Registration opens 16.5.2025 20:00
Come and join us in the categories longsword and sabre to fence in the beautiful late-summer Vienna!
If you choose to travel to Vienna earlier than the weekend we will be providing an interesting workshop on friday evening with Marco Puschmann if you want to join for a pre-tournament experience
Ranking
Take a look here at the final ranking of all fencers!
Categories
For this tournament you can choose following categories:
Saturday:
- Longsword Open (80)
- Longsword Women (20)
Sunday:
- Sabre Open (40)
- Mixed Teams Longsword (8 Teams á 3 people)
Please note:
Womens competitions will be held parallel the elimination of the open competition in both cases, so please keep that in mind when choosing the competitions you want to compete in.
Hard Facts
Date: 19.-21.9.2025
Location: Vienna, Austria (Maria Trapp Platz 5, 1220 Wien)
longsword
open
80
longsword
women
20
sabre
open
40
mixed teams
longsword
8
Entry Fee
Cost for the tournament will be 50€ for the first competition and 20€ for every additional competition.
Teams will be 20€ regardless, of whether you chose to fight in another competition
You want to help us out? Great!
Judges and other help team staff will get 50% off their entry fee. Contact us before registering and we will figure something out!
Ruleset
Our tournaments follow a clear and structured ruleset designed to ensure fairness, safety, and high-quality fencing. We value clean technical execution, control, and respectful conduct. The rules are based on established HEMA standards and are continuously reviewed to reflect the evolving competitive landscape.
At Vindobona Bosch we will fight with a Vor-Nach-Ruleset without weighted hit zones. Double hits will give no points. Video judge will be available in the elimination rounds.
Mixed Teams Longsword
Our Mixed Longsword Teams tournament will take place on Sunday afternoon, after both sabre competitions and the lunch break.
Team Composition
- Each team must have three members.
- Teams should choose a fun or creative team name.
Format
This will be a double elimination tournament – your team is only out after two losses, so you’ll get more than one chance to fight!
Match Structure
Each match consists of three bouts. Teams decide the order in which their fencers will compete. The total team score is cumulative, so points add up across all three fights.
- First Bout
- Fencer 1 from each team fights.
- Fencing continues until 5 points are scored by one fencer or 3 minutes pass.
- Second Bout
- Fencer 2 from each team fights.
- This bout ends when one fencer reaches 10 cumulative points for their team or after 3 minutes.
Note: Points from the first bout carry over – they are not reset!
- Third Bout
- Fencer 3 from each team fights.
- The match ends when one team reaches 15 cumulative points, or when 3 minutes are up.
The team that first reaches 15 points, or has the highest score when time runs out, wins the match.
Timetable
BRG Seestadt
site plan
So that you don't get lost, here is a site plan