An fara buga gasar kokowa ta gargajiya karo na shida ta cin kofin Airtel a birnin Tahoua a ranar Juma'a, 26 ga watan Yuni, 2026. Gaba ɗaya, 'yan kokowa 16 ne ke fafatawa a wannan gasa. An rarraba 'yan wasan zuwa rukuni biyu, Rukunin A da Rukunin B, ta hanyar yin 'yar kama. Yankin Agadez da na Diffa da Dosso da kuma na Tillaberi su ne suka haɗa Rukunin B. Wannan gasa wadda ake yi duk shekara tana ɗaukar hankalin masu sha'awar wasan kokowa a faɗin Nijar.
Sakamakon Fafatawa Ta Farko
An fara fafatawa ta farko tsakanin Rabiou Abdou Kankura na yankin Zinder da Issiakou Abdou na yankin Dosso. Fafatawar tasu ta kare ne ba tare da an samu wanda ya yi nasara ba, bayan da suka shafe zagaye biyu na minti biyar kowannensu suna gumurzu. Daga nan sai Zakirou Zakari ya fafata da Siradji Tahirou na yankin Dosso, inda Zakari ya samu nasarar kayar da abokin karawarsa bayan minti takwas da daƙiƙa ashirin na faɗa.
A wani karon, ɗan kokowa Abdoul Rachid Chago na yankin Yamai ya fito fafatawa da Assoumane Hassane wanda aka fi sani da "Janvier". Chago ya samu nasara a kan abokin karawarsa cikin lokaci mai gajeren gaske na minti ɗaya da daƙiƙa ashirin da uku kacal. Tsahirou Baillélé, wanda shi ne ɗan wasa daga yankin Tahoua mai masaukin baƙi, ya samu nasarar doke Tassiou Ibrahim bayan sun kwashe minti uku suna fafatawa a filin wasan.
Shi ma Abba Ibrahim na yankin Yamai ya samu nasara a fafatawarsa da Ayouba Hassane na yankin Agadez. Abba Ibrahim ya ɗauki minti ɗaya da daƙiƙa arba'in kacal ya kayar da Ayouba Hassane. Fafatawa ta ƙarshe a wannan zagayen ta gudana ne tsakanin Abdourahamane Rabé na yankin Zinder da Ali Oumarou na yankin Agadez. Cikin minti ɗaya da daƙiƙa goma sha takwas, Abdourahamane Rabé ya samu nasarar kayar da Ali Oumarou.
Tsarin Gasar da Kayan Gani
Ana gudanar da wannan gasa ne a filin wasan kokowar gargajiya na Hamidine Maidaré da ke birnin Tahoua, wanda ya cika makil da masu kallo tun daga ranar farko. Tsarin gasar ya tanadi cewa kowane yanki daga cikin yankuna takwas na ƙasar Nijar zai turo da 'yan kokowa biyu domin su wakilce shi. Wannan ya sa adadin 'yan wasan da ke fafatawa a gasar ya kai goma sha shida. An raba 'yan wasan zuwa rukuni biyu, inda kowane rukuni ke da 'yan wasa takwas daga yankuna huɗu daban-daban.
Yankunan da suka haɗa Rukunin A su ne yankin Tahoua mai masaukin baƙi, da yankin Maradi, da yankin Zinder, da kuma yankin Yamai babban birnin ƙasar. Kowane ɗan kokowa zai fafata da dukkan sauran 'yan wasa bakwai da ke cikin rukuninsa. A ƙarshen fafatawar rukuni-rukuni, 'yan wasa biyu da suka fi samun maki a kowane rukuni ne za su tsallaka zuwa matakin wasan kusa da na ƙarshe, inda za su fafata domin samun tikitin zuwa wasan ƙarshe na cin kofin.
Mahimmancin Gasar Kokowa
Wannan gasa, wadda kamfanin Airtel Nijar ke ɗaukar nauyinta a kowace shekara, ta zama wani muhimmin al'amari a fagen wasanni da al'adu a ƙasar. Tana ba da dama ga 'yan kokowa daga yankuna daban-daban su nuna kwarewarsu da kuma yin gogayya a matakin ƙasa. Gasar ba wai kawai tana inganta wasan kokowa ba ne, har ma tana ƙarfafa zumunci da haɗin kai tsakanin al'ummomin yankuna daban-daban na Nijar. Masu sha'awar wasan daga kowane sako na ƙasar suna tururuwa don kallon wannan gagarumin taron wasanni. Hakan ya sa gasar ta zama wata babbar kasuwa da ke haɗa 'yan kasuwa da masu sana'o'i daban-daban, wanda hakan ke bunkasa tattalin arzikin yankin da ake gudanar da ita.