Binciken tafiye-tafiyen wasan ƙwallon kwando daga shigo da ƙasar Amurka zuwa wani abin sha'awa na Turai, wannan labarin ya ba da labarin yadda wasan ya ɗauki nahiyar cikin hanzari. Daga tushen da ba za a iya yiwuwa ba a cikin bazarar YMCA zuwa fandom masu raɗaɗi a yau, mai daɗaɗaɗaɗar tarihin ƙwallon kwando a Turai ta yaƙe-yaƙe, rigingimun siyasa, da juyin al'adu. Kasance tare da mu yayin da muke ba da labarin yadda ƙwallon kwando ya yi nasara a kan zukatan Turai, ya haifar da buri, kuma ya zama nasa a cikin ƙasan waje. Labari mai tsayi na yadda nishaɗin cikin gida na Amurka ya haura zuwa tsayin daka mai ban tsoro a fadin Tekun Atlantika zai bar ku don ƙarin farin ciki.
Kwallon kwando, wasa ne na Amurka, ya mamaye Turai da guguwa a cikin shekaru da dama da suka gabata. Wanda ke fitowa daga farkon ƙasƙantar da kai zuwa babban shahararru a duk faɗin Nahiyar a yau, balaguron ƙwallon kwando a Turai ya bayyana wani labari mai ban sha'awa na musayar al'adu.
Ba kamar wasan ƙwallon baseball ko ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka ba, ƙwallon kwando ba ya samun cikas ta ƙayyadaddun dokoki ko kayan aiki na musamman. Wannan ya ba da damar wasan ya sami karbuwa cikin sauri lokacin da aka gabatar da shi zuwa Turai a farkon shekarun 1900. Abubuwan buƙatu masu sauƙi na ƙwallon ƙwallon da kwando sun ba kwando damar yin tushe cikin sauri, musamman a tsakanin matasa.
Tushen
An ƙirƙira ƙwallon kwando a cikin 1891 a Springfield, Massachusetts ta farfesa ɗan Kanada James Naismith. A matsayinsa na malami a Makarantar Koyarwa ta YMCA, Naismith an ba shi aikin tsara wasan cikin gida don sa ɗalibai su shagaltar da su a lokacin sanyi na New England. Maganin da ya yi ya haɗa da ƙusa kwandunan peach guda biyu a kusa da ƙarshen gidan motsa jiki da jefa ƙwallon ƙwallon a cikinsu.
Wannan matsakaicin farawa ya haifar da ɗayan shahararrun wasanni a duk duniya. Bayan da kwalejoji suka karbe kwallon kwando kusan nan da nan, Sojojin Amurka sun yada wasan a duniya a lokacin yakin duniya na IUS sojojin sun kawo wasan kwallon kwando zuwa Turai, wanda ya haifar da sha'awar ko'ina cikin nahiyar.
Girman Farko
A lokacin da ake gwabzawa, wasan kwallon kwando ya samu karbuwa, musamman a gabashi da kudancin Turai inda tasirin Faransa da Amurka ke da karfi saboda kasancewar sojoji. Kasashe kamar Italiya, Yugoslavia, da Poland sun fito a matsayin masu riko da farko.
An shirya gasar farko ta nahiyar a shekara ta 1935 ga maza da mata. Switzerland ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin nahiyar Turai ta maza yayin da Italiya ta gudanar da gasar mata ta farko. Lithuania ta lashe zinari a gasar maza, yayin da Italiya mai masaukin baki ta lashe gasar mata. Wannan ne ya sanar da fara gasar kasa da kasa.
Matsaloli suna fitowa
Barkewar yakin duniya na biyu ya dakatar da bunkasar kwallon kwando a Turai. Ƙungiyoyi sun ninka kuma kayan aiki sun yi karanci. A zamanin baya-bayan nan, gwamnatocin gurguzu a Gabashin Turai suna kallon wasan kwallon kwando a matsayin wanda bai dace da kimar gurguzanci ba. Sun haɓaka wasannin da ake ganin suna buƙatar babban haɗin gwiwa kamar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da ƙwallon ƙafa maimakon.
Kasashen da Tarayyar Soviet ke iko da su kamar Czechoslovakia da Hungary dole ne su yi wasa a boye har zuwa shekarun 1970. Duk da haka, masu sha'awar sha'awar sun ci gaba da raye-rayen kwando ko da a cikin mawuyacin lokaci. Wasan ya yi nasara a ƙarshe yayin da gwamnatocin gurguzu suka sami 'yanci.
Tadawa & Girma
A karshen shekarun 1940, wasan kwallon kwando ya sake dawowa, kamar yadda aka tabbatar da kafa kungiyar kwallon kwando ta kasa da kasa (FIBA) a Geneva a shekarar 1946. Gina kan sabunta makamashi, an gudanar da gasar kwallon kwando ta farko ta Olympics a shekarar 1936 tare da kasashe 23 suka shiga.
An gudanar da gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIBA a shekarar 1950 a kasar Argentina. 'Yan wasan da suka samu lambar zinare a Argentina sun nuna yadda wasan kwallon kwando ke kara fadada. Lambar tagulla da Tarayyar Soviet ta samu ya nuna alamar mamayar da za su yi a nan gaba.
Zuwan gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai, wanda yanzu ake kira EuroLeague, a shekara ta 1958 ya nuna wani muhimmin ci gaba. Kungiyoyi daga sassan Turai sun fafata a wani sabon gasar cin kofin nahiyar Turai. Real Madrid ta samu nasara a kakar wasan farko.
Ba da daɗewa ba aka kafa ƙungiyoyin ƙwararru, waɗanda suka fara da Italiya a cikin 1920. Ƙungiyoyi a Faransa da Spain suka biyo baya. Haushin kwando ya sake mamaye nahiyar.
Tashin Gabashin Turai
Daga 1960s zuwa 1980s, Tarayyar Soviet da Yugoslavia sun zama manyan kasashen duniya. Tsarin koyarwa da shirye-shiryen haɓaka hazaka sun ciyar da su gaba.
Soviets sun kama zinare guda uku kai tsaye a gasar Olympics daga 1988 zuwa 1980 tare da ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarfi. Yugoslavia kuma ta sami lambar yabo akai-akai ta hanyar amfani da 'yan wasa daga jamhuriya dabam-dabam. Nasarar da suka yi ta sanya Turai cikin gasa kai tsaye da Amurka
Dukkan kasashen biyu sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya da yawa a wannan lokacin ma. Hazakar Turawa tana ta bunƙasa kuma tana samun karɓuwa a duniya. 'Yan wasa irin su Drazen Petrovic na Croatia da Arvydas Sabonis na Lithuania sun shiga NBA, inda suka share wa wasu hanya.
Ci gaba da Duniya
Bayan yakin cacar baki, wasan kwallon kwando na duniya ya kara habaka. Taurarin Turai kamar Tony Parker da Dirk Nowitzki sun shiga NBA. An sassauta takunkumin ɗan wasan waje, yana ba da damar ƙaura mai girma.
NBA kuma ta himmatu wajen faɗaɗa shahararta a ketare. Baje koli da wasannin kaka na yau da kullun sun tashi a Turai. Kasuwanci da tallace-tallace na watsa shirye-shirye sun kawo wasan kwando na Amurka ga magoya bayan Turai.
A lokaci guda kuma, gasar EuroLeague ta girma zuwa gasar manyan kungiyoyin kulab din duniya. Manyan kungiyoyi daga ko'ina a Turai suna fafatawa a duk shekara don gasar. Kasafin kudin kulob din da albashi yanzu suna hamayya da kungiyoyin NBA.
Zazzabin kwallon kwando na ci gaba da yaduwa a kasashen Turai. Shigar da matasa ya yi tashin gwauron zabi. NBA Turai yanzu tana gudanar da sansanoni da gasa don masu sa ido a duk faɗin Nahiyar. Ci gaban wasanni ya kasance cikin sauri.
Jurewa Sha'awa
A cikin fiye da ƙarni guda kawai, ƙwallon kwando ya samo asali sosai daga wani sabon abu na Amurka zuwa wata cibiya mai ƙauna ta Turai. Sha'awar nahiyar ta tabbata ne ta wurin gungun jama'a masu yawan sayar da kayayyaki, da fafatawa ta ungulu, da kwazon magoya baya.
Turai ta rungumi wasan kwallon kwando bisa ka'idojinta yayin da take ba da gudummawa ta musamman ga juyin halittar wasan a duniya. Daga Lithuania zuwa Girka, kasashen Turai sun fito a matsayin manyan kungiyoyin kwallon kwando wadanda a yanzu suke fafatawa da Amurka.
Yayin da a farko wasa ne na Amurka da aka shigo da shi, ƙwallon kwando ya zama na Turai. Tarihi ya bayyana wani tsari mai ƙarfi na watsa al'adu, daidaitawa, da haɓaka. Tabbas nan gaba na yin alƙawarin ci gaba da bunƙasa yayin da ƙwallon kwando ke ƙarfafa matsayinta a masana'antar wasanni ta Turai.
