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19.08.2024 WOC 2028 in Spain, WTMBOC 2026 to Sweden and EOC 2026 in Lithuania
A number of future international championships found their home, when the IOF Council met during World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh in July. Here, the Council appointed Spain as the host of WOC 2028, which is a Sprint WOC. The 2028 World Orienteering Championship is set to take place in Girona, located in the north-eastern corner […]

18.08.2024 EOC: Clear long distance wins for Alexandersson and Fosser
Two of orienteering’s biggest names, Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) convincingly won the long distance at the European Championships in Hungary. After Saturday’s tough Middle final, it was time to saddle up again on Sunday morning and re-visit the steep slopes and many rock details for the Long distance. The same arena was […]

17.08.2024 EOC: Norwegian surprise and Swiss title defence on Middle distance
Norway’s Eirik Langedal Breivik caught the entire orienteering world by surprise by winning and Simona Aebersold (SUI) defended her Middle distance title as the first final at European Orienteering Championships took place on Saturday afternoon. Technically demandng courses on the big, stony slopes in the central Hungarian terrain created major challenges and many decisive losses […]

16.08.2024 EOC 2024: Warm Middle qualification kicked off the championships
The more than 300 athletes competing at the European Orienteering Championships got their first real taste of the continental terrain in central Hungary on Friday morning, when the Middle distance qualification took place. Divided into three heats for each gender, the task was clear: A top 20 position in the massive Hungarian August heat earned […]

15.08.2024 How to follow EOC and World Cup in Hungary
In the coming days, the new European champions of Orienteering will be crowned in Hungary, and you are invited to follow closely. The three final races that also count in the 2024 Orienteering World Cup: Middle (Saturday), Long (Sunday) and Relay (Tuesday) can be followed through a high-quality TV production on IOF TV and a […]

14.08.2024 CX80 to host exclusive stand at EOC in Hungary
At the European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 3 in Hungary, our partner CX80 will have its own stand. This event will offer an opportunity for attendees to engage with one of the leading brands in the industry and to try out a range of high-quality technical products designed for daily life and for […]

13.08.2024 Warm and tough EOC to begin on Friday
The world’s best orienteers return to the forest, when the 2024 European Orienteering Championships begin in Hungary on Friday. Exactly one month after the World Orienteering Championships ended with an exhilarating Knock-Out Sprint on the hard surfaces of Edinburgh, the EOC kicks off with the middle distance qualification in the challenging, hilly terrain of central […]

10.08.2024 WMOC Long: 12 golds for Finland on final day
World Masters Orienteering Championships 2024 came to an end on Friday, when the Long distance concluded the WMOC-week in Finland. The athletes competed west of Turku in the Finnish archipelagoes in relatively open and rocky terrain. That suited the home nation well, as Finland was the most successful nation with 12 golds on Friday. Sweden […]

08.08.2024 World Masters MTBO Championships well underway in Denmark
More than 400 masters athletes are racing for World Masters MTBO titles at WMMTBOC in Viborg, Denmark this week. Four races: Mass start, Middle, Sprint and Long will take the athletes to some of the finest MTBO terrains in Jutland in western Denmark, among them Ebeltoft and Undallslund plantations, which were also used for the […]

08.08.2024 WMOC Middle: Demanding terrain for Wednesday’s final
The athletes at the World Masters Orienteering Championships in Finland were met with challenging courses at the middle distance final on Wednesday. The more than 3,700 participants were just like at Tuesday’s forest qualification in the forests at Sauvo east of the host city Turku. Today’s terrain was full of details with very few paths […]