Ngabe i-India ingangena kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2026? Ake sibheke amathuba e-Blue Tigers njengoba izama ukuzuza umsebenzi oncomekayo.
Yize kuyithuba langaphandle, uchungechunge lwezinguquko ebholeni lamazwe ngamazwe kanye nelasekhaya seludale ithuba lokuthi i-India ihlele indlela ehlakaniphile yokuhlungela iNdebe Yomhlaba.
I-India isivele ifuna ukusingatha i-AFC Asian Cup ka-2027 kodwa izobhekana nenselelo evela eSaudi Arabia. Umcimbi uzobona amaqembu angu-24 eqhudelana, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, izwe elizosingatha lizifanelekela umqhudelwano. Lokhu kuzosusa isidingo senqubo ende yeziqu futhi kunikeze umqeqeshi waseNdiya u-Igor Štimac isikhathi esibalulekile sokusebenza nabadlali bakhe.
Ukuthuthuka okuhle okwenziwe yiqembu lebhola lezinyawo lesizwe lase-India kukhonjiswa umkhankaso wokuhlungela i-2023 AFC Asian Cup. I-India iqede endaweni yesithathu emzuliswaneni wesibili wamaqoqo ngemuva kwabanqobile bamaqembu iQatar kanye ne-Oman esendaweni yesibili. Emzuliswaneni wesithathu, iBlue Tigers iqede iqhwakele eqoqweni ngokuwina kathathu emidlalweni emithathu ukuze ikwazi ukuphumelela ngaphambi kweHong Kong, Afghanistan, neCambodia.
Amazwe e-AFC aphumelele eNdebeni yoMhlaba
I-India izobe ibukele ngomona njengoba amazwe ayisithupha e-Asian Football Confederation eqhudelana eNdebeni yoMhlaba yalo nyaka. I-Qatar iphumelele njengezwe elizosingatha futhi yajoyinwa abahlungela iJapan, iSouth Korea, i-Australia, i-Iran ne-Saudi Arabia. Yize amazwe aqhamuka ku-AFC engaphandle kweNdebe yoMhlaba, kukhona okwenzekayo okunikeza ithemba emazweni ase-Asia.
Ukwenza kahle kwesizwe esiphuma ku-AFC kwaba seNdebeni yoMhlaba ka-2002, eyayisingethwe yiSouth Korea neJapan. AmaSouth Korea afinyelele kowandulela owamanqamu, lapho ahlulwe khona yiGermany ngo 1-0 ngaphambi kokuthi ahlulwe yiTurkey emdlalweni wokuhlungela indawo yesithathu. Ukudlala kubukwa njengempumelelo emangalisa kakhulu yesizwe sase-Asia eNdebeni Yomhlaba, ikakhulukazi lapho umqhudelwano ngokuvamile ubuswa abantu baseYurophu nabaseNingizimu Melika. Nakulo nyaka awunjalo. Njengoba amazwe avela kulawa mazwekazi amabili ebusa, ungakwazi jabulela amathuba angcono kakhulu eNdebe Yomhlaba ngezintandokazi ze-Brazil, ezinenani elingu-+250, ilandelwa yi-France ngokushayisana kuka-+550, kanye ne-Spain, enenani elingu-+650.
Inhlansi yethemba
Kodwa-ke, ngiyabonga izinguquko kwiNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA ka-2026, ezoba seCanada, Mexico, nase-United States, i-AFC izoba nezikhala eziqondile eziyisishiyagalombili kanye nenye indawo nge-playoff. Ukwanda kunikeza ithemba elengeziwe emazweni ase-Asia, futhi uma i-India ingafinyelela esigabeni samaqoqo somzuliswano wesithathu, kuwanika ithuba langaphandle lokungena emqhudelwaneni.
Kunomuzwa wokuthi i-India isidlulile kumqhudelwano weSouth Asian Football Federation Championship njengoba lo mqhudelwano uhluleka ukunikeza ukuphikiswa okudingwa yisizwe ukuthi zizihlole. Ukusingatha i-AFC Asian Cup yango-2027 kuzonikeza i-India ithuba elikahle lokuthatha okuhamba phambili kwe-Asian Football Confederation. Nokho, njengoba iQatar iwina ibhidi ukusingatha i-AFC Asian Cup ngo-2023, iSaudi Arabia isalokhu iyintandokazi ukuthola ukuvuma ngomcimbi ka-2027.
Ku-Štimac, izinguquko ebholeni lase-India nazo zizozuzisa iqembu lesizwe labesilisa ngenxa yezinga elengeziwe lokuncintisana elizolenza. Abawine i-I-League ngesizini ka-2022-23 neka-2023-24 bazonikezwa ithuba lokukhushulelwa ku-Indian Super League.
I-India ibhekene nentaba yokuqwala ukuze ingenele iNdebe yoMhlaba ngo-2026, kodwa izinguquko ohlelweni lweligi yase-India, kanye nezindawo zokuhlungela ezingeziwe zabamele i-Asia, kunikeza amazwe afana ne-India ithuba langaphandle lokufinyelela umcimbi ophambili ekhalendeni lebhola. . 
