NEW! RIMPAC Open Play Tournaments

RIMPAC Cup games are exclusively for ships/commands who are actively going to be out at sea to participate in the RIMPAC exercise. However, this year, for the first time, local commands will have the opportunity to participate in Open Play tournaments via lottery against partnering countries in a few selected sports!

Sign Ups begins 1 MAY 2026 and closes 1 JUNE 2026.

For details on how to enter the lottery to participate in RIMPAC Open Play Tournaments, contact POCs below. Announcement for eligible commands for each event on 2 JUNE 2026,

Open Play Sports Tournaments:

Basketball: 1 JULY 2026

Soccer: 28-30 JULY 2026

Sand Volleyball: 3 JULY 2026

Fun Golf (Par 3): 29 JULY 2026

*Tournaments will be fee-based: $TBD

POCs:
Mykhal Larzelere
(808)-473-2494
mykhal.t.larzelere.naf@us.navy.mil

Dawn Pierce
(808)-473-0784
dawn.c.pierce.civ@us.navy.mil

Mike Nagamine 
(808)-216-1712
michael.m.nagamine.naf@us.navy.mil

Open Play Paintball

Location: 
Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam Fort Kamehameha

Tournament Date(s):
July 1-3, 2026

• Check-in: 0900
• Safety brief: 0930
• Tournament start: 1000
• Tournament ends when all games are completed

Entry fee: 

• $125 per team of 5 (includes gear, marker, and 1 box of paint), all teams must pre-register before tournament dates and not the day of the tournament, sign ups at the Hickam Harbor Marina Office.

Tournament Format:

• XBall (point-based competitive paintball)
• 5 players per team
• Objective: Score points by touching the opposing team’s base
• Game Length: The match lasts 15 minutes max
• Breaks: 2-minute break between point rounds
• Win Condition: First team to reach the designated race to score 3 points, or the team
  leading when match time expires.

Match Structure

• Matches consist of multiple points played back-to-back.
• Teams reset and reinsert at their start base at the beginning of each point.
• The head referee starts and ends each point.
• If a team reaches the race-to score before time expires, the match ends immediately.

Scoring

• 1 point is awarded when a live player physically returns the flag to the enemy base. If a player is hit before they return the flag to the base the point does not count and the game continues.
• The point ends immediately upon the player returns the flag to the enemies base.
• Eliminated players may not re-enter until the next point

Open Play Esports

Location: 
Kona Winds Complex, Building 1314, Pearl Harbor

Tournament Date(s):
3 JULY 2024

See eSports page for details and updates