The Orlando Open
The 2025 Orlando Open Kubb Championship
How To Register: Email inquiries@orlandokubb.com with your team captain, team members, home city, contact phone number, and team name (optional).
Saturday, November 8th, 2025.
8 a.m. – Late Afternoon.
Location: Lake Eola Park, Northeast Lawn.
Maximum Tournament Field: 32 teams of 2-6 players.
Registration Fee: Free!
Out-of-Town Guests: Click HERE for a list of attractions and experiences to round out your trip to Orlando.
The Venue
The tournament venue—Lake Eola Park’s Northeast Lawn—can be viewed HERE. Free two-hour parking is available directly along the tournament site on North Eola Drive, and $5 all-day parking is available HERE. There are numerous sideline trees for shaded seating, but we recommend you still bring sunblock. If you are arriving by foot or car, you are responsible for your own seating. If you are flying into Orlando, let us know during registration and we will try to provide you with camping chairs. A public restroom is available on-site HERE.
Free water will be available throughout the tournament. Food is not complimentary, but there is a Starbucks, a Breakfast Cafe, a Pizzeria, and a Southern Sports Bar all within walking distance of the site.
Tournament Format
Morning
6 Non-Elimination Qualifying Games
25min “Drop Your Batons” Game Time Limit
Matchmaking via Tournament Director Software
Afternoon
8-Team Championship Bracket
Seeding via Tournament Director Software
Best-of-Three-Games Matches
90min “Drop Your Batons” Match Time Limit
24-Team Consolation Bracket
Seeding via Tournament Director Software
Single Game Matches
25min “Drop Your Batons” Game Time Limit
Tournament Rules
The tournament is played with kubb sets from JP’s Backyard Games and operates under a modified version of U.S. National Kubb Championship Rules v4.0:
2-6 Players/Team: Teams may register with a minimum of two and a maximum of six players. During play, teams may substitute players at any time, given that they were originally registered with the team. Each player may only register with one team. No player may throw more than three batons per turn.
30-Degree Throws: For a baseline baton toss to be considered legal, it must be thrown underhanded, with rotation that does not deviate more than 30 degrees from vertical plane. All aspects of baton tossing mirror U.S. National Kubb Championship Rules v4.0.
Neighbor Rule: The Orlando Open Kubb Championship utilizes the “Neighbor Rule” a.k.a. the “Elevated Award Rule” as described in Kubb United’s Rules for Open Play.
“Drop Your Batons” Time Limits: The morning’s non-elimination Qualifying Games have a 25min “Drop Your Batons” time limit, with a “Five Minutes Left” warning announced prior. Every game of the afternoon’s Consolation Bracket mirrors the morning’s time constraints. The best-of-three-games matches of the Championship Bracket have a 90min “Drop Your Batons” match time limit, with a “Five Minutes Left” warning announced prior.
Prizes
The champions’ names will be engraved onto the Orlando Open Trophy, the champion, finalist, and semi-finalist teams will receive commemorative pins, and the following teams will receive cash prizes:
Champion Team: $288
Finalist Team: $240
Semi-Finalist Teams: $144
Consolation Bracket Winner: $144
Tournament Timeline
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Check-In, Morning Meeting.
9:00 a.m. Qualifying Game #1.
9:30 a.m. Qualifying Game #2.
10:00 a.m. Qualifying Game #3.
10:30 a.m. Qualifying Game #4.
11:00 a.m. Qualifying Game #5.
11:30 a.m. Qualifying Game #6.
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break.
1:00 p.m. Bracket Play Begins.
Consolation Bracket concludes by 3:30 p.m.
Championship Bracket concludes by 5:30 p.m.