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27.10.2023 Join the global development webinars
From next week, IOF’s global development webinars are back to help you find out more about various orienteering topics. IOF’s Global Development Commission is behind the series of webinars in the coming months, that are open to all. The first takes place on Thursday, November 2nd from 19.30 – 21.00 CET (UTC +1) and is […]

24.10.2023 Hungary and Slovakia to host historic WTOC 2025
IOF’s Council has appointed Hungary and Slovakia as joint organisers for the World Trail Orienteering Championships in 2025. It is the first time two member federations are appointed to host an international championship in the history of IOF. The preliminary dates for the championships are 16-23 August 2025. Hungary will host the PreO-competition and both […]

23.10.2023 International specification for control descriptions updated
IOF’s international specification for control descriptions has been updated in a version, that applies from 2024 onwards. The new specification has been published by IOF’s Rules commission and replaces the current version from 2018. It contains several changes, among them a new symbol for map flip under “Special instructions”. The list of major changes compared […]

08.10.2023 Alexandersson and Kyburz defend Knock-Out sprint titles on dramatic day at EOC
Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI) once again proved their strength in the newest disciplin of international orienteering: the Knock-Out sprint, which took place in the centre of Vicenza on the last day of the European Orienteering Championships in Italy. But it was not a day without drama, as Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Joey […]

08.10.2023 Information from EOC Knock-Out Sprint
Update: Both Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Joey Hadorn (SUI) are in a stable condition. They are both feeling okay considering the circumstances. Original information: During one of the quarter finals in Vicenza, Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Joey Hadorn (SUI) collided. No others were involved in the incident. They were quickly examined by a doctor and […]

06.10.2023 Sweden takes clear Sprint relay win at EOC
Sweden won its first ever European Championships Sprint relay gold by a big margin Friday afternoon in the historic city of Soave, where the second race of the 2023 European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 3 was held. The Swedish team with Tove Alexandersson, Jonatan Gustafsson, Martin Regborn and Sara Hagström beat Switzerland by […]

05.10.2023 Alexandersson secures ninth World Cup-title, as men’s fight tightens
Tove Alexandersson (SWE) may have missed Wednesday’s victory in the European Orienteering Championships sprint by eight seconds, but her second place was enough to take another win, the overall 2023 Orienteering World Cup title. Alexandersson gained 80 points in the World Cup standings bringing her total up to 560 points before the last World Cup […]

04.10.2023 Hagström and Kyburz claim first gold medals in Italy
Sara Hagström (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI) were crowned European champions after a fast sprint race in the scenic streets of central Verona, Italy on Wednesday. The first race of the European Orienteering Championships was decided just a few meters from the famous Roman amphitheatre Arena Verona, which together with the rest of the city […]

02.10.2023 Time for European Championships in fast Italian terrain
The international orienteering season will come to an intense end, when the European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 3 are decided over three sprint races in northern Italy in the coming days. Verona, Soave and Vicenza in Italy’s Veneto region host a Sprint, a Sprint Relay and a Knock-Out Sprint respectively. All three terrains […]

27.09.2023 Podcast: Tereza Janosikova on EOC in Italy and the work in IOF’s athletes’ commission
Tereza Janosikova had a great start to the autumn season, finishing second in the World Cup Sprint Relay in Ceska Lipa with Team Czechia in the beginning of August. In this episode of the IOF Podcast, we talk about what that means for the upcoming European Orienteering Championships in Italy and how she has prepared […]