Midwest Kubb Association Tournament Format

The Midwest Kubb Association has a few tournaments a year throughout the midwest and maybe as far south as Texas.

They'll be in their 10th year of play in 2014 and although the group has traditionally grown through word of mouth, members of Minnesota Kubb found info about their winter tournament online in February 2013 and asked to play.

The following is a list of differences between a Midwest Kubb Association Tournament and other tournaments you might find on this site. It was written to help Kubb players who might want to play in these tournaments be prepared and potentially practice these rules before entering tournament play.

Tournament Structure

 * 1) Each player pays a fee.
 * 2) Players are paired by drawing numbers from a hat at the beginning of the tournament.
 * 3) The championship match is best two out of three, but all other round robin and bracket play is single games.
 * 4) After games round robin games are complete, the players need to report who won and the number of base line and field kubbs left standing for the losers. This allows them to work out seeding for the bracket.

Differences between MKA Rules and the US National Rules

 * 1) Teams need to keep track of which player throws batons first and teammates must alternate every turn. Player one must throw their 3 batons followed by player two, but in the next turn, player two must throw first, or they can/will be penalized batons/throws.
 * 2) The order in which field kubbs are inkast must be back and forth between teammates and should be done in the order which ensures that the player who must throw batons first on that turn should does not inkast immediately before throwing a baton.
 * 3) Their pitches are all sprayed or chalked in so its clear when kubbs are on or out. If they are touching the middle or baseline they are out, but the sideline is all in.
 * 4) Players get 2 chances when inkasting, but penalty kubbs must be placed one baton length behind the king.
 * 5) When inkasting, if one field kubb makes contact with another field kubb thrown earlier in that turn or a previous one, those kubbs are stacked on top of the first kubb to have been thrown.
 * 6) There is no "field advantage" when field kubbs are left in your side of the pitch.
 * 7) Players must eliminate downed field kubbs from the game after they’ve been inkast and knocked over once.
 * 8) When all your opponents kubbs are all down, you only get one shot per turn at the king.