official sizes & distances

Kubb Pitch Size, Piece Dimensions & Court Layout

A tournament kubb pitch is a rectangle 5 meters wide by 8 meters long, with five baseline kubbs per side and the king dead center. Here is the layout to scale with the corner stakes.

center lineking8 m baseline to baseline5 m
Pitch size 5 m (about 16.5 ft) wide by 8 m (about 26 ft) long, marked by four corner stakes
Baseline kubbs 5 per side, stood upright on each baseline and spaced about evenly apart
King One larger block stood upright in the exact center of the pitch
Batons 6 throwing batons; throws are underhand, end over end
Players 2 to 12, split into 2 teams

Eight meters by five is the tournament pitch, but kubb is forgiving. On a smaller lawn, shrink the rectangle to fit and keep the baselines parallel; the game plays the same.

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Set it up, then play

Now that the court is marked, here is everything else for kubb, the full rules, the gear we recommend, and the master chart of every game's distance.