Symphony of Steel 2025
The HEMA Longsword Tournament in Ulm
03 May 2025
Sportzentrum Kuhberg
Egginger Weg 53
DE-89077 Ulm
About the Event
The Symphony of Steel is entering its 6th round, this time during the spring season in May. So, while the date has been moved back, the event will once again take place in the Kuhberghalle. The format will also remain similar to the last time, with three tournament formats:
- Longsword tournament open
- Longsword tournament women+
- Longsword tournament for beginners
So reserve the 3rd of May 2025 in your calendar and check back here regularly to make sure you don’t miss any updates!
Would you like to judge at the Symphony of Steel, help us otherwise, or do you have any questions about the event? Email us at symphony@schwabenfedern.de.
Rules
Equipment Specifications
Tournament Format
Men’s Tournament
Preliminary round: Pool phase with six pools of six participants each.
Main round: The two highest-placed participants per pool progress directly, the six third-placed participants compete in an intermediate round for the four remaining elimination places. A single elimination will be held with the 16 participants who have progressed.
Women’s and Beginners’ Tournament
Preliminary round: Pool phase with four pools of five participants each.
Main round: The three highest-placed participants per pool progress. A single elimination will be held with the 12 participants who have progressed.
If the number of participants is greatly reduced, the tournament format will be adjusted if necessary and the participants will be informed in advance.
Schedule
The event schedule can be found in the following PDF. Please note that the schedule may change slightly if the number of participants changes at short notice.
Directions
The sports center itself has relatively few parking spaces (upper parking lot at Egginger Weg and lower parking lot at ASB). Further parking spaces are available at the Kuhberg school center. Teacher parking spaces may also be used explicitly. If you arrive by public transport, you can take tram line 2 to the final stop “Kuhberg Schulzentrum“. Make sure that the bus loop at Kuhberg is kept clear of parked vehicles!
Sponsors
It is not possible to host the Symphony of Steel without our generous sponsors who volunteer to help us financially to make things happen. Many thanks for the great support! We are particularly pleased that SIGI Forge will once again be exhibiting at the Symphony of Steel.
