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19.06.2025 World Cup: Fosser and Alexandersson best in tough long distance
Favourites Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) secured clear victories as the 2025 Orienteering World Cup found its first winners in the long distance in Idre Fjäll, Sweden. In the women’s event, Alexandersson won by just over three minutes over last year’s overall World Cup winner, Simona Aebersold (SUI), while Andrine Benjaminsen (NOR) came […]

18.06.2025 The 2025 World Cup off to a good start in Sweden
The more than 300 participants in the first Orienteering World Cup round of the year tried their hand at Swedish mountain terrain when the qualification race took place on Wednesday afternoon in Idre Fjäll. Women and men were divided into three heats each and had to complete a shortened long distance of approximately 7.5 kilometers […]

17.06.2025 How to follow the World Cup in Idre Fjäll, Sweden
Once again, the best orienteers in the world will gather when the 2025 Orienteering World Cup kicks off in Idre Fjäll, Sweden from Wednesday June 18 to Sunday June 22. And you can follow the competitions up close – whether you’re in the arena in the Swedish mountains or watching from home. TV All three […]

17.06.2025 Podcast: Hanna Lundberg and the shock win in Idre in 2021
It was raining on Idre Fjäll in Sweden on August 14, 2021, when 19-year-old Hanna Lundberg was the first to start in the middle distance race at the orienteering World Cup. And after a largely flawless race, she sat in the leader’s chair and waited. And waited and waited, because all the favorites lost time […]

16.06.2025 The new World Cup season kicks off in Sweden
The national kits have been gathering dust in drawers around the world for over 250 days since the World Cup final in Finland last September, but now it’s finally time to see them again. The 2025 Orienteering World Cup begins this week in Idre Fjäll, Sweden with three forest distances. After the qualification race on […]

15.06.2025 Latvia to host EYOC in 2027
Many of Europe’s most talented young orienteers will head to Latvia in 2027. The country will host the 2027 European Youth Orienteering Championships after Latvia was selected as host at the latest IOF Council meeting in May. The championships will be held in the coastal town of Liepaja in the southwest corner of the country […]

13.06.2025 IOF TV commentators pick their favourites for Jukola
One of the absolute highlights of the orienteering calendar takes place this weekend at the traditional Jukola relays, which together have over 3000 registered teams. On IOF TV you will get around 15 hours of live, high-quality broadcast from the forests of Mikkeli in Finland and commentary in both English and Swedish. Go to IOF […]

11.06.2025 Follow the Jukola relays on IOF TV this weekend
This weekend it is time for the second of the year’s most prestigious club relays, when the Jukola relays are run in southern Finland. In total, more than 3000 teams are registered for the two relays, which start early Saturday afternoon and run until Sunday morning. This year’s event takes place in the forests around […]

09.06.2025 EOC 2027 will be held in Thun, Switzerland
The European Orienteering Championships will return to Switzerland in 2027, with Thun as the host city. Switzerland was appointed as host during the latest meeting in the IOF Council in May. The 2027 edition of EOC is a sprint championship with three disciplines: Sprint, Sprint Relay and Knock-Out Sprint, held from September 29 to October […]

04.06.2025 Langrenn.com acquires Norwegian TV rights for the entire international season
All the international orienteering races of 2025 will be available to Norwegian viewers with commentary in Norwegian through the digital newssite langrenn.com That is the result of a new agreement between the International Orienteering Federation and Wsportsmedia, that acquires the exclusive broadcasting rights to the Orienteering World Cup for langrenn.com on the Norwegian market. The […]