Oslo Penguin Cup 2025
Oslo Penguin Cup 2025 will happen at 15-16 november 2025.
Registration
Registration is done via our ticketing system Hoopa. All tournaments must be paid in advance on a first come first serve basis. If a tournament is full you can send us an email to be put on the waiting list. If you have registered and are unable to attend please let us know as soon as possible and we will do our best to provide a refund untill at least 1 month before the event.
Beginners
The beginner’s tournaments are only for people who consider themselves beginners and have participated in at most 2 other tournaments at the time of Oslo Penguin Cup 2025 (any weapon, club tournaments excluded). We encourage beginners to also sign up for open/women’s tournaments.
Contact and information
If you have any questions or requests you can send us an email on post@frieduellister.no. Any important updates will be sendt by email to everyone that have registered for the event.
Program and Schedule
Friday from 18:00:
- Rigging
- Rules briefing for staff
Saturday from 09:00:
- Open Longsword (72 spots)
- Women’s Longsword and Beginner’s Longsword (48 spots, will run in paralell)
- Open Sidesword and Beginner’s Sidesword (48 spots, will run in paralell)
- All saturday finals
- Social event
Sunday from 09:00:
- Open Rapier (24 spots)
- Open Sabre and Women’s Sabre (48 spots, will run in paralell)
- All sunday finals
- All fencing will be finished before 14:00
Rules
Rules at a glance:
- Mandatory 350N rated fencing jacket and 350N rated breeches!
- 3 minute matches without pausing for scoring
- Fully weighted afterblow within one tempo
- Target weighted 2-1 scoring for longsword and sidesword
- Target weighted 3-2 scoring for sabre
- Target weighted 3-1 scoring for rapier (cuts to torso is 0 points)
- Weapons provided for longsword and sidesword
- Bring your own swords for sabre and rapier
Full ruleset
Full ruleset and detailed equipment requirements can be found here: Full ruleset
Accomodation
We offer the oppotunity to sleep in the hall both friday and saturday for a reasonable price for budget councious fencers, breakfast included. You must bring you own sleeping gear. There is a limited amount of accomodation spots available, be sure to book during registration.
Venue
The event will take place at Bygdøhus at beautiful Bygdøy in Oslo. Bygdøy is just a short bus ride from the city centre and is home to several popular museums (although the Viking ship museum is closed for renovations). There is a supermarket close by and we will have a small kiosk open during the weekend.