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28.07.2025 Help develop technology in orienteering
The IOF’s IT Commission is planning an open meeting on the use of technology in orienteering. The meeting is scheduled to be held in October 2025 as an on-line meeting, so you can participate from anywhere in the world. The agenda is planned to have 5-10 topics and last a couple of hours.  Topics can […]

25.07.2025 EUOC 2025 kick off Friday morning in Poland
The 2025 European Universities Orienteering Championships kick off Friday morning in Lodz, Poland. 146 athletes from 15 different countries are participating in the championships, which are being organized by the Polish organizers and the local club in Lodz and are being held under the auspices of EUSA – University Sports Europe, where orienteering has been […]

24.07.2025 YLA 2025 brought together 29 young leaders
The third edition of the IOF Young Leaders Academy (YLA) took place in mid-July alongside the popular 5 Days Italy orienteering event, bringing together 29 young leaders from 17 different nations. Designed for orienteers aged 16–25, the YLA offers a unique blend of competitive experience, leadership training, and international networking. Each day, participants competed in […]

23.07.2025 Feedback wanted: Introduction of Junior class at TrailO championships?
The TrailO Commission invites feedback on a proposal for the introduction of a separate class for U20 athletes at major TrailO championships from 2026 onwards. While TrailO allows competitors with any physical ability, gender and age to compete on equal terms, awarding prizes in different classes encourages representation. While the introduction of additional start places […]

16.07.2025 Follow EYOC from Friday to Sunday
The international championships are coming like pearls on a string these weeks, and already on Friday the European Youth Orienteering Championships in Brno, Czechia begin. The championships feature a long distance, a sprint and a relay, all run around Brno in the Moravia region in the southeastern corner of Czechia. There are more than 400 […]

12.07.2025 WOC: Sweden and Norway took relay golds in Kuopio
Sweden’s women and Norway’s men became world champions when the relays concluded the World Orienteering Championships in Finland on Saturday afternoon. Under a blazing sun, the women set off first below the ski jump hills and the iconic Puijo Tower and began a physically demanding relay. Sweden was the pre-favourite and first-leg runner Hanna Lundberg […]

10.07.2025 WOC: Aebersold takes super narrow win, third long distance gold for Fosser
Both Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) defended their long distance world championship titles on Thursday afternoon in Kuopio, but it happened in very different ways. In the women’s event, it was a razor-sharp decision between the favorites Aebersold and Tove Alexandersson (SWE), which made all the spectators in the well-attended arena in Neulamäki […]

09.07.2025 WOC Middle: First gold for Langedal Breivik, 22nd for Alexandersson
Norway’s Eirik Langedal Breivik and Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson won the first gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships in Finland, when the middle distance was run on Wednesday afternoon. It took place in the forest terrain of Neulamäki close to the host city of Kuopio in a technically demanding terrain with many details to keep […]

08.07.2025 WOC 2025: Qualification kicked off the championships in Finland
The World Orienteering Championships in Finland kicked off on Tuesday morning with the qualification for Wednesday’s middle distance. Here, the athletes were divided into three heats per gender with the goal of finishing in the top 15 to qualify for the final. And from the start, they were thrown into demanding Finnish terrain in the […]

06.07.2025 Podcast: Ida Haapala on running home WOC and having Thierry Gueorgiou as a coach
The 2025 World Orienteering Championships in Finland are just around the corner and can be followed through IOF LIVE and IOF TV. In the IOF Podcast, we had a chance to talk to home nation’s Ida Haapala about qualifying for the championships on home soil, having Thierry Gueorgiou as coach and her expectations for the […]