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27.11.2015 Ski Orienteering World Cup: first wins to Oborina and Nordberg
Tatyana Oborina, Russia and Ulrik Nordberg, Sweden took top honours in the first race of the new World Cup season, a Sprint, in Ylläs, Finland today in perfect weather conditions.

26.11.2015 Inside Orienteering Issue 3-2015
The latest issue of the IOF publication Inside Orienteering is now available! Among other things, this issue includes extensive reading about the upcoming SkiO Season, a fascinating insight into the WOC organisation process from the perspective of the IOF WOC SEA Jorn Sundby, a report from the first ever Egyptian Sprint Orienteering Championships and a […]

25.11.2015 Time Schedule for SkiO World Cup Opening Round
Tomorrow is “World Cup Eve”, and the time will finally have come to officially open the 2015-2016 SkiO World Cup! This weekend the first races of the Cup will take place in Ylläs, Finland. To make sure you don’t miss out on any of the events this weekend, check out the LiveCenter schedule below. The […]

24.11.2015 Welcome to the 2015-2016 Ski Orienteering World Cup season!
This season’s Ski Orienteering World Cup starts in Lapland in Northern Finland in the end of November. Then it travels south to the more famous biathlon arenas in Germany and Austria for the second world cup round in Oberwiesenthal in January and the European Championships in Obertillach in March. The IOF has produced a season […]

20.11.2015 Events in Ski Orienteering coming up
The coming season in ski orienteering gives athletes a big variation of challenges. – The new world ranking system makes it more important to have good ranking. Therefore, it’s important that countries organize world ranking events (WRE). That helps younger athletes to get a better start position at international events, says Eivind Tonna, chairman of […]

20.11.2015 New Athlete’s Licence Info
The implementation of the Athletes’ Licence system moves on. Here are some updates and clarifications The Athlete’s Licence Rules and Forms can be found on the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) Web. They are found on the left menu where you choose “About the IOF>>”. In the next menu you find all necessary links under the Athletes’ […]

16.11.2015 Special rules for World Cup 2016
Special rules for the World Cup in orienteering 2016 has been published on the Foot Orienteering (FootO) section on the IOF Web page. Link to Rules: http://orienteering.org/foot-orienteering/rules/

13.11.2015 Apply for JWOC 2019 and EYOC 2018
The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) and The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) are organised every year. IOF member federations are hereby invited to submit to the IOF an application to host the Events in the year 2019 for JWOC and in the year 2018 for EYOC. Federations should submit applications to the IOF Office by January 1, […]

12.11.2015 Meeting Minutes from the Map Commission
The Meeting Minutes from the Map Commission Meeting held on the 5th – 6th August 2015 in Inverness, Scotland, are now available online. You can find them by clicking here: Map Commission Meeting Minutes

12.11.2015 WMSOC Germany 2016
The shops have started playing Christmas songs, the days are getting shorter and the nights longer and Ski Orienteers worldwide have started wishing for snow. It is November, and in just a few months, the time will have come for Germany to host the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships 2016. This is very exciting, as […]