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04.12.2023 Poland hosts the CX80 MTBO World Cup and CX80 European MTBO Championships in 2024
Next year Poland will be the scene of an exciting sport event as it welcomes the best mountain bike orienteers from all over the world. From May 28 – June 2, 2024 the first CX80 MTBO World Cup Round and CX80 European MTBO Championships take place around Ostróda in northern Poland, offering picturesque routes of […]

23.11.2023 Invitation: IOF bidding seminar on December 7th
The journey towards hosting an IOF Major Event (World Championships, World Cups and Regional Championships in all disciplines) officially starts by being a part of a bidding process. The IOF hereby invites Member Federations, Event Organisers and other stakeholders to take part in a maximum 1-hour open digital seminar for potential organisers of future IOF […]

21.11.2023 78 event advisers got new insights
On Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th November, IOF Foot Orienteering Commission (FOC) had invited IOFs Event Advisers for the annual online Event Advisers seminar. As seminar leader, Áron Less mentioned in his opening speech, this kind of seminars have been made easier to organise since we have all got used to meet online during the […]

14.11.2023 Register your event for World Orienteering Week 2024 now!
From 2024 onwards IOF’s annual worldwide orienteering visibility and accessibility event will be known as World Orienteering Week. World Orienteering Day began in 2016, where more than 250.000 participants took part in an orienteering event on May 11th, introducing young and old people across the world to orienteering. Over the years the event has developed […]

03.11.2023 SPORTident presents the limited special edition SIAC 2024
Press release from our partner SPORTident One World – Seven Continents – Seven Champions The world sends its best. They compete against each other: Sporty, fair and with a love for the environment. This is the presentation of our limited special edition “SIAC 2024”. As in orienteering, the best of the best come together and […]

30.10.2023 Applications for Young Leaders Academy 2024 are now open
Now you can apply to participate in IOF’s Young Leaders Academy 2024, which takes place from June 29th – July 6th during “5 days Italy”. The purpose of the YLA is to enable young orienteers aged 16-25 to support their talent and support their competencies regarding developing orienteering, but it will also be an opportunity […]

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 […]