Mu gihe Isi yose ikomeje kwitegura Igikombe cy’Isi cya 2026 kizabera muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Canada na Mexique, ibihugu byo ku mugabane wa Afurika bikomeje guhatanira imyanya icyenda yagenwe na FIFA. Kugeza ubu, ibihugu bitanu ni byo byamaze
kubona itike: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, ndetse na Ghana.
Uru rugendo rw’ubutwari rwatangiye mu kwezi kwa Werurwe 2023, aho amakipe yo muri Afurika yatangiye imikino y’amatsinda. Ibyo bihugu bitanu byabashije kugaragaza urwego rwo hejuru, byigarurira amanota yose, ndetse bigaragaza ko Afurika itazaba inyuma mu gikombe cy’Isi kizaba gikubiyemo ibihugu 48 ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka.
Morocco, nyuma yo gukina neza mu gikombe cy’Isi cya 2022, yongeye kugaragaza imbaraga mu itsinda rya kabiri, itsinda ibihugu nka Tanzania na Zambia.
Tunisia yo yatsinze imikino yayo yose idatsinzwe, yerekana ko ifite ubunararibonye buhambaye mu mikino yo ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
Ku ruhande rwa Egypt, ikipe ya Pharaohs yabonye itike nyuma yo gutsinda Djibouti ibitego 4–0, aho Mohamed Salah yatsinze ibitego bibiri mu buryo butangaje. Algeria nayo yakomeje kuba ikipe y’inyembaraga nyuma yo kunyagira Somalia ibitego 3–0, mu gihe Ghana yatsinze Comoros ibitego 2–1, bigahita biyihesha itike.
Kugeza ubu, andi makipe nka Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa ndetse na Mali aracyahatanira imyanya ine isigaye, hamwe n’indi mikino y’inyongera (playoffs) izafasha gushyiraho igihugu cya cyenda kizaserukira Afurika.
Abakunzi b’umupira w’amaguru kuri uyu mugabane bavuga ko ibi bihugu bitanu byamaze kubona itike bishobora kuzongera guhesha Afurika ishema, cyane cyane Morocco, yabaye igihugu cya mbere cy’Afurika kugera muri ½ cya World Cup mu 2022.
