Play in the Beloit Kubb Open
When: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Time: TBD
Location: Pohlman Field, 2301 Skyline Drive in Beloit
Beloit will welcome the kubb community back to Beloit for the 2025 Beloit Kubb Open. Traditionally, the event has hosted 49 teams from seven states. All skill levels are invited to compete to win cash prizes where the payout has averaged almost $1,400 per tournament.
The event is owned and managed by Visit Beloit with assistance from event director, Dan Ivanuck. Organizers are excited to welcome players back to Beloit for the eleventh year of kubb action and to showcase everything the community has to offer for visitors. Watch the short video below to learn how kubb is played.
Spectators are welcome to spend the day with us and cheer on the teams.
Teams consist of two players and can be comprised of any age or gender. After the qualifying rounds every team will be seeded into one of the elimination brackets to play for a title.
Approximate game times to be announced closer to the day of the event.
The championship bracket will be best of three, while all other brackets will be single elimination.
Check back for 2025 registration details!
Event location:
The event will be held at Pohlman Field in Beloit, Wisconsin in the outfield of the former home stadium of Minor League Baseball’s Beloit Snappers (now the Beloit Sky Carp). Pohlman Field is located at 2301 Skyline Drive in Beloit and there is ample parking adjacent to the stadium. Use Edwards Ice Arena, 2101 Cranston Road, in your GPS to easily navigate to the parking lot.
MERCHANDISE:
2025 Beloit Kubb Open merch is available now!
Where to stay:
To find accommodations, check out Visit Beloit – Stay.
Thank you TO OUR 2024 event partnerS AND SPONSORs:
The Beloit Kubb Open uses official tournament sets from JP’s Backyard Games.
For other tournaments and Kubb information make sure to visit, Kubb On, your source for all things Kubb.
become an event partner or sponsor:
Get recognition for your organization during the Beloit Kubb Open by becoming a sponsor.
What is Kubb?
Kubb (pronounced koob) is a lawn game where the objective is to knock over wooden blocks (kubbs) by throwing wooden batons (kastpinnar) at them. This lawn game can be described as a combination of bowling and horseshoes. The alleged Viking origin of the game has led some players and fans to nickname the game “Viking chess”.
Play takes place on a small rectangular playing field, known as a “pitch”. To set up the field, “Kubbs” are placed at both ends of the pitch, and the “king”, a larger wooden block, is placed in the middle of the pitch. Some rules vary from country to country and from region to region, but the ultimate objective of the game is to knock over the “kubbs” on the opposing side of the pitch, and then to knock over the “king”, before the opponent does. Games can last from five minutes to well over an hour. The game can be played on a variety of surfaces such as grass, sand, concrete, snow, or even ice.
This game can be a very casual lawn game played at house parties or in a park, but the tournaments get competitive as you move towards the semi-finals.
Watch this short video and learn how to play kubb!
2018 U.S. Kubb Open Tournament
The 2018 U.S. Kubb Open in Riverside Park in Beloit on Saturday, August 11, 2018 was the first televised Kubb tournament in the United States. Organizers from Kubb United, Beloit Parks and Recreation, and Visit Beloit were excited to showcase the community to sports fans across the state via FOX Sports Wisconsin. Also, with 64 teams, the U.S. Kubb Open was the third-largest tournament in the United States.
