XLV World Championships of Academic Kyykkä 11.02.2012

What is it?

Kyykkä is a traditional team sport originating from Karelia. The basic idea is to knock kyykkäs (small wooden cylinders) out of your own game-square by throwing karttu (stick, resembling baseball bat). The rules of kyykkä can be read here

Every February 3000 students gather to Hervanta, Tampere to play this game and to figure out who is the World Champion. 512 team places in open class and 128 team places in women's class are usually sold out in 2-3 hours after the registration starts two months before the event.

And after the games there will be The official Kyykkä party downtown Tampere.

For you? ISE kyykkä

There will be a special ISE (I Speak English) class for exchange students and other international minded people. The official language of ISE-class is English and the referees and judges will speak English. Rules will be available in English