News for 2026!
Sthlm Kubb Open X Kubb VM 2026 is history
The 29–30 May marked the inaugural edition of Sthlm Kubb Open X Kubb World Championship, with the Kubb World Championship organization serving as co-organizer. The tournament is arranged in collaboration with the Kubb club Sthlm Kubb.
This year’s event took place in the beautiful Galärparken, located on Djurgården in Stockholm, right next to Junibacken.
1vs1
On 29 May, starting at 18:00, the 1vs1 tournament was played with 35 participants. After five rounds of the Swiss system, players were seeded into the A, B, and C Playoffs based on their results in the qualifying rounds. All finals were completed by 22:00.
The winner of the A Playoffs was Theo Sturve, with Olle Benzler finishing in second place and Linus Pettersson claiming third.
🥇 Theo Sturve
🥈 Olle Benzler
🥉 Linus Pettersson
3vs3
On Saturday, the team tournament was played in a 3vs3 format, with teams competing in a Swiss-system tournament followed by playoffs using the same format as the 1vs1 competition, featuring A, B, and C Playoffs.
With a great pace throughout the day and fantastic weather, the finals were decided around 18:00.
🥇 Deij hugga X knölval
🥈 Sinking Royal
🥉 No Ragrets
Sthlm Kubb Open X Kubb World Championship 2027 will take place on 21–22 May 2027.
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who participated!
Now we look forward to the Kubb World Championship! 🎉🏆🌞
Kubb VM is organizing a kubb tournament in Stockholm on May 29-20!
We are happy to announce that together with Kubb Sthlm we are organizing Sthlm Kubb Open X Kubb VM at Djurgården in Stockholm on May 29-30. A perfect taster for the Kubb VM in August where you will have the opportunity to ask questions about the World Cup, play with the official World Cup kubb game and test your form for the summer. It will also be possible to buy the WC kubb set on site as well as lots of new World Championship merch!
29–30 May at Djurgården in Stockholm
1vs1 – 29 May
18:00–23:00
3vs3 – 30 May 10:00–18:00A tournament for both beginners and professionals!
Registration open from 29 mars kl. 12:00
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Kubb is a very old game. “Throwing logs” is quite popular in Sweden now, particularly on the island Gotland. Kubb is a “partygame” which is played outdoors with 2-12 participants. Everyone can participate, young as old.
The game is played on a field which is 5×8 meters, the size can be less or more depending on the skills of the players. The field should be fairly smooth and flat, usually we play on grass but gravel, sand or snow could also do.
The game pieces are made of pine and one set consists of the following parts:
- 1 KING approx. 9×9 cm square and 30 cm´s height.
- 10 KUBBS approx. 7×7 cm square and 15 cm´s height.
- 6 THROWING BATONS, round 44 mm in diameter and 30 cm´s in length.
- 4 CORNER STICKS and 2 MIDDLE STICKS 2x2x30 cm are also useful to have.
The players are divided in two teams and take place behind their respectably baseline. The game’s aime is to knock down the kubbs of the other team with the throwing batons according to the rules. When all the kubbs are knocked down, the king should be knocked down, the team which does this has won.
Since 1995 “VM i Kubb” (“World championship of Kubb”) is arranged on Rone IP (Gotland), 2004 there was 168 teams (of 6 members) in the competition from 8 different nations, playing mixed men, women and children.
1: King, 2: Kubbs, 3: Throwing batons, 4: Corner stick, 5: Baseline
