We had our 4th annual TeamSPS Kubb Tournament today. We were graced with impeccable weather to throw some Kubb. We had 16 teams of five or six people. The tournament format we used was very similar to last year, and simple to play. We had four round robin groups of four teams each. They played three single-game rounds, time limited at 25 minutes. At the end of 25 minutes the team with the most baseline Kubbs standing was declared the winner. A throw off would have been used on a baseline tie, but that wasn’t even needed.

Groups of people playing Kubb on a grass lawn surrounded by urban office buildings, with wooden blocks arranged across the field. Five people playing Kubb on a grass lawn outside a modern office building, one player mid-throw with a wooden baton toward wooden block targets. Group of people playing kubb on a grass lawn beside a modern building, wooden block targets arranged across the field foreground. Five people standing on grass in front of a parking garage, each holding a wooden Kubb baton raised in the air and smiling at the camera. Person in teal shirt tossing a wooden baton at wooden kubb blocks on a grass lawn, with a group of onlookers behind and office buildings in the background. Five coworkers stand on a grass lawn holding wooden Kubb batons and smiling at the camera, with trees and a modern office building behind them. Person in a gray shirt and baseball cap throwing a wooden kubb baton across a grass field toward scattered kubbs and watching players Two people playing Kubb on a grass lawn outside office buildings, one leaning down to pick up a wooden block while others watch nearby. Wooden kubb king piece and scattered kubbs on a grass lawn with groups of people watching in the background near modern office buildings. Group of coworkers playing Kubb on a grass lawn between urban office buildings, one player mid-throw with wooden batons and kubbs scattered across the field.

After the round robins were completed we ranked each team first to fourth in their group, and then went out into four simple brackets to get a winner from each.

Handwritten Kubb tournament bracket on poster paper showing Bracket 1 with Naming Things vs Rubiks Kubb and Kubb-etche Team 13, and Bracket 2 with Horton Hears Team 11 vs Ice Kubb Creme de la Kubb, Handwritten tournament bracket sheet on a table showing Bracket 3 KnowMoreDoMore and Bracket 4 GiveBack matchups with team names, beside a gold medal on a black lanyard.

We did have a bit of a surprise when the sprinkler system at SPS Tower turned on while we were still playing. It continued and interfered with one final game, but everyone was a good sport about getting a little wet. 💦

Six people playing Kubb on a grass plaza in an urban setting, with wooden blocks scattered across the field and one player mid-throw.

Final results of the #LeadTheWay bracket gave the overall with to Rubiks Kubb!

Handwritten Kubb tournament bracket sheet on a clipboard showing Bracket 1 won by Rubiks Kubb and Bracket 2 won by Creme de la Kubb

This is such a great event and everyone has a wonderful time. I can’t wait to direct the 2023 Tournament!

See: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, and 2018 tournaments.