Kofin kwallon kafa na FIFA na duniya

Gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA, sau da yawa ana kiranta gasar cin kofin duniya, gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ce ta ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa tsakanin manyan ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa na membobin  ( FIFA ), hukumar wasanni ta duniya. Ana gudanar da gasar ne duk bayan shekaru hudu tun bayan fara gasar a shekarar 1930, ban da 1942 da 1946 saboda yakin duniya na biyu . Zakarun da ke rike da kofin su ne Argentina wacce ta lashe kambun na uku a gasar ta 2022 .

Ana fara gasar ne da matakin neman cancantar, wanda zai gudana cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata don tantance kungiyoyin da suka cancanci shiga matakin gasar. A cikin matakin gasar, kungiyoyi 32 ne ke fafatawa don neman kambun a wuraren da ake gudanar da gasar a cikin kusan wata guda. Kasashen da suka karbi bakuncin gasar sun cancanci shiga matakin rukuni na gasar kai tsaye. An shirya fadada gasar zuwa kungiyoyi 48, daga gasar ta 2026 .

Ya zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA 2022, an gudanar da gasa na karshe guda 22 tun lokacin da aka fara gasar a shekarar 1930, kuma kasashe 80 ne suka fafata. Kungiyoyin kasashe takwas ne suka lashe kofin. Brazil, wadda ta yi nasara sau biyar, ita ce kadai kungiyar da ta buga a kowace gasa. Sauran wadanda suka lashe gasar cin kofin duniya su ne Jamus da Italiya, suna da lakabi hudu kowanne; Argentina, tare da lakabi uku; Faransa da Uruguay wadda ta lashe gasar, kowannensu yana da lakabi biyu; da Ingila da Spain, da take da guda daya kowanne.

Gasar cin kofin duniya ita ce babbar gasar kwallon kafa ta kungiyoyi a duniya, da kuma gasar wasanni guda daya da aka fi kallo da kuma bibiya a duniya. Stephen Dobson and John Goddard, [ The Economics of Football], page 407, quote "The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world: the estimated cumulative television audience for the 2006 World Cup in Germany was 26.2 billion, an average of 409 million viewers per match." Glenn M. Wong, [ The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports], page 144, quote "The World Cup is the most-watched sporting event in the world. In 2006, more than 30 billion viewers in 214 countries watched the World Cup on television, and more than 3.3 million spectators attended the 64 matches of the tournament." An kiyasta cewa masu kallon gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2018 ya kai 3.57 biliyan, kusa da rabin yawan al'ummar duniya,  Tom Dunmore, [ Historical Dictionary of Soccer], page 235, quote "The World Cup is now the most-watched sporting event in the world on television, above even the Olympic Games." yayin da aka kiyasta haɗin gwiwa tare da gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2022 ya zama 5. biliyan 1.5 mutane biliyan suna kallon wasan karshe . 

Kasashe 17 ne suka karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya, kwanan nan Qatar, wacce ta dauki nauyin gasar 2022. Gasar ta 2026 za ta kasance tare da Canada da Amurka da kuma Mexico ne za su dauki nauyin shirya gasar, wanda zai bai wa Mexico fifiko a matsayin kasa ta farko da ta karbi bakuncin wasanni a gasar cin kofin duniya guda uku.
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