na Afirka amma kuma muna da hakkin ‘yan wasa daga Afirka da ke taka leda a mafi kyawun kungiyoyi a Turai.”
“Muna so mu tabbatar da cewa akwai ƙarin aiki tare kuma kalandar duniya ta ba da damar ƙwararrun ‘yan wasan Afirka a kowace shekara su kasance a Afirka.”
Ya ce za a fara sabuwar kungiyar ta kasa da kasa ta shekara-shekara ta hanyar karkatar da yanki, inda kowacce kungiya za ta kasance 16 a shiyyar gabashi da yamma da tsakiyar kudu, sai kuma shida a shiyyar arewa.

Za a buga wasannin ne a watan Satumba da Oktoba, inda manyan kungiyoyi daga kowace shiyya za su hadu domin buga wasan karshe a wuri daya a watan Nuwamba.
A halin da ake ciki kuma ya ce za a kara yawan kudaden kyauta na gasar cin kofin kasashen da za a yi a Morocco ta yadda wadanda suka yi nasara za su samu dala miliyan 10, daga dala miliyan bakwai ga wadanda suka yi nasara a Ivory Coast a shekarar 2024.