BIFA Queens & Legends Charity Cup 2025
Theme: When Legends Rise, Queens Lead
Olympia Park Stadium, Rustenburg – NorthWest Province, South Africa
27 November – 01 December 2025
Africa has always known how to rise. From its mountains to its music, from its players to its people, this continent has taught the world that spirit cannot be conquered and hope cannot be silenced. Now that spirit prepares to take the field again.
In the Platinum Heart of South Africa, in Rustenburg, where courage meets legacy, a new era of football and fellowship will begin. The BIFA Queens and Legends Charity Cup 2025 will bring together nations, legends, and dreamers in a celebration of everything football represents: unity, resilience, and the heartbeat of peace.
Hosted at the historic Olympia Park Stadium under the banner of the BRICS International Football Alliance (BIFA – UAE), this landmark event is organized in partnership with the Department of Arts, Culture and Recreation of the North West Province, the Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance – South Africa (BWBA-SA), and the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI – India). Together these partners have one shared belief that football is more than a game. It is a bridge between nations, a classroom of character, and a celebration of what is possible when the world plays as one.
At the centre of this historic gathering stands a moment that will stir hearts across continents. The Brazil versus South Africa Legends Clash, led by global icons Doctor “16V” Khumalo and Bebeto, both serving as BIFA Ambassadors, will take place. Their reunion on African soil is not a battle of the past but a gift to the future, a living tribute to mentorship, friendship, and the unending power of sport to connect lives.
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The BIFA Queens Tournament – Power on the Pitch
The BIFA Queens Tournament will transform Rustenburg into the home of women’s football for the world. Fourteen elite clubs representing six BRICS Plus nations will compete, bringing together over 250 players, coaches, and officials, all writing a new chapter in the history of women in sport. South Africa’s own TS Galaxy Queens and Golden Ladies FC will rise to meet champions from Brazil, Russia, India, and the UAE, including ProSports Academy and Shabab Al Ahli. Together they will show that when women lead on the pitch, they also lead nations, with grace, with strength, and with unbreakable pride.
This is not only about lifting a trophy. It is about lifting voices, inspiring daughters, and proving that excellence has no gender and victory has no borders. Every goal scored in Rustenburg will echo across Africa, a declaration that the future belongs to those who dare to lead.
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The BIFA Youth Cup – Building Tomorrow’s Champions
Football’s future will also take its first steps here. Running alongside the main event, the BIFA Youth Cup will bring together eighteen youth clubs from across South Africa and BRICS Plus nations in a showcase of pure, untamed talent.
Through grassroots coaching clinics, Kasi-to-Kasi community activations, leadership workshops, and cultural exchanges, the youth will not only learn how to play but will learn how to lead. Guided by the legendary Doctor Khumalo and Bebeto, they will be taught that skill builds the player, but discipline builds the champion.
Each young athlete will carry with them the promise of their community and the pride of a continent. Rustenburg will become the field of dreams for Africa’s next generation of stars, a place where tomorrow’s legends take their first touch.
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Beyond the Game – Business for Impact
The BIFA Queens and Legends Charity Cup 2025 goes beyond the boundaries of sport. It is a movement linking the power of football to the pulse of development. Through the Investor Pitch Arena and MSME Business Showcase, co-hosted with BCCI India and the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance, the event will bring together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators from across Africa and the BRICS world.
Partnerships in green manufacturing, agro-export, sustainable footwear fashion, and youth entrepreneurship will show that progress and purpose can coexist. Welcoming the launch of Orthomoda Africa amongst others. Football will be more than a spectacle; it will be a driver of jobs, innovation, and dignity.
Every agreement signed here and every partnership formed will carry the same message as every match played: that unity is the world’s most powerful investment.
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Culture, Legacy, and Celebration
For five unforgettable days, Rustenburg, the beating heart of the African continent, will become a festival of sport, music, and memory. From the Global Dance Opening Ceremony led by Limpopo Boy and BRICS performers to the Legends Clash Finale and fireworks, every moment will be alive with rhythm, pride, and the unstoppable energy of a continent that never stops believing.
This grand celebration is the opening chapter of the BIFA Sports Roadmap (2025–2028):
* 2025 – BIFA Queens and Legends Charity Cup (South Africa)
* 2026 – BRICS Plus Nations Unity Cup (Mordovia, Russia)
* 2026 – Launch of BIFA DK Football Academy (Kolkata, India)
* 2027 – BIFA Championship (Wuhan, China)
* 2028 – Inaugural BIFA Women’s World Cup (South Africa)
Each year the flame will travel from one continent to another, carrying Africa’s message of hope, peace, and progress through football.
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A Call to the World
The BIFA Queens and Legends Charity Cup 2025 is Africa’s invitation to humanity, a call from the land that gave the world Nelson Mandela, the Rainbow Nation, and a dream called reconciliation. It says to the world: come, gather once more under the open sky. Let us compete without conflict, let us celebrate without fear, and let us prove that the game we love can still make us better people.
This is a celebration of women who lead with fire, of youth who dream with purpose, and of nations who meet not as rivals but as partners in the pursuit of peace.
When the whistle blows in Rustenburg, it will not just begin a match; it will begin a movement, one that reminds every heart across Africa and beyond that football, at its truest, is not only a sport.
It is a heartbeat, a bridge, and a promise that the world, when united, can still win together.
For enquiries, please send an email on: southafrica@bricswba-sa.org.za II Jibran@bricswba-sa.org.za II mahadi@bricswba-sa.org.za II chris@bricswba-sa.org.za
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