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05.10.2025 Open Meeting: Technology in Orienteering on 9 November 2025
The IT Commission invites to an open meeting on the use of technology in orienteering.   The meeting will take place online on 9 November 19.00-21.00 CET (UTC +1). The format will be short presentations on different topics related to technology.  The focus will be on the technology related considerations and challenges that face developers of […]

03.10.2025 Introduction of Junior Championships in Trail Orienteering
After consultation with federations and approval by IOF Council, the TrailO Commission is delighted to announce the introduction of a Junior Class at major championships. Eligible for the new class are competitors aged 20 years or younger at the end of the calendar year. The competition programme for ETOC and WTOC will remain unchanged, but […]

28.09.2025 World Cup: Knock-Out wins for Polsini and Aebersold
Team Switzerland could celebrate both wins in Sunday’s Knock-Out Sprint finals, with Tino Polsini and Simona Aebersold fastest in the last international competition of the season. A strong Max Peter Bejmer also secured the overall World Cup victory among the men after a second place in the final. Simona Aebersold was already sure of the […]

27.09.2025 World Cup: Sweden wins Sprint Relay after tight finish
Sweden won the nail-biting Sprint Relay at the World Cup Final in Switzerland after a super exciting finish to an ever-changing competition. Like Friday’s sprint, the relay was run in Uster, which again offered flat and fast orienteering terrain in urban areas and some legs in park areas. 41 teams to start. Photo: Silvan Schletti […]

26.09.2025 World Cup: First win for Křivda, Aebersold crushes sprint
Tomáš Křivda (CZE) took his first ever World Cup race win, while Simona Aebersold (SUI) crushed the competitors as this year’s World Cup Final kicked off with the sprint Friday afternoon. On a chilly day in Uster, Switzerland, the 227 athletes were thrown into a fast-raced sprint in the northeast end of the host city. […]

23.09.2025 Thrilling sprint races in Switzerland to decide this year’s World Cup titles
The final battle for the World Cup titles takes place in Switzerland, where the town of Uster is the venue for the last international orienteering competitions in 2025. On Friday at noon, the races in Switzerland begin with the individual Sprint, on Saturday there is a Sprint Relay before the World Cup final ends with […]

22.09.2025 Podcast: Mathias Barros-Vallet on his surprising EOC Sprint win and the World Cup Final
Mathias Barros-Vallet sprinted his way to a huge surprise when he won the sprint at the European Orienteering Championships in Belgium in August. The 22-year-old Frenchman had never finished better than 10th in a World Cup race before, but managed to beat the entire world elite on the technical course in Lier. Here in the […]

21.09.2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Finland takes Mixed Relay win
Finland won Sunday’s mixed relay at the CX80 MTBO World Cup Round in Bulgaria, which was also the last race of the season in the international MTBO calendar. The MTBO athletes returned to the town of Yagoda and the arena used for Friday’s sprint on Sunday morning. And today’s relay courses went in the nearby […]

20.09.2025 CX80 MTBO WORLD CUP: Søgaard and Ludvik win Long distance
Camilla Søgaard and Vojtech Ludvik won the CX80 MTBO World Cup long distance on Saturday afternoon in Bulgaria. In the women’s race, Søgaard took a superb victory – more than two minutes ahead of Marisa Costa (POR), while another Dane, Cæcilie Christoffersen was more than five minutes behind in third place. Overall World Cup winner, […]

19.09.2025 CX80 MTBO WORLD CUP: Sprint wins for Splittorff and Waldmann
Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) and Andreas Waldmann (AUT) took the wins as the world’s best MTBO athletes raced the opening sprint at the CX80 MTBO World Cup Final in Bulgaria. Friday featured a fast sprint in the town of Yagoda, where Splittorff and Waldmann still managed to take victories by large margins. Two Danes in top […]

16.09.2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup titles at stake in Bulgaria
At the end of the week, the world’s best MTBO athletes will race for the overall CX80 MTBO World Cup 2025 and U23 World Championships-titles  over three races in Bulgaria. The MTBO World Cup final begins on Friday morning with a Sprint, on Saturday there is a long distance before the international MTBO season ends […]

15.09.2025 SEEOC 2025 in Bulgaria ended successfully
The SEEOC 2025 – South East European Orienteering Championships including Masters, held this year in central Bulgaria, are now over for 2025. All medals have been awarded and the atmosphere was truly enjoyable. The forest races were set in Skumsale, Strelcha with featured an oak forest covered mountain, sprinkled with huge granite megalithic rocks, which […]

14.09.2025 Here is the programme for the 2027 Orienteering World Cup
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has officially confirmed the programme for the 2027 Orienteering World Cup, set to feature four exciting rounds across Europe. The series will showcase a mix of forest and sprint formats, aimed at testing the full range of orienteering skills. The season will open in Hälsingland, Sweden (2–6 June), known for […]

12.09.2025 IOF introduces interim heat policy
The IOF Council has decided to introduce an interim heat policy that comes into effect immediately for all IOF events covered by IOF Competition Rules with expected winning times of 20 minutes or greater. The interim policy has been developed by IOF Medical Experts and contains guidelines to ensure that competitions are not held in […]

09.09.2025 IOF establishes Independent Investigation Panel following tragedy
During a meeting on 1 September 2025, the IOF Council agreed to appoint an Independent Investigation Panel following the tragic death of Italian athlete Mattia Debertolis. The panel will be tasked to investigate and assess to Middle distance competition at the The World Games in Chengdu, China in August 2025. The investigation should encompass the […]

06.09.2025 World Cup: Aebersold takes the lead after EOC, Bejmer stays in top
Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Max Peter Bejmer (SWE) lead the World Cup standings after last week’s European Orienteering Championships in Belgium, which was also Round 2 of this year’s Orienteering World Cup. And an exciting finish is set for the World Cup final, which will be held in Uster, Switzerland later this month. Reigning champion […]

02.09.2025 South East European Championships to begin in Bulgaria
This week, more than 500 orienteers will meet in Bulgaria for the 13th edition of the South East European Championships, which also includes Masters championships classes. The championships will be held in central Bulgaria and will feature Middle, Long, Relay and Sprint races from Thursday to Sunday. Athletes from the 13 countries that are part […]

31.08.2025 EOC: Sprint titles for Young Vik and Barros Vallet
Both the women’s and men’s titles saw new faces at the top of the podium, as the European Championships in Belgium concluded with the individual sprint in Lier on Sunday afternoon. In the men’s category, France’s Mathias Barros Vallet won ahead of Norwegians Kasper Fosser and Eirik Langedal Breivik, while Norway took gold in the […]

31.08.2025 World TrailO Championships: Marcello Lambertini, Italy is 2025 TempO World Champion
In a tense final with the result in doubt right to the end, Marcello Lambertini emerged victorious after a long and agonising wait for the best qualifiers to finish – he was tenth in his heat. He was not the fastest in the Final, but made only 2 mistakes on the technically difficult course, compared […]

31.08.2025 EOC: 92 athletes ready for Sprint finals
The city center of the Belgian city of Lier woke up to a special Sunday morning as the qualification for the afternoon sprint finals at the European Championships took center stage. Challenging courses with winning times around 13 minutes would determine who would get the coveted spots in the final. The 15 fastest athletes in […]

30.08.2025 World TrailO Championships: Czechia and Ukraine are world champions in Relay
Czechia and Ukraine are the new World Champions in O and P class respectively in the Relay, with the Open class resolved in a tense and exciting climax at the final spectator TempO station. Both Italy and Slovakia finished within 2 minutes of the Czech score. The Relay competition for teams of three consists of […]

29.08.2025 EOC: Calandry and Mollén take KO Sprint titles in Geel
Cecile Calandry (FRA) and August Mollén (SWE) are European Champions in Knock-Out Sprint after an exciting Friday afternoon in Geel, Belgium. With the central Maarkt square as a packed arena for all of the afternoon’s races, the Belgian organizers created an atmospheric finish to all 20 races in today’s Knock-Out races. Starting with the quarterfinals […]

28.08.2025 World TrailO Championships, PreO: two gold medals for Sweden  
Michael Johansson, Physically Challenged (P) class, and Anders Hӧije, Open (O) class, were gold medalists at the end of Day 2. Hӧije scored full points and spent only 115 seconds on four timed controls (three tasks in each), and won by 12 seconds. With 20 competitors scoring full points on Day 1, aiming for the […]

28.08.2025 EOC 2025: Athletes from 18 nations advance to KO Sprint finals
The European Orienteering Championships in Belgium continued on Thursday afternoon in Geel, where the athletes raced the qualification for Friday’s Knock-Out Sprint finals. On challenging courses in the southern end of the city, the target was to finish among the 12 fastest in their respective heat. Athletes from 18 different nations managed to fulfill that […]

28.08.2025 EOC 2025: Norway wins first Sprint Relay title
The European Orienteering Championships in Belgium kicked off on Wednesday evening with a sprint relay in the city of Hasselt, where Norway took the gold medals ahead of Switzerland and Sweden after an ever-changing and nerve-wracking competition. Teams from 27 nations were ready at the starting line at 19.00 on Wednesday when the championships began […]

27.08.2025 World TrailO Championships: close results after PreO Day 1
Jonatan Furucz, Slovakia (still a junior) and Michael Johansson, Sweden lead the Open and Physically Challenged classes respectively at the end of Day 1 in the PreO competition, held on a hot and sunny day in the area of an old basalt mine near Sümeg, Hungary. Many of the top stars in the Open class […]

25.08.2025 How to follow the 2025 European Orienteering Championships
Spectacular and audience-friendly orienteering experiences await when the 2025 European Orienteering Championships take place in Belgium from Wednesday to Sunday this week. Whether you follow the competitions, which also count towards the 2025 Orienteering World Cup, at the arenas in Hasselt, Geel and Lier or from home, you are guaranteed good entertainment. Follow from arenas […]

25.08.2025 Here is the international 2025-2026 Ski Orienteering Season
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is excited to announce that the events and competition calendar for the 2025-2026 International Ski Orienteering season now has been confirmed by the IOF Council. The IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2026 will feature three thrilling rounds: World Cup Round 1 (WC1) – Batak, Bulgaria, January 21–25, 2026 Organized in […]

25.08.2025 Podcast: Yannick Michiels and Tille de Smul – EOC 2025 preview
Belgium is hosting its first major IOF championship, as the 2025 European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 2 takes place this week. Newly crowned World Games sprint champion Yannick Michiels and 21-year-old Tille de Smul share their local insigths and expectations for the championships. Find all you need to follow the EOC 2025 in […]

24.08.2025 World TrailO Championships – competition in two countries  
The 2025 World TrailO Championships begin with two PreO days in Hungary – and then Slovakia takes over, organizing the Relay and TempO competitions. 170 competitors from 24 nations will be taking part in the championships, which run from Tuesday until Sunday. This year’s top TrailO event has attracted 41 physically challenged competitors (P class) […]

23.08.2025 Back in the fast shoes: European Championships kick off in Belgium Wednesday
Next week, the world’s best orienteers will compete for medals and World Cup points on Belgian soil for the first time when the European Orienteering Championships take place in the towns around Hasselt in the northeastern corner of the country. The races, which are also part of the 2025 Orienteering World Cup, feature a Sprint […]

23.08.2025 Back in the fast shoes: European Championships kick off in Belgium
Next week, the world’s best orienteers will compete for medals and World Cup points on Belgian soil for the first time when the European Orienteering Championships take place in the towns around Hasselt in the northeastern corner of the country. The races, which are also part of the 2025 Orienteering World Cup, feature a Sprint […]

22.08.2025 IOF to institute specific rules related to heat conditions at IOF events
IOF events have seen an increase in extreme heat conditions due to the effects of global climate change. This has become a significant factor in event planning. Heat mitigation strategies have been implemented at many events in the past few years. The IOF Council has now decided that specific rules are required to help organisers […]

19.08.2025 Splittorff and Ludvik lead CX80 MTBO World Cup after WMTBOC
Everything is in place for an exciting end to this year’s CX80 MTBO World Cup in Bulgaria in September after last week’s World Championships in Poland. The four races of the championships also counted towards this year’s World Cup and also revealed who has the best chance of grabbing the overall World Cup titles this […]

18.08.2025 World Masters Orienteering Championships 2025 conclude in Girona
The picturesque city of Girona and its scenic surroundings in Spain’s Catalonia region concluded a thrilling week of master-level orienteering as the World Masters Orienteering Championships wrapped up on Friday. The event, held from August 8 to 15, welcomed over 3000 athletes aged 35 to 95+ from 47 nations. All photos: WMOC 2025 Competitions unfolded […]

17.08.2025 CX80 WMTBOC: Czechia wins both relays after thrilling action
Czechia delivered a strong finish to an already great series of Czech achievements at CX80 MTBO World Championship by winning both the women’s and men’s relays on Sunday morning. The MTBO athletes’ final competition in Poland took place a little further north in terrain that was flatter and faster than the other forest distances. Strong […]

16.08.2025 MTBO Long Distance: second golds for Saarela and Ludvik
Ruska Saarela, Finland and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia both recorded their second victory in the CX80 WMTBOC today, Saarela by 18 seconds and Ludvik by just over 3 minutes. Czechia’s men were wholly dominant, packing four riders into the top six. The women’s race, over 28.9 km with 360 m climb, was a fascinating contest between […]

15.08.2025 TrailO Event Adviser Clinic at WTOC 2025
The IOF TrailO and Rules commissions, in collaboration with the WTOC 2025 organisers, welcome participants to a TrailO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Slovakia. The main objective of this IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic is to prepare participants to be licensed IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers. The clinic is also recommended for already licensed Event […]

14.08.2025 MTBO Mass Start: Splittorff back to winning ways, sprint finish for men’s medals
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark was back at her best today, winning the Mass Start by 3.21, whilst Czech rider Vojtech Ludvik won by 2 seconds in a thrilling men’s finish where second place was tied. The men’s race in sunny Warsaw, Poland was led early on by Ludvik, no stranger to world championship medals, but he […]

13.08.2025 MTBO Middle Distance: gold again for CZE and FIN, but new names
Martina Tichovska, Czechia and Andre Haga, Finland are the gold medalists at the end of a tough Middle race in the CX80 World MTBO Championships in Poland. In a very tight men’s race it was a Finnish masterclass, with the first four places all taken by Finnish riders. 39-year-old Tichovska, world-ranked number 4, has won […]

12.08.2025 CX80 WMTBOC: first gold medals to Finland and Czechia
Ruska Saarela, Finland and Krystof Bogar, Czechia won the Sprints on challenging courses in Poland today; the lead changed several times in both races. Saarela finished fastest by 0.25, whilst Bogar’s win was by an impressive 1.14. Saarela, second in the World Cup standings, had a difficult start – 27th at the first TV timing […]

12.08.2025 IOF mourns death of Italian athlete Mattia Debertolis
IOF President Tom Hollowell, on behalf of the International Orienteering Federation, expresses his deepest condolences to Mattia Debertolis’ family, friends, clubs, and the Italian Orienteering Federation. – I am not able to adequately describe in words the unfathomable dept of sadness in this tragic loss of life. Our thoughts are with all who mourn Mattia. […]

12.08.2025 Joint Statement from IWGA, LOC 2025 Chengdu and IOF 
The International World Games Association (IWGA), Local Organising Committee (LOC) of The World Games 2025 Chengdu and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) confirm with great sadness the passing of Italian orienteering athlete, Mattia Debertolis. Mattia Debertolis was found unconscious during the Men’s Middle Distance competition of Orienteering on the morning of Friday, 8 August 2025 […]

11.08.2025 World Games: Narrow Swiss win in Sprint Relay
Switzerland defended its World Games title in the Sprint Relay ahead of Sweden and the Czechia as the athletes in Chengdu, China ran the final orienteering competition on Monday morning. And the competition, which, like Sunday’s sprint, took place in the Jiangxi River Ecological Greenway Park, was an exciting and ever-changing affair. Yesterday’s surprise bronze […]

10.08.2025 MTBO stars head for CX80 World Championships in Warsaw
Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff will be going all out to repeat her set of three individual European Championship wins this year when the international MTBO stars meet up for the CX80 World MTBO Championships, being held this week in Warsaw, Poland. 134 riders from 24 nations will be taking part. Splittorff has already established an […]

10.08.2025 World Games: Sprint medals for Hungary and Spain, while Aebersold and Michiels claimed golds
Sunday’s sprint at the World Games in Chengdu, China, featured several surprises. Both Hungary and Spain won orienteering medals for the first time in World Games history, while gold medals went to Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Yannick Michiels (BEL). It was rainy and cooler than the previous days in Chengdu when the athletes started the […]

08.08.2025 Statement on Injured Orienteering Athlete – The World Games 2025
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF), the Local Organising Committee (LOC), and the International World Games Association (IWGA) are carefully monitoring the incident involving athlete Mattia Debertolis (ITA). We are following closely the situation and will communicate further in due course. The athlete is currently receiving the best treatment from experts from one of the top […]

08.08.2025 World Masters Orienteering Championships 2025 kick off in Girona
The city of Girona in Spain is set to welcome orienteering enthusiasts from around the globe as the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2025 officially begin this Saturday, August 9. More than 2300 athletes aged 35 and over arriving from 47 countries, the historic Catalan city will become the epicenter of international masters-level orienteering for […]

08.08.2025 First ever World Games medals in orienteering for Canada, Slovakia and Italy
Three “new” nations can boast of having won a World Games medal in orienteering after Friday’s middle distance race kicked off the Games in Chengdu, China. Slovakia, Italy and Canada joined the exclusive club on a day when the gold medals went to Swiss Riccardo Rancan and Simona Aebersold, who received the very first golds […]

07.08.2025 Orienteering at the World Games kick off Friday morning
80 athletes from 24 different federations will have a huge experience this week, where orienteering is once again part of the World Games, which this year takes place in Chengdu, China. From August 7th to 17th, around 4000 athletes are gathered in the Chinese city of millions, where they will compete in 34 different sports […]

28.07.2025 Join the meeting: 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 […]

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 […]

03.07.2025 World Orienteering Championships kick off in Finland on Tuesday
Finally, it’s time for the highlight of the 2025 international orienteering season, when the World Orienteering Championships begin in Kuopio, Finland on Tuesday. 274 athletes from 45 nations are ready to compete for the most prestigious titles in the world of orienteering over three forest distances during the week. In the technically and physically demanding […]

03.07.2025 JWOC Relay: Sweden and Switzerland take final golds in Trentino
The 2025 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) concluded on a high note in Baselga di Piné, Italy, with Sweden and Switzerland claiming the final relay titles in the men’s and women’s events after a week-long festival of youth sport with 350 athletes from 41 nations. In the men’s Forest Relay, Sweden’s Hannes Mogensen delivered a […]

02.07.2025 JWOC Middle: Csoboth (HUN) and Skachova (CZE) won exciting races
On the last individual race day at the 2025 Junior World Orienteering Championships, Hungary’s Marton Csoboth and the Czechia’s Viktorie Skachova emerged as the strongest competitors in the demanding middle distance race. The area around the Laghestel Biotope near Baselga di Piné set the stage for a dramatic contest in the somewhat dense and technical […]

30.06.2025 JWOC Long: Golds for Hjerne (SWE) and Bolehovsky (CZE)
The athletes at the Junior World Orienteering Championships said goodbye to the sprint disciplines and started the forest distances on Monday morning. Here the tough long distance awaited – 8.0 kilometers with 410 meters of climb and 10.0 kilometers (500 meters climb) for the women and men respectively. It was perhaps a few degrees colder […]

29.06.2025 JWOC Sprint: Golds for Sannwald (SUI) and Ingierd (NOR)
The athletes competing at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Northern Italy had another warm race day on Sunday morning’s individual Sprint. Today’s race took place in the small picturesque Dolomite town of Cembra and featured a course that constantly offered route choice-challenges in the asymmetrical streets between the stone houses. Jonas Fenne Ingierd (NOR) […]

28.06.2025 Czechia won JWOC Sprint Relay
Czechia took the first set of gold medals at the Junior World Orienteering Championships Saturday afternoon in Trentino, Italy. The team, consisting of Hana Vitkova, Daniel Bolehovsky, Tomas Urbanek and Lucie Dittrichova was among the leading teams all through the relay and on the final leg, Dittrichova was sent out with a small lead. After […]

26.06.2025 Follow the JWOC 2025 on IOF TV from Saturday
More than 350 of the world’s best junior orienteers are gathered in Trentino in northern Italy for this year’s Junior World Orienteering Championships next week. Five distances await here – first the fast disciplines Sprint Relay and Sprint on Saturday and Sunday before the competitions move into the forest from Monday, where the hilly long […]

24.06.2025 Bejmer and Alexandersson lead World Cup after Idre Fjäll
Swedish dominance at the top of the 2025 Orienteering World Cup after the first round, which was held in Idre Fjäll, Sweden last week. In the men’s category, it is Saturday’s winner of the middle distance, Max Peter Bejmer, who has taken the lead at the top of the standings, which are dominated by Swedish […]

22.06.2025 World Cup: Swiss women and Swedish men claimed the relay wins on Sunday
Switzerland’s women and Sweden’s men took the relay victories as the first World Cup Round of 2025 concluded on Sunday afternoon in Idre Fjäll, Sweden. Sunday was the warmest day of the week and the 40 teams in the women’s relay started out in sunshine in what was to prove to be an intense relay. […]

21.06.2025 World Cup: First victory for Bejmer, Alexandersson takes another win
People will be talking about control 8 for a long time. On both the men’s and women’s courses at Saturday’s Orienteering World Cup Middle distance race in Idre Fjäll, Sweden, that control point proved very decisive. Placed on a slope after a relatively long leg, the control cost so much time that many positions were […]

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 […]

29.05.2025 Wild Cards for WTOC 2025
According to the rules, please se rule §6.6 for full details, the following persons has qualified for a personal Wild Card to participate in addition to a country’s normal quota. PreO O-class and TempO: Name Country Krystian Petersburski Poland Laura Eliza Lapina Latvia Anders Höije Sweden Pinja Mäkinen Finland Antti Rusanen Finland Marcello Lambertini Italy […]

21.05.2025 O-Ringen Academy 2025 is waiting for your application
Applications are now open for the annual O-Ringen Academy, which takes place in Jönköping, Sweden in the end of July 2025 in conjunction with the world’s largest orienteering event O-Ringen. The academy is organised by the Park World Tour Organisation in cooperation with the International Orienteering Federation and O-Ringen, and it provides a unique opportunity […]

20.05.2025 WOC reaches large TV audience this year
When the world’s best orienteers meet in Kuopio, Finland to compete at this year’s World Orienteering Championships, the three medal races will receive great attention. Seven national broadcasters have acquired the rights to show the prestigious races live when they take place from July 9-12, 2025. These are YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), SRG […]

19.05.2025 Changes to World Ranking in TrailO with new PreO Sprint format
The new PreO Sprint format is the equivalent of a “middle distance” orienteering event. PreO Sprint is a fast format with a focus on accurate decisions. Course length and decision times are much shorter than a classic PreO, but the number of correct decisions is still the primary classifier. Making fast decisions on whether a […]

19.05.2025 Splittorff and Maišelis lead in CX80 MTBO World Cup
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark has maximum points and Lithuanian Jonas Maišelis is ahead of last year’s runner-up, the Czech rider Vojtech Ludvik, by 31 points after Round 1 of the CX80 World Cup just completed in Lithuania. Nikoline Splittorff on her way to the middle distance gold on Friday. Photo: Donatas Lazauskas Splittorff was the queen […]

18.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: Mixed Relay won by Czechia
After a neck-and-neck race for much of the last leg, Czechia took gold ahead of home nation Lithuania, with Sweden overcoming an early mistake to take bronze. Krystof Bogar for Czechia and home rider Ignas Ambrazas were together for a large part of the final leg, and at the spectator passage there was no telling […]

17.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: Third gold for Splittorff, Bettega takes men’s title
Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) took a crushing victory in today’s sprint, winning her third gold medal in three days at the European MTBO Championships and CX80 MTBO World Cup in Lithuania. In the men’s event, Italian Fabiano Bettega won his first gold medal at an international championship by a large margin. Splittorff was not the fastest […]

16.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: second gold for Splittorff
IOF World Rankings leader Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark took her second gold in the Middle Distance race today; it was a home win for Jonas Maišelis in the men’s race. The winning margins were 0.24 and 0.10. Splittorff has started the new season in scintillating form, but it was only in the later stages of the […]

15.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: first golds to Denmark and Finland
Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and Samuel Pokala, Finland are the two gold medalists in today’s Mass Start event, Pokala winning by just 8 seconds and Splittorff by an impressive 4.16. Splittorff, world champion in Mass start and clear winner in the CX80 MTBO World Cup last year, made a strong start to the new season, […]

13.05.2025 New procedure for P class eligibility in TrailO
Competitors who have a permanent disability that significantly reduces their ability to participate in orienteering events are eligible to be entered for the P class in Trail orienteering. Three impairment types will be considered: mobility (MI), cardiac/cardiopulmonary (CP), and neurological (NI). Starting in 2025, athletes who wish to gain or renew their classification status, should […]

13.05.2025 European MTBO titles on the line in Lithuania this week
The international MTBO season gets underway this week when the Apresport European MTBO Championships begin on Thursday in Lithuania. It also marks the start of the 2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup and includes the European Junior and Youth MTBO Championships. The first competition at the championships is a mass start, followed by middle, sprint and […]

30.04.2025 Podcast: 10Mila 2025 preview with expert commentator Jonas Merz
It’s 10Mila time and you can follow all the action from Finspång, Sweden in the weekend 3-4 May, 2025 on IOF TV. Together with expert commentator Jonas Merz, we look into the terrain, the format and who are the favorites for this year’s relays. Go to IOF TV – tv.orienteering.sport – to get your ticket […]

29.04.2025 Get the 2025 VIP Pass for IOF TV
Don’t miss a second of the biggest international orienteering competitions in 2025 with the new VIP Pass for IOF TV. The pass grants you access to all broadcasts in 2025 for a reduced price. The events included in the IOF TV VIP Pass are: 10Mila, Sweden 3-4 May Jukola/Venla, Finland, 14-15 June Orienteering World Cup […]

24.04.2025 Austria and Hungary take inclusion steps with Flex-O
Supported by the EU in the Erasmus+ programme and inspired by earlier Swedish initiatives, a cooperating team from the Austrian and Hungarian orienteering communities have started an educational project connected to a series of events for people with special needs. The aim was to offer people with mental health issues the opportunity to participate in […]

21.04.2025 Orienteering part of ISF Gymnasiade in Serbian winter-like weather
With delegations from nearly 60 countries and regions, and close to 4,000 participants – including almost 3,000 young athletes – the ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 marks the largest edition in the event’s history. Young athletes under 15 years of age gathered to participate in their own sport and watching other sports. The School Sports Games […]

16.04.2025 IOF TV gathers all 10Mila viewers
When the prestigious 10Mila club relays are run on the weekend of May 3-4, everyone can follow the intense competitions on IOF TV. This year, all three commentary languages: English, Swedish and Finnish are gathered in one place – IOF TV, where you can freely choose between the languages ​​once you have bought your ticket. […]

10.04.2025 WMOC 2025 Forest Long Final – change of venue
A few weeks ago, disagreements arose between the organisers of WMOC 2025 and some of the owners of the “Rupit” area, which was to be used as the venue for the Forest Long distance Final race on the last day of WMOC 2025. Despite prior confirmations and lengthy negotiations, unfortunately the organisers have not been […]

03.04.2025 Future hosts for WTOC, SAOC and NAOC appointed
At its latest meeting, the IOF Council appointed a number of hosts for upcoming international and regional championships. USA was appointed to host the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2027 with the preliminary dates 9-14 November 2027. WTOC is held every other year and the 2027 edition will be the first time that the WTOC is […]

02.04.2025 Chinese championships with Huichang punching system
Last week, the highest level of orienteering event in China, the National Orienteering Championships were held in the Yanshan district. The championships opened on Monday and are actually the 2024 edition because it was postponed from last year. The competition attracted 117 teams and 912 athletes from 25 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the […]

27.03.2025 Podcast: MØ – on orienteering and music, racing Maja Alm in their youth and struggling with the compass
Danish music artist MØ has spent the last 15 years creating monster hits like “Lean On” and “Final Song”, won several awards and toured the world with her music. But what you probably don’t know is that she is also a passionate orienteer, who took up the sport as a child and rediscovered the joy […]

24.03.2025 European SkiO Championships: a high-quality end to the SkiO season
Sweden was by far the most successful nation at ESOC, winning all but two of the gold medals. Magdalena Olsson won two individual golds, and Jonatan Ståhl and young Ella Turesson won one each. Home nation Finland (Niklas Ekstrӧm and Aapo Viippola) won the other two individual golds. Sweden took home ten individual medals in […]

23.03.2025 ESOC Long: favourites Olsson and Ståhl, Sweden, win and take World Cup titles
Sweden’s Magdalena Olsson (pictured above) and Jonatan Ståhl were back to their best form today, both winning their races by convincing margins – and ending as World Cup winners for this season. After taking the Sprint Relay gold on Day 1 together, Olsson has won two further ESOC golds, and Ståhl one gold and one […]

22.03.2025 ESOC Middle Distance: Wins for Ella Turesson and Aapo Viippola
21-year-old Ella Turesson, Sweden and home athlete Aapo Viippola are the Middle Distance champions after today’s races on technically challenging courses in varied terrain. Sweden won all the women’s medals and Finland all the men’s. Ella Turesson followed up her third place in Middle in the second round of the World Cup with a convincing […]

21.03.2025 European SkiO Sprint Champions: Olsson and Ekström in close races
Closely-fought Sprint races in sunny Finland ended with victory for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden and home athlete Niklas Ekstrӧm. This was Olsson’s second gold medal in two days, whilst Ekstrӧm enjoyed his first win in this World Cup season. In the women’s race, Sweden’s Frida Sandberg was fastest through to control 2 but then made a […]

20.03.2025 Sweden claims first ESOC-gold in Finland
Sweden won the first gold medal at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland, which began on Thursday morning with the Sprint Relay in the Kohtilathi terrain at Posio. The Swedish team with Magdalena Olsson and Jonatan Ståhl delivered some solid performances and led the relay almost the entire way through the six legs. A […]

17.03.2025 European Ski Orienteering medals at stake in Finland
The international Ski Orienteering season will reach its peak this week when the European Ski Orienteering Championships and Ski Orienteering World Cup finals are held in Posio, Finland. The four races from Thursday to Sunday also host the Junior World SkiO Championships and the European Youth SkiO Championships. For the seniors, a mixed sprint relay, […]

17.03.2025 “Doing the right and just thing” – Q&A with Ethics Panel Chairperson Bob Dredge
IOF Ethics Panel Chairperson since 2018, Bob Dredge was interviewed by the Swiss Orienteering Magazine for its first issue in 2025 about the work of the panel. We have been given permission to bring the Q&A interview here: Before Bob Dredge answered the interview questions, he made it clear that these are his personal thoughts […]

02.03.2025 Climate Transition Action Plan published
IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission has published the “Climate Transition Action Plan to Net Zero.” The plan was approved and adopted by the IOF Council during its meetings in January. The plan reviews IOF’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting environmental sustainability within the sport of orienteering. In line with the Sports for […]

18.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Baklid head standings after second round
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden leads by 94 points, whilst Norwegian Jørgen Baklid is 158 points in front after winning 5 of the 6 races held. Olsson won the World Cup overall last year – and Baklid has achieved this feat for the last three years! With 3 races to come in this year’s World Cup, the […]

17.02.2025 Swiss National broadcaster SRG acquires TV rights for WOC until 2028  
Swiss TV viewers will have great opportunities to follow the world’s most prestigious orienteering competitions for the next four years.    The national broadcaster SRG has acquired the TV rights for the World Orienteering Championships for the period 2025 – 2028.  Before that, SRG has had the rights to broadcast the annual Swiss round of Orienteering […]

17.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Riissanen win Mass Start races
A convincing win for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden by 1.52 and a tight 3-second victory for the 19-year-old Finn Pyry Riissanen were the outcomes of today’s Mass Start races, the final day of the second round of the 2025 SkiO World Cup, held at Reit im Winkl in the German Alps. The races consisted of three […]

17.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Riisanen win Mass Start races
A convincing win for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden by 1.52 and a tight 3-second victory for the 19-year-old Finn Pyry Riisanen were the outcomes of today’s Mass Start races, the final day of the second round of the 2025 SkiO World Cup, held at Reit im Winkl in the German Alps. The races consisted of three […]

16.02.2025 SkiO Middle Distance wins for Olsson and Baklid
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden returned to winning ways today, finishing 1 minute quicker than her compatriot Frida Sandberg. Men’s World Cup leader, Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, lost time early in the men’s race but came back strongly to win by 20 seconds. Frida Sandberg, Sweden was the fastest in the early stages of the women’s race, with […]

15.02.2025 SkiO World Cup round 2: Favourites win Sprint
Norwegians Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid took the first victories in the 3-day World Cup round in Germany, Ulvensøen winning comfortably by 19 seconds, whereas only Baklid’s fast finish gave him the win, by 4 seconds. Baklid was closely challenged by his compatriot Styrk Kamsvaag, who before today was placed 7th in the World Cup […]

13.02.2025 SkiO World Cup resumes in Germany
World Cup leaders Daisy Kudre Schnyder, Estonia and Jørgen Baklid, Norway will face strong competition in the three races comprising the second round, starting on Saturday in Ruhpolding, Germany, a small town in the Alps very close to the border with Austria. Kudre Schnyder is hard-pressed in the World Cup standings by Norway’s Anna Ulvensøen […]

12.02.2025 75 organisers and advisers met to improve major IOF events 
IOF has an intense focus to constantly improve the quality and fairness for our World Championships and World Cups. With that purpose in mind, 75 event organisers and Senior Event Advisers from 22 countries met in Budapest, Hungary during the previous weekend for the annual High Level Event Seminar for Foot Orienteering. The aim is […]

05.02.2025 Portugal appointed as CX80 EMTBOC 2026 host, WMTBOC 2027 to be held in Latvia
The IOF Council has appointed the hosts of two international MTBO championships in the coming years following the recommendations from the MTBO Commission. The 2026 CX80 European MTBO Championships and European Junior and Youth MTBO Championships will be held in Portugal. The city of Ourém, north of the capital Lisbon, is the venue of the […]

04.02.2025 Sweden to host World Cup Round in 2027
Sweden will also welcome the world’s best orienteers in 2027, where one of the year’s World Cup Rounds will be held in the Hälsingland-region. There will be three forest races: Long, Middle and Relay in the forests around the town of Alfta. The preliminary dates for the races are 3 – 6 June, 2027. “We […]

28.01.2025 Portugal to host forest EOC in 2028
The world’s best orienteers may well start preparing for Iberian terrains for 2028 as the European Orienteering Championships will be held in Portugal. EOC will at the same time serve as the final in the 2028 World Cup. This was decided by IOF’s Council at its meeting on October 4, 2024 following a proposal from […]

27.01.2025 New Zealand continues golden course at Oceania Championships
The athletes at the 2025 Oceania Orienteering Championships continued their fight for medals in the coastal terrains of New Zealand’s lower North Island on Sunday and Monday. Compared to Saturday’s hot middle distance, the temperatures were more pleasant on Sunday when the long distance was to be decided in rain. And like the previous days, […]

27.01.2025 Guidelines and checklists for organising sustainable events available
What should you consider in relation to e.g. Animals, Catering and Emissions when organising a sustainable orienteering event? A new set of guidelines and checklists, available on orienteering.sport, can help answer this question. The IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission has created the tools, which consist of eight digital booklets and are available here (lower section). […]

25.01.2025 Kiwis dominate first half of Oceania Championships
The 2025 Oceania Orienteering Championships are well underway in New Zealand, where the host nation has performed well in the first two races. Friday’s Sprint at Massey University was won by the defending Oceania champions, Lizzie Ingham and Joseph Lynch (both NZL). Ingham took the Oceanic gold with an impressive 44 second win ahead of […]

23.01.2025 Oceania Championships 2025 begin in New Zealand on Friday
The first regional FootO championships in 2025, the Oceania Orienteering Championships, begin in New Zealand on Friday. Four races await over four days, Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay in that order and alongside the seniors, Junior and Youth Champions for Oceania will also be crowned. All races take place on the lower North Island. The […]

21.01.2025 Finland won entertaining Sprint Relay at FISU University Games
Finland’s relay team with Amanda Yli Futka and Niklas Ekström took a narrow win ahead of Sweden and Switzerland in an ever-changing Sprint Relay on Tuesday at FISU World University Games in Italy. 21 teams on the start line in Pragelato Tuesday afternoon. All photos: Torino 2025 FISU Games Four different teams had the lead […]

20.01.2025 More sustainable Event Service fees and Anti-Doping Contribution system approved
The IOF Council has approved a new Event Service Fee System and Anti-Doping Contribution System for MTB Orienteering, Ski Orienteering and Trail Orienteering events. The new fees aim to create a better and financially more sustainable system, which makes it more viable to organize IOF Events in these disciplines. The process towards the changes has […]

19.01.2025 FISU University Games golds for Futka and Hjelseth
The first Ski Orienteering gold medals at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy went to Amanda Yli Futka (FIN) and Teodor Mo Hjelseth (NOR) after Sunday’s sprint. Here, newly crowned U23 World Champion Hjelseth took a narrow win, just two seconds ahead of Sweden’s Jonatan Ståhl, who showed great form in last […]

17.01.2025 Follow Ski Orienteering at FISU Winter World University Games
Ski Orienteering will be in great company in the coming days when the discipline is part of the FISU Winter World University Games, taking place in and around Turin, Italy. More than 2,000 athletes from 54 nations are participating in the games, which feature 11 different winter sports disciplines. Ski Orienteering was previously part of […]

16.01.2025 SkiO World Cup: Kudre-Schnyder and Baklid lead after Norway
The IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2024-2025 and U23 World Cup got off to a great start with three races in Sjusjøen, Norway this past weekend. And it is well-known athlete names who are placed at the top of the World Cup standings after the first of three rounds of the international ski season. The […]

14.01.2025 Joey Hadorn nominated for The World Games Athlete of the Year award
Swiss national team athlete Joey Hadorn has been nominated for the World Games Athlete of the Year 2024 award. It comes after a season where the 27-year old achieved some remarkable results: He started the international season in the best possible way by winning the first race, the World Cup Knock-Out Sprint in Olten on […]

12.01.2025 SkiO World Cup: Ulvensøen triumphs in Pursuit; Baklid wins again
The athletes at the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup in Norway once again fought a fierce battle for victory, as Round 1 ended with a Pursuit race Sunday morning. In the men’s event, home favourite Jørgen Baklid once again proved to be the strongest after a close fight with Jonatan Ståhl (SWE). The two shared […]

11.01.2025 SkiO World Cup: Great Norwegian day in the middle distance
The Norwegian athletes dominated on home turf on the second day of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2024-2025 and the World U23 Ski Orienteering Championships 2025 in Sjusjøen. Jørgen Baklid and Anna Ulvensøen (both NOR) rose to the top in the senior World Cup-races, while Teodor Mo Hjelseth (NOR) grabbed the U23 gold in […]

10.01.2025 SkiO World Cup: Kudre-Schnyder wins first race in Norway; Shared victory in men’s
The international ski orienteering season began with a close showdown in the men’s race, while it was clearer in the women’s race in Norway on Friday. The sun shone over the terrain at Sjusjøen as the first men were sent off on today’s 3.2 kilometer sprint race, which was also the first race in the […]

08.01.2025 SkiO World Cup opener to begin in Norway
The international Ski Orienteering season begins this weekend in Norway, when Round 1 of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2024-2025 and the World U23 Ski Orienteering Championships 2025 are held in Sjusjøen. More than 120 athletes from 14 nations are registered for the event, which will be raced over three days from Friday to […]

07.01.2025 Final ASOC-golds for Kazakhstan, Japan and Hong Kong China
Three nations won the gold medals on the final days of the 2024 Asian Orienteering Championships, which took place in the last week of the old year. Thailand hosted the championships, which were run in and around Chiang Mai in the northern part of the country. Both the middle distance and the relay took place […]

29.12.2024 IOF mourns death of Swiss athlete Pascal Buchs
It is with great sadness that the International Orienteering Federation learned of the death of Swiss national team athlete Pascal Buchs, who died tragically in an accident at the age of 27 on Friday. Pascal Buchs was a part of Swiss Orienteering’s elite division since 2018 and regularly competed in World Cup races for the […]

23.12.2024 Asian Orienteering Championships off to a great start in Thailand
The 2024 Asian Orienteering Championships and Asian Youth and Junior Championships got off to a flying start on Sunday morning in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. Almost 250 athletes from 10 different nations are competing in the championships, which are being held for the seventh time. The first distance of the championships was a sprint […]

21.12.2024 IOF WOC Clinic 2025 is open for applications
It’s time to apply if you want to be a part of this year’s IOF WOC Clinic, that takes place before and during World Orienteering Championships in Kuopio, Finland in July 2025. The clinic is a 10-day camp arranged for young and promising athletes from less economically strong orienteering federations to develop as orienteers and […]

06.12.2024 Dates are set for World Orienteering Week 2025
It’s time to mark the calendar. The world’s largest orienteering event, World Orienteering Week takes place from May 17th to 25th in 2025. Here orienteering clubs, schools and organisations have a chance to set up an orienteering event with tools and materials from the International Orienteering Federation and join the worldwide orienteering festivities. The event was […]

02.12.2024 Be a part of shaping a new communication strategy for International Orienteering
IOF has started working on updating its communications strategy and is now searching for a professional resource to lead a working group under the IOF Council. The aim of the strategy work is, through the first quarter of 2025, to come up with an easily decipherable and action-oriented communication strategy for the coming years that […]

30.11.2024 Podcast: Eirik Langedal Breivik on his golden middle distance race at EOC
Eirik Langedal Breivik (NOR) took the orienteering world by surprise, when he won the middle distance at the European Orienteering Championships in Hungary in August. It was warm and tough, and the Norwegian steered clear of any mistake in his breakthrough performance, where all the opponents lost time on the technically demanding slopes. In this […]

26.11.2024 Amended regulations for IOF Independent Athlete Status
IOF Council has amended the regulations for IOF Independent Athlete Status which opens up for independent athlete participation in World Ranking Events, and extended the current application deadline to November 30th. The independent athlete system provide san opening for participation by individual athletes from countries where there is currently no IOF member federation. The approved […]

26.11.2024 IOF YLA 2025 is open for applications
IOF Young Leaders Academy 2025 takes place in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy from July 5-13 during the “5 days Italy” race. The academy enables young orienteers aged 16-25 to develop their talent and competencies in developing orienteering – and at the same time network and make friends in the global orienteering community. During the day, […]

26.11.2024 70 event advisers shared experiences
The event advisers are the backbone of IOFs foot orienteering events. Regardless if they are advising organisers of World Ranking Events or High Level Events such as World Cups or World Championships, they provide an important contribution in supporting organisers to deliver events with high quality and optimal fairness. In the weekend of 23rd and […]

19.11.2024 New Map Symbols introduced for 2024/25 Ski O Season
The Ski Orienteering Commission in Cooperation with the Map Commission was working hard over the summer to update the ISSkiOM. The main goal was to create the possibility to organise ski orienteering events on areas and venues that have so far been unattainable for ski orienteering for environmental and landowner reasons. The new symbols also […]

19.11.2024 Open meeting on SkiO Rules and Map symbols on Sunday
IOF’s Ski Orienteering Commission is organising an open meeting regarding the changes to Rules and Map Symbols before the start of the new season. The meeting takes place on Sunday, November 24th at 18:30 CET (UTC+1) and everyone is invited to join. Please follow this link to attend the meeting in MS Teams. The updated […]

04.11.2024 Podcast: Karolin Ohlsson – on the KO Sprint silver in Edinburgh
Karolin Ohlsson (SWE) achieved the best individual result of her career so far at the WOC 2024 Knock-Out Sprint in Scotland, where she won the silver medal behind compatriot Tove Alexandersson. In this episode of the IOF Podcast, we watch the final with Karolin to relive it from her point of view. Join us for […]

02.11.2024 Updated SkiO rules published
The competition rules for Ski Orienteering Events valid from November 1st, 2024 have now been approved and published here at the IOF website. Find them at the SkiO competition rules section here.  

29.10.2024 First orienteering race held in Bahrain at ISF Gymnasiade 2024
Young orienteering athletes from four different continents are competing at the ISF (International School Sport Federation) Gymnasiade held in Bahrain these days. The games in the small Arab state on the Southwestern coast of the Arabian Gulf includes 25 different sport disciplines and has participation of of approximately 5.000 athletes representing around 70 countries. The […]

18.10.2024 Positive vibes and Brazilian victories at the South American Orienteering Championships
The South American Orienteering Championships 2024, held in Colombia from the 12th to 14th October, provided a strong statement about orienteering in Colombia and the continent. The championships had record participation with orienteers from 25 different nations around the world making their way to the event center in Marinilla in the region of Antioquia near […]

15.10.2024 WMOC 2025 makes great efforts to meet summer heat issues
Next year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships in Girona, Spain are making great efforts to meet the challenges of the expected heat during the championship races. With race dates between August 9 – 15, it is likely that the masters athletes will be met by high temperatures. The organizers are very aware of this and therefore […]

15.10.2024 IOF establishes prize on sustainability and orienteering
IOF has established a prize and will from now on award the ‘Best scientific publication relating to Sustainability and Orienteering’ every two years. The prize shall reward the best research paper that considers the relationship between Orienteering and any or all of the core elements of Sustainability according to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development […]

14.10.2024 Invitation: IOF Event Adviser Seminar from November 23-24
The IOF’s FootO Commission is organizing the IOF Event Adviser Seminar, which will be held online on November 23-24, 2o24. The seminar’s target group includes Senior Event Advisers and Event Advisers, but event organisers, athletes, federation officials, etc. are more than welcome to join. The program is divided into four blocks over the two weekend […]

14.10.2024 New series of webinars kick off on Wednesday
This Wednesday, October 16th, the 2024-25 series of webinars organised by IOF’s Global Development Commission kick off. The first webinar bears the title “Prevention of injuries among young competitive orienteers” and features Martin Krause from Back In Business Physiotherapy. It is, among other things, about how to avoid injuries among young athletes and at the […]

10.10.2024 Finland to host European Ski Orienteering Championships in 2025
Finland will host next year’s European Ski Orienteering Championships in the city of Posio from March 19 – 23, 2025 The races in the north-eastern part of the country will at the same time serve as Junior World SkiO Championships and the European Youth SkiO Championships of 2025. The ESOC program features a Sprint relay, […]

10.10.2024 South American Championships begin in Colombia on Saturday
Colombia will welcome orienteers from six South American countries this weekend for the biannual South American Orienteering Championships. Athletes from Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and home nation Colombia have all signed up for the three races that make up SAOC 2024 in senior, junior and youth categories. The city of Marinilla will host the […]

07.10.2024 Join the International TrailO course in Cyprus from Nov. 2-4
The “Inclusive Orienteering for All” (IOFA) project is organising an International TrailO Training Course taking place from November 2 to 4, 2024 in Nicosia, Cyprus. This 2.5-day event is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to organize and promote Trail Orienteering events that are inclusive and accessible to everyone, including individuals with […]

07.10.2024 Time to sign up for YLA Asia and Asian Coaching Clinic in December
Get ready for an exciting opportunity with the IOF at Asian Orienteering Championships 2024. From 21st to 26th December 2024, a High-Level Development Programme for passionate coaches and orienteers – The Young Leader Academy Asia (YLA Asia) and the IOF Asian Coaching Clinic 2024 (AsCC) takes place in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Join fellow orienteering enthusiasts […]

02.10.2024 Follow the Finnish relay league final on IOF TV Sunday
On Sunday, the 2024 Finnish relay league will be decided at Salo in southern Finland and it can be followed live on IOF TV. The final is the sixth stage of the league this year and for both women and men the overall victory is at stake. The final relays are three-legged for both men […]

29.09.2024 Sweden takes the Team World Cup title after thrilling relay wins
Nothing was decided in the overall Orienteering Team World Cup before Sunday’s relays north of Kuopio in Finland, where this year’s World Cup Final took place. Before the start of the men’s relay, Switzerland led the overall standings – 13 points ahead of Norway and a 51-point lead over the defending champions from Sweden. And […]

28.09.2024 World Cup victories for Aebersold and Fosser – but neither won their Middle race
Swiss athlete Simona Aebersold and Kasper Harlem Fosser, Norway were both second today, the race winners being Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and the European Middle Distance champion, Norwegian Eirik Langedal Breivik. Both in technique and speed, these two were outstanding today. Aebersold’s victory ends a run of 9 World Cup wins overall in succession for Alexandersson, […]

26.09.2024 World Cup Final, Long race: Tove Alexandersson on top form
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Miika Kirmula, Finland were the stars of the Long Distance race today, held at the same venue as next year’s World Orienteering Championships – Kuopio, Finland. The women’s race winner provided yet another master-class, with a lead at the finish 4.05 over current World Cup leader Simona Aebersold SUI. Hanna Lundberg […]

24.09.2024 How to follow the World Cup Final in Finland
The 2024 international orienteering season will go off with a bang, when the World Cup Final is held in Finland from Thursday to Sunday this week. Whether you follow from the arena north of Kuopio or from home, you should be in good hands getting close to the action in the forest. IOF TV offers […]

23.09.2024 Podcast: Andrine Benjaminsen on the World Cup Final and Norway’s medal rush at EOC
Andrine Benjaminsen (NOR) played a big role in Norway’s impressive performances at EOC in Hungary, where the Norwegians took seven medals and topped the medal standings. She won a relay silver and two individual bronze medals in the Hungarian heat and has hit a good shape this fall and look forward to the World Cup […]

22.09.2024 Final battle for 2024 World Cup titles in Finland
The final battle for the 2024 Orienteering World Cup titles takes place in Kuopio, Finland from Thursday to Sunday. The forest races count as the fourth round in this year’s Orienteering World Cup, which has previously taken us to fast and demanding sprint races in Switzerland and Italy and most recently a series of tough […]

16.09.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga take top places; Team World Cup to Finland
Dane Nikoline Splittorff finished strongly with a 60-point lead in the women’s World Cup, and Finnish rider André Haga ended 52 points ahead in the men’s, thanks largely to a good first half of the season. This is Splittorff’s third overall victory in successive years; Haga was fifth last year and seventh in 2022. Through […]

15.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Denmark and Czechia take Relay titles
Denmark dominated the women’s race throughout, winning by almost 5 minutes, whilst Czechia’s men retained their title from 2023 with victory by just 16 seconds in dull and damp conditions near Shumen, Bulgaria today. Cæcilie Christoffersen started strongly for Denmark in the women’s race and was 1.28 in the lead at the first changeover. At […]

14.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC Long race: defending champions both win; 3 medals to Denmark
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia successfully defended their Long Distance titles in a demanding race in hilly Bulgarian terrain today. Ludvik finished with a 1.54 lead and Splittorff won by 20 seconds. The very experienced Czech rider Martina Tichovska was best in the early stages, and passed the 8.6 km point in the […]

12.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Middle wins for Andrasiuniene and Bogar
The gold medals went to Gabriele Andrasiuniene (LTU) and defending champion Krystof Bogar (CZE) on the third day of CX80 World MTBO Championships in Bulgaria. The sun was back on Thursday morning as the athletes rode off on the Middle distance at the southern end of the forest terrain that was also used for yesterday’s […]

12.09.2024 Be part of shaping the future of orienteering
The International Orienteering Federation relies on voluntary work by passionate orienteers all around the world. And right now IOF is looking to strengthen its commissions with new members and volunteers for the period 2024-2026. If you would like to influence the development of orienteering in the coming years and gain experience of working in an […]

11.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Hasek wins second gold as Splittorff take women’s Mass start title
Jan Hasek (CZE) won his second gold medal in two days when the CX80 WMTBOC-athletes raced the mass start on Wednesday. Among the women, the leader in the World Cup, Nikoline Splittorff (DEN), was the fastest and became world champion. Yesterday’s nice weather was replaced by rain when the athletes were sent off into the […]

10.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Sprint golds for Saarela and Hasek
Ruska Saarela (FIN) and Jan Hasek (CZE) won the first gold medals at the 2024 CX80 World MTBO Championships, which began in Bulgaria on Tuesday. The championships kicked off with the sprint: 9,3/10,8 kilometers for women and men respectively in the old city of Pliska, featuring a flat terrain with a dense network of small […]

08.09.2024 CX80 World MTBO Championships: riders from 22 nations head for Bulgaria
Five races between 10th and 15th September will decide the 2024 World Champions and the World Cup winners for 2024; 110 riders from 22 nations will be competing for the medals. They will be joined by a further 73 riders from 18 nations for the Junior championships. The current individual world champions will all be […]

05.09.2024 Well attended SEEOC held in Türkiye
Last week, from August 28th to September 1st, the South East European Orienteering Championships, the South East European Masters Orienteering Championships and the 3rd Pergamon O-Week took place in Bergama, Türkiye, with participation of 759 athletes from 22 countries. Besides contributing to the growth of orienteering at both regional and international level, the championships were […]

21.08.2024 World Cup: Fosser takes over lead after EOC, Aebersold remains on top
The just ended European Championships in Hungary didn’t just give us three exciting and tough races. We also found out who has the best chances to win the 2024 Orienteering World Cup, which will be decided in Finland at the World Cup final in September. In the men’s category, Kasper Fosser (NOR) took a big […]

20.08.2024 EOC: Norway defends men’s relay title, Switzerland wins women’s race
Norway’s men defended their relay title and Switzerland took the women’s gold when the European Orienteering Championships came to an end on Tuesday afternoon. It was another warm day in central Hungary with 33 degrees and another day with a lot of slope orienteering. Not as many rock details compared to the weekend races, but […]

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 […]

06.08.2024 North America crowns its champions this week in Ontario
The biennial North American Orienteering Championships start this Tuesday in Canada’s Ontario region and feature five championship races over the coming days. The first race is the individual sprint, then there’s a Sprint Relay on Wednesday before Thursday’s Knock-Out Sprint concludes the sprint races, all taking place in the city of Kingston, Ontario. Here the […]

04.08.2024 WMOC: Challenging sprint final in Turku
More than 3,200 masters athletes took part when the first final at the World Masters Orienteering Championships in Finland was run on Sunday. The sprint final took place in central Turku, the host of city the championships, which featured challenging courses with plenty of demanding short leg in a mix of parkland and hard surfaces […]

02.08.2024 WMOC to start in Finland with 4000+ participants
The 2024 World Masters Orienteering Championships have attracted more than 4,200 competitors to the south-west corner of Finland, where the competitions begin on Saturday with the sprint qualification race. 42 nations are represented at the championships, where world masters champions will be crowned in 25 classes from W/M 35 up to W95 and M90. The […]

29.07.2024 WUOC begins in Bulgaria on Thursday
249 athletes from 30 different nations have set the course for the southwestern corner of Bulgaria, where the 2024 FISU World University Orienteering Championships take place in and around the city of Bansko. The first championship race is the Individual Sprint on Thursday in Bansko, where a flat mix of park and urban terrain awaits […]

17.07.2024 New IOF President, VPs and Council Members elected by General Assembly
IOF XXXII Ordinary General Assembly took place on Monday at the WOC 2024 event centre in Pollock Halls in Edinburgh. Delegations from 39 member federations were present – either on site or through the hybrid meeting solution online. Here all the reports and proposals put foreward in the agenda (find it here) were reviewed and […]

16.07.2024 WOC: Rancan and Alexandersson KO Sprint Champions
Riccardo Rancan (SUI) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) claimed the World Championship titles in Knock-Out Sprint Tuesday afternoon. Central Edinburgh welcomed the 72 athletes back from the qualification in the morning with heavy showers for the quarter finals before it eventually stopped raining for the semi finals later in the afternoon. Once again the centre of […]

16.07.2024 WOC: KO Sprint Qualifiers done – time for the finals!
The last day of World Orienteering Championships 2024 started Tuesday morning in western Edinburgh, where the Knock-Out Sprint Qualification took place. Located in a relatively flat residential area, qualification courses between 2,4 – 2,8 kilometers containing many short legs with constant route choice challenges awaited the athletes. All of them trying to make in into […]

15.07.2024 Re-watch IOF’s XXXII Ordinary General Assembly here
The XXXII IOF Ordinary General Assembly was held in a hybrid format on 15 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 11:00 to 15:00 local time (BST). You can re-watch the stream from the GA in IOF LIVE. Find the agenda and more information about the XXXII IOF Ordinary General Assembly here.  

15.07.2024 Follow IOF’s XXXII Ordinary General Assembly here
The XXXII IOF Ordinary General Assembly is held in a hybrid format on 15 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 11:00 to 15:00 local time (BST). You will be able to follow the stream from the GA in IOF LIVE. Find the agenda and more information about the XXXII IOF Ordinary General Assembly here.  

14.07.2024 WOC: Switzerland back on the Sprint Relay throne after 10 years
Switzerland won an exciting sprint relay at World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon after a close battle with Sweden, who ended up disqualified. Instead, it was Finland who got the silver medals with Norway taking the bronze. Today’s sprint relay was run on the campus of Heriot-Watt University in the western part of […]

12.07.2024 WOC: Regborn and Alexandersson take first golds in Edinburgh
The first gold medals of World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh went to Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Martin Regborn (SWE) after the Sprint final on Friday afternoon. The glorious sunny weather from the morning’s qualification had continued and combined with today’s arena in the central park, Princess Street Gardens, created a perfect setting for today’s race. […]

12.07.2024 WOC 2024 kicked off with sprint qualification
The World Orienteering Championships 2024 were off to a great start Friday morning, where the Sprint Qualification was held in the Leith district in northern Edinburgh. An assymetric street plan and artificial barriers created numerous challenges for the approx. 200 athletes trying their hand at getting into top 15 in their heat to qualify for […]

10.07.2024 How to follow WOC in Edinburgh
The most prestigious international competition within orienteering kicks off Friday morning in Edinburgh, when the World Orienteering Championships 2024 begin. And there are excellent opportunities to follow the three sprint competitions Friday, Sunday and Tuesday up close, regardless of whether you are present at the arenas in the Scottish capital or follow from home. In […]

09.07.2024 New friendships and learning at the IOF Young Leaders Academy 2024
25 young orienteering leaders from around the world took were earlier this year selected to take part in the IOF Young Leaders Academy (YLA) 2024 in Italy in the beginning of July. YLA was organised for the first time in 2023, and its purpose is to support their talent and their competencies on key topics […]

08.07.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga retain top places
With 5 races of the 9-race CX80 World Cup season now completed, Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and the Finn André Haga continue to lead the standings. Both riders won one of the recent two races in Latvia; Splittorff was second in the other whilst Haga was third. Biggest improvement amongst the top six comes from […]

08.07.2024 World Orienteering Championships kick off in Scotland on Friday
The highlight of the year in the international orienteering calendar begins on Friday morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, when the 40th World Orienteering Championships get underway. It is a sprint-only World Championships which awaits the athletes with three medal races: Sprint, Sprint Relay and Knock-Out Sprint in that order. As many as 45 nations are participating […]

07.07.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Mixed Relay win for Lithuania
A strong Lithuanian team won by 2.55 over Italy, with Finland third, 3.13 down, in Latvia today. In an exciting race in mainly forested terrain with many small paths and some hills, on a bright but windy day, the lead changed several times. Martin Illig, riding for Austria 2, had a flyer on the first […]

07.07.2024 MTBO rising stars: Italian triple European junior champion wins U23 gold; second gold for Swiss rider
In the Long distance races, Iris Aurora Pecorari, Italy and Noah Rieder, Switzerland, won World Championship gold medals as the best U23 riders in the CX80 World Cup field. Rieder is also U23 Sprint champion. Pecorari, only 20 this year, won all three gold medals in the Junior European Championships in Poland in May. Noah […]

06.07.2024 JWOC: Switzerland and Finland claim relay golds
The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2024 ended with two exciting relays on Saturday morning in Czechia, where Switzerland and Finland claimed the gold medals. The terrain was similar to yesterday’s middle distance – moderately hilly with many contour details and plenty of forkings for the relay courses. The men were first out in the forest […]

06.07.2024 CX80 World Cup in MTBO: Sprint wins for Splittorff and Bettega
Dane Nikoline Splittorff extended her lead in the CX80 World Cup with a win by 51 seconds, while Italian Fabiano Bettega won the men’s race by 19 seconds. World Cup leader André Haga, Finland was third. The race doubled as this year’s U23 World MTBO Championships in Sprint, and gold medalists here were the Austrian […]

05.07.2024 JWOC Middle: Two golds for home nation Czechia
Home nation Czechia continued to impress, winning both gold medals as the more than 330 athletes ran the middle distance at the Junior World Orienteering Championships on Friday. Compared to Wednesday’s long distance, the middle distance terrain was more moderately hilly and with several short, technical legs and many contour details to keep track of. […]

04.07.2024 CX80 World Cup in MTBO: leaders geared up for second round
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and André Haga, Finland ride over Sprint and Long Distance in the coming days in Latvia to defend their respective leads in the CX80 MTBO World Cup standings. Almost all the top six in the men’s and women’s lists will be among the 114 riders from 15 nations taking part. A Mixed […]

03.07.2024 JWOC Long distance: Bührer wins second gold, Czech reign in W20
There was total Czech dominance in the women’s class as the Junior World Orienteering Championships field went into the forest today for the long distance, where Switzerland’s Matthieu Bührer took the title for the second consecutive day in the men’s class. After two days of sprint races, Wednesday offered a completely different challenge for the […]

02.07.2024 JWOC: Shared sprint gold in W20, narrow Swiss win in M20
The teams and spectators at the Junior World Orienteering Championship in Czechia saw a thrilling sprint race on Tuesday, where Elli Punto (FIN) and Michaela Novotna (CZE) tied for the gold in the women’s class, and Switzerland’s Matthieu Bührer won by two seconds in the men’s. Today’s sprint took place in the historic city centre […]

02.07.2024 Podcast: Eef van Dongen on WOC in Scotland and her Knock-Out Sprint bronze from Denmark in 2022
With only four years of orienteering experience, Eef van Dongen (NED) took the orienteering world by surprise, when she won the bronze medal as Knock-Out Sprint made its debut on the WOC-program in Denmark in 2022. In this podcast episode, she shares her memories from the day and look ahead to the upcoming World Orienteering […]

02.07.2024 JWOC: Norway took clear Sprint Relay win
Norway took the first gold medal at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, which began on Monday afternoon with a sprint relay in the western part of Pilsen city, Czechia. An impressive 77 teams were ready at the starting line at 16.15, when the championships were kicked off in front of an enthusiastic audience. Today’s arena […]

28.06.2024 Follow JWOC in Czechia from Monday
The international highlight of the year for junior orienteers begins on Monday when the Junior World Orienteering Championships kick off in Pilsen, Czechia. More than 330 athletes from 38 nations have registered for the championships, which count five races during JWOC week. The youngest discipline on the programme, Sprint Relay gets the party started before […]

24.06.2024 EYOC: Relay wins for Finland, Hungary, Czechia and Sweden
Monday’s relays were the last race at the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championships in Szczechin, Poland. The more than 400 athletes were back in the forest after yesterday’s sprint and were met by a varied terrain with quite a number of hills and richly-forked courses. Here, Finland’s W16 team with Lotta Laakso, Anni Jantunen and […]

24.06.2024 IOF continues the course towards less climate emissions
The International Orienteering Federation is still well on its way to achieving its goals for lowering climate emissions. This appears from IOF’s Carbon Budget Report for 2023, which estimates the CO2 emissions of the federation in the past year and has just been released. The report has been created by IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission […]

23.06.2024 EYOC: Fast sprint in central Szczecin saw new nations rise to the top
The more than 400 athletes at European Youth Orienteering Championships found the fast shoes from the bag on Sunday afternoon, when the EYOC Sprint race took place in central Szczecin. And compared to yesterday’s long distance forest race, there were three new faces on top of the four EYOC podiums after today’s race, which took […]

23.06.2024 EYOC: Fast sprint in central Szczechin saw new nations rise to the top
The more than 400 athletes at European Youth Orienteering Championships found the fast shoes from the bag on Sunday afternoon, when the EYOC Sprint race took place in central Szczechin. And compared to yesterday’s long distance forest race, there were three new faces on top of the four EYOC podiums after today’s race, which took […]

22.06.2024 EYOC: Long distance in tough, Polish hills
Four different nations claimed the gold medals on the first day of European Youth Orienteering Championships, which take place in Szczechin, Poland this weekend. Saturday’s long distance tested the athletes’ physical abilities in the hilly terrain, where they also had to show their skills in coping with route planning on at least one long leg. […]

21.06.2024 Szczecin ready to host EYOC this weekend
More than 400 of the most talented young orienteers in Europe meet in Szczecin, Poland this weekend for the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championships. The athletes compete in four classes W16, M16, W18 and M18 and three disciplines await: Long, Sprint and Relay. The forest terrain in northwestern Poland is rather hilly with eg. 280 […]

21.06.2024 Szczechin ready to host EYOC this weekend
More than 400 of the most talented young orienteers in Europe meet in Szczechin, Poland this weekend for the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championships. The athletes compete in four classes W16, M16, W18 and M18 and three disciplines await: Long, Sprint and Relay. The forest terrain in northwestern Poland is rather hilly with eg. 280 […]

18.06.2024 IOF welcomes new timing cooperation
Earlier in June, German company arntech GmbH – a sister company of IOF partner SPORTident GmbH – announced its acquisition of Norwegian timing company EMIT AS. The acquisition is expected to open new markets for SPORTident and EMIT products and give benefits for future development of timing products from SPORTident GmbH and EMIT AS. “Having […]

12.06.2024 Follow Venla and Jukola relays on IOF TV this weekend
More than 17.000 orienteers will set course for western Finland and one of the biggest orienteering competitions in the world, that happens this weekend. Venla and Jukola relays are gathering more than 3.000 teams in total in Lakia, where they will fight for the win in the tradition-rich relays from Saturday afternoon and until early […]

10.06.2024 Event Advisers’ Clinic in Canada from August 12-13
IOF’s FootO Commission organise an Event Advisers’ Clinic in Ottawa, Canada from August 12-13, 2024. The Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Deadline for entries is June 30th. Go to the full invitation here.

04.06.2024 Regulations IOF Independent Athlete Status
Regulations for IOF Independent Athlete Status are now published, following the decision from IOF Council to open up for independent athlete participation in World Ranking Events. 1 July 2024 is the first possibility to be granted IIA Status. Following consultation with the Member Federations and IOF Athlete Representatives through the first quarter of 2024, the […]

03.06.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga lead after first round
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and André Haga, Finland top the CX80 World Cup standings after the first round, the European Championships just held at Ostróda in northern Poland. Splittorff won two individual gold medals, and Haga one gold and one bronze. World Cup leader Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark   Photos: Jakub Kijak / MoonLine Media The top six […]

03.06.2024 CX80 EMTBOC Sprint Relay – Czechia wins exciting sprint finish
Czechia took the gold medals in a tightly contested Sprint Relay, with Krystof Bogar finishing just a couple of metres ahead of André Haga, Finland after being 5 seconds ahead at the spectator passage with 2 km to go. Bronze medallists were Italy. Sprint Relay mass start  Photos: Jakub Kijak / MoonLine Media On the […]

02.06.2024 World Cup: Switzerland won nail-biting Sprint Relay
Switzerland won the first international sprint relay in 2024, when they were the first to cross the finish line after a nerve-wracking final at the Orienteering World Cup round in Genoa. Finland and Czechia continued to impress by taking second and third place respectively. Strong start Switzerland came out strong in the sun-drenched Nervi Park, […]

02.06.2024 CX80 EMTBOC Middle Distance: double triumph for Finland
Finns Ruska Saarela and André Haga were the stars of the show in the Middle race, both adding a gold medal to a bronze won earlier in the championships. It was a good day too for Lithuania with two silver medals. The course was the most technical of the championships so far, with short and […]

01.06.2024 World Cup: Aebersold and Fosser take huge margin wins in Genoa
Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) won today’s Orienteering World Cup sprint in Genoa, Italy by large margins. With an arena beautifully located on the waterfront in Genoa’s western end and a both varied and challenging sprint course, Round 2 of the World Cup got off to a great start. Both the women’s and […]

31.05.2024 CX80 EMTBOC Long Distance: second gold for Denmark, first for Czechia
The Long Distance medals were won by two favourites: Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark, winner of the Sprint yesterday, and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia, leader of the IOF World Rankings. Both riders were in front at the mid-race time-check and made good route choices throughout on a day with good riding conditions. Splittorff, women’s World Ranking leader, is […]

30.05.2024 First CX80 EMTBOC golds to Denmark and Finland
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and Samuel Pokala, Finland won today’s Sprint races in the CX80 European MTBO Championships in northern Poland, both by clear margins. Medals went to 5 nations on a warm sunny day in high-speed terrain. There were many changes in position as the races progressed, with opportunity in places for short-cuts off the […]

30.05.2024 New athlete representatives at IOF Council
Eline Gemperle and Jonathan Ståhl are appointed by the newly elected IOF Athlete Representatives to represent the athletes at IOF Council in the upcoming General Assembly period, which starts after the IOF General Assembly 2024. The four elected Athlete Advisory Groups has appointed representatives to the new Athletes’ Commission  –  two members from each discipline: […]

30.05.2024 How to follow Orienteering World Cup Round 2 in Italy
We have only just said goodbye to Olten, Switzerland but it’s already time to continue the Orienteering World Cup in Genoa, Italy this weekend. Round 2 consists of a sprint on Saturday and a sprint relay on Sunday at the edge of the Mediterranean. And it is literally on the edge of the Mediterranean, since […]

29.05.2024 Heikkilä and Swiss duo lead World Cup standings before Genoa
Finland’s Tuomas Heikkilä leads the men’s World Cup, while Switzerland’s Natalia Gemperle and Simona Aebersold share first place in the women’s after this weekend’s Round 1 in Olten, Switzerland. Heikkilä had an impressive weekend with a third place in Saturday’s Knock-Out Sprint, which he followed up with a second place in the sprint the following […]

29.05.2024 CX80 EMTBOC: Europe’s MTBO stars gather in Poland
Poland is the host for this year’s CX80 World Cup first round, the European MTBO Championships, with four days of intense racing scheduled from Thursday to Sunday. 109 athletes from 20 nations will be striving for the medals. Almost all the top names in MTBO are entered, including all the defending European Champions except for […]

26.05.2024 World Cup: Gemperle and Svensk win fast sprint in Switzerland
The old city center of Olten, Switzerland and the many energetic spectators in the arena created another nice backdrop for Sunday’s individual World Cup sprint Switzerland’s Natalia Gemperle took her first World Cup win in six years – a comfortable one with 12 seconds of margin, whereas Emil Svensk (SWE) only secured his victory by […]

25.05.2024 World Cup: Knock-Out wins for Hadorn and Alexandersson
Joey Hadorn (SUI) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) took the first Orienteering World Cup wins of 2024 with their victories in Saturday’s Knock-Out Sprint in Switzerland. Yesterday’s heavy rain was nowhere to be seen in sunny, central Olten, that hosted all of Saturday’s races from the quarter finals before noon and until the finals some hours […]

24.05.2024 World Cup: Athletes from 17 nations make it through Knock-Out Sprint qualifiers
The 2024 Orienteering World Cup got underway under very variable weather conditions Friday afternoon in Zofingen, Switzerland, where athletes from 17 out of the competing 32 nations managed to qualify for Saturday’s quarter finals. The sun was shining over the cosy old town centre as the first runners in the men’s three qualification heats made […]

24.05.2024 Podcast: Simona Aebersold on the World Cup in Olten and the 2024 international season
This year’s Orienteering World Cup begins in Switzerland this weekend with two sprint races. Simona Aebersold (SUI) claimed her first individual World Champs title on the long distance last year, where she was third in the overall World Cup. Hear her expectations for the 2024 international season in this mini episode of the IOF podcast […]

23.05.2024 IOF enters partnership with EBU to spread Orienteering Worldwide
The greatest international orienteering events will now be accessible to a significantly larger audience. The International Orienteering Federation, IOF, has entered a partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the world’s leading alliance for public service media. IOF has a long tradition of collaborating with National Broadcasters in several countries that are also EBU Members. […]

22.05.2024 Scholarships for participation in the 2024 O-Ringen Academy
The IOF gives financial support (scholarships) to participate in O-Ringen Academy to selected participants from developing orienteering nations. Eight applicants for the O-Ringen Academy 2024 have been granted scholarships from the IOF to participate in the 2024 O-Ringen Academy: Rehab Abdel Raouf (EGY) Ahmet Polat (TUR) Hasan Akdogan (TUR) Safaa Al Abboodi (IRQ) Sayeesha Kirani […]

21.05.2024 How to follow the Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in Switzerland
The international orienteering season is about to start and you’re invited to follow all the action from the Orienteering World Cup 2024 closely. We start in Switzerland this weekend with Round 1 – a Knock-Out Sprint on Saturday and an individual sprint on Sunday. The city of Olten hosts both races and offers flat and […]

18.05.2024 Intense sprints will kick off the new World Cup season
Exactly 230 days after Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI) crossed the finish line under Vicenza’s October sun to win both the KO Sprint titles at EOC and secure the overall 2023 Orienteering World Cup victories, it’s time to kick off the World Cup again. The 2024 season begins with the youngest discipline, a […]

16.05.2024 JWOC 2027 appointed to Poland – Japan will host WMOC 2027
Young orienteers will travel to Poland in three years to race for JWOC-medals, while the slightly older ones set course for Japan and the WMOC races the same year. It is clear after IOF Council’s meeting on May 3rd, 2024, where several organisers of future international championships were appointed. It is the fourth time that […]

14.05.2024 Orienteering events in India attract more than 1000 participants
A number of orienteering events in India over the past nine months have had around 1750 people try their hand at the sport. To date India has had 4 clubs, but four more are on the way, meaning six of the country’s states are on their way to be represented by a club. Several clubs […]

12.05.2024 European TrailO Championships: double TempO medal haul for home nation
The Finnish athlete Lauri Mäkinen won the Final of the TempO competition in a very tight finish where the silver medal was shared and the fourth-placed athlete missed a medal by just 1 second! All that at the end of 9 stations with 5 tasks at each – 45 decision tasks under extreme time pressure […]

11.05.2024 European TrailO Championships: success for Norway and Czechia in Relay
Norway and Czechia emerged as winners of the two relay classes, O and P; the six sets of medals awarded today go to teams from six different nations. All competitors completed a PreO course of 16 controls followed by two TempO stations, and the third-leg athlete had an additional TempO control at the end, in […]

10.05.2024 European TrailO Championships: PreO gold medals to Italy and Norway
Aaron Gaio, Italy and Svein Jakobsen, Norway were the overall winners of the O and P classes respectively after the second day of competition on a cold, sunny and windy day in Turku, Finland. Open class medal winners   Photos: Jari Grönroos Gaio along with Geir Myhr Øien, Norway were the only two competitors to achieve […]

09.05.2024 European TrailO Championships: young Slovakian leads in PreO
16-year-old Jonatán Furucz, Slovakia leads the O (Open) class field after the first day of the PreO competition, held in cold conditions in Turku, Finland. Svein Jacobsen, Norway heads the P (Physically Challenged) Class. Competitors had a 32-control course in forest rich in contour and rock detail, and many were hard-pressed to complete the course […]

07.05.2024 A first! Live TV from Trail Orienteering
The TempO Final at the European TrailO Championships (ETOC) will be televised on Finnish TV and IOF TV as it takes place around the Paavo Nurmi stadium in Turku, Finland on Sunday afternoon, 12th May. This is a first for TrailO, with the whole orienteering world now able to experience the tension and excitement as […]

03.05.2024 WOC 2029 awarded to Sweden
The forest World Orienteering Championships in 2029 will take place in Örnskjoldsvik, Sweden. That was decided by IOF Council during a meeting on Friday. WOC 2029 will be the fifth World Championships taking place in Sweden – the most recent being WOC 2016 in Strömstad. Sweden also made a bid for the World Orienteering Championships […]

02.05.2024 Podcast: 10Mila preview with IOF TV expert commentator Jonas Merz
This weekend, the prestigious 10Mila relays take place in Nynäshamn in eastern Sweden with more than 6000 athletes. IOF TV airs all three relays – Youth, Women’s and 10Mila – from Saturday afternoon and until Sunday before noon, when the Women’s relay is decided. Go to IOF TV In this episode of the IOF Podcast, […]

29.04.2024 Follow all the 10Mila magic on IOF TV
This weekend, the forests near Nynäshamn in Sweden host this year’s 10Mila relays with close to 900 teams in total and more than 6000 athletes. Teams from 13 countries in total have registered to race. And you will be able to follow all three relays on IOF TV in both English and Finnish commentary. The […]

26.04.2024 Swedish broadcaster SVT acquires TV-rights for another three years
Swedes will have great opportunities to follow orienteering on the highest level in the years to come, as national broadcaster SVT has acquired the rights for international orienteering for another three years. Orienteering broadcasts on SVT has had great viewing figures as hundreds of thousands tune in to the competitions to follow the Swedish national […]

22.04.2024 Here are the candidates for the 2024 IOF Council Elections
The list of candidates for the 2024 IOF Council elections taking place at IOF General Assembly on July 15th is now final as the deadline for nominations has passed. During this year’s General Assembly, a President, two Vice Presidents and four Council Members are to be elected. It is IOF’s Member Federations who nominate the […]

15.04.2024 New basic Fair Play E-learning course available
How should you act if you know the terrain before a race, meet an injured runner in the forest or are asked for directions? These are some of the topics covered in the new basic Fair Play course, that has just become available on IOF’s E-learning platform. The course consists of 14 different lessons with […]

09.04.2024 New IOF Athlete Representatives elected
Athlete Representatives to the IOF Athletes’ Advisory Groups for the new two-year term 2024-2026 has been elected by the athletes for all four disciplines. See the election results here. The elected IOF Athlete Representatives represent the voice and interests of athletes and are part of consultation- and decision-making processes within the IOF organisation. Empowerment of […]

09.04.2024 2024 Finnish Relay League premieres in IOF TV on Friday
The spring really comes to Finland on Friday evening when the 2024 Finnish Relay League kicks off in the southwestern corner of the country. Kevätyönviesti is the first of seven rounds of the league in 2024, where Tampereen Pyrintö are defending champions in both women’s and men’s classes from last year. The three-leg relays take […]

03.04.2024 Independent athlete participation in World Ranking Events
Following consultation with the Member Federations and IOF Athlete Representatives, the IOF Council has unanimously approved to open up for independent athlete participation in World Ranking Events through IIA status for eligible athletes. The approved scope for IIA status will come into effect on 1 July 2024. One of the IOF’s 3 guiding values is […]

02.04.2024 SPORTident continues to support the International Orienteering Federation in 2024
IOF is pleased to share that the partnership with SPORTident is extended through 2024. More details in the article below from SPORTident. And don’t forget: You can get your hands on the special edition IOF SIAC in the IOF Shop. “A great year of working together lies behind us and we are already looking forward […]

28.03.2024 Orienteering season kicks off in Sweden and France on IOF TV this weekend
This weekend, IOF TV invites you to come along to some of the first European FootO-races of 2024, with broadcasts from Swedish League, Swedish Relay League and the French Championships in Sprint Relay. Thousands of orienteers are heading to southern Sweden, where the two first races of this year’s Swedish League are held and on […]

22.03.2024 Orienteering World Cup enters new era from 2025
The Orienteering World Cup will enter a new era from 2025 with a new organising setup behind the premiere series of global elite orienteering competitions. The IOF will manage and develop the event with strong support from Verein Swiss Cup, part of the current World Cup consortium, Svensk Orientering Events AB and the Czech Orienteering […]

15.03.2024 O-Ringen Academy 2024 is waiting for your application
Applications are now open for the annual O-Ringen Academy, which takes place in southern Sweden from July 19th – 28th, 2024 in conjunction with the world’s greatest orienteering event O-Ringen. The academy is organised by the Park World Tour Organisation in cooperation with the International Orienteering Federation and O-Ringen, and it provides a unique opportunity […]

13.03.2024 Organising a Carbon-wise Event
The handbook “Organising a Carbon-wise Event” is a result of the “Carbon-wise Jukola” project. It is an excellent guide to the planning and management of a sustainable orienteering event, and is available here. Click here to go to the page with the handbook.  The reader will find in the book a wealth of information and […]

05.03.2024 CX80’s double partnership strengthens orienteering in several ways
If you have followed IOF’s major events in recent years, you probably have no doubt: The Polish grease- and lubricant manufacturer CX80 is one of IOF’s most important partners. The distinctive red and white logo appears at run-up sections and on backdrops at World and European Championships and both major MTBO championships and the MTBO […]

27.02.2024 WOC 2027 kick off meeting held in Budapest
Earlier in February, the Hungarian Orienteering Federation, the local organizers and IOF held a press conference and a kick off meeting ahead of the World Orienteering Championships in 2027, that takes place in forests around Vezprem, Hungary in three years. From left: Balázs Kovács, President of the Hungarian Orienteering Federation, Henrik Eliasson, CEO of IOF […]

26.02.2024 SkiO World Cup: Baklid takes the crown again, Olsson claims first overall women’s title
Another fantastic SkiO season for the Norwegian Jørgen Baklid! He finishes at the top again, retaining the men’s World Cup title for the second year in succession. Magdalena Olsson, Sweden came back to take the women’s title after missing the 2023 season. Both won by good margins. Magdalena Olsson ahead of Elin Schagerström (both SWE) […]

25.02.2024 SkiO World Cup: overall wins for Olsson and Baklid – but second place for both today
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden and Jørgen Baklid, Norway are the 2024 SkiO World Cup champions, both finishing in second place today, Baklid just 1 second behind Eevert Toivonen, Finland. Home athlete Daisy Kudre Schnyder won the women’s race. Ella Turesson, Sweden was an early leader in the women’s race over 8.8 km, held on a mild, […]

24.02.2024 SkiO World Cup Final Pursuit: second victory for Ekström
Niklas Ekström, Finland kept his cool throughout the 3-loop Pursuit today to win by 52 seconds, whilst in the women’s race it was victory for Norwegian Anna Ulvensøen by just 8 seconds. Ekström and Ulvensøen are both second in the World Cup standings and have narrowed the gap to the leaders today, with Ekström now […]

23.02.2024 Traubaite and Ekström took their first SkiO World Cup wins in Estonia
Both Judita Traubaite (LTU) and Niklas Ekström (FIN) claimed the top spot on the World Cup podium for the first time, when this year’s World Cup Final kicked off Friday morning in Haanja, Estonia. The event consists of three individual races, that all count in the Ski Orienteering World Cup and today’s challenge was a […]

20.02.2024 IOF conducts Athletes Survey 2024
From late February and in the following weeks, IOF conducts a survey among all athletes that have participated in an IOF event within the last two years. This year’s survey covers both the athletes view on the sustainability of current IOF events and suggestions to enhance the event programme to better meet the athletes needs. […]

20.02.2024 SkiO World Cup and U23 World Championship titles at stake in Estonia this weekend
The ski orienteering elite will wax their skis for the last international races of the season this weekend, when the SkiO World Cup Final and U23 World Ski Orienteering Championships take place in Estonia from Friday to Sunday. Three individual races await – a Sprint, a Pursuit (Long) and a Middle distance – all in […]

07.02.2024 Oceania held its first ever sprint orienteering championships in New Zealand
The first regional FootO-championships of the year took place last week in New Zealand, where the 2024 Oceania Orienteering Championships were held with three sprint disciplines on the program. It was the first ever sprint Oceania Orienteering Championships with the events designed to prepare the athletes in the best possible way for this summer’s World […]

06.02.2024 WOC Clinic 2024 is open for applications
It’s time to apply if you want to be a part of this year’s WOC Clinic, that takes place before and during World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland in July. The clinic is a 10-day camp arranged for young and promising athletes from less economically strong orienteering federations to develop as orienteers and succeed in […]

01.02.2024 Application period for major events extended until March 31st
The period for applying to host IOF Major Events in disciplines, where no applications are yet submitted, is extended until March 31st, 2024. That was decided by IOF Council during a meeting in January. For more information about applying to host an IOF Major Event, please contact the chairperson in the relevant discipline commission.

31.01.2024 Japan will host 2026 World Ski Orienteering Championships
The best ski orienteers in the world will gather in Japan to compete at the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2026. During a meeting earlier in January, IOF Council decided to appoint Japan as organiser of the championships. The preliminary dates set for WSOC 2026 are February 28th – March 6th, 2026. It will be Japan’s […]

31.01.2024 Time to apply for Young Leaders Academy 2024
Young Leaders Academy 2024 offers a unique chance to develop your orienteering skills and improve your coaching and organizational abilities, while participating in ”5 days Italy” and network with like-minded orienteers from the rest of the world. And now is the time to apply. The academy is held from June 29th – July 6th 2024 […]

28.01.2024 SkiO World Cup: Jørgen Baklid on course for third overall victory
Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, overall winner in the last two years, heads the men’s standings after his 3-gold haul at the World Championships. Magdalena Olsson, Sweden leads the women’s standings by 85 points. Olsson missed the 2023 season for family reasons and has come back at full strength this season, winning two of the three individual […]

27.01.2024 WSOC Sprint Relay: Favourites win, close battle for silver and bronze
Norway with Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid remain as world champions after victory by 52 seconds today. Sweden and Switzerland fought a close battle for silver, with Sweden finishing in front by 5 seconds. In sunny conditions in Austria, the Sprint Relay was held in largely open terrain with many ski tracks and structures. The […]

26.01.2024 WSOC: Norwegian dominance in Middle race
Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid won gold in the Middle race today, a Norwegian double on courses and in conditions that suited fast cross-country skiers. This was Baklid’s third gold of the championships; Magdalena Olsson, Sweden, gold medallist in Sprint and Long, took silver. Ulvensøen was one of the earliest of the top athletes to […]

24.01.2024 WSOC: Second gold medals for Baklid and Olsson
Jørgen Baklid, Norway successfully defended his World Pursuit crown today, and he and Magdalena Olsson, Sweden followed up their Sprint wins yesterday with equally impressive performances in quite different snow conditions. Competitors started today in their finishing time after the leader in yesterday’s Sprint, and in both races the leaders stayed ahead throughout. In the […]

23.01.2024 Olsson and Baklid claim sprint gold medals at WSOC
Magdalena Olsson (SWE) and Jørgen Baklid (NOR) both took a clear victory in the sprint at 2024 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Ramsau, Austria. Tuesday’s sprint offered courses of 3,1 and 3,5 kilometers for women and men respectively in the hilly area around the Cross Country Skiing Arena in Ramsau and heavy snowfall during the […]

21.01.2024 WSOC returns to the Austrian Alps
The international ski orienteering season of 2024 will start with a bang, when the World Ski Orienteering Championships begin in Ramsau, Austria on Tuesday. The event in the Austrian Alps also serves as Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships and European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships. Four races await the athletes with the Cross Country Skiing Arena […]

20.01.2024 Podcast: Daisy Kudre-Schnyder on WSOC 2024 in Austria
Estonia’s Daisy Kudre-Schnyder will go into next week’s World Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria as reigning World Cup champion and with two WSOC-titles to defend from the championships in Finland two years ago. In this episode of the IOF Podcast, Daisy tells us about her preparations for the championships, her feelings for the terrains in […]

20.01.2024 Estonia takes over WMSOC 2024 in February
The world’s best ski orienteering masters athletes will still get their chance to race for championship medals this year, after the Estonian organisers have taken over the assignment to organise the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships in conjunction with the World Cup final in late February. WMSOC was supposed to take place in Italy during […]

16.01.2024 Fluor testing procedure ready ahead of WSOC/JWSOC/EYSOC in Austria
IOF has made preparations for fluor-testing of skis at WSOC, JWSOC and EYSOC in Ramsau next week. Details about the procedure and guidelines for ski and equipment cleaning methods are published in the Ski Orienteering competition rules section here. Furthermore, IOF and the organisers will offer an Open Testing Session prior to the races, where […]

12.01.2024 2024 FISU World University SkiO Championships begin Friday
The international ski orienteering season kicks off on Friday, when the 2024 FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships begins in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. More than 75 athletes from 14 different nations have registered to start in the four races in eastern Switzerland. The first race is a sprint and it is follow by a pursuit race, […]

11.01.2024 WSOC 2024 airs on Norwegian sports streaming service Amedia
One of Norway’s largest media groups, Amedia, will broadcast the 2024 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Ramsau, Austria. Amedia, publisher of more than 80 newspapers across Norway, has acquired the Norwegian TV rights to the sprint event on 23 January and the pursuit on 24 January and will broadcast the competitions through the direktesport.no platform, which […]

10.01.2024 Sara Hagström nominated for World Games Athlete of the Year
Sweden’s Sara Hagström has been nominated for the International World Games Association’s 2023 Athlete of the Year award after an impressive year for her. In October, she won the European Orienteering Championships individual sprint in Verona, Italy and took golds in the relays at both World Championships in Switzerland and European Championships in Italy. On […]

09.01.2024 WSOC 2024 will be shown on national TV in Sweden, Austria and Estonia
When the world’s best ski orienteers head to Austria for the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2024 in January, a TV audience larger than ever will be able to follow the fight for medals in the snow. The national TV channels SVT in Sweden, ORF in Austria and ERR Estonia have acquired the rights to broadcast […]

08.01.2024 SkiO at Winter World Masters Games cancelled due to lack of snow
Unfortunately, the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships races at 2024 Winter World Masters Games in Italy cannot be carried out due to lack of snow. The SkiO masters athletes were supposed to compete in three races from January 13 – 17, but the amount of snow in the Sondrio region in the eastern Alps is […]

08.01.2024 National quotas for WOC 2025 long distance published
The national quotas for the WOC 2025 long distance race have now been calculated and are published in the Rules section of the FootO Commission on orienteering.sport. The number of participants that each federation can enter is limited and determined by the results from previous forest World Orienteering Championships. Based on the results, the federations […]

19.12.2023 Nomination of candidates for athlete representatives is now open
The IOF Athlete Representatives for the next two-year term will elected in March 2024 and the period for nominations is now open and runs until January 31st, 2024. The purpose of having athletes representative is to represent the voice and interests of athletes by engaging them in decision-making processes within the IOF organisation and to […]

19.12.2023 High Level Event Seminar in Budapest, February 3-4, 2024
IOF’s Foot Orienteering Commission and the Hungarian Orienteering Federation organise the 2024 IOF High Level Event Seminar in Budapest, Hungary from February 3rd-4th, 2024. The seminar targets appointed organisers, potential future organisers and key persons of IOF High Level Events, including Event Directors, already appointed IOF Senior Event Advisers and Assistant Senior Event Advisers. National […]

16.12.2023 WSOC 2024 will be shown on national TV in Sweden and Austria
When the world’s best ski orienteers head to Austria for the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2024 in January, a TV audience larger than ever will be able to follow the fight for medals in the snow. The national TV channels SVT in Sweden and ORF in Austria have acquired the rights to broadcast the high-quality […]

15.12.2023 Ski Orienteering added to World University Games 2025 programme
When the FISU World University Games comes to Torino, Italy in January 2025, Ski Orienteering is included as a part of the programme. Earlier this week, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) formally approved Ski Orienteering as one of the participating sports. The SkiO athletes will compete for three sets of medals – sprint for […]

13.12.2023 IOF Podcast: Ralph Street on his first ever World Cup win and preparing for WOC 2024
Ralph Street (GBR) took his first ever World Cup win in Czechia in August, when he won the sprint in Ceska Lipa by 14 seconds. After racing World Cups and World Championships for 10 years now, we ask him what fell into place that day in August. Next summer, Great Britain is hosting the Sprint […]

09.12.2023 27 years with World Ranking and WMOCs: David May retires from the FootO Commission
Every single week of the year, orienteering competitions are held around the world in which the IOF plays a greater or lesser role. Everything from the major international championships in the four IOF disciplines, where there is a several year-long collaboration between advisors and organisers, to hundreds of World Ranking Events in the calendar. Before, […]

08.12.2023 Updated competition rules for all orienteering disciplines are published
The updated competition rules for all four orienteering disciplines under IOF have now been approved and are published and available here on orienteering.sport. For Ski Orienteering, the updated rules were approved and published in November and are valid from December 1st, 2023 Find them here   Competition rules and World Cup special rules for Foot […]

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 […]

08.10.2023 Information from EOC Knock-Out Sprint
Update: Both Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Joey Hadorn (SUI) are in a stable condition. They are both feeling okay considering the circumstances. Original information: During one of the quarter finals in Vicenza, Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Joey Hadorn (SUI) collided. No others were involved in the incident. They were quickly examined by a doctor and […]

06.10.2023 Sweden takes clear Sprint relay win at EOC
Sweden won its first ever European Championships Sprint relay gold by a big margin Friday afternoon in the historic city of Soave, where the second race of the 2023 European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 3 was held. The Swedish team with Tove Alexandersson, Jonatan Gustafsson, Martin Regborn and Sara Hagström beat Switzerland by […]

05.10.2023 Alexandersson secures ninth World Cup-title, as men’s fight tightens
Tove Alexandersson (SWE) may have missed Wednesday’s victory in the European Orienteering Championships sprint by eight seconds, but her second place was enough to take another win, the overall 2023 Orienteering World Cup title. Alexandersson gained 80 points in the World Cup standings bringing her total up to 560 points before the last World Cup […]

04.10.2023 Hagström and Kyburz claim first gold medals in Italy
Sara Hagström (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI) were crowned European champions after a fast sprint race in the scenic streets of central Verona, Italy on Wednesday. The first race of the European Orienteering Championships was decided just a few meters from the famous Roman amphitheatre Arena Verona, which together with the rest of the city […]

02.10.2023 Time for European Championships in fast Italian terrain
The international orienteering season will come to an intense end, when the European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 3 are decided over three sprint races in northern Italy in the coming days. Verona, Soave and Vicenza in Italy’s Veneto region host a Sprint, a Sprint Relay and a Knock-Out Sprint respectively. All three terrains […]

27.09.2023 Podcast: Tereza Janosikova on EOC in Italy and the work in IOF’s athletes’ commission
Tereza Janosikova had a great start to the autumn season, finishing second in the World Cup Sprint Relay in Ceska Lipa with Team Czechia in the beginning of August. In this episode of the IOF Podcast, we talk about what that means for the upcoming European Orienteering Championships in Italy and how she has prepared […]

24.09.2023 European Cup in TrailO: Runaway win for Polish athlete
Krystian Petersburski from Poland has taken overall victory in ECTO this year by the huge margin of 46 points, with four wins and a second place from the 10 competitions. Anders Höije, Sweden was second with one victory and two runner-up placings, and third place overall went to Pinja Mäkinen, Finland. Petersburski, born in 2001 […]

23.09.2023 Mixed Relay win for Lithuania
Today’s race resulted in a surprise win for Lithuania by 46 seconds, with Czechia 2 and Switzerland 1 in second and third places, after Denmark seemed on course for victory well into the final leg. Women riders in the three-person teams take first leg, and it was no surprise that the two leading Danes Nikoline […]

22.09.2023 Krystof Bogar takes men’s title in CX80 MTBO World Cup
Third place in the Long distance race in Italy today was good enough to secure the overall top placing for the Czech athlete Krystof Bogar. Race winners were Kaarina Nurminen, Finland and for the second day running, Fabiano Bettega on home ground. Both wins were by big margins. Bettega was fastest throughout, taking 9 minutes […]

21.09.2023 CX80 World Cup in MTBO: Dane Nikoline Splittorff secures overall victory
A dominant performance from Nikoline Splittorff, winning by 1.41 in today’s Middle race, ensured that she is the overall women’s champion in 2023. Home rider Fabiano Bettega won the men’s race by 5 seconds, where Czechia had 4 riders in the top 6 – the top 2 World Cup placings are still undecided. In the […]

19.09.2023 Final CX80 MTBO World Cup round in Italy this week
Who will be CX80 World Cup winners in MTBO this year? All will be decided over 2 races, Middle and Long, near Folgaria in Trentino, Italy later this week. The event doubles as the U-23 World Championships. 17 nations will be represented, including riders from Australia and USA. Nicoline Splittorff, Denmark is hot favourite for […]

19.09.2023 Podcast: Yannick Michiels on EOC in Italy and his favorite sprint terrain
When the European Orienteering Championships kick off in Italy on October 4th, sprint specialist Yannick Michiels (BEL) will be eager to follow up on his bronze medal from the WOC Sprint in Denmark last year with another great performance in the streets of Verona. In this episode of the IOF Podcast, we talk to Yannick […]

04.09.2023 Invitation to FootO EA Clinic in Hong Kong in January 2024
The FootO Clinic is to be organised in Hong Kong between the 27th  and the 28th of January next year. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Attendance at a clinic such as […]

01.09.2023 SPORTident’s O-App now supports Score-O and Rogaining
Press release from IOF-partner SPORTident: Score-O and Rogaining now supported by the O-App With the latest release of the SPORTident Orienteering App (R276) comes new possibilities. Score-O and Rogaining trainings and competitions can now be managed with the app. In this context, SPORTident Center allows for a great visual representation of the results of these […]

01.09.2023 WMSOC 2024 included in Winter World Masters Games
World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships will be a part of the Winter World Masters Games in Lombardia, Italy in January 2024. Thereby the ski orienteering masters athletes will take part in the WWMG, which include 15 different sports and expect to host more than 3000 participants over the course of 10 days. WMSOC 2024 will […]

29.08.2023 Emily Benham Kvåle: MTBO legend announces her retirement
Ten world titles, plus 9 silver and 3 bronze medals in world MTBO championships – that is the amazing record set by the Norway-based British athlete Emily Benham Kvåle since her first world championship ride way back in 2007. Now she has announced that the recent World Championships is her last. That race in 2007, […]

28.08.2023 Splittorff and Bogar leads CX80 MTBO World Cup after Czechia
With four individual races and a relay at CX80 WMTBOC in Czechia last week, we got a lot closer to crown the 2023 CX80 MTBO World Cup champions. This year’s World Cup will be decided in Trentino, Italy in four weeks, where two individual races and a mixed relay serves as the World Cup final […]

26.08.2023 Clear relay wins for Finland and Czechia at CX80 WMTBOC
The Finnish women defended their WMTBOC-title in style winning Saturday’s relay by nearly 10 minutes. At the same time the Czech men continued the streak of great performances and won their relay by six minutes. After some days in flat terrain, the final day of the championships tested the MTBO-athletes ability to climb. The women’s […]

25.08.2023 Double golds for Czechia in CX80 WMTBOC Mass Start
Home nation Czechia won both senior golds at Friday’s Mass Start at CX80 World MTBO Championships, as Martina Tichovska and Vojtech Ludvik was fastest in the last individual race of the championships. The women were first out in the forest at Jabkenice – a flat and fast terrain terrain with a dense network of roads […]

23.08.2023 CX 80 WMTBOC Middle race: Second gold for Krystof Bogar
Czech rider Krystof Bogar likes his home terrain! He added the Middle Distance title to that in Sprint with a win by 14 seconds today. Emily Benham Kvåle GBR, no stranger to gold medals in the past, won the women’s race emphatically by 2.40 over the Dane Nikoline Splittorff. The same venue was used as […]

22.08.2023 CX 80 WMTBOC Long Distance golds to Denmark and Czechia
Nikoline Splittorff DEN, current World Cup leader and last year’s Middle Distance champion, and Vojtech Ludvik CZE, silver medallist 2 days ago, were today’s winners at the end of a gruelling Long Distance race with winning times just under 2 hours. Last year’s Long Distance champion Emily Benham Kvåle GBR was determined to retain the […]

21.08.2023 European Universities Championships begin this week
The 2nd European Universities Championships in Orienteering begin on Friday, August 25th in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Sprint Qualification will be the first race, with the sprint final later the same day – both these races take place in St. Gallen. Middle race on Saturday 26th is situated in one of the best terrains in this part […]

20.08.2023 CX 80 WMTBOC Sprint: Best results for Czechia and Finland
Gold medals were won by Krystof Bogar CZE and Kaarina Nurminen FIN in the Sprint held in the streets and forest parks of Jičín, Czechia today, both riders having the fastest times throughout the race and Bogar retaining the title won in 2022. Czechia and Finland took one more medal each, the others going to […]

19.08.2023 Coaches shared insights and experiences at conference in Austria
The 3rd International Orienteering Coaches Conference took place from 08.-10.08.2023 in Faak am See, Austria. Nine team representatives from AUT/CZE, DEN, FIN, FRA, GBR, HUN, NOR, SUI and SWE organised coaches lessons covering different topics. In total, about 35 people participated in the conference, half of them via online streaming. The coaches conference offered insights […]

19.08.2023 CX 80 WMTBOC: Focus now switches to elite-class MTBO in Czechia
MTB Orienteers from 25 nations have converged on Jičín in Czechia for the CX 80 2023 World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships, comprising five competitions over the coming week. Both the world’s elite and the best Juniors will be competing for medals in Sprint, Long, Middle, Mass Start and Relay. This is the 20th edition of […]

19.08.2023 Focus now switches to elite-class MTBO in Czechia
MTB Orienteers from 25 nations have converged on Jičín in Czechia for the 2023 World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships, comprising five competitions over the coming week. Both the world’s elite and the best Juniors will be competing for medals in Sprint, Long, Middle, Mass Start and Relay. This is the 20th edition of WMTBOC and […]

18.08.2023 WMOC: Gold, gold and gold again for four athletes
The ultimate achievement, three gold medals! That was the outcome for Tatsiana Voveriene, Lithuania (W35), Céline Dodin, France (W40) and the Norwegians Unni Strand Karlsen (W70) and Torid Kvaal (W80) after today’s Long Final. Kvaal won today by the huge margin of 12.50, and both Voveriene and Dodin won by more than 8 minutes. Eight […]

16.08.2023 WMOC Middle Final: intense competition and tight finishes
Today the first forest medals were competed for over Middle distance, in warm and sunny conditions. The tightest victory was in W55 where the Polish runner Anna Gornicka-Antonowicz, Middle distance bronze medallist in the European Championships in 2000 in Ukraine, was just one second ahead of the Norwegian Hilda Oefsthus. Two seconds was the margin for […]

15.08.2023 WMOC: All set for the Middle Final!
The forest part of WMOC started today north of Košice, Slovakia with the Forest Qualification races – for the best, to ensure they are in the A-finals in Middle and Long. Yesterday was a rest day, but a forest Model Event attracted many to explore typical terrain in a leisurely fashion. Over 3,000 competitors have […]

13.08.2023 Norway most successful nation at WMOC sprint
It was another day with a clear blue sky over Košice, as the World Masters Orienteering Championships athletes raced the sprint final on Sunday morning. After yesterday’s qualification the Technical University campus, the WMOC arena moved some hundred meters to the south towards the old town center of Košice with the last controls and finish […]

12.08.2023 WMOC 2023 off to a good start with sprint qualifications
The sun was shining at the Technical University campus in Košice, as the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2023 got underway in Slovakia Saturday morning with the sprint qualification. More than 2500 athletes raced today’s qualification in age classes from W/M 35 up to W85 and M90 – all fighting to get into the top half […]

11.08.2023 WMOC 2023 begins Saturday in Košice, Slovakia
Over the course of the next seven days, nearly 3300 athletes from 43 different nations will race for World Masters Orienteering Championships medals in and around Košice, Slovakia. WMOC in Slovakia was originally scheduled for 2020 but was just like many other events postponed due to the pandemic. There are five races ahead of the […]

10.08.2023 SPORTident supports the International Orienteering Federation
Press release from our partner SPORTident: A common goal unites. That is why we are pleased to continue our long-standing support of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), starting a new chapter in our sponsoring and partnership today. As a first hallmark of the renewed collaboration the IOF distributes the limited special edition IOF SPORTident ActiveCard […]

07.08.2023 Alexandersson and Fosser lead World Cup after races in Czechia
The reigning Orienteering World Cup champions Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) seem to be on their way to defending their titles after round 2 of the 2023 Orienteering World Cup. Tove Alexandersson shared the lead with compatriot Sara Hagström before going to Czechia. But after three impressive wins by Alexandersson last week, she […]

06.08.2023 Fosser and Alexandersson won long distance in Czechia
Both of the Orienteering World Cup leaders extended their lead in the overall standings on Sunday, as the world’s best orienteers had another tough day in the Czech sandstone terrain. Another day with rain in the hills of Kokořínsko forest made it even harder to climb and come down the steep slopes. And there was a […]

05.08.2023 First World Cup win for Bonek – Alexandersson fastest woman
After a day of rest on Friday, the world’s best orienteers left the narrow streets of Ceska Lipa and went to the hilly Kokořínsko forest for the third World Cup race this week on Saturday afternoon. A middle distance with lots of sandstone details and many meters to climb along the way was on today’s […]

04.08.2023 International Coaches’ Conference in Austria next week
Coaches of the leading orienteering countries meet between the 8th and 10th August for an international conference to share their perspective on different orienteering topics. For the third time after 2009 and 2015 Austria hosts this symposium which is also part of the Austrian trainers’ education program. Experts from eight nations will discuss performance diagnostics […]

04.08.2023 Official IOF SIAC now available for sale
Now you can get hold of the official IOF SIAC – Limited Edition, which was created after a design competion in June. We are happy to present this new SIAC together with our partner SPORTident. Compete like a pro with the official IOF SIAC – used by the best athletes in the world! SPORTident ActiveCard […]

03.08.2023 World Cup: Switzerland takes clear win in sprint relay
Switzerland won the World Cup sprint relay by a big margin, as Česká Lípa hosted the world’s best orienteers for the second day in a row in Czechia. The sun had replaced yesterday’s rain at the arena in Městský park, when more than 60 teams lined up for the mixed relay Thursday afternoon. And the […]

02.08.2023 First World Cup victory for Street – Alexandersson takes clear win
The world’s best orienteers were back in the fast shoes, as the Orienteering World Cup Round 2 began this Wednesday with a sprint in Czechia. Today’s race was the first international sprint race this year and was held in the historic centre of Česká Lípa, which presented the athletes with completely different challenges compared to […]

31.07.2023 World Cup continues with both sprint and forest races in Czechia
It is less than three weeks since the world’s best orienteers returned home from the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland, but it’s already time to pull on the national team uniform again. On Wednesday, Round 2 of the 2023 Orienteering World Cup begins in Czechia with more than 300 athletes from 28 nations. Both sprint […]

26.07.2023 Poland to organize World Masters Orienteering Championships in 2026
Poland will organize World Masters Orienteering Championships for the first time in 2026. IOF’s Council appointed Poland as organizers of the 2026 WMOC during its meetings under World Orienteering Championships earlier in July. WMOC attracts thousands of orienteers every year and crowns champions of Sprint, Middle and Long distances in the age categories from 35 […]

20.07.2023 Norwegian stream added to IOF TV World Cup broadcast
The orienteering audience in Norway will be in the best of hands, when they turn on IOF TV to follow their national team in Czechia in the first week of August. Famous speaker Kjell-Erik Kristiansen who among many other things handled the speaking during WOC 2019 in Norway, will be the voice of the Norwegian […]

20.07.2023 Updated guidelines and new PreO sprint specifications
The TrailO Commission invites the community to test out the newest TrailO format: PreO Sprint. The new discipline emphasises accuracy in navigation under time pressure. Organisers are asked to provide feedback and results from trial events to the commission to finalise the specifications for the new format. The IOF PreO Sprint Specifiactions can be found […]

19.07.2023 Revised IOF Transgender Policy to be effective from 1 August 2023
The IOF Council approved in its meeting during WOC 2023 a revised IOF Transgender Policy for international events. The policy will be effective from 1 August 2023. The revised policy is available here. The IOF Transgender Policy Working Group has led the process towards the revised policy. A key necessity of the policy is to […]

16.07.2023 Switzerland and Sweden took supreme WOC relay wins
The Swiss men and Swedish women showed supreme strength on the last day of the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland by winning the relays by a large margin. It was another day with sun and high temperatures at the Prau la Selva sportscentre, which has served as the WOC-arena since Thursday. And the relay terrain […]

15.07.2023 Alexandersson and Kyburz take WOC Middle golds
Both of the silver medalists from Thursday’s long distance at World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland stepped up their game on Saturday and won the Middle distance races. Tove Alexandersson (SWE) was more than two minutes faster than her opponents and won her 18th WOC gold medal in the women’s class. Home favourite Matthias Kyburz (SUI) […]

14.07.2023 Hungary to host the World Orienteering Championships in 2027
The world’s best orienteering athletes will visit Hungary to race for WOC-medals in four years. During one of its meetings during the World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland, IOF Council decided to award Hungary the World Orienteering Championships in 2027, which is a forest WOC. IOF Council had to decide on one of two strong bids, […]

13.07.2023 Aebersold and Fosser long distance world champions
The first gold medals of the world orienteering championships in Flims Laax went to home nation Switzerland and Norway, as Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) won the long distance on Thursday. Today’s courses started on the Crap Sogn Gion mountain at around 2000 meters above sea level and tested the athletes mountain orienteering […]

12.07.2023 Middle qualification kicked off WOC 2023
The World Orienteering Championships 2023 in Switzerland got well underway on Wednesday with the middle distance qualification. After heavy rain early in the morning, the sun came out over the forest east of Flims, where the qualification races took place. And the athletes were met by a tricky terrain with lots out contour details to […]

10.07.2023 The Swiss Alps are ready for WOC 2023
These days it is a little more than a year since Megan Carter-Davies (GBR) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) sprinted their way to gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships Sprint in Vejle, Denmark. And this week a new opportunity to enter the history books arises as the 2023 World Orienteering Championships begin in Flims Laax, […]

08.07.2023 Gold for Czechia and Hungary in the relay at JWOC in Romania
Last day, last distance, last chance of medals and a last blast of energy bursting out into the forrest together with the 54 men’s teams and 43 women’s teams at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2023 relay today. Czechia seized the opportunity for another gold medal in the men’s class and the same did Hungary […]

07.07.2023 Double gold for Czechia at the JWOC long distance
The margins in the women’s class were turned around on today’s long distance at JWOC in Romania. Lucie Dittrichova (CZE) took the victory one second ahead of Swiss Henriette Radzikowski, who took the gold on the middle distance only four seconds faster than today’s winner. Czech Jakub Chaloupsky secured a double victory for his country […]

06.07.2023 Invitation to FootO EA Clinic in the Italy in December
The FootO Clinic is to be organised in Pieve di Soligo in Italy between the 9th  and the 10th of December. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Attendance at a clinic such […]

06.07.2023 Czechia’s Ondrej Maček takes runaway victory in WTOC TempO
A difference of 101 seconds between gold and silver medalists was the outstanding feature of the final competition in the World TrailO Championships today. Ondrej Maček made just one mistake on the whole course of 8 stations – 40 tasks in all. The silver medal went to Simone Frascaroli, Italy and the bronze to Simon […]

05.07.2023 WTOC Relay victories for Finland and Germany
The P-class was won today by Finland and the O class by Germany in an event held in unusual ‘negative’ terrain for TrailO – all tasks had to be solved looking downwards. The format is a PreO course of 10 controls followed by one TempO station for each of the three athletes in each team. […]

05.07.2023 Gold for Switzerland and Sweden at the JWOC middle distance
  First medal for Switzerland at this year’s Junior World Orienteering Championships, was of the finest kind, as Henriette Radzikowski took the gold medal in the women’s class on today’s middle distance. Hannes Mogensen secured the first medal for his country aswell, when he took the victory in the men’s class home for Sweden, with […]

04.07.2023 World TrailO Championships: PreO golds to Norway and Sweden
Norwegian Arno Grønhovd retained his first-day lead to win the O class in Czechia today, and Michael Johansson, Sweden retained the P class title by a tiny margin over his compatriot Ola Jansson. For a long time it seemed that the Italian Michele Cera was on course for the big victory, but a mistake shortly […]

04.07.2023 Hungary takes the sprint relay gold at JWOC in Romania
As always in this disciplin, the level of drama at the mix sprint relay at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, went through the roof. Ingeborg Rygg Eikeland took the second team of Norway into the finish as the first team after the last leg but with a missing control, the second team to cross the […]

03.07.2023 World TrailO Championships, PreO Day 1: Norwegian and Swedish leaders
Arno Grønhovd, Norway and Ola Jansson, Sweden lead the field in the O (Open) and P (Physically Challenged) classes respectively after a day interpreting very rocky hillside terrain in northern Bohemia, Czechia. In the P class, five times world champion Jansson has a 2-point lead over last year’s champion Michael Johansson, also Sweden.The Spaniard Alejandro […]

03.07.2023 Hungary and Germany take the first JWOC 2023 gold medals at the sprint
Hungary’s Rita Maramarosi and Germany’s Anselm Reichenbach are new Junior World Champions in Sprint after the first competition day at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Baia Mare, Romania. The courses in the city centre of the county capital of Maramureș offered fast running in the flat and open streets, but with many controls and […]

02.07.2023 Successful start for the IOF Young Leaders Academy 2023
Young orienteering leaders aged 16-25 from 14 different countries are from June 30th to July 7th taking part in the IOF Young Leaders Academy 2023 in Italy. The purpose of the Academy is to support their talent and their competencies on organisation, coaching and development of orienteering using a train-the-trainer methodology. The academy is also […]

01.07.2023 Podcast: Sara Hagström on her impressive spring performances and WOC 2023
Sweden’s Sara Hagström has done impressive in the spring of 2023 and shares the lead in the Orienteering World Cup after her Middle distance win in Norway in April. After that, she went on to win both Tiomila women’s relay and Venla with her club IFK Göteborg. Now it’s time for the biggest goal of […]

30.06.2023 Fast sprints and tough forest racing ahead in Romanian JWOC
Junior orienteering athletes from 41 different nations will travel to northwestern Romania this week to compete in the 33rd official Junior World Orienteering Championships. After last year’s addition of Sprint relay to the JWOC program, 5 races await the 334 athletes from Monday, July 3rd and until the following Saturday. The sprint races area in […]

29.06.2023 Big challenges ahead for World TrailO Elite
The World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) take place this coming week in Czechia. 22 nations in all are represented, with 161 competitors (116 Open class, 45 Physically Challenged) entered. Four competition days in very varied and challenging terrain are promised. The best in the world in TrailO will meet up in the north Czechian town […]

25.06.2023 Czechia, Finland and Norway win EYOC Relay golds
Finland dominated the women’s relay races today with golds in both W18 and W16. M18 was won by Norway, and M16 by Czechia with the most decisive victory of the day, 3.43. Finland were hot favourites in W18, and were pressed hardest by Czechia who were leading by 3 seconds at the first changeover. Elli […]

24.06.2023 EYOC Long Distance: 2 golds for Finland
Positions 1 and 2 were exchanged today in W18, where Eeva Liina Ojanaho, Finland got revenge on Sprint champion, Hungarian Rita Maramarosi with a 37-second win. The Finn Aapo Virkajarvi won his second gold today in M16, convincingly by 3.32. The race was held in mainly pine forest, steep and rocky in parts, close to […]

23.06.2023 Podcast: Matthias Kyburz before WOC 2023 on home ground
When the World Orienteering Championships 2023 kick off on July 12 in the Swiss mountains in Flims Laax, Matthias Kyburz (SUI) is one of the favorites to claim a medal. The six-time world champion shares his thoughts on his preparations for WOC 2023 and talks about how big the advantage of running world champs on […]

23.06.2023 Swiss athletes best in EYOC Sprint
Biggest winning margin in the 4 Sprint races today was set by the Hungarian W18 runner Rita Maramarosi, who beat the favourite, Eeva Liina Ojanaho from Finland, by 51 seconds. Switzerland leads Finland by 9 points in the European Youth Championships team competition after today’s Sprint race. Competition was fierce in the streets and parks […]

22.06.2023 Here’s the winner of our SIAC design competition
We are happy to present the winning design of our Sportident SIAC design competition. In the past weeks, we have received more than 50 unique, inventive and beautiful design proposals from all over the world as part of the competition presented together with our partner Sportident. And we are very grateful for all contributions. After […]

14.06.2023 How to follow Venla and Jukola relays at IOF TV
Saturday afternoon sees the start of one of the biggest orienteering competitions in the world and you can join the festivities from home. IOF TV is with you all the way in both English and Swedish commentary from the hectic start of the Venla relay to the decisive seventh leg of Jukola Sunday morning. More […]

10.06.2023 Improved application process for future WOC & WMOC
IOF Council has decided to enable applying for and awarding World Orienteering Championships (WOC) and World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) in consecutive years. In practice this means that national federations can apply for hosting a “Sprint” WOC 2028/2030 or a “Forest” WOC 2029 during the current bidding period that runs until the end of this […]

08.06.2023 IOF releases Carbon Footprint Report for 2022
The International Orienteering Federation has released its Carbon Footprint Report for 2022, which estimates the CO2 emissions of the federation in the past year. The report has been created by IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission and Office based on reports from around 120 people in IOF’s office, Council and commissions and estimates the total emissions […]

30.05.2023 Foot-O referee system to be used during sprint races
During its latest meeting on May 12th, IOF Council approved a proposal to use a new referee system in televised IOF Foot Orienteering sprints later this year. The system is a response to the need for quick decisions by organisers and juries if there are complaints or protests during televised sprint events, where the current […]

29.05.2023 Competition: Create the new IOF SIAC-design
Have you ever wanted to create a look for the Sportident SIAC – and go orienteering with your own design on the finger? That is what the IOF SIAC-design competition is all about. It runs until June 15, 2023 and the winner receives a SIAC with the winning design. We are happy to present this […]

24.05.2023 CX80 engaged in World Orienteering Day 2023
IOF sponsor CX80 is organizing World Orienteering Day 2023. In Nowe Skalmierzyce in Poland, the “hometown” of  CX80, where production and development is based, CX80 and the Polish Orienteering Federation is organizing a World Orienteering Day event. More than 80 preschool children are participating in the event on a map sponsored by the company. IOF […]

23.05.2023 IOF consults on new transgender policy
IOF consults on a proposal for new IOF transgender policy with the national orienteering federations and IOF athlete representatives. The proposal is in line with the new policy of World Athletics. In recent years, there has been increasing attention and debate around the inclusion of transgender athletes and athletes with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) […]

18.05.2023 How to follow Tiomila 2023 on IOF TV
One of the greatest orienteering events of the season happens this weekend, when the 76th edition of 10Mila takes place in Skellefteå in northern Sweden. Many months of preparations, tactical planning and team selections in hundreds of orienteering clubs are released over the course of 24 hours in the terrains around Skellefteå. And you will […]

16.05.2023 World Orienteering Day begins Wednesday
In the coming days, thousands of people will experience the joy and challenges of orienteering as the World Orienteering Day takes place for the seventh time. Around 600 events in total from Yukon, Canada over Luanda, Angola to Tasmania, Australia have already registrered to be part of WOD, that runs from May 17 – 23 […]

15.05.2023 IOF acquires international broadcast rights for Venla and Jukola relays
The legendary Venla and Jukola relays in Finland can be followed at IOF TV with English commentary for the international audience in 2023. IOF has acquired the international rights for the relays that are taking place in the weekend June 17-18 in Porvoo just east of Helsinki. The 4-leg Venla Relay kicks off at 14.00 […]

04.05.2023 Orienteering included in World Games 2025
When thousands of athletes travel to Chengdu, China in August 2025 to participate in The World Games, Orienteering will be part of the sports programme again. That is clear after the Executive Committee of the International World Games Association (IWGA) unveiled the 2025 programme for the 12th edition of the Games on Wednesday during the […]

30.04.2023 Sweden wins both World Cup relays
The first Orienteering World Cup round of 2023 came to an exciting end, when Sweden won both the men’s and women’s relays Sunday afternoon in Østfold, Norway. A clear blue sky welcomed the athletes to the go-karting arena, which for the third day in a row made up the arena for the World Cup races. […]

29.04.2023 Hagström takes first World Cup win, as Fosser wins again
The time stood still for a while at the go-karting track in Østfold, Norway, when the women’s middle distance at the Orienteering World Cup was decided. Sweden’s Sara Hagström had just taken a clear lead after the 4,8 kilometer course and waited anxiously to see teammate Tove Alexandersson’s time at the finish line. Sara Hagström […]

29.04.2023 Victory for Finland in EMTBOC Mixed Relay
A win for Finland – but it was close! A thrilling finish saw Finland catching Italy and just creeping ahead. Bronze medallists were Switzerland on a day with many changes in position as the race progressed. Finland 2 set the pace on leg 1, with Antonia Haga finishing 2 seconds in front of Italy after […]

28.04.2023 EMTBOC Sprint – Czech star wins men’s race, great day for Finland
Last year’s CX80 World Cup winner Krystof Bogar, Czechia, took the Sprint gold today by 41 seconds to follow his silver in Middle two days ago. Kaarina Nurminen, Finland took victory in the women’s race by 18 seconds. Silver in both races went to Finland. The terrain in Loulé, southern Portugal was in two highly […]

27.04.2023 Fosser wins tight battle in World Cup Long distance, Alexandersson victorious in Swedish fight
The defending Orienteering World Cup champions, Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) took an important step in their title defence, when the 2023 World Cup season started with a long distance in Østfold, Norway on Thursday. In terrain very similar to the WOC 2019-races, where Alexandersson won both the Middle, Long and Relay, the […]

27.04.2023 European MTBO Championships: big win for Dane Nikoline Splittorff
Silver in Middle, now gold in Mass Start with a win by a whole 6 minutes! The Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff showed great strength and technical expertise in very warm conditions today. The men’s race ended with an exciting sprint for the line, just won by Samuel Pokala, Finland from home rider Davide Machado. This […]

26.04.2023 European MTBO Championships: first gold medals to Denmark and Czechia
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Vojtech Stransky, Czechia won today’s Middle distance races, Søgaard by 13 seconds from fellow Dane Nikoline Splittorff and Stransky by 1.20 over compatriot Krystof Bogar. Both Denmark and Czechia won two medals today, but Finland was best nation in terms of top-6 placings, getting third and fourth in the women’s race […]

26.04.2023 CX80 European MTBO Championships: first gold medals to Denmark and Czechia
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Vojtech Stransky, Czechia won today’s Middle distance races, Søgaard by 13 seconds from fellow Dane Nikoline Splittorff and Stransky by 1.20 over compatriot Krystof Bogar. Both Denmark and Czechia won two medals today, but Finland was best nation in terms of top-6 placings, getting third and fourth in the women’s race […]

25.04.2023 CX80 World Cup and EMTBOC 2023 kick off in Portugal this week
The 3-round CX80 MTBO World Cup gets under way Wednesday, 26th April with the 4-race European MTBO Championships (EMTBOC) in Loulé, southern Portugal. Last year’s World Cup winners, Camilla Søgaard DEN and Krystof Bogar CZE, will be striving to repeat their success; Søgaard will also be defending her European Sprint title won in Lithuania last […]

25.04.2023 Podcast: Gustav Bergman on returning to Østfold for World Cup Round 1
Gustav Bergman (SWE) has been part of the international orienteering elite for more than a decade and won three championship medals in 2022 and finished third in the overall World Cup. This week, he’ll start the new World Cup season along with more than 250 athletes in Østfold, Norway. In this episode of the IOF […]

24.04.2023 Geelmuyden Kiese to support the continued popularity of orienteering in media outlets worldwide
International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and Geelmuyden Kiese (GK) have agreed to enter a strategic partnership 2023-2027 regarding the advice, packaging and sales of IOF´s worldwide media rights. The common ambition in the years to come is to develop the sport’s competition formats and increase the distribution of orienteering worldwide. – Orienteering is a world sport […]

23.04.2023 The pursuit of World Cup glory starts in Norway on Thursday
Worlds best orienteers are heading to Norway these days to compete at the first Orienteering World Cup Round of 2023, which begins Thursday in Østfold in the south-eastern corner of the country. Over the course of four days, 262 athletes from 31 countries will race a Long distance, a Middle distance and a Relay in […]

21.04.2023 Wild Cards for WTOC 2023
According to the rules, please se rule §6.6 for full details, the following persons has qualified for a personal Wild Card to participate in addition to a country’s normal quota. PreO O-class and TempO: Name Country Petteri Hakala Finland Maciej Urbaniak Poland Alessio Tenani Italy Antti Rusanen Finland Marcello Lambertini Italy Ján Furucz Slovakia Bjarne […]

19.04.2023 Finnish relay league kicks off IOF TV premiere on Sunday
Orienteering fans from all over the world will have great opportunities to follow no less than 8 weekends of exciting club relay races this season. The legendary 10mila, Venla- and Jukola Relays and high standard Finnish Relay League will all be available on IOF’s brand-new streaming platform IOF TV. Running cameras as well as traditional […]

19.04.2023 Remember deadline for O-Ringen Academy 2023 on April 30
Park World Tour Organisation, in cooperation with the International Orienteering Federation and O-Ringen are pleased to invite participants to the annual O-Ringen Academy, which will take place 20-29 July, in connection with O-Ringen in Åre, Sweden. Applications must be submitted by 30th April. The Academy provides a unique opportunity for orienteering federations and interested individuals […]

17.04.2023 10Mila to be shown on IOF TV for the next three years
IOF has acquired the TV-rights to broadcast the tradition-rich Swedish orienteering relays at 10Mila for the international audience until 2025. The broadcast will be available with English (and hopefully Finnish) commentary at IOF’s brand-new streaming platform IOF TV, which will debut very soon. 10mila consists of the Youth Relay, Women’s Relay and 10Mila Relay and […]

15.04.2023 Fair Play Education to have valid IOF Athlete License
IOF Athlete License holders are for the first time required to complete an e-learning course on Fair Play to have a valid license. The IOF Fair Play Education is available through e-learning courses on education.orienteering.sport – also accessible from the “Learn and Meet” tab in the top menu of orienteering.sport. Dedicated courses have been developed […]

13.04.2023 IOF sends open letter to IOC
The International Orienteering Federation has sent an open letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in response to the recent development in recommendations from IOC related to possible inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions. On March 28, 2023 IOC issued a new set of recommendations to international federations, that among other things, mentions […]

01.04.2023 Young athletes from 8 countries compete at CEYOC in Slovakia
The Central European Youth Orienteering Cup takes place in Slovakia this weekend with competitors from eight different countries. It is the sixth edition of CEYOC where the athletes race a relay, a long distance and a sprint over the course of three days. 234 orienteers compete in W16, M16, W18 and M18 in the continental […]

30.03.2023 IOF strengthens process for evaluating event applications
IOF has taken initiative to develop a strengthened event application evaluation process for the most important IOF High Level Events such as the World Orienteering Championships (WOC). The ambition is to create an even more thorough and transparent evaluation process when there is more than one applicant. First of all, the objective is to select […]

22.03.2023 Orienteering and the Environment
IOF has published the report with the results of the survey “Orienteering and the Environment”. Issues related to the disturbance of vegetation and wildlife appear as the most common, whereas the use of materials and energy rank lower. The preservation of the environment is a key pillar of the IOF sustainability ambition but the relationship […]

14.03.2023 ESC gathers advice to limit the climate footprint
IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission (ESC) has published eight ways to reduce our carbon footprint. The publication can be found at IOF’s homepage and takes the reader through eight different areas, where it is possible to reduce the climate burden – e.g. transportation, plastic use and consumption. IOF has a main goal of becoming a […]

13.03.2023 IOF opens new digital process for Athletes License applications
IOF now introduces a new digital process for Athletes Licenses from the 2023 season and onwards. It was approved by IOF’s Council in November and makes it possible to apply for the license through the athlete’s profile in IOF Eventor and thereby reducing the manual work for both athletes and IOF Office and avoid the […]

10.03.2023 IOF will not implement a neutral team following member feedback
During its meeting on March 10 the IOF Council decided to not move forward with a proposal of creating an IOF Team for athletes that have emigrated from countries where the membership of the national orienteering federation in IOF is suspended. The discussion was actualized by the fact that the war in Ukraine and consequent […]

27.02.2023 IOF High Level Event Seminar 2023 – back to an in-person meeting
The traditional IOF High Level Event seminar has been organised as a digital meeting in the last two years because of the pandemic: It meant increased participation, but no opportunities for personal meetings and small talk. On 18-19 February in Milan, it was finally time to meet in person after a 3-year gap.   The […]

21.02.2023 Help orienteering become a more sustainable sport
Orienteering is well on its way to become a more sustainable sport and we would love to have your help achieving our goals. IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission is looking for new members to complement the existing group of volunteers working to improve IOF’s efforts within climate work and sustainability. IOF’s main goal is to […]

20.02.2023 YLE secures the rights for WOC, EOC and World Cup until 2026
The Finns will have an excellent opportunity to follow the world’s most prestigious orienteering competitions in the coming years, as the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE has secured the broadcasting rights for a large number of orienteering events. With a new agreement between the national public broadcaster YLE, the Finnish Orienteering Federation and IOF – all […]

12.02.2023 SkiO World Cup: Alexandersson and Baklid take pursuit wins
The pursuit discipline in ski orienteering often offers thrilling races and the final Ski O World Cup race of 2023 lived up to the expectations. Another day with great skiing conditions met the athletes Sunday morning and just before 10.00 64 athletes gathered in the start area to set off the men’s race. World Cup […]

11.02.2023 SkiO World Cup: Lindkvist and Baklid win sprint race
The world’s best ski orienteering athletes were met by another day of great skiing conditions as the sun rose over Beitostølen, Norway after another evening with snowfall. Starting at the arena the men were first take on the tracks and their 3,5-kilometer course with a map exchange and arena passage halfway through. If the spectators […]

10.02.2023 Kudre Schnyder and Baklid march on in SkiO World Cup
After heavy snowfall on Thursday evening, the ski orienteering athletes started out in quiet, sunny weather on Friday morning at the first SkiO World Cup race in Beitostølen, Norway. The weather had given the organisers some extra hours of work preparing the tracks ahead of the competition to give the athletes perfect conditions in the […]

10.02.2023 Norwegian World Cup organisers well on their way to the season opener
The international orienteering season will start off with a bang in the end of April, when the Orienteering World Cup 2023 kicks off in south-eastern Norway. TV viewers in numerous countries will be able to follow the three races, which will take place in the region of Østfold, where WOC 2019 also was held. Last […]

09.02.2023 Successive SkiO World Cup wins on the way in Norway?
After just four days of rest since the final day at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Latvia, the world’s best SkiO-athletes will race again at the third and final World Cup round in Norway. Three race days await Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Norwegian ski resort Beitostølen, where three individual races take place: […]

09.02.2023 O-Ringen Academy 2023 open to applicants
Park World Tour Organisation, in cooperation with the International Orienteering Federation and O-Ringen are pleased to invite participants to the annual O-Ringen Academy, which will take place 20-29 July, in connection with O-Ringen in Åre, Sweden. The Academy provides a unique opportunity for orienteering federations and interested individuals to work on developing the sport in […]

06.02.2023 SkiO World Cup: Baklid and Kudre Schnyder lead after 2 rounds
Jørgen Baklid, Norway and Daisy Kudre Schnyder, Estonia lead the World Cup standings at the end of the European SkiO Championships (ESOC) in Latvia, with one round to go starting in Norway in a few days’ time. Photo: Jørgen Baklid on Friday’s mass start at ESOC. By Agris Veckalniņš Baklid won the Mass Start race […]

05.02.2023 ESOC final day: clear win for Norway in Sprint Relay
The Norwegian team of Jørgen Baklid and Anna Ulvensøen dominated today’s Sprint Relay, leading throughout and finishing 28 seconds in front of silver medallists Estonia. Bronze medals went to Sweden’s second team. Photo: Agris Veckalniņš /ESOC 2023 On a fine morning with excellent snow conditions in Latvia, there was the usual frenetic mass start in […]

04.02.2023 ESOC: Victories to Sweden and Finland in Relays
Sweden’s women, 0.37 ahead of Estonia, and Finland’s men, with a gap of 2.23 to Switzerland, were the winners today in the Relays at Madona, Latvia on a cloudy and breezy morning. The Swedish women’s team, apart from Linda Lindqvist whose illness has lasted longer, appeared to have fully recovered from yesterday’s stomach bug that […]

03.02.2023 ESOC Day 3: Mass Start golds to Estonia and Norway
A thrilling sprint finish in the men’s Mass Start race ended with Jørgen Baklid, Norway finishing a hairsbreadth in front of Finland’s Aapo Viippola. Daisy Kudre Schnyder, Estonia, won her third gold medal of the week with a convincing victory by 1.32. Still conditions with light cloud greeted the athletes in Latvia today, and as […]

01.02.2023 ESOC: Middle distance golds for Rapp and Kudre Schnyder
The SkiO athletes had the middle distance in front of them at the second day of the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Madona, Latvia. In the men’s class Linus Rapp (SWE) had a close to perfect race and won by a clear margin of 37 seconds. He overtook the lead after a fast route choice […]

31.01.2023 Kudre Schnyder and Ståhl take first ESOC-golds in Latvia
The first gold medals at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Latvia went to Estonia and Sweden, as Tuesday’s sprint was decided in the ski terrain around Madona. Daisy Kudre Schnyder (EST) seemed to avoid any notable time losses on the 3,2 kilometer sprint course and dared to leave the tracks and go through the […]

30.01.2023 The SkiO elite fight for ESOC-medals in Latvia
The international ski orienteering season of 2023 will reach its peak, when the European Ski Orienteering Championships begin in Madona, Latvia on Tuesday. ESOC 2023 features five races: Sprint, middle, mass start, relay and a sprint relay all within six days. The individual races will count in the Ski Orienteering World Cup and in the […]

27.01.2023 Sprint added to EMTBOC 2023 program
When the world’s best mountainbike orienteers head to Portugal in end-April, they will be able to race four times at the CX80 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships. During its latest meeting, IOF Council approved a proposal from the MTBO Commission to add a sprint race to the existing program, that contains a middle distance, a […]

26.01.2023 Updated competition rules and World Cup special rules published
Updated competition rules for FootO, MTBO and TrailO have now been published. The competition rules and World Cup special rules for FootO can be found here. The competition rules and World Cup special rules for MTBO can be found here. The competition rules for TrailO can be found here.   The document for National Quota […]

25.01.2023 Join the European Universities Championship in August
This year’s European Universities Championship in Orienteering will be decided in St. Gallen, Switzerland from August 24 – 27 and is now open for registrations.   The championship features three races: A sprint, a middle distance and a sprint relay in three days and is organized with support from Swiss Orienteering. Find more information about the […]

20.01.2023 Podcast: Linda Lindkvist on superior World Cup-performances and ESOC
Sweden’s Linda Lindkvist was unbeatable, when the world’s best ski orienteers gathered in Tauplitzalm, Austria for the first World Cup round of 2023. In this episode of The IOF Podcast, she gives us her explanation for the success and we look ahead to the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Latvia, Jan. 31st – Feb 5th. […]

19.01.2023 New TrailO speaker guidelines published
IOF’s Trail Orienteering Commission has worked out and issued a set of “Guidelines for speaker services at major TrailO-events” here at orienteering.sport. It can be found at the “Organise TrailO Events”-page, where several guidance documents and guidelines are stored. The new set of speaker guidelines go through the aims and principles of delivering a captivating […]

18.01.2023 Joint Meeting 2023 held in Prague
This weekend, members of all IOF commissions and the Disciplinary Panel established in 2022 gathered in Prague, Czechia for the IOF Joint Meeting 2023, together with Council and Office. In total, 65 members of the IOF organisation were present in Prague, and in addition many others participated digitally. It was the first in-person Joint Meeting […]

17.01.2023 Enrich Education and IOF enter new partnership
The british company Enrich Education is the new official IOF School Orienteering Partner and World Orienteering Day Partner. With the new partnership, Enrich Education and IOF will work closely together to develop and enhance opportunities for schools and young people across the world to access orienteering and cross-curricular outdoor learning on their school sites. Enrich […]

11.01.2023 SkiO World Cup: Lindkvist wins again; Baklid finally first
Linda Lindkvist (SWE) continued her impressive winning streak as the world’s best ski orienteers raced for pursuit glory in the last World Cup race out of three in Tauplitzalm, Austria Wednesday afternoon. After winning both Monday’s sprint and Tuesday shortened middle distance, Lindkvist had a head start of 53 seconds in today’s pursuit race based […]

10.01.2023 Lindkvist and Viippola win SkiO World Cup Middle in Austria
Linda Lindkvist (SWE) took another win in today’s shortened middle distance Ski Orienteering World Cup race in Tauplitzalm, Austria, where Aapo Viippola (FIN) claimed his first World Cup-victory in the men’s class. Due to heavy snowfall in the area, the organisers decided to swap today’s pursuit race with tomorrow’s middle distance, so the athletes competed […]

10.01.2023 Vote: Simona Aebersold for World Games ”Athlete of the year”
Simona Aebersold (SUI) is among 23 athletes nominated for the title “The World Games Athlete of the Year 2022” after her impressive performances in Alabama, USA in July. The 24-year-old Swiss won both the sprint and the middle distance before also taking the sprint relay gold in the streets of Birmingham, AL with the Swiss […]

09.01.2023 Norway and Sweden dominate SkiO World Cup sprint
The Norwegian men and Swedish women each showed terrifying strength in the first SkiO World Cup race of 2023 – the sprint in Tauplitzalm, Austria. Norway occupied all three top places (and sixth spot) in the men’s race, whereas the Swedish women claimed five out of six podium places. The men’s race was decided first […]

09.01.2023 New TBE information page launched on orienteering.sport
IOF has published a new TBE information page: “Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) – Don’t run the risk” here on orienteering.sport. The content on the page is developed in collaboration between IOF and Pfizer, Inc. and aims to spread awareness about the dangers and risks of tick-borne encephalitis, also known as TBE, amongst orienteers. On the page, you can […]

07.01.2023 Ski Orienteering World Cup begins in Austria
The international Ski Orienteering season takes off on Monday, when the first of three SkiO World Cup races begin in Ramsau, Austria. Sprint, Pursuit and Middle distance races await the almost 100 athletes from 11 different nations, who have entered the first World Cup round. Among them are the two winners of the Individual SkiO […]

05.01.2023 Oceania Orienteering Championships kick off the new year
The first regional championships of 2023 begin as early as a week into the new year, when the Oceania Orienteering Championships start on Saturday. All races take place on Tasmania – the opening sprint on university campus ground in Launceston and the following forest distances in the eucalypt forests around St Helens in the northeastern […]

04.01.2023 The IOF Podcast: MTBO World Champion Nikoline Splittorff
Danish MTBO athlete Nikoline Splittorff had a perfect start to the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2022 in Sweden, when she won the Middle distance on the first day – her first individual WMTBOC-title. In this episode of “The IOF Podcast” we turn back the clock to July 2022 and Nikoline shares her memories of […]

27.12.2022 IOF strengthens partnership with CX80
The International Orienteering Federation is pleased to announce the agreement of a strengthened partnership with the Polish grease- and lubricant manufacturer CX80 until 2024. With the new agreement, IOF’s major MTBO events will be called CX80 World/European MTB Orienteering Championships and the MTBO World Cup will continue to be called CX80 World Cup in MTBO. […]

24.12.2022 Invitation to FootO EA Clinic in the Czech Republic in March
The FootO Clinic is to be organised in Prostějov in the Czech Republic on the 3rd to 5th of March. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Attendance at a clinic such as […]

24.12.2022 Invitation to FootO EA Clinic in the Czech Republic
The FootO Clinic is to be organised in Prostějov in the Czech Republic on the 3rd to 5th of March. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Attendance at a clinic such as […]

23.12.2022 The IOF Podcast: Megan Carter-Davies and the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark
Megan Carter-Davies had an amazing week at the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark in June – returning with three medals from three races with the individual sprint gold as the cherry on the top. In this third episode of The IOF Podcast, she shares her memories from the sprint and explains how she and the […]

23.12.2022 Guidelines for fluor cleaning and invitation to SkiO EA Clinic
The IOF SkiO Commission have made a Guideline for fluor cleaning. The document describes the recommended process to “clean” used equipment from fluorinated substances and reduce contamination down to a level where no competitive advantage is present. It can be found here.   The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission invites you to IOF Event Advisers Clinic […]

23.12.2022 Guidelines for flour cleaning and invitation to SkiO EA Clinic
The IOF SkiO Commission have made a Guideline for flour cleaning. The document describes the recommended process to “clean” used equipment from fluorinated substances and reduce contamination down to a level where no competitive advantage is present. It can be found here.   The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission invites you to IOF Event Advisers Clinic […]

13.12.2022 The IOF Podcast: Evely Kaasiku and the silver miracle in Estonia
Evely Kaasiku took the orienteering world (and herself) by surprise, when she won the silver medal at the European Orienteering Championships Middle distance on home soil in Estonia in August. In this second episode of The IOF Podcast, she shares with us how she experienced the race in the tricky Estonian terrain and how she […]

08.12.2022 New podcast: Daniel Hubmann on winning in Davos and WOC2023 on home soil
Daniel Hubmann (SUI) impressed the orienteering world, when he delivered three top performances during the World Cup Final on home soil in Davos in October, with the long distance win as the icing on the cake. In the new “The IOF Podcast”, he shares his thoughts on his 2022 international season, his long distance win […]

07.12.2022 Digital FootO Event Adviser Seminar
After the success of last year’s edition, the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission decided to organise the online seminar for the education of Event Advisers and Senior Event Advisers on 29th November and 1st December. The seminar had around 100 participants – a 50% increase from 2021 – and was conducted without any technical problems through […]

05.12.2022 Looking for a present? Order “Memories of the Winners” now.
In 2021, IOF celebrated its 60 years of existence and 55 years with World Orienteering Championships by publishing the book “Memories of the Winners.” Over the course of nearly 500 pages some of the most successful participants share their memories of the championship races. It’s possible to dive into maps, route choices, results, and lots […]

02.12.2022 First international orienteering event in Mauritius
The first ever international orienteering event in Mauritius, the Mauritius 3 days Orienteering 2022, took place from 17th to 20th November 2022 and it was organized in a collaboration between Orienteering M, Park World Tour, the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports & Recreation, and the Ministry of Education of Mauritius. The work to bring an […]

28.11.2022 15th IOF High Level Event Seminar to be held in Italy 2023
The High Level Event Seminar was an online event for the last 2 years, but as restrictions have eased, we are happy to announce that the HLES in 2023 will once again be organised as a physical event! The seminar will be held at the Best Western Hotel Cavalieri della Corona (a nice, slightly older […]

23.11.2022 IOF Council approves new World Ranking scoring system and updates nationality rules
During its meeting on November 11, IOF Council decided to update the scoring system for the World Ranking. From January 1st, 2023 the raw World Ranking points in FootO, MTBO and SkiO will be enhanced by different percentages, depending on the level of the event. (World Championships 5%, World Cup 2,5% and Regional championships 1,25%). […]

23.11.2022 IOF Council revises waxing team decision in SkiO and approves rules for the coming season
During its meeting on November 11, IOF Council decided to revise the decision taken regarding the ban on fluorinated waxes and test of a common waxing team at World Cup round 3 in Ski Orienteering. In October Council agreed to impose a ban on all fluorinated waxes for the coming season and test a system […]

21.11.2022 WOC Clinic 2023 open to applicants
Participants at the WOC Clinic 2021 in Czechia. Concurrently with the World Orienteering Championships 2023 in Switzerland, IOF and the WOC-organisers arrange the 12th WOC Clinic in history from July 8 -17 2023. The clinic is a 10-day camp arranged for young and promising athletes from less economically strong orienteering federations to develop as orienteers […]

21.11.2022 IOF Event Advisors Clinic held in Alicante
During the weekend 12th to 14th of November IOF’s FootO Commission conducted an IOF Event Adviser Clinic in La Marina, Alicante in Spain. Many different areas was covered during the clinic, such as IOF Structure, IOF Events, IOF Competition Rules as well as the different formats within foot orienteering. Marta Armisén, from the Spanish orienteering […]

16.11.2022 IOF meets with CX-80 to discuss further partnership
Last week, CEO of the International Orienteering Federation Henrik Eliasson, met with representatives from IOF official partner CX-80 and the Polish Orienteering Federation to discuss their partnership in the coming years. CX-80 produces several multifunctional products and specialised greases and has been an official partner of the International Orienteering Federation since 2021. Visit the CX-80 […]

14.11.2022 IOF condemns RUFSO decision regarding Donetsk and Luhansk
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) condemns the decision of the Russian Orienteering Federation (RUFSO) to establish regional orienteering organisations in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine. The IOF Council has at its meeting on November 11 reviewed the decision made by the Executive Committee of RUFSO on October 6, 2022 and published on […]

06.11.2022 JWOC Long Distance: third gold for Lundberg
Hanna Lundberg, Sweden won her third gold by 2:59 with an outstanding run in the hilly Portugal terrain, leading throughout and beating the estimated winning time by almost 2 minutes. Sweden’s Noel Braun took the men’s gold with a win by 17 seconds. Three Swedish athletes finished in the top six in the women’s race, […]

05.11.2022 Junior World Championships Relays: Double Triumph for Sweden
Sweden won both Relay races today, the women’s by 4:07 and the men’s by 0:56. Finland also won two sets of medals, and Hungary and Norway won one each, on another sunny day in northern Portugal. A bright sunny morning for the Relays                   Photos: Susana Luzir/JWOC 2022 […]

04.11.2022 Junior World Championships Middle race: wins for Sweden and Hungary
Favourite Hanna Lundberg, Sweden really showed her class with victory by 3:10 in today’s Middle race, retaining her title from last year. Winner of the men’s race by 19 seconds was the much improved Hungarian Zoltan Bujdoso. Hanna Lundberg on her way to the victory. Photo: Susana Luzir /JWOC 2022 An early leader in the […]

01.11.2022 Junior World Championships, Part 2: Forest Races start on Friday
Postponed first because of Covid and again this July because of fire danger, the three forest races of the Junior World Championships (JWOC) will now take place at the weekend: Middle Distance on Friday, Relays on Saturday and Long Distance on Sunday. Three very tight and exciting races! Hanna Lundberg strong favourite All eyes will […]

30.10.2022 FAQ on ban of fluorinated waxes in SkiO published
IOF’s Ski Orienteering Commission has worked out an FAQ regarding the ban of fluorinated waxes in SkiO for the coming season. It was decided by IOF’s Council in September and entails a ban on all fluoride waxes as well as a test of a common waxing team during the SkiO World Cup Round in Norway […]

28.10.2022 Invitation to FootO Event Adviser Seminar
The International Orienteering Federation is pleased to invite you to the IOF Event Adviser Seminar to be held online. The seminar is being organised by the IOF FootO Commission and the target groups are Senior Event Advisers and Event Advisers. The focus will primarily be on general matters that applies to all types of High […]

24.10.2022 Join the Global Development Webinars – from Nov. 8
From November 8 and once every month until February, you will have a unique opportunity to get insights on orienteering development all over the world. IOF’s Global Development Commission hosts webinars every first Tuesday of the month with interesting presenters and input from federations and orienteering initiatives. The first webinar has the title “Recreational orienteering […]

20.10.2022 South American orienteers meet again
This past weekend, from Thursday October 13 to Sunday October 16, the South American Orienteering Championships 2022 brought together orienteers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay to compete for the medals, including also the South American Youth and South American Junior Orienteering Championships. The event was organised in the Triple Frontier area that […]

07.10.2022 International support has helped Ukrainian participation in 2022
The Ukrainian national orienteering team has been able to participate in all international championships and World Cup competitions in 2022, despite the war going on in the country. Although it has been possible, it is not easy to focus on performing on top level, when your thoughts are with family and friends back home. – […]

05.10.2022 IOF bans fluoride waxes in SkiO
The IOF Council has decided to ban all fluoride waxes for the coming ski orienteering season. The decision was based on a recommendation from the Ski Orienteering Commission and will be enforced with the proven trust-based system from last season. In addition, Council approved to test a system with a common waxing team for all […]

04.10.2022 World Cup 2022: Clear winners, but Finals bring changes in top six
Before these two individual races in Davos, Tove Alexandersson and Kasper Fosser were close to assuring themselves of first place and €5000 in prize money, and both achieved this with a race to spare. They have both had quite outstanding seasons; nothing new for Alexandersson, of course, who at 30 years old is still in […]

03.10.2022 World Cup Final Long Distance: Simona Aebersold and Daniel Hubmann take top placings
Long Distance winners on a fantastic course in the sunny Swiss Alps today were Simona Aebersold and Daniel Hubmann, the latter at 39 years old still able to tackle the steep slopes and long legs better than anyone else. Home athlete Simona Aebersold enjoyed a superb win over 10.4 km of demanding terrain today, setting […]

02.10.2022 World Cup Final Middle race: Emphatic wins for Alexandersson and Fosser
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, and Kasper Fosser, Norway, both showed their superior class today with clear victories in the World Cup Final Middle Distance race. Alexandersson’s margin was 30 seconds and Fosser’s an outstanding 50 seconds. Alexandersson, now confirmed as World Cup winner overall, was particularly impressive on the longer legs where she was clearly the […]

01.10.2022 World Cup Final: Home nation Switzerland dominates Relays
The first races of the World Cup Final weekend, the relays, were both won by Switzerland, always strong on home terrain. Joey Hadorn and Simona Aebersold on the third legs brought their teams home in front by 32 seconds and 1 minute 5 seconds respectively. The Swiss first team won the men’s relay with two […]

30.09.2022 Running in ski slopes helped Martin Regborn get fit for the World Cup
Martin Regborn will head into the World Cup final in Davos Klosters in second position in the overall standings. Less than two months ago, he achieved the greatest international result this far in his career, when he won the European Championships long distance in Estonia. Martin Regborn crosses the finish line in Estonia after his […]

28.09.2022 Simona Aebersold looks forward to tough World Cup-terrain on home ground
When the World Cup final kicks off in Switzerland this weekend, Simona Aebersold has the best chance to win a medal among the Swiss runners in front of the home crowd in Davos Klosters. Ahead of the three final World Cup races in 2022, Aebersold is second in the women’s World Cup standings and the […]

27.09.2022 Kasper Fosser chases second World Cup title in Davos
Kasper Fosser (NOR) had a phenomenal finish to last year’s World Cup season, where he won both individual races in Italy and thereby secured his first overall World Cup victory by nearly 100 points. Going into this year’s World Cup final in Switzerland, Fosser’s lead is not as big – but there’s still an advantage […]

26.09.2022 The World Cup season will come to a breathtaking end in the Alps
The international orienteering season will come to a spectacular end this weekend, when Switzerland hosts the World Cup round 3 in Davos Klosters. All three competitions: Relay, Middle distance and Long distance take place in altitudes between 1500 – 2000 meters above sea level, putting the world’s best orienteers physical, technical and mental skills to […]

19.09.2022 Invitation to FootO Clinic in Spain
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and Rules Commission welcome you to an IOF Event Advisers’ Clinic in La Marina, Spain. The Clinic is to be held the 11th to 13th November in Spain. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. The clinic is […]

18.09.2022 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Czechia wins relay – and Team World Cup
Czechia won the last international MTBO race of the 2022 season: The mixed relay at the CX80 MTBO World Cup in Bulgaria and therefore also the overall Team World Cup. The mixed relay was held in Momino forest – just as the long distance yesterday – and consisted of three legs. Most of the teams […]

17.09.2022 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Danish women sweep the medals, as Ludvik takes another win
The world’s best MTBO athletes saw a very different challenge compared to yesterday’s sprint, when the long distance was on at the CX80 MTBO World Cup in Bulgaria. More than 30 kilometers on the bike in both classes and more than 600 meters to climb along the way in Momino forest west of Targovishte. Nonetheless […]

16.09.2022 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Søgaard and Saarela share win, Ludvik superior in men’s
The CX80 MTBO World Cup Round 3 got off to a fast start in the Bulgarian sun with the Sprint in the city of Kardam. The dense network of paths and roads in the flat and complex sprint terrain seemed to suit women’s World Cup leader Camilla Søgaard (DEN) well, as she crossed the finish […]

14.09.2022 Camilla Søgaard reaches out for overall CX80 MTBO World Cup win
When the CX80 MTBO World Cup Round 3 kicks off with the Sprint in Bulgaria Friday morning, Camilla Søgaard will ride with butterflies in her stomach under the Danish national team shirt. The 31-year-old Dane has a huge lead of 69 points in the World Cup standings before the Sprint and Long distances in Bulgaria, […]

13.09.2022 Thrilling CX80 MTBO World Cup Final coming up
90 of the world’s best MTBO athletes travel to Targovishte in northeastern Bulgaria this weekend to race for the CX80 MTBO World Cup titles of 2022. Three races await: Sprint in urban terrain in the city of Kardam on Friday, the Long distance on Saturday and a Mixed Relay on Sunday, both in the hilly […]

29.08.2022 Intense IOF development camp conducted at Idre in Sweden
Last week a number of athletes returned to Idre Fjäll, the site of the Orienteering World Cup round 2 in 2021, for an intense training camp aimed at developing their skills in Scandinavian terrain. The development camp was in fact a follow-on to the successful World Cup Event in Sweden last year. The Idre Fjäll […]

25.08.2022 Join the IOF Bidding Seminar on September 7
  The International Orienteering Federation invites Member Federations, Event organisers and other stakeholders to take part in an IOF Bidding Seminar on September 7, 2022. Potential organisers of future IOF Major Events, such as World Championships, World Cups and Regional Championships in all disciplines, can gather information on being part of a bidding process, the […]

23.08.2022 SkiO – Invitation to Open meeting on waxing products
Like several other winter sport federations, IOF has a goal to ban all fluorinated waxing products. The first step was taken by banning all “C8-products” for the 2021/22 season. Developing reliable on-site test methods has shown to be very challenging and are not yet in place. Therefore, FIS and IBU in August decided to postpone […]

23.08.2022 SkiO open meeting on waxing products
Like several other winter sport federations, IOF has a goal to ban all fluorinated waxing products. The first step was taken by banning all “C8-products” for the 2021/22 season. Developing reliable on-site test methods has shown to be very challenging and are not yet in place. Therefore, FIS and IBU in August decided to postpone […]

16.08.2022 WUOC to begin in Switzerland on Wednesday
More than 200 athletes have made their way to the northwestern Switzerland to compete in the FISU World University Orienteering Championships from Wednesday. Five championship races in five days await – Sprint on Wednesday, Long on Thursday and a Sprint Relay on Friday before the Middle and Relay on Saturday and Sunday. The forest competitions […]

15.08.2022 Fosser takes first place in men’s World Cup – Alexandersson extends lead in women’s
The reigning Orienteering World Cup champion Kasper Fosser took the lead in this year’s World Cup standings after the European Orienteering Championships in Estonia, which also served as World Cup Round 2. The Norwegian was fourth on the Long distance and 19th on Middle and has now scored a total of 222 points so far […]

09.08.2022 Finland appointed as host of the 2024 WMOC
The World Masters Orienteering Championships 2024 will be organised in and around Turku, Finland in the beginning of August. IOF Council appointed the Finnish organisers to host the championships at a meeting earlier this summer. The terrains around Turku in southwestern Finland will offer challenging orienteering with great runnability and a very detailed contour in […]

09.08.2022 JWOC 2022 forest competitions to go on in November
Young orienteers from around the world will have another chance to compete for the Junior World Orienteering Championships forest competitions, which were cancelled in July due to the ban on forest activities in Portugal. After consulting with member federations, team leaders and the local organisers, the IOF Council decided to have further JWOC medal competitions […]

09.08.2022 WUOC to begin in Switzerland August 17th
More than 200 athletes have made their way to the northwestern Switzerland to compete in the FISU World University Orienteering Championships from Wednesday. Five championship races in five days await – Sprint on Wednesday, Long on Thursday and a Sprint Relay on Friday before the Middle and Relay on Saturday and Sunday. The forest competitions […]

07.08.2022 Golds for Sweden and Norway at thrilling EOC Relay
The tough, dense terrain in Estonia had already created thrilling Long and Middle distances in the prior days, and Sunday’s relays were no exception. The Swedish women won by a huge margin and Norway’s men defended their EOC-gold from 2018. The heavy rain from yesterday was gone and the sun was shining as the 41 […]

06.08.2022 Aebersold and Ridefelt wins EOC Middle
The spectators and IOF LIVE viewers saw some neat surprises at Saturday’s Middle distance podiums at the European Orienteering Championships in Estonia. Once again, the athletes had their ability to fight their way through the dense Estonian forest east of Rakvere tested. And just as on Thursday’s Long distance, the terrain was tricky and caused […]

05.08.2022 Belgium to host Sprint EOC in 2025 
In three years the orienteering elite will travel to Flanders to fight for medals, as the IOF Council during a meeting in June appointed Belgium to host the Sprint European Orienteering Championships in 2025. The championships will be the first ever international orienteering championships in Belgium and feature the three sprint disciplines: Individual Sprint, Sprint […]

04.08.2022 EOC Long distance golds for Harju and Regborn
The European Orienteering Championships in Estonia saw a tough long distance unfolding Thursday afternoon with Venla Harju (FIN) and Martin Regborn (SWE) being crowned as champions. Thursday’s competition was a return to the forest disciplines after a heavy sprint focus for many orienteers in the first half of 2022 – and it was at the […]

03.08.2022 EOC got well underway with Middle qualification
The European Orienteering Championships 2022 got well underway Wednesday afternoon, when around 300 athletes started the chase for medals with the Middle distance qualification in the forests around Põlula in Northeastern Estonia. Both men and women were divided into three qualification heats, where top 20 in each heat qualified for the Middle distance finals on […]

02.08.2022 The world orienteering elite returns to the forest at EOC
Following a spring and early summer with focus on sprint competitions at World Cup R1 in Sweden and WOC in Denmark, it’s time to return to the forest at European Orienteering Championships in Estonia. The championships also serve as Round 2 in the Orienteering World Cup, and begins Wednesday at noon with the Middle distance […]

23.07.2022 World Trail Orienteering Championships 2-Day PreO: gold medals to Slovakia and Sweden
Jan Furucz, Slovakia, won gold in the Open PreO competition for the second time, and for Michael Johansson, Sweden his P (Physically Challenged) class win was his third success. Two days of mentally strenuous competition provided a total of 73 controls and 4 timed controls (TCs) to be solved. Furucz was wrong on only two […]

21.07.2022 World TrailO Championships: TempO gold to Norway
The Norwegian athlete Sondre Ruud Bråten won the Final in today’s TempO event ahead of strong competition. He was closely challenged by Ondrez Macek, Czech Republic who ended just 6 seconds short of victory. There was then quite a gap in time to the joint bronze medallists, the young Czech athlete Pavel Ptacek and the […]

21.07.2022 Mass Start wins for Søgaard and Pokala in WMTBOC
Wednesday’s Mass Start race offered the athletes at the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships the last chance to win a medal during the competitions in Sweden. And Samuel Pokala (FIN) and Camilla Søgaard (DEN) reached out and grabbed their first gold medals at WMTBOC after winning other medals earlier on.  In the women’s Mass Start, […]

20.07.2022 World TrailO Championships Relay: Double for Czech Republic
The Relay event in Poland was a huge success for the Czech athletes, who won both the O (Open) and P (Physically Challenged) classes today. Defending O class champions Finland were unable to make the top six. Scores were very close, and Finland’s loss was due to just one small mistake. But great credit goes […]

19.07.2022 Bogar wins second gold at WMTBOC, as Saarinen crushes women’s sprint
Czechia’s Krystof Bogar won his second gold medal and fourth in total at World Orienteering Mountain Bike Championships 2022, when the riders raced the Sprint distance in Falun. After 7,7 kilometers of racing, Bogar was two seconds ahead of compatriot Vojtech Stransky and with Estonia’s Lauri Malsroos finishing third – 13 seconds further behind. Bogar […]

18.07.2022 IOF Council approves gender equality proposal
During meetings on June 27th and 30th the IOF Council approved a proposal from the FootO Commission regarding gender equality and changing the winning times brackets to target times. Council decided to change the terminology across the rules of all disciplines from winning time brackets (e.g. 90-100 minutes) to ‘target times’ (e.g. 90 minutes) at […]

18.07.2022 Switzerland wins close World Games Sprint Relay
Switzerland claimed the last set of orienteering gold medals at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama after a thrilling Sprint Relay on Sunday morning. Following Saturday’s demanding Middle distance in the hills of Oak Mountain State Park, the athletes were back in central Birmingham with almost no climb at all during the fast relay courses […]

17.07.2022 WTMBOC Long wins for Jansson and Benham Kvåle
Great Britain’s Emily Benham Kvåle and Swedens Marcus Jansson was crowned world champions after the Long distance race in the forest outside Falun, Sweden at the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships. Benham Kvåle lead the race all the way through the 20,4 kilometers and defeated the reigning Long Distance champion, Camilla Søgaard (DEN) by 1.07 […]

17.07.2022 Join the Global Development Conference 2022
The Global Development Commision of IOF would like to invite you to the Global Development Conference,  which aims to connect people around the world and share experience. It is for anyone who is interested and it will take place on the rest day of O-Ringen, July 27 near the O-Ringen centre. The conference will feature […]

17.07.2022 World Games: Middle distance victories for Fosser and Aebersold in the heat
The Middle distance at the World Games in USA met the orienteers with a completely different set of challenges compared to Friday’s Sprint. Oak Mountain State Park outside Birmingham, Alabama offered continental forest with lots of elevation to climb and temperatures going from 28 degrees Celsius to 33 degrees as the competitions progressed. The men […]

17.07.2022 Finland claims both relay golds at WMTBOC
Finland had a fantastic day in the Swedish forests around Säter, winning both the women’s and the men’s class with superior margins, when the WMTBOC athletes raced their relays on Saturday. The Finnish women had a great start to their relay, as Henna Saarinen led the first leg from the beginning to the exchange, where […]

16.07.2022 Aebersold and Robertson win World Games Sprint
The athletes competing in the World Games in USA was challenged with a lot of route choices and had to cope with the warm weather in Alabama Friday morning, when the Sprint kicked off the orienteering competitions. Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Tim Robertson (NZL) seemed to handle the warm weather well, as they took clear […]

15.07.2022 Clear victories for Denmark and Czech at WMTBOC opener
Denmark’s Nikoline Splittorff and Krystof Bogar from Czech Republic took convincing victories as the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Sweden got underway with the Middle Distance. In the women’s class, Splittorff beat fellow Dane Camilla Søgaard by 53 seconds with Sweden’s Nadia Larsson six seconds further behind. The course was 11,5 kilometer and offered […]

15.07.2022 World’s Trail Orienteers converge on Poland
The Spa town Jelenia Góra in SW Poland is the venue for this year’s World TrailO Championships, which start on Monday with 160 competitors from 22 nations including teams from Japan and USA. The competitions take place on the lower slopes of mountain terrain, mainly forest with very many big stones and boulders. For the […]

14.07.2022 Orienteering athletes race for World Games medals in USA
Orienteering fans around the world are having some busy weeks this summer trying to keep up with all the international championships going on. As the WMOC in Italy and JWOC in Portugal are coming to an end this week, orienteering at The World Games in USA is just beginning – and so are the World […]

14.07.2022 World MTBO Championships to begin in Sweden
We’ve already handed out medals at WOC, EYOC, JWOC and WMOC during the last three weeks and now it’s time for the world’s best mountainbike orienteers to compete for medals at the World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships and JWMTBOC in Sweden. From July 15–20 five competitions await in central Sweden: Middle, Relay, Long, Sprint and Mass […]

14.07.2022 Norway wins close JWOC Sprint Relay
Norway’s relay team won by just two seconds, as the first ever Sprint Relay at the Junior World Orienteering Championships took place in Aguiar da Beira, Portugal. The Sprint Relay was added to the JWOC program just this weekend as the forest distances had to be postponed due to the risk of fires in the […]

11.07.2022 JWOC Sprint Golds for Finland and Sweden
Finland’s Elisa Mattila and Sweden’s Axel Elmblad are new Junior World Champions in Sprint after the first competition day at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Aguiar da Beira, Portugal. The courses in the old city of Carapito offered technically demanding orienteering where seconds could easily be thrown away in the narrow roads. But Elisa […]

09.07.2022 More than 3000 athletes ready for WMOC in Italy
In the coming days, more than 3100 athletes from 40 countries will compete at the World Masters Orienteering Championship on the Gargano Peninsula on the east coast of Italy. Champions will be crowned from the W/M35-classes and up to W/M95 in Sprint, Middle and Long Distances. The sprint races will take place in the historic […]

09.07.2022 Sprint Relay added to modified JWOC program in Portugal
This is an updated news article about the JWOC program – see the original article from July 9 below: The athletes at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Portugal will run a Sprint Relay in addition to the Individual Sprint in the modified JWOC-program. On Friday, it was decided to postpone the forest races at […]

09.07.2022 Total ban on forest access issued by Portuguese government postpones JWOC2022 Forest distances
Due to extreme risk of fire, that has developed over the last couple of days resulting in multiple forest fires in various parts of Portugal, the Portuguese government has issued a total ban on access to its forests starting on Friday 8th July – and so far lasting until Friday 15th July. This has serious […]

02.07.2022 IOF General Assembly approves strategy for the next four years
The XXXI IOF General Assembly was successfully organised on Friday, July 1 with a duration of only 3 hours. The event was organised in a hybrid format allowing delegates to participate either in person in Denmark or remotely, and 34 member federations were represented. The proposal for IOF’s strategy for the next 4 years was […]

01.07.2022 EYOC 2022 to begin in Hungary
We’ve hardly lowered the flags at the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark, but Saturday it’s time to raise them again, when the European Youth Orienteering Championships 2022 begin in Hungary. Around 400 athletes from 34 different nations will travel to Salgótarján in Northern Hungary to compete in three disciplines: Long, Sprint and Relay from Saturday […]

01.07.2022 World Orienteering Championships: Sweden heads medals table
Sweden finished the championships in first place in the medals table with 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, whilst second-placed Great Britain’s medal haul was 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Switzerland took third place, 1 gold plus 1 silver, and Norway fourth, 1 gold plus 1 bronze. The other two medals went […]

01.07.2022 Follow the XXXI IOF General Assembly
The XXXI IOF General Assembly takes place today in Kolding, Denmark, from 09:00-14:00. The meeting is held in a hybrid format, meaning that delegates are participating both on site and remotely. It is an open session, and observers are welcome to follow it via the link below. IOF XXXI General Assembly Live Stream You can […]

30.06.2022 Sprint success for Great Britain and Norway
New Sprint World Champions are Megan Carter Davies, Great Britain and Kasper Harlem Fosser, Norway at the end of two fascinating and eventful races in Vejle, Denmark. Favourite Tove Alexandersson was beaten into 6th place today, having made two mistakes on the course. Fosser won by an impressive margin: 16 seconds. Great Britain won women’s […]

30.06.2022 WOC Sprint Qualification: 21 nations in both men’s and women’s finals
Great Britain achieved three heat wins, Switzerland two and Belgium one in this morning’s qualification races. Twenty-six nations in all will take part in the finals, with Denmark, France, Norway and Switzerland having all their runners through. The fifteen best in each of the qualification heats go into the final. There will be 46 runners […]

28.06.2022 Alexandersson and Kyburz take Knock-Out Sprint titles
A very exciting day of orienteering ended with Final wins for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland in the first-ever WOC Knock-Out Sprint. The one winner with supreme strength, speed and concentration, the other a master of tactics as well as speed. Women’s podium: Carter-Davies, Alexandersson, von Dongen  Photos: Will Hollowell / IOF There […]

28.06.2022 WOC Knock-Out Sprint: four nations with 6 qualifiers
The first-ever World Championship Knock-Out Sprint takes place today in Fredericia, Denmark. This morning the Qualification heats have determined the 36 qualifiers for the Quarter-Finals, which start with the men’s at 16.00 CEST. Four nations have come through with 6 qualifiers: Czech Republic, Great Britain, Sweden and Switzerland. Twenty-four nations in all have at least […]

26.06.2022 World Championships Sprint Relay: Sweden success in title defence
Sweden powered to victory on the last leg, winning by 1.02 seconds after leading for most of the race. Closest challengers were Great Britain, leading by a second at the final changeover, and the bronze medals went to Norway courtesy of a strong last-leg run by Andrine Benjaminsen. Sweden has now won all four WOC […]

23.06.2022 WOC 2022 preview – the king of Knock-Out Sprint?
There is so much to look forward to when the World Championships in Denmark begin Sunday afternoon with the Sprint Relay in Kolding. The worlds best orienteers have been training for years to perform their best at the first ever sprint only WOC. And a new chapter in the orienteering history will be written on […]

22.06.2022 How to follow the World Orienteering Championships
The most prestigious competition in the orienteering calendar is about to happen. The World Orienteering Championships set sails Sunday afternoon in Denmark when the Sprint Relay starts. The first ever sprint only WOC will offer loads of orienteering action in the streets of Kolding, Fredericia and Vejle and sees the debut of Knock-Out Sprint on […]

21.06.2022 WOC 2022 preview – who can beat Tove Alexandersson?
The first ever sprint-only World Orienteering Championships are about to start in Denmark, with the Sprint Relay in Kolding on Sunday, June 26 coming up first. In total, five sets of medals will be handed out. Knock-Out Sprint debuts as a WOC-discipline on Tuesday, June 28 in Fredericia and the Individual Sprint will complete the […]

20.06.2022 It’s finally time for WOC in Denmark
It has been a long time coming, but Sunday afternoon it’s finally happening: The first sprint-only World Orienteering Championships kick off in Denmark. The championships in Denmark’s Triangle Region originally were to be held in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And this Sunday – nearly six years after Denmark was awarded […]

13.06.2022 Follow Venla and Jukola relays on IOF LIVE
Many hours of orienteering action await in the coming weekend, June 18-19, when expected 20.000 orienteers will compete at the Venla and Jukola relays in southwestern Finland. The traditional Jukola relay is held for the 73rd time, while Venla relay celebrates its 44th anniversary in the forests outside Mynämäki north of Turku. The terrain is […]

11.06.2022 Open your orienteering world with IOF
Would you like to travel the world and discover orienteering in other countries? Or maybe open your home to an orienteer from another place? The brand new Connecting Worldwide Volunteer Platform aims to connect orienteers from around the globe. It’s has been developed by IOF’s Global Development Commission (GDC) and offers six ways to connect […]

31.05.2022 Robertson and Alexandersson lead the World Cup after Borås
Tim Robertson (NZL) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) can start the final preparations for the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark in four weeks with lots of confidence. Their results from this weekend in Sweden have put them in the lead of the World Cup after Round 1 in Borås. Tim Robertson finished second in both Sprint […]

29.05.2022 European TrailO Championships: Relay victories for Ukraine and Finland
The final event of the Championships, the Relay, produced victory for Ukraine in the P (Physically Challenged) class and home nation Finland, the defending champions, in the O (Open) class. In the O class, silver medals went to Denmark and bronze to Norway. Teams of three (up to 2 teams per nation) competed in quite […]

29.05.2022 Sweden took clear Sprint Relay win in Borås
Sweden took a superior win in the World Cup Sprint Relay on Sunday afternoon, as centre Borås welcomed the orienteering world elite for second day in a row. The sun was shining as the 57 teams was sent off into the streets of Borås, with the Swedish, Swiss and Norwegian teams as favourites to win […]

28.05.2022 European TrailO Championships: Finnish gold in TempO
Petteri Hakala, Finland had a very clear victory in the TempO competition today, winning by the huge margin of 77 seconds. Marit Wiksell, Sweden took the silver medal and Antti Rusanen, Finland the bronze. The event consisted of a Qualification in the morning with 2 heats, followed by a Final competed in by the top […]

28.05.2022 Alexandersson and Kyburz win thrilling Knock-Out Sprint
The World Cup Knock-Out Sprint in Borås, Sweden ended up with two nail-biting finals and victories to Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI). After the qualification race in the morning, the competition moved to the centre of Borås from the quarter finals and on. Most of the favourites made it through to the final […]

28.05.2022 Sweden and Norway excel in Knock-Out Sprint qualifications
The home audience in Borås will have plenty of Swedish runners to cheer on when the World Cup Knock-Out Sprint begins at 14.30 CEST (UTC+2) Saturday afternoon in centre Borås. 13 Swedish runners got on to the quarter finals from the qualification races Saturday morning – among them Lina Strand, Hanna Lundberg and Martin Regborn […]

27.05.2022 European TrailO Championships; PreO victories to Spain and Sweden
The 2022 European PreO Champions are Alejandro Aguilar Lara, Spain in the P class and Jens Andersson, Sweden in the O class. A difficult Day 2 course produced some significant changes in the results order from Day 1. An exception was the Spaniard in the P (Physically Challenged) class, who convincingly won both days and […]

26.05.2022 European TrailO Championships, PreO Day 1: joint lead in Open class
Arno Grønhovd, Norway and Petteri Hakala, Finland are joint leaders of the Open class at the end of the first day of the two-day PreO competition at Espoo, Finland. Spaniard Alejandro Aguilar Lara leads the P class by a small margin. High scores were the order of the day, with 41 competitors making no or […]

26.05.2022 Fosser and Alexandersson wins World Cup Sprint in Borås
Last year’s overall World Cup winners Kasper Fosser (NOR) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) had a great start to their title defence – both winning the individual sprint in Borås, Sweden on Thursday. The sprint went in Sjöbo, a couple of kilometers north of centre Borås in housing estates in between apartment blocks with lots of […]

25.05.2022 How to follow the World Cup in Borås
It’s finally time for the Orienteering World Cup again. Three sprint competitions await from Thursday through Sunday in Borås, Sweden – Sprint, KO Sprint and Sprint Relay – and the best orienteers are eager to win the first international competitions of the season. Program Thursday Sprint 10.30 First start 12.00-14.30 Web-TV on IOF LIVE Saturday […]

23.05.2022 World Cup season off to an intense start in Sweden
The international orienteering elite runners will have to tie their fastest shoes, when the World Cup season 2022 begins in Borås, Sweden this week. From Thursday through Sunday three sprint competitions await: Individual Sprint, Knock-Out Sprint and Sprint Relay, all in urban terrain in and around Borås. Last year’s overall World Cup winners, Tove Alexandersson […]

23.05.2022 Finland hosts European TrailO Championships
Just 2 years after the original planned date, the European TrailO Orienteering Championships (ETOC) finally get under way on Thursday in the area around Espoo, west of Helsinki in Finland. Athletes from 18 nations will be taking part, all keen to be back in action at full international level again after the long pandemic break. […]

23.05.2022 CX80 World Cup: Braendli and Ludvik shares lead, Søgaard ahead in women’s
Simon Braendli (SUI) and Vojtech Ludvik (CZE) will share the prize money awarded to the CX80 World Cup leaders after EMTBOC in Lithuania, as they both scored 100 points during the Sprint and Long Distance Friday and Saturday. Marcus Jansson (SWE) is third with 81 points. In the women’s World Cup standings, Camilla Søgaard (DEN) […]

22.05.2022 Czech Republic defends Mixed Relay championship at EMTBOC
The Czech national MTBO team can keep on bragging about being European Champions in Mixed Relay for another year after the last competition of the AXIØMA European Championships in Lithuania. The team, consisting of Martina Tichovska, Vojtech Ludvik and Krystof Bogar won by nearly two minutes after a dramatic relay with several disqualifications. Most notably […]

21.05.2022 Home soil victory on EMTBOC Long Distance
After more than 100 minutes in the saddle, Lithuania’s Gabriele Andrasiuniene crossed the finish line as European Champion on todays’ Long Distance in Ignalina. The gap was nearly two minutes to silver medalist Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) and Sweden’s Anna Tidermann was third. In the mens class, Simon Braendli (SUI) took revenge after finishing two seconds […]

20.05.2022 Gold medals to Denmark and Czech Republic in EMTBOC Sprint
Denmark and Czech Republic got an impressive start to the AXIØMA European Mountain Bike Championships in Lithuania by winning one gold and one silver medal each in today’s Sprint. W21 was decided by just five seconds, where Camilla Søgaard (DEN) beat Martina Tichovska (CZE) after 8,5 kilometers in mainly forest terrain. Marika Hara (FIN) was […]

19.05.2022 Four nations grab the first gold medals in Lithuania
The first four gold medals went to four different nations, as the European Junior/Youth Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships got underway in Lithuania Thursday morning with the Middle Distance. In the M20 class, only two seconds divided the winner Hannes Hnilica, Austria from Timothy Blot, France whereas the rest of today’s classes was settled with a […]

17.05.2022 AXIØMA EMTBOC and CX80 World Cup starts Thursday
The international Mountain Bike Orienteering season starts Thursday as the AXIØMA European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships and CX 80 World Cup gets underway in Lithuania. The championships will accommodate both the seniors and juniors (W20, M20) as well as the youth classes (W17,M17). Sprint, Long Distance and a Mixed Relay await the seniors from Friday through […]

11.05.2022 World Orienteering Day well underway
Thousands will experience orienteering around the globe in the coming week as World Orientering Day was kicked off numerous places on Wednesday. Around 500 locations have preregistered as events during World Orienteering Day, which runs from May 11 – 17 in 2022. One of the first WOD-events held was a Wednesday Night Sprint in a […]

05.05.2022 Wild Cards for WTOC 2022
According to the rules, please se rule §6.6 for full details, the following persons has qualified for a personal Wild Card to participate in addition to a country’s normal quota. PreO O-class and TempO: Name Country Antti Rusanen Finland Pinja Mäkinen Finland Ján Furucz Slovakia Jacek Wieszaczewski Poland Marcello Lambertini Italy Lars Jakob Waaler Norway […]

30.04.2022 IOF wins another IOC Carbon Action Award
As in 2019, the International Olympic Committee has awarded the IOF for its action to measure and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Globally, 12 International Federations, seven National Olympic Committees and their Association (ANOC), won the awards based on detailed data and carbon reduction plans. “We set up this award to highlight some of the […]

29.04.2022 Follow 10MILA on orienteering.sport LIVE
  The Swedish relay 10MILA is regarded as one of the most prestigious orienteering competitions during the year and attracts between 7000-8000 competitors. And this year’s edition of the competition, which consists of three separate relays will be easier accessible to a larger audience, as it will be broadcasted both on the orienteering.sport LIVE page […]

26.04.2022 World Orienteering Day surpasses 250 preregistered events
The World Orienteering Day is back for 2022 and more than 250 locations have already been registered as WOD Events in 44 different countries. All orienteering events within the period May 11-17 can be registered as a part of World Orienteering Day, which is held for the sixth time this year. Among the goals for […]

21.04.2022 Low entry fee for WMOC in Italy for 10 more days
There is 79 days until the start of the World Masters Orienteering Championships and the expectation is growing for the event, that will bring over 3000 orienteers from all over the world to the Gargano from the 8th to the 16th of July. Besides the WMOC competitions a program of events is prepared for you […]

19.04.2022 IOF Scholarship for O-Ringen Academy 2022
The O-Ringen Academy is a place for orienteering runners from different countries and on different levels, including beginners, to meet and exchange their experience and learn new. Last time when O-Ringen Academy was arranged, in 2019, 45 orienteers from 13 countries participated.   For this years O-Ringen Academy the following applicants has been awarded the […]

13.04.2022 IOF Gender Equality project update
The IOF FootO Commission thanks everyone who responded to the IOF Gender Equality survey, we had responses from more than 1,300 people from 76 different countries. There was strong support for equal winning times at IOF elite competitions, with 68% of people either selecting “Agree” or “Strongly agree” that winning times should be equal. These […]

09.04.2022 New Fair Play principles published
A set of Fair Play principles has been published on the new Fair Play subpage here on orienteering.sport to serve as guidelines for different client groups within orienteering. In 2020, the IOF General Assembly adopted a resolution regarding Fair Play and Ethics in Orienteering, recognizing the importance of reinforcing the basic values of Fair Play. […]

08.04.2022 Several donations to Ukranian Orienteering – and room for more
Since the IOF launched a number of ways to support Ukrainian Orienteering two weeks ago, there has been numerous contributions of various kinds. Just to name a few, the French Orienteering Federation decided to donate 1.700 EUR earlier this week, and the Danish National Team collected around 800 EUR (see Facebook posts below). IOF has […]

07.04.2022 Invitation to FootO Clinic in Sweden
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and Rules Commission welcome you to an IOF Event Advisers’ Clinic in Uppsala, Sweden. The Clinic is to be held in conjuction with O-ringen in Uppsala, the 23rd to 24th July in Sweden. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering […]

23.03.2022 WOC Clinic welcomes orienteers from three continents in June
When the World Orienteering Championships kick off in Denmark in the end of June, most of the around 350 expected participants will travel and stay with their national team. But for 15 runners, coming from younger orienteering nations, that is not an option. Therefore, they take part in the International Orienteering Federation WOC Clinic arranged […]

22.03.2022 IOF opens ways to support Ukrainian orienteering
Based on communication with the Ukrainian Orienteering Federation, the IOF has decided to support Ukrainian orienteering in several ways. The message from the Ukranian federation was, among other things, that it wants to continue participating in international competitions and championships but need financial support for this. Therefore, the IOF has decided to focus its support […]

22.03.2022 Invitation to IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers Clinic, Espoo, Finland 14th and 25th of May 2022
The IOF Trail Orienteering Commission welcome you to an IOF TrailO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Espoo, Finland.  The Clinic is dividied in two parts. The first part is digital on the 14th of May and the second part will be held in conjunction with ETOC on the 25th of May in Espoo. The Event Advisers’ […]

21.03.2022 WMOC 2022-organizers keep low entry fee through April
The organisers of WMOC 2022 have announced that the February 15th date for entry fee increase has been postponed until April 30th. The fee for both Sprint and Forest races remains at 160 € until April 30th therefore. The IOF Senior Event Adviser David May (GBR) says: “I fully support this change. With COVID 19 […]

19.03.2022 Norway wins close sprint relay at WSOC
Norway won the sprint relay at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland with stable performances by Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid, who kept Sweden and Estonia behind in the fight for gold. The first three competition days of WSOC in Finland has offered some exciting races at Kallin Skicenter and the final event – […]

18.03.2022 IOF sets up new disciplinary panel
During the IOF Council digital meeting on March 4, it was decided to set up a disciplinary panel and the remits of the panel was approved as well. The new panel has been given several permanent tasks, eg. ruling upon competition rules violations when no Event Jury is active, dealing with appeals to Event Jury […]

18.03.2022 Belomazhev wins by two seconds and Kudre Schnyder cruises on to another gold
Estonias Daisy Kudre Schnyder and Stanimir Belomazhev of Bulgaria was crowned world champions after winning today’s middle distance at World Ski Orienteering Championships in Keminmaa, Finland. The sun was gone, and the fog had settled over Kallin Skicenter, when the athletes at WSOC raced for middle distance medals early Friday afternoon. As opposed to the […]

17.03.2022 EMTBOC 2024 and WMTBOC 2025 to be held in Poland
During the IOF Council digital meeting on March 4, the Polish Orienteering Federation was unanimously approved as organizer of both the European Mountainbike Orienteering Championships in 2024 as well as the World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships in 2025. The preliminary dates for the two championships are May 30 – June 2, 2024 for the EMTBOC and […]

16.03.2022 Baklid and Lindkvist world champions in pursuit race
The gold medals went to Norway and Sweden in today’s thrilling pursuit races at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland – Jørgen Baklid was fastest among the men, while Linda Lindkvist kept cool at the end to secure her first World Championship. The sun was shining today over Kallin Skicenter, where the men’s class […]

15.03.2022 Close races in Finland, as WSOC begins with sprint
Both the men’s and women’s class were decided by just a second, when the athletes got underway at World Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland with the sprint distance Tuesday afternoon. The race area offered a dense network of narrow tracks combined with larger paths creating a challenging amount of route choices for the athletes. And […]

14.03.2022 WSOC begins in Finland on Tuesday
Finally, it’s time for the first world championships of 2022 – when the World Ski Orienteering Championships begins in Finland Tuesday afternoon with the sprint distance. More than 100 athletes are ready to race for medals in the Kemi-Keminmaa area during four competition days. It all sets off Tuesday with the sprint, followed by the […]

09.03.2022 Road to WSOC – Jørgen Baklid
When the World Ski Orienteering Championships sets out on Tuesday with the sprint in Finland’s Kemi-Keminmaa-area, Norway’s Jørgen Baklid will begin chasing new WSOC-medals. The reigning middle distance world champion from last year’s WSOC in Estonia has already shown, that he is to be counted among the favorites in 2022 by winning the long distance […]

08.03.2022 Road to WSOC – Lisa Larsen
It’s time to find the first orienteering world champions of 2022 – when World Ski Orienteering Championships kick off on Tuesday, March 15 in Finland. During four competition days in the Kemi-Keminmaa-area, the athletes will compete in sprint, pursuit, middle and sprint relay as the final event on Saturday 19th. All competitions can be followed […]

04.03.2022 IOF suspends the membership of its Belarusian member due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Council of the International Orienteering Federation decided at its ordinary Council meeting today to immediately suspend the membership of Belarus Orienteering Federation. The suspension of the Belarusian member federation is for an indefinite period of time and means the following: Belarusian orienteering athletes, in all IOF disciplines, will not be allowed to participate in […]

01.03.2022 WUSOC ends with close races in mixed relay and middle distance
Athletes of the FISU World University Championship Ski Orienteering visited Jahodova Louka Arena for the first time, where the mixed sprint relay took place this Friday the 25th of February. The race held a lot of excitement. No one could predict which team would finish first. The standings were changing for each leg. The Norwegian […]

28.02.2022 The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) suspends the membership of its Russian member due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Council of the International Orienteering Federation decided at an extraordinary Council meeting today to immediately suspend the membership of the Russian Orienteering Federation. The suspension of the Russian member federation is for an indefinite period of time and means the following. Russian orienteering athletes, in all IOF disciplines, will not be allowed to participate […]

26.02.2022 The International Orienteering Federation support the IOC Executive Board statement
Yesterday the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged all International Federations to relocate or cancel their sports events currently planned in Russia and Belarus. The International Orienteering Federation fully support this statement together with the secondary urge from IOC EB, that no Russian or Belarussian national flag be displayed and no […]

24.02.2022 WUSOC 2022 is well underway – with two distances remaining
Photo: Tomas Bubela On the 22nd of February, two years after the last FISU event, the races finally begun in Jáchymov, Czech Republic. After the second day and two events, sprint and pursuit, the championships are now half way through. Jørgen Baklid from Norway won both gold medals in the men’s category. In the women’s […]

21.02.2022 It’s time for WUSOC 2022
Tuesday afternoon, athletes from 12 different nations will race for the first medals at the FISU World University Championship in Ski Orienteering held in Jachymov, Czech Republic. The first discipline is sprint and in the coming days pursuit race, sprint relay and middle distance will follow. Due the corona pandemic, this years WUSOC will be […]

17.02.2022 Gender Equality at IOF Events – Have Your Say
Winning Times for Men and Women Foot Orienteering – survey for all orienteers The IOF recognises that Foot-Orienteering is its only discipline where winning times for men and women are different in some competitions. This is clearly the case at major elite level where, for example, the WOC Long Distance winning time for men is […]

10.02.2022 Digital IOF High Level Event Seminar 2022
Friday and Saturday on the first weekend of February, the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission organised the High Level Event Seminar for the 14th time – after initial plans for an in-person HLES failed, in a digital format using MS Teams. The seminar, which primarily targets appointed organisers, potential future organisers and key persons involved in […]

08.02.2022 Invitation to IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers Clinic, Kemi, Finland 17-18th of March 2022
The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission welcome you to an IOF SkiO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Kemi, Finland. The Clinic will be held in conjunction with WSOC, JWSOC and EYSOC. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Ski Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify […]

07.02.2022 New drop in IOF carbon emissions
The International Orienteering Federation has released its Carbon Budget Report for 2021, which estimates the CO2 emissions of the federation in the past year. It includes the activities of around 120 persons in IOF Office, Council and Commissions and shows an estimate of 23,4 tonnes of CO2-eq emissions during 2021. The level of emissions was […]

04.02.2022 New O-Map Wiki launched to help educate mappers, organizers and competitors 
O-Map Wiki is a brand-new platform, which aims to provide up-to-date and high-quality information on orienteering mapping. It extends information on the use of map symbols, map making methods, related terminology and resources. The main objectives of the O-Map Wiki project are: on a volunteer basis to create a platform with up-to-date and high-quality information […]

03.02.2022 IOF FootO Event Advisers Clinic in Burgdorf
Last weekend, a very successful IOF FootO Event Advisers Clinic was held in Burgdorf, Switzerland. Fortunately, the clinic could proceed, despite the Coronavirus restrictions that are still in force. There were six participants, all from Switzerland, including multiple World Champion Simone Niggli. The meeting room and accommodation was in the impressive 900-year old Schloss Burgdorf […]

02.02.2022 Overwhelming interest for IOF Idre Fjäll camp
The IOF received an overwhelming large number of applications for the IOF Training Camp at Idre Fjäll in august 2022. To be exact, there were applications for 85 participants, and now 23 spots have been selected and designated to 11 different nations. The training camp is a result of IOF’s ambitions to support all national […]

31.01.2022 Second chance to submit to IOF WOC Clinic in Denmark
There are still time to submit to WOC Clinic 2022 in Vejle in the Denmark, 22nd of June to 1st of July. The IOF WOC Clinic offers talented athletes from IOF member federations which cannot afford to send a team to the WOC to participate in the WOC by providing them accommodation, local transport and […]

29.01.2022 IOF appoints Erling Thisted as temporary Communications Officer
Erling Thisted (38) has been hired as temporary Communications Officer in the IOF in a part time position (50%) for the rest of 2022. Here he will be responsible for the internal and external communication flow, Social Media and he will serve as the IOF Media Adviser at the major events of the year. Erling […]

28.01.2022 Last Chance to enter the IOF High Level Event Seminar 2022
The IOF High Level Event Seminar will be held next weekend – 4th-5th February 2022 – online once again. Registrations close on Monday, 31st of January. Registrate here: Registration Form The traditions of the High Level Event Seminar go back more than a decade. It all started in Oslo in 2009 and the Seminar is […]

27.01.2022 Russians Kechkina and Kiselev best at ESOC
The Russian team were biggest favourites for success at the European SkiO Championships, just concluded in Bulgaria, and so it proved. Best results came from Maria Kechkina, who won 2 individual golds and a relay gold, and Vladislav Kiselev, who won a gold medal in every race except the Long Distance – so 4 in […]

27.01.2022 ESOC Relay: double gold for Russia
Russia triumphed in both the women’s and men’s relay races today, with Sweden and Norway each taking a silver and a bronze medal. The Russian women won by 1.45, but with their second team only 2 seconds down on the winning time, and their men won by 0.38. Men’s mass start     Photos: Per Frost […]

26.01.2022 Orienteering World Cup 2022 and WOC 2022 National Quotas published
The document summarizing the national quotas for World Cup competitions 2022 and the World Orienteering Championships 2022 is updated. Each National Team has a defined number of start-slots for each competition based upon World Rankings and results at previous WOC competitions. In addition, there are personal starting spots allocated to reigning World and Regional Champions […]

26.01.2022 ESOC Long Distance gold medals to Norway and Russia
Current Middle Distance world champion, Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, and Mariya Kechkina, Russia are the new ESOC Long Distance champions at the end of a gruelling race with men’s winning times of more than 2 hours, held on a windy and cloudy but dry day at the Kartola Ski Centre in Bulgaria. Kechkina was Long champion […]

25.01.2022 ESOC Sprint Relay: comfortable win for Russia, sprint finish for silver
Russia’s first team, Marina Viatkina and Vladislav Kiselev, ended as comfortable winners of today’s race, and after a thrilling sprint finish it was silver for Sweden and bronze for Norway. Sweden’s medal-winning team was Lisa Larsen and Linus Rapp, no doubt buoyed up through both winning medals in the Middle distance yesterday. Fine weather greeted […]

24.01.2022 New map specifications for MTBO and orienteering sprint have been published
The IOF Council approved a new map specification for MTB Orienteering and an update of the map specification for sprint orienteering at its latest meeting. Specifications are valid from January 2022. The documents were prepared by IOF Map Commission in cooperation with other commissions and cooperating contributors. The following text briefly summarises the main objectives […]

24.01.2022 ESOC: Kechkina wins Middle again after 6 years; second gold for Kiselev
Today’s Middle race, held in difficult weather conditions, provided a second gold for the Russian Vladislav Kiselev who won by 17 seconds over fellow Russian Andrei Lamov. Mariya Kechkina, Russia won her fourth ESOC gold medal today, also by 17 seconds. Sweden’s Lisa Larsen, current Pursuit world champion, was Kechkina’s closest challenger, and the bronze […]

23.01.2022 ESOC Sprint Relay cancelled due to heavy wind – postponed to Tuesday
Due to very strong wind and a blizzard in the competition area of Chepelare, it has been decided to cancel Sundays sprint relay at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria. The competition should have started at 10 a.m. local time (UTC+2), and later Sunday organizers will take a decision if it is possible to […]

22.01.2022 ESOC: Russians dominant on Day 1
The European SkiO Championships (ESOC) got under way today with the Sprint race, and the new European Champions are both from Russia: Marina Viatkina with victory by 1 second and Vladislav Kiselev in front by a convincing 11 seconds; he is also the current world champion in Sprint. As in the last two years in […]

19.01.2022 Season’s SkiO Championships start on Saturday
The best elite ski orienteers are heading for the Bulgarian ski resort Chepelare for the European, World Under-23 and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships, which get under way at the weekend. The European Championships (ESOC) count also as the first round of the 2022 SkiO World Cup. Fifteen nations will be represented in ESOC, with […]

13.01.2022 Event Adviser Clinic in Switzerland will go ahead
The EA clinic in Switzerland  in the end of January is definitely going ahead and late entries are possible. The Clinic is to be held during the 29th to 30th January in Burgdorf in Switzerland. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is to prepare participants to be licensed IOF  Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. Course leader will be […]

07.01.2022 High Level Event Seminar goes digital also in 2022. EA Clinic in Sweden postponed.
The Covid-19 pandemic has gone into a new phase with the current increasing spread of the Omicron variant. This has caused the IOF to review its ability to conduct planned in-person development conferences and seminars. High Level Event Seminar It has been decided that the High Level Event Seminar, which was planned by the IOF […]

04.01.2022 Final qualifications for The World Games 2022
The final criteria for determining regional qualifying spots for The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA have now been decided. Based upon the Orienteering Federation League tables as of January 1, 2022 the following additional national teams have qualified to start in The World Games competitions in Sprint, Middle Distance and Sprint Relay, with 2 […]

27.12.2021 O-Ringen Academy 2022
The organizers of O-Ringen Uppsala 2022 together with PWT Academy and in cooperation with the IOF, are pleased to invite participants to the annual O-Ringen Academy, which will take place 25-30 July, in connection with O-Ringen in Uppsala, Sweden. The Academy provides a unique opportunity for orienteering federations and interested individuals to work on developing […]

22.12.2021 IOF Training Camp at Idre Fjäll in August 2022 – an opportunity for ambitious athletes
Idre Fjäll is an orienteering hub in Sweden offering demanding terrain in a wilderness environment. The World Cup round 2 in 2021 was held here and the results showed how challenging the terrain is. The IOF has an ambition to support more of our members orienteering teams and help improve performance at IOF events. We […]

21.12.2021 IOF Anti-doping work moves to the ITA
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has signed an agreement with the International Testing Agency (ITA) for the outsourcing of IOF anti-doping work. The agreement comes into effect as of January 1, 2022. The International Testing Agency (ITA) was established based upon a proposal by the IOC in October 2015. The proposal was supported by WADA […]

17.12.2021 Reminder: WADA’s 2022 Prohibited List comes into force on 1 January
Each year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) updates its List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, the list which designates what substances and methods are prohibited in sport, both in- and out-of-competition. As such, the 2022 version comes into force on 1 January 2022. Athletes and support personnel are advised to familiarise themselves with the Prohibited […]

16.12.2021 A new generation takes on the IOF leadership
Henrik Eliasson has been hired as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Sondre Sande Gullord has been hired as the new Secretary General of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). After 7 years in the role of Secretary General & CEO of the IOF, Tom Hollowell will be retiring from the role. Over the period […]

15.12.2021 IOF High Level Event Seminar – decision in early January
Due to the recent evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic (particularly the uncertainty concerning the omicron variant), the IOF has decided to postpone the decision about whether the IOF High Level Event Seminar 2022 can take place as a physical meeting. A decision will be taken at the beginning of 2022, presumably before 10th January. The […]

13.12.2021 Time to apply for the 2022 WOC Clinic in Denmark
It is time to submit to WOC Clinic 2022 in Vejle in the Denmark, 22nd of June to 1st of July. The IOF WOC Clinic offers talented athletes from IOF member federations which cannot afford to send a team to the WOC to participate in the WOC by providing them accommodation, local transport and high […]

08.12.2021 A historic Council meeting
The IOF Council held its 6th fully digital meeting of 2021 on Friday November 19th. The meeting was historic as the Council welcomed for the first time 2 elected athletes representatives to the meeting. Foot Orienteering athlete Tereza Janosikova (CZE) and Ski Orienteering athlete Erik Blomgren (SWE) were elected by their peers in the Athletes […]

06.12.2021 New World Ranking Awards
This month sees the launch of annual IOF World Ranking Awards, a scheme to recognise the highest ranked athletes in all four disciplines per region. The World Ranking leaders on the 1st of December each year in each of IOF’s six Regions – Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, N. America and S. America – will receive […]

06.12.2021 Updated Competition Rules per disciplines are published
The Council Event Supervisory Board (ESB) has approved an updated version of the competition rules for all IOF disciplines. For Ski Orienteering the new rules take effect as of December 8, 2021. For the other 3 disciplines the new rules are valid as of January 1, 2022. In addition to the updated competition rules, the […]

05.12.2021 Invitation to FootO Event Adviser Clinic in Sweden
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and Rules Commission welcome you to an IOF Event Advisers’ Clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. The Clinic is to be held during the 12th to 13th of February in Stockholm in Sweden. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. […]

04.12.2021 African Orienteering Clinic supports development in Africa
During 2021 IOF Regional Development Coordinator Zoran Milovanovic had discussions with several African countries about how to develop orienteering in the region. This lead to an African Orienteering Clinic in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt,  from October 29th to  November 4th 2021, in conjunction with a week of events initiated by the Egyptian Orienteering Federation. Together […]

02.12.2021 A gift idea – Memories of the Winners
During 2021, IOF is celebrating 60 years of its existence and, at the same time, it was 55 years ago when the first World Orienteering Championships was held. One way to celebrate this was brought up by Jaroslav Kačmarčík to make a book with photos, maps, interviews and results for all World Orienteering Championships between […]

30.11.2021 Anne Braggins RIP
Known widely in the orienteering world at large as the ‘Mother of TrailO’, Anne passed away peacefully in her home on 27th November at the age of 84 after a long battle with cancer. Anne started orienteering in the late 1970s and was Chair of the British Orienteering Federation from 1989 until 1992, during which […]

27.11.2021 World Orientering Day 2022
World Orienteering Day will go on! The goals of World Orienteering Day is about increasing the visibility and accessibility of orienteering to young people, increasing the number of participants both in schools’ activities, as well as in clubs’ activities in all countries of National Federations. It is also about helping teachers to implement orienteering in […]

26.11.2021 Memories of the Winners
During 2021, IOF is celebrating 60 years of its existence and, at the same time, it was 55 years ago when the first world orienteering championship was held. One way to celebrate this was brought up by Jaroslav Kačmarčík to make a book with photos, maps, interviews and results for all World Orienteering Championships between […]

24.11.2021 Successful FootO Senior Event Adviser Seminar organised online
After the feedback received from the online High Level Event Seminar earlier this year, the IOF FootO Commission decided to organise an online seminar for the education of Event Advisers and Senior Event Advisers on 13th-14th November. The seminar had 60-80 participants on the sessions and was conducted without any major technical problems through Microsoft […]

17.11.2021 IOF Partnership Team formed
Orienteering is growing! We are growing geographically but also in media attention. This year, the WOC went live through a record number of TV stations and the IOF live service introduces commenting in two more languages. The viewership figures keep increasing and new records were hit more than once during the season. It is looking […]

12.11.2021 Sharing experience and know-how for global development
One of the most prominent goals of the IOF is to enhance the development and dissemination of educational material in the multiple areas of our sport. This includes material from the basics to advanced topics such as guidelines for a world championship or tips on coaching for the elite. The Recreational Orienteering Working Group within […]

11.11.2021 The IOF releases Carbon Emissions data for 2020
The very important COP26 Climate Change Conference is going on in Glasgow, and it gives us a good opportunity to look at what the IOF is doing to improve our carbon footprint and sustainability. The IOF Environment and Sustainability Commission (ESC) and the IOF administration discussed at the beginning of 2019 a plan to reduce […]

10.11.2021 Successful Open Meeting of FootO athletes and coaches
On the 28th of October, the Foot Orienteering Commission invited all athletes and coaches to an open online / digital meeting. The topics for the meeting included reflections and feedback about the 2021 IOF major events, thoughts about the future events program and a very specific discussion regarding gender-equal competition parameters for IOF formats. The […]

09.11.2021 The IOF is seeking a temporary Communications Officer
IOF Communications Officer Malin Fuhr is currently on a leave of absence until the end of 2022. We are looking for a replacement to fill in on a temporary basis. The position is part-time (50%) and a Job Description can be found here. If you are interested in applying please send a mail with introduction […]

31.10.2021 Orienteering on the rise in Colombia
Between October 13th and 18th, the Central American and Caribbean Orienteering Championships were held in Colombia. The events were held in the cities of Bogotá, Zipaquirá and Guatavita. Between the 13th and 15th of October, a clinic was held with the aim of spreading orienteering in schools and universities in accordance with the objectives of […]

29.10.2021 A new season approaches
The 2021/2022 Ski Orienteering season is approaching. With the first Ski Orienteering Event in Finland only a little more than a month away it’s time to review the upcoming season. A season that will feature both IOF European and World Championships as well as the FISU Winter Universiade and World University Championships for student ski […]

27.10.2021 World Orienteering Championship organiser hosts tested event set-up in Denmark
Last week, the World Championships hosts warmed up for next summer’s World Orienteering Championships 2022 in Denmark with an impressively sizeable elite from most of Europe competing for the European ranking points. The autumn holidays offered World Championships warm-ups for both orienteering runners and the organizers of next year’s World Championships in orienteering. Next year’s […]

21.10.2021 Orienteering blooms in Mauritius
Jaroslav Kacmarcik of the IOF Global Development Commission, together with Giulia Zenere from Park World Tour Academy, visited Mauritius in the beginning of October. The goal of the visit was to help Mauritius and its Orienteering Federation join the IOF as provisional member in January 2022. The week in Mauritius included many meetings with different […]

19.10.2021 IOF bans fluorinated waxing products
The IOF Council at its last meeting decided to implement a ban on the use of certain fluorinated ski waxing products at IOF ski orienteering events starting with the 2021/2022 season. The IOF has followed closely how a ban of fluorinated products has been discussed and implemented among other winter sports federations, primarily the International […]

16.10.2021 Calendar of World Ranking Events for 2022 updated
The initial deadline for applying for World Ranking Events (WRE) for the 2022 season expired on September 30. As each WRE application is evaluated and approved they will appear in the IOF Eventor Event Calendar . Visit often to see updates. So far 96 WREs have been approved across the 4 disciplines. Foot Orienteering – […]

15.10.2021 14th IOF High Level Event Seminar to take place in Budapest on 5th-6th February 2022
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is pleased to announce that the 2022 IOF High Level Event Seminar is planned to take place in Budapest, Hungary as a face-to-face meeting on 5th-6th February, 2022. The traditions of the High Level Event Seminar go back as far as 2009, when it was first held in Oslo and […]

10.10.2021 Finland wins a close CX80 MTBO Team World Cup
The final competitions of the international MTB orienteering season took place today with a mixed relay in the CX80 MTBO World Cup and European MTB Orienteering Championships , and relays in the European Junior and Youth MTB Orienteering Championships. The Czech team of Veronika Kubinova, Vojtech Ludvik and Krystof Bogar can enjoy the title of […]

09.10.2021 CX80 MTBO World Cup: overall wins for Svetlana Foliforova and Simon Braendli
Neither rider won a medal in the Long Distance today, but Foliforova retained her top placing to win by just 5 points, whilst Braendli’s win yesterday at Middle Distance was decisive in giving him the lead. The Dane Camilla Søgaard became European as well as World Champion in Long with a clear 2-minute win today, […]

08.10.2021 Middle golds to Denmark and Switzerland
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and Simon Braendli, Switzerland are the Middle Distance champions, winning by 16 seconds and 2.02 respectively. This is 22-year-old Splittorff’s first individual win at international level; for 31-year-old Braendli, his first since 2016. “The map was challenging and the course had some controls that were difficult,” said Splittorff of today’s race in […]

06.10.2021 MTB Orienteers of all ages converge on Portugal
Challenging competition for the MTBO elite of all ages takes place in Portugal over the coming few days. The headline event is the European MTBO Championships and the final round of the CX80 World Cup; European Junior and Youth and World Masters Championships are also taking place. 96 athletes from 17 nations are entered for […]

05.10.2021 Invitation to IOF FootO Athletes and Coaches Open Meeting
The IOF FootO Commission is pleased to invite all elite athletes and national team coaches to an Open Meeting to discuss a number of topics relating to international FootO events. The meeting is being organised online through Microsoft Teams on Thursday 28th October at 20:00 CEST (UTC +2) by the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission. Please […]

05.10.2021 2021 World Cup: big success for Sweden
With the final race now run, Sweden is top country in terms of numbers of runners in the top 20 in the 2021 World Cup standings, with 7 men and 7 women. Switzerland takes second place with 6 men and 5 women. Both countries have had a very successful season and shown great strength in […]

03.10.2021 World Cup Sprint Relay win for Norway
An exciting Sprint Relay in which the lead changed several times was won by Norway in a sprint finish, with Sweden finishing just 5 seconds behind. This was good enough to give Sweden overall victory in the Team World Cup. Switzerland were third today and finished second overall, ahead of Norway. Sweden dominated the race […]

03.10.2021 Cortina Sprint Relay will decide the Team World Cup
Now that the best individual orienteers of the year have been awarded it is time to award the best nation in the Team World Cup. And there is still some excitement left. Sweden has a lead going into the final competition but with the final Sprint Relay giving 2000 points to the winner it is […]

02.10.2021 Favourites to the fore in World Cup Final
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Kasper Harlem Fosser, Norway were worthy winners of today’s Middle Distance, meaning that both end the season in top position in the 2021 World Cup standings. The women’s race was in doubt until close to the end, with Simona Aebersold, Switzerland having the fastest time for much of the race. Fast […]

01.10.2021 IOF Leadership positions open
As previously announced in June of this year, IOF Secretary General/Chief Executive Officer Tom Hollowell, will retire from the position. In the first round of applications which ended July 31, no qualified candidates were identified. Over the past years the operations of the IOF have grown and the IOF Council has therefore decided to strengthen […]

30.09.2021 Tove and Kasper power ahead in the World Cup Final Long Distance
Today’s Long Distance competition at the Orienteering World Cup Final in Cansiglio, Italy will be remembered for 2 dominating performances by Tove Alexandersson of Sweden and Kasper Harlem Fosser of Norway in winning the women’s and men’s races respectively. This was a challenging long distance and it was clear from the start that physical capacity […]

29.09.2021 World Cup Final preview – a new age coming?
Tomorrow September 30th, the Orienteering World Cup Final kicks off with the Long Distance competition in Cansiglio, Italy. It is certain that there will be a new World Cup winner among the men since the reigning Cup winner from the 2019 season, Gustav Bergman (SWE), has decided not to compete in Italy for family reasons. […]

28.09.2021 World Cup Final preview – Simona or Tove?
Only 2 days remain until the first competition of the Orienteering World Cup Final, the Long Distance in Cansiglio, Italy. With 2 individual competitions remaining in the 2021 World Cup it is looking to be a close battle between Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) for who will be awarded as the top overall […]

24.09.2021 World Orienteering Day in September
Between the 8th and the 14th of September the second opportunity for organizing a World Orienteering Day event took place. During World Orienteering Day in September 43 regions and/or countries around the world organised 333 events. The total number of participants was 53 014. It was 10 more regions and/or countries than during May. All […]

23.09.2021 MTBO Event Advising Clinic held in Bulgaria
The Popovo Cup, including the first MTB Orienteering WRE competitions in Bulgaria, were held from September 17 – 19 2021. The event was organised by the club Variant 5, the appointed organisers of the CX80 MTBO World Cup Final and World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships next year. The competitions in long distance and sprint distance, […]

23.09.2021 Invitation to Senior Event Adviser Clinic
The International Orienteering Federation is pleased to invite you to the IOF Senior Event Adviser Seminar to be held online. The seminar is being organised by the IOF FootO Commission and the target groups are Senior Event Advisers and Event Advisers. The focus will primarily be on advising work in connection with World Ranking Events. […]

21.09.2021 Orienteering World Cup Final coming up!
2021 has been a good year for orienteering followers around the world. After the cancelled season in 2020 and challenges with Covid pandemic restrictions, the IOF, Organisers, Teams and Athletes have so far met the challenges to successfully complete an orienteering season including the World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic and Orienteering World Cup […]

15.09.2021 A busy week for school sports and orienteering
This week the International School Sports Federation (ISF) is organising the inaugural U15 World School Sport Games in Belgrade, Serbia. 2500 participants, in ages 13-15 years old, from 36 countries are participating in the 14 sports on the program. And through the IOF cooperation with the ISF, orienteering is one of them. The orienteering program […]

12.09.2021 World Orienteering Day goes digital
As we celebrate World Orienteering Day activities around the globe this week, there is one WOD event where you can participate in New Jersey, USA, Dornbirn, Austria, Karlstad, Sweden and even the Star Trek Starfleet Academy without even leaving home. Visit the World Orienteering Day TORUS Series of Online TempO events to do just that. Take […]

10.09.2021 Sweden gold, Hungary silver in both JWOC relays
There were identical outcomes for gold and silver medals in both women’s and men’s relays in wet conditions today, with the winning margins 2.19 and 1.37 respectively. Bronze medals go to the Czech women and Swiss men. Sweden’s win in the women’s class owes a lot to a very strong final leg run from Middle […]

09.09.2021 Swiss and French winners in JWOC Long
Lilly Graber, Switzerland and Basile Basset, France are the new JWOC Long Distance champions. Graber, silver medalist in the Middle race, won convincingly by 48 seconds whilst Basset’s victory was by just 7 seconds. Graber was third through the early stages and moved up to second-fastest at control 7 of the 18-control course over 7.04 […]

07.09.2021 JWOC Middle Final: huge success for Sweden
Two gold, one silver and one bronze is the impressive medal tally for Sweden today. Both Hanna Lundberg and Axel Elmblad enjoyed emphatic victories, by 1.42 and 2.13 respectively. Viktor Svensk took silver in the men’s class and Tilda Ostberg bronze in the women’s. Especially in the women’s class there were other athletes challenging the […]

06.09.2021 26 nations represented in JWOC Middle A-Final
In the A-Finals at Middle Distance tomorrow, 23 nations will be represented in the men’s and 18 nations in the women’s, 26 nations in all. Only the Norwegian and Swedish women’s teams have got all their six athletes into the A-Final. On a sunny morning in the hilly forests around Kocaeli, Turkey, winning times were […]

05.09.2021 JWOC Sprint Golds to Denmark and Italy
The Sprint races provided demanding technical and physical challenges for the JWOC competitors today, resulting in two close finishes; Malin Agervig Kristiansson from Denmark and Francesco Mariani from Italy are the Sprint champions. In both races, held in Kocaeli, Turkey, the leading finish times were very close, and the most decisive factor was route choice […]

02.09.2021 JWOC starts on Sunday in Turkey
257 athletes from 30 nations are entered for this year’s Junior World Orienteering Championships, to be held in Kocaeli Province, Turkey in the period 5-10 September. Five days of exciting competition for age classes W20 and M20 are in store, in and around the host town Gebze, 65 km SE of Istanbul. This is the […]

01.09.2021 Flashback of World Orienteering Day
Next week is the second opportunity to take part in World Orienteering Day during 2021. During the period from the 8th to the 14th of September any event can be registered as a WOD event! If you already have registered an event,  the WOD team wishes you good luck! If you have not, do not […]

24.08.2021 Asian Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships cancelled
The Asian Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships (AsJYOC) which were planned to be held in Hong Kong China from December 23 to 26, 2021, have been cancelled at the request of the Orienteering Association of Hong Kong. Travel restrictions in place in Hong Kong and across Asia due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and responses from […]

22.08.2021 Mid-European success in EYOC Sprint
The gold medal tally was Hungary 2, Germany 1 and Czech Republic 1 after the Sprint in Vilnius old town, Lithuania, the final race of EYOC. The Czech team had a fine day with 4 medals in all – 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. The Relay resulted in gold medals for all four […]

21.08.2021 EYOC Relay: gold medals to 4 nations
Four classes, gold to four nations. Athletes from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden all tasted glory today. Nine nations won medals; the highest number, silver medals in three classes, went to the Czech Republic. W16 – nervous moments before the start                              […]

20.08.2021 EYOC Long Distance: 3 gold medals for Finland
Finnish athletes won gold in M18, W18 and W16 in a tough Long Distance race in the European Youth Orienteering Championships near Vilnius, Lithuania. One of them, Silva Kemppi, won W16 by the big margin of 4.16. The M16 gold went to a Czech athlete. Winner in W18 was Salla Isoherranen, who beat Alina Niggli, […]

20.08.2021 Updated Covid-19 Bulletin for JWOC published
The organisers of the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2021 have published an updated Covid-19 Bulletin for the event which will take place September 5-10 in Kocaeli, Turkey. The updated Bulletin can be found on the JWOC Webpage and on the event page in IOF Eventor. The Bulletin contains important updated information about requirements for […]

18.08.2021 Stars of the future meet in Lithuania
This weekend it’s the turn of the best M & W 18 and 16’s to be in the limelight: the annual European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) take place at Vilnius, Lithuania with athletes from 29 nations taking part. 377 athletes in all have registered to take part in the event, which consists of a Long […]

16.08.2021 Presentation of 2023 Orienteering World Cup program
We just concluded the second round of the Orienteering World Cup 2021 held in Idre Fjäll, Sweden. Where we were treated to some fantastic events with thrilling head-to-head battles in the forests of the nordic mountains. We are now excited to introduce the schedule for the 2023 edition of the Orienteering World Cup where we […]

15.08.2021 Double Swedish victories in the World Cup Relay
Sweden came away with the victories in both the men’s and women’s Relays, which concluded the second World Cup Round in Idre Fjäll. The Swedish women won ahead of Russia in second place and Finland in third, whilst the men won ahead of Norway in second place and Switzerland in third. The Swedish men started […]

14.08.2021 Lundberg and Hadorn win very dramatic World Cup Middle Distance
The Swedish junior Hanna Lundberg took her first World Cup victory after a perfect race when many of the favourites made big mistakes. Joey Hadorn, Switzerland, won the very tight men’s class, only three seconds ahead of Daniel Hubmann. The young Swedish athlete Hanna Lundberg had bib number 1 and it was clear that her […]

13.08.2021 WMOC ends with challenging Long Final
The heat in Hungary – over 30 degrees – combined with hilly and often diffuse terrain made for a very hard Long Distance final, the last race in WMOC. The most convincing result was that of the Norwegian Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, who won M40 by more than 10 minutes. Additional to those in classes W90, […]

12.08.2021 Aebersold and Fosser win World Cup Long Distance
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland, and Kasper Fosser, Norway were strongest in the tough World Cup Long Distance competition in Idre, Sweden. Swiss runner Simona Aebersold was surprised after her victory as she expected the Swedish athletes to be very strong in the tough terrain of Idre Fjäll. The Swedish athlete Tove Alexandersson was indeed fastest until […]

11.08.2021 WMOC, Hungary: 13 nations have Middle Distance champions
In extreme heat – mid-day temperature in excess of 30 degrees – the Middle Distance Final produced some close races. Women’s winners were from 11 different nations, with only Finland and Sweden having 2 champions. By contrast, the 13 men’s champions were from 6 nations in all. Forest action in the Middle Final: Leokadija Brazauskaite […]

10.08.2021 Moving days in the Orienteering World Cup
The second round of the Orienteering World Cup starts this Thursday August 12th at the Swedish mountain resort Idre Fjäll. The program includes a long distance competition on Thursday, a middle distance competition on Saturday and ends with relays on Sunday. 255 competitors from 29 nations have made their way to the event, which will […]

08.08.2021 WMOC: close races in Sprint Final
Athletes from 14 nations won gold medals in the Sprint Final – 11 nations in the women’s 13 classes and 8 nations in the men’s. Most successful were the Swiss men who took gold medals in 5 different classes. Held in the old town district of Hungary’s 9th largest city, Székesfehérvár, most races were very […]

07.08.2021 Fine start for WMOC
Fine weather greeted competitors for the first race in the 2021 World Masters Orienteering Championships in Hungary, the Sprint Qualification, with around 1500 competitors taking part. The next race is the Sprint Final. Interesting features on the course Last control – the red cow – and finish in the stadium Photos courtesy László Zentai

05.08.2021 World Masters Orienteering Championships – 1480 entries from 38 nations
An enthusiastic organising team in Hungary is delighted to be able to go ahead with this year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) starting on Saturday 7 August, and with few restrictions on everyday life in the country now, there are very few changes to standard arrangements and procedures. Travel restrictions and the general uncertainty has […]

23.07.2021 A wake-up call from Covid-19
It was probably inevitable that we would eventually see positive Covid-19 virus infections in an IOF event “bubble”. However, the virus which has caused the global pandemic has sent a real wake-up call from the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships. On the second to last day of competition, when the WOC relays were about to […]

22.07.2021 Report from IOF Council Meeting July 16th
The IOF Council held its meeting number 207 last Friday July 16th. Here are some of the key decisions from the meeting: Event decisions The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2024 were awarded to the Czech Republic The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2023 were awarded to Bulgaria Italy was awarded the organisation of the […]

21.07.2021 Sepa – New IOF partner
Established in 1982, Sepa Oy is a family-owned company which has grown into one of the most significant and modern manufacturers of wooden rafters in the entire Europe. Sepa’s production plant is located in Keitele, Finland. In addition to various types of rafters, Sepa manufactures midsoles, fire-safe trusses, house frames, bridge moulds, noise barriers and […]

16.07.2021 Athletes representatives elected
The elections for the IOF Athletes Advisory Groups (AAG) were completed yesterday July 15th, and the composition of the groups is now know. Voting was carried out digitally among all athletes who had participated in a World Championships or World Cup event in the years from 2018 to 2021 in each of the respective disciplines […]

14.07.2021 The World Games qualifications and WOC divisions
The results of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 are also important for qualifications for future events. Qualifications for The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA in mid-July next year are largely decided by the WOC results. And the number of starting places per country in the WOC 2023 Long Distance competition is […]

13.07.2021 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships medal summary
There was no doubt which nation dominated the competitions at WOC this year. It was a record-breaking performance by the Swedish team, led of course by Tove Alexandersson’s 5 x gold performance. Norway and Switzerland had similar status with the same number of total medals, but with Norway gaining more silver than bronze. Nokian Tyres […]

09.07.2021 Kasper Harlem Fosser wins first World Championships Gold
In the final competition of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Doksy, Czech Republic, 22 year old Norwegian Kasper Harlem Fosser took the first gold medal of his career when he won the Long Distance in dominant style. This was the 4th medal of the championships for Fosser after having 3 silver medal performances […]

09.07.2021 Tove Alexandersson with the clean sweep
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships Long Distance competition capped a fantastic week for Tove Alexandersson of Sweden as she won her 5th gold medal of the week. This was her 9th consecutive World Championships gold dating back to the Long Distance race in Latvia in 2018. There was never really a question about who […]

08.07.2021 Another Swedish double in the WOC Relay
The Swedish orienteering team seems to be nearly unbeatable at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic. In the forest relays they once again managed double gold medals winning both the womens and mens class. The relay featured dramatic sandstones features with challenging route choices to find the best passages and minimize […]

06.07.2021 Middle Distance Gold to Kyburz and Alexandersson
The Middle Distance final competition at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships was contested in the very challenging terrain from the arena in Smrzovka in the Liberec region of the Czech Republic. The courses offered very technical orienteering where it was necessary to navigate the best routes through the cliffs, boulder fields and broken ground […]

06.07.2021 WOC 2021 – Tough Middle Distance qualification races
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships are back in action today with the first competitions among the forest formats, the Middle Distance. The Middle Distance medals will be decided with first a qualification race this morning, where the 45 best competitors go directly to the final race which will be contested in the evening. They […]

05.07.2021 Sweden dominated the Sprint Relay
Today’s sprint relay at the beautiful Chateu Doksy was won by over a minute after four perfect legs from the Swedish team. They are now three for three so far in the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic. – We dreamed about doing it like this, said Gustav Bergman to Swedish Orienteringsmagasinet […]

05.07.2021 Sweden dominated the sprit relay
Today’s sprint relay at the beautiful Chateu Doksy was won by over a minute after four perfect legs from the Swedish team. They are now three for three so far in the Nokian Tyres World orienteering championships in Cxech Republic. – We dreamed about doing it like this, said Gustav Bergman to swedish Orienteringsmagasinet after […]

03.07.2021 Swedish Double in the WOC Sprint
Nearly 3 years after the previous World Orienteering Championships at the Sprint distance, the organisers of the Nokian Tyres WOC 2021 in the Czech Republic put on an excellent competition in and around Bastion 5 of the Terezín Fortress. And winning the gold were 2 Swedish athletes, one an outsider and one very merited. In […]

03.07.2021 Favourites advance to WOC Sprint Final
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic kicked off today with the Sprint Qualification race. It appears that the favourites and top ranked athletes have prepared well with all going through to the final this afternoon. Qualifying Heat winners among the men were the European Champion from earlier this year Emil Svensk […]

02.07.2021 Follow the Nokian Tyres WOC races live!
With the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships just around the corner, the buzz is building. After a successful day of accreditation, including negative Covid-19 tests from all athletes, coaches and volunteers, we are now fully in the competition bubble and the final stages of preparations. Today the teams have attended the model event for the […]

02.07.2021 Successful webinar series completed for orienteering in Mauritius
The IOF and PWT Academy have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars aimed at the development of orienteering in Mauritius. The webinar series kicked off on the 1st of April 2021, with an introductory session organised and introduced by Raj Chintaram and Satchidanund (John) Domah, and with the involvement of the Mauritius Ministry […]

30.06.2021 Well-attended SkiO Open Meeting
The Ski Orienteering Commission conducted an open meeting for SkiO enthusiasts on June 29th via Microsoft Teams. The summer meeting was well attended with more than 40 persons joining the meeting to hear presentations about the challenges and success of organising the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Estonia earlier in the year, athlete’s expectations for […]

27.06.2021 WOC 2021: 6 days to the first start!
It has been a challenging year for the athletes and organisers as for all of us. Due to the postponed Sprint World Orienteering Championship 2020, 686 days has passed since the last WOC competition, the Relay in Norway back in 2019. BUT….NOW….IT….IS…..TIME!!! The best orienteers in the world are now gathered in Czech Republic and […]

27.06.2021 WOC 2021: 6 days to first starter!
It has been a challenging year for the athletes and organisers as for all of us. Due to the postponed Sprint World Orienteering Championship 2020, 686 days has passed since the last WOC competition, the Relay in Norway back in 2019. BUT….NOW….IT….IS…..TIME!!! The best orienteers in the world are now gathered in Czech Republic and […]

21.06.2021 Invitation to open Ski Orienteering Meeting June 29
The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission is inviting all interested parties to participate in an open meeting to be held digitally via Teams on Tuesday June 29th, from 17:00 – 20:00 CEST. On the program of the meeting will be a series of presentations regarding current issues of importance within the Ski Orienteering discipline. 17:00 Welcome […]

19.06.2021 TBE awareness in the orienteering community
Pfizer and IOF are partnering in spreading awareness about TBE to the society of orienteers. TBE, tick-borne encephalitis, is a rare but dangerous infection. It is transmitted by infected ticks, meaning that orienteers are particularly exposed. IOF has recently conducted an online study investigating awareness about the disease TBE among orienteers. We asked the orienteering […]

18.06.2021 MTBO: Foliforova and Pökälä lead in CX80 MTBO World Cup
The names heading the CX80 MTBO World Cup standings are Russian athlete Svetlana Foliforova and Finn Samuel Pökälä, both with two wins each from the four individual races of the World Championships. 27-year-old Foliforova (née Poverina) has enjoyed her best results ever in these championships, with victory in Mass Start and Middle and silver medal […]

17.06.2021 Denmark and Finland win WMTBOC Relays
Denmark and Finland took the women’s and men’s titles respectively in the final races of the World MTBO Championships, the Relays. The outcome of both races was in doubt until shortly before the finish, with the lead changing several times. In the women’s race, Finland led by 29 seconds after the first leg, with Denmark […]

16.06.2021 Long Distance WMTBOC Golds for Denmark and Finland
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Andre Haga, Finland are the new World Champions in Long Distance. Søgaard won by 1.51 over the Czech athlete Veronika Kubinova, and Haga won by 42 seconds in a race where Finland took 2 medals and also fourth place. The decisive part of both races was the penultimate leg, a very […]

15.06.2021 Applications for IOF Secretary General/CEO now being accepted
The IOF is seeking to appoint a new Secretary General/Chief Executive Officer to succeed Tom Hollowell who will retire in the fall of 2021. Consequently we are looking to find an outstanding new operative leader with great interest in developing the sport of orienteering globally. A copy of the Job Outline and details about how […]

14.06.2021 WMTBOC: Middle Distance Golds for Foliforova and Pökälä
Svetlana Foliforova, neutral athlete from Russia, and home athlete Samuel Pökälä both won their second gold medals of the championships today in the Middle Distance race, by margins of 28 and 47 seconds respectively. The terrain was largely quite flat open pine forest with good tracks in many sections together with narrower dusty paths, and […]

13.06.2021 Gold medals to Hara and Bogar at the WMTBOC Sprint
The second day of the World MTB Orienteering Championships continued with the sprint competition in Seinäjoki, Finland. The courses started in a largely forested area where demands in addition to finding the right route choices were placed on both technical riding skills and in places quite intense navigation. As usual in sprint competitions quick decision […]

12.06.2021 First-time Gold for Pökälä and Foliforova at the WMTBOC Mass Start
With the latest international mountainbike orienteering event 2 years in the past, it was a welcome and exciting return to sport when the initial competition of the World MTB Orienteering Championships kicked off in Kuortane, Finland with the Mass Start competition. The competitions did not disappoint with exciting races and medal places being decided with […]

11.06.2021 Athlete Advisory Group Elections open
The next step towards improved athlete representation in the IOF starts today, with the elections for the Athlete Advisory Groups. In the new structure, each discipline will have an Athlete Advisory Group (AAG), voted for by the athletes of that discipline. Two members (one of each gender) from each of these will make up the […]

08.06.2021 Top MTB Orienteers heading for World Championships in Finland
Almost all the world’s top-ranked MTBO athletes are entered for this year’s World MTB Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC), to be held in Kuortane in western Finland from 12th to 17th June. The event is also the first round of the CX80 MTBO World Cup, and the Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships (JWMTBOC) is being staged here […]

01.06.2021 World Orienteering Day 2021 (May) is done
Between the 19th and the 25th of May the first opportunity for organizing a World Orienteering Day event took place. It is now time to summarize the events that took place during the period in May. Around the world 33 regions and/or countries organised 488 events. The total number of participants was 80 688. And […]

31.05.2021 Norwegian great Håvard Tveite has passed away
Norwegian Håvard Tveite, with 5 World Orienteering Championships medals including 2 Relay Golds, has passed away at the age of 59 after a period of illness. In addition to his active career as an athlete, Håvard was a very active volunteer both in the Norwegian Orienteering Federation and in the IOF. He joined the IOF […]

26.05.2021 Event decisions from the May 21 Council meeting
The Council made 3 new decisions about upcoming events at its meeting Friday May 21st. An agreement has been reached with the Portuguese Orienteering Federation to host the European MTB Orienteering Championships 2021 (EMTBOC) and European Junior and Youth MTB Orienteering Championships 2021 (EJYMTBOC) in connection with the final round of the CX80 MTBO World […]

25.05.2021 Half-way from birth to 60 years old – the IOF in 1991
This year, on Friday 21st May, the International Orienteering Federation celebrated its 60th birthday. In this fifth and final article connected with the anniversary, we look back to the half-way point in IOF’s evolving history, to a year where the peak of interest centred on the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) staged around the lovely spa […]

24.05.2021 Outstanding Athletes of IOF’s Sixth Decade
Many superb athletes have graced the orienteering terrains and podiums across the world in the last decade. Their physical strength and agility and their technical prowess match the best in any Olympic sport. Now, the extent of TV coverage enjoyed by our top events, in particular the World Championships (WOC), is beginning to match the […]

23.05.2021 Life after Corona – taking the IOF forward
by Leho Haldna, IOF President   I am lucky – lucky because I’ve followed the development of IOF through almost 27 years. My first IOF Congress was back in 1994 in the role of President of the Estonian OF. In 2002 I was elected to the IOF Council, and one way or another I have […]

22.05.2021 Partner in focus: CX80
CX80 has recently joined the IOF family as partner. Most profiled is the collaboration around CX80 MTB Orientering World Cup. We had a word with marketing Manager Martyna Skiba. Martyna, what is your relationship with orienteering? We are a family business. Our personal values impact our company, and orienteering is a sport we love for […]

22.05.2021 60th Birthday Reflections
by Hon. Life President Brian Porteous I find it difficult to believe that the IOF is 60 and indeed that it is 10 years since we celebrated our 50th anniversary. I am really pleased to be asked to reflect, as part of the 60th celebrations, on my time as president. Let’s do the boring bit […]

21.05.2021 IOF’s Sixth Decade
Today we celebrate IOF’s 60th birthday! The IOF was founded on 21st May 1961 at a Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark. There were 10 founding national federations: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Ten years ago, IOF published a special 50th-anniversary commemorative issue […]

20.05.2021 CX80 new title partner to MTBO World Cup
Starting from 2021, the World Cup in MTBO will now be called the CX80 MTBO World Cup. Yes, we care! With this slogan, CX80 starts its partnership with the IOF. Their key values are sustainability, ethics and quality.  CX80 is the brand with a wide range of professional products including lubricants, greases and adhesives, products […]

20.05.2021 History of World Orienteering Day
What started up just as an idea was realised on May 11th 2016, the first World Orienteering Day! It turned out to be a huge success; more than 250,000 participants all over the world took part in an orienteering event. Schools, clubs and enthusiasts in all parts of the world made a fantastic contribution.   On […]

19.05.2021 Thoughts from the Project Manager
I belong to those who were born into the sport of orienteering. I started as a young girl and continued up to senior age. I navigated incorrectly for a couple of years, but have found the right way again. Today, almost everything in my life is about orienteering, both my job and my free time, […]

18.05.2021 TBE Survey
The IOF is conducting a survey to find out the level of knowledge about TBE, Tick-borne encephalitis, in the orienteering community. This will help us know how to spread awareness of the disease. We have created a short form, which takes around 2 minutes to complete. We would be very grateful if you would help […]

17.05.2021 Swiss and Swedish athletes dominate top World Cup standings
Two individual races and a Relay made up Round 1, just completed in Switzerland, and the resulting Individual Standings emphasise the dominance of the Swedish women and Swiss men in the two competitions. The top 13 in the women’s standings include 6 from Sweden and 4 from Switzerland, whilst in the men’s list there are […]

16.05.2021 Double victory for Sweden in Sprint
Tove Alexandersson won her second gold medal in 2 days in a very tight women’s race, whilst Emil Svensk took a convincing win with a 13-second margin in the men’s race in a rainy Neuchâtel. Alexandersson finished just 5 seconds faster than Elena Roos; Simona Aebersold, 1 second slower than Roos, took the bronze medal. […]

15.05.2021 Alexandersson and Kyburz are Knock-Out Sprint Champions
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland are the first-ever KO-Sprint European Champions after a day of intense racing in the narrow streets, passages and not least steep stairways of central Neuchâtel. In both women’s and men’s classes, 36 qualifiers were cut down to 18 in the Quarter-Finals and then to six in three Semi-Final […]

14.05.2021 Qualifiers from fifteen nations for KO-Sprint
Sweden and Switzerland are the top nations in terms of qualifying numbers for the KO-Sprint Quarter-finals tomorrow, both with 14 athletes through. Norway comes next with 11. The top 12 finishers in each of today’s 6 qualifying Sprint-race heats (3 women’s, 3 men’s) go through to the KO-Sprint competition. The most impressive performance came from […]

13.05.2021 Clear win for Switzerland in Sprint Relay
Just as in the European Championships 3 years ago, also in Switzerland, the home nation took the gold medals in the Sprint Relay, with silver for Sweden and bronze for Norway. The gaps at the finish were 55 seconds and 1 minute 27 seconds down on the winners’ time. On a fine day in Neuchâtel, […]

11.05.2021 A hugely anticipated European Championships!
These Corona times demand special arrangements for holding major Orienteering events. The successful World SkiO Championships in Estonia at the end of February proved that it can be done, and a similar formula will apply to the EGK European Orienteering Championships (EOC), also World Cup Round 1, starting this week in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. “There might […]

10.05.2021 Idre Fjäll presents prize to Teams World Cup winner
Idre Fjäll, Sweden, is not only the destination of the second round of the World Cup 2021 but will also present the overall prize for the Team Orienteering World Cup. The winning team will be rewarded with a training camp at Idre Fjäll, worth Euro 5 000. Idre Fjäll is an established orienteering hub in […]

06.05.2021 All set for LIVE on 13th-16th May!
We are -6 days to the start of the EOC 2021/World Cup Round 1 in Switzerland! A good start for online followers are the new World Cup pages to Check out the TV-table. The event has an excellent TV/Web-TV reach with 4 of our largest audiences broadcasting the event on national TV: Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, […]

05.05.2021 IOF webpage celebrates 25 years
In a few weeks, on May 21st, the IOF will celebrate its 60th anniversary. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the celebrations will need to be pretty low-key and will have to wait. Hopefully, we can celebrate later in the year. But 2021 is also a milestone year for another feature of the IOF. It […]

30.04.2021 JWOC 2021 dates confirmed
The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2021 (JWOC) in Turkey will be held September 5 – 10, 2021. This has now been confirmed by the organisers and the IOF following discussions with the authorities in the Kocaeli region. JWOC was postponed from July 2021 to the new dates in September due to the effects of the […]

27.04.2021 Decision on WOC 2023 Long Distance starting spots
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, several IOF members have indicated that they will not be able to participate with full teams at the upcoming World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic in July. Since allocation of starting positions in the Long Distance competition in 2023 by the competition rules are determined by the results of […]

25.04.2021 World Champion Sarolta Monspart has passed away
  Sarolta Monspart from Hungary, who won the World Orienteering Championship in 1972, has passed away at the age of 76 following a long period of illness. She was the first Hungarian World Orienteering Champion and first non-Scandinavian woman to win the title. She also won a Silver medal in the relay at the World […]

24.04.2021 Partnership between TracTrac and the Orienteering World Cup 2021
GPS-tracking is a very important part of covering an orienteering competition on TV or in a live-stream. The organizers of the three World Cup Rounds 2021 (Neuchâtel/SUI, Idre Fjäll/SWE and Cansiglio/ITA) are therefore very happy to announce a partnership with the tracking specialist TracTrac. Founded in 2005, TracTrac is owned and run by the founders, […]

23.04.2021 Updated IOF Event news
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause changes in the program of IOF Major Events for 2021. As the summer season approaches a number of decisions have been made by organisers and the IOF regarding events scheduled for 2021. Earlier this week we have communicated about the postponement of the World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) to […]

23.04.2021 Excellent TV coverage of the World Cup in Switzerland
The World Cup round 1 with European Championships will be broadcast in the following countries and channels; Finland YLE Norway NRK Switzerland SRG SSR Sweden SVT All other countries: Web-TV on IOF LIVE Orienteering (English commentary) First race day is Thursday May 13th with Sprint Relay on the schedule. The Knock-Out Sprint follows on Saturday […]

22.04.2021 The Orienteering World Cup and EOC in Switzerland is ready to go
A final decision has been taken to go forward with the organisation of the first Orienteering World Cup 2021 round including the European Orienteering Championships. The races will be the first major foot orienteering event since the Orienteering World Cup final in Guangdong, China, in 2019. We are back in sports! The races will take […]

20.04.2021 Norwegian Broadcaster NRK and the IOF sign 3-year TV agreement
The IOF and Norwegian Public Broadcaster NRK have signed an agreement for the 3-year period 2021 – 2023 regarding the broadcasting of TV productions from the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering Championships. For 2021 this means that NRK will broadcast live from both the European Orienteering Championships in Switzerland May 13-16 and the […]

20.04.2021 WTOC 2021 postponed to 2022
The Polish Orienteering Federation and the organisers of the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2021 have informed the IOF that, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they are not able to organise the event in 2021. The event had been scheduled for July 20-24 in Jelenia Góra in the Lower Silesia region of Poland. The WTOC in […]

19.04.2021 Hope is still alive for a World Masters Orienteering Championships 2021
Based upon the results of the participation survey recently conducted by the IOF and the WMOC 2021 organisers in Hungary, planning for the event in August continues. The survey, which was answered by over 1500 prior WMOC participants, indicates a strong interest among many masters athletes to participate at a WMOC this year. Of course […]

19.04.2021 Extension of nomination deadline for Athletes Representatives
At the end of the nomination period for Athletes Representatives, April 1, The IOF had received 23 nominations in total across the 4 orienteering disciplines. Here is the list of nominated athletes per discipline. FootO MTBO SkiO TrailO Dudu Erol M TUR Grigory Medvedev M RUS Erik Blomgren M SWE John Kewley M GBR Jan […]

16.04.2021 Partner in focus: Lumonite
We had a chat with Petrus Saari, CEO of Lumonite. You have recently signed a partnership contract with IOF. Why? Lumonite has always wanted to encourage people to the nature – also in the dark. Cooperation with the IOF is a very natural cooperation with us. We want to be involved in building outdoor sports […]

13.04.2021 World Orienteering Day 2021 – two opportunities
The reaction to the announcement that World Orienteering Day 2021 would be postponed from May to September was huge. A lot of people contacted the IOF both applauding and welcoming the decision but nearly equally many reinforcing the fact that they were ready to go ahead in May and hoped to be able to do […]

12.04.2021 New paths of cooperation for the IOF and ISF
The International School Sports Federation (ISF) and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2016 to promote cooperation between the organisations. One of the key elements of the cooperation so far has been around the World School Championships – Orienteering (WSCO) where the latest event in Estonia in 2019 gathered 600 participants […]

09.04.2021 Play True Day 2021
Since 2014, WADA and the Anti-Doping community worldwide have celebrated Play True Day, a day dedicated to Clean Sport and to raise awareness among athletes, the sporting public and others about the importance of protecting Clean Sport. The values of Fair Play and Clean Sport are central to orienteering, and this year we invite all […]

09.04.2021 Lumonite and IOF in partnership
Orienteering headlamps have developed significantly over the last few years. Not only have lamps developed technically but the market has also developed with an increasing number of brands marketing quality lamps. Lumonite is one of the relatively newly developed brands. Lumonite lamps are developed in Finland where the company behind the brand, Handshake Oy, is […]

06.04.2021 Education material
To support IOF member federations with material that can be used when teaching orienteering to children and youths the Global Development Commission has in the last months updated and added numerous education materials. You can find materials in 18 different languages here on the IOF website. For example the Orienteering Cartoons 1, 2 and 3, […]

01.04.2021 WMTBOC 2021 will go ahead as planned
The IOF and organisers of the World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships 2021 (WMTBOC), to be held in Kuortane, Finland from June 10-18, have determined that the event can be held as planned. One final approval for the event needs to be given by the Finnish Border Guard, but this was not possible to obtain until the […]

29.03.2021 Survey about WMOC 2021 participation
With the Covid-19 pandemic still giving uncertainty for summer orienteering events, the IOF and the organisers of the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2021 in Hungary are investigating how masters athletes see the potential for participating in the event. A survey has been prepared and sent out to previous WMOC participants (as allowd by GDPR). Further […]

26.03.2021 Orienteering World Cup 2021 and WOC 2021 National Quotas published
The document summarizing the national quotas for World Cup competitions 2021 and the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 is updated. Each National Team has a defined number of start-slots for each competition based upon World Rankings and results at previous WOC competitions. In addition, there are personal starting spots allocated to reigning World and […]

25.03.2021 Plenty of questions during information meeting about WOC trainings
The possibilities to prepare for Nokian Tyres World Championships 2021 by training in Czech Republic will be opened on 29th of March. In preparations, an information meeting was held online on 24th of March. About 50 national team coaches, team officials, organizers and others gathered to take part of the IOF general Covid-19 bulletin and […]

25.03.2021 Offer from SIGNSPORT for WOD 2021
SIGN SPORT is one of the partners to World Orienteering Day. Stanimir Enchev at SIGN-SPORT says; ”We are very happy to be an official partner of IOF and WOD. As a team of orienteers we hope that, with the WOD product collection and the recognizable design, together we will make the orienteering even more visible […]

23.03.2021 Reaccreditation of IOF Event Advisers
In December 2020, the IOF Office started the reaccreditation process for all Event Advisers in all disciplines. The new accreditation period is 2021-2024. The work has now been finalised and the updated lists of all IOF Event Adviser for each discipline are available here: List of Event Advisers In total there are now 413 IOF […]

22.03.2021 Speakers Corner 2021 – #9 Cecilie and #10 Ralph
In Speakers Corner you will meet some of the best orienteers in the world. Per Forsberg, the Event Director of World Cup 2021 Idre Fjäll, has invited both interesting and successful athletes for a longer conversation about their life as a top level orienteer. Every month we will publish two runners, one woman and one […]

19.03.2021 World Orienteering Day 2021 postponed to September
World Orienteering Day is all about increasing the visibility and accessibility of orienteering to young people, increasing the number of participants both in schools’ activities, as well as in clubs’ activities in all countries of IOF Member Federations. It is also about helping teachers to implement orienteering in a fun and educational way and to […]

17.03.2021 Updated qualification rules for The World Games 2022
Updated qualification rules for The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA have been published on the IOF website. They can be found here. The reason for the update of the rules is the expected further disruption of IOF events caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Previous qualification rules were based largely upon results at the […]

16.03.2021 Athletes Representation – important deadline approaching
Nominations for the Athletes Advisory Groups and IOF Athletes Commission must be sent to the IOF Office by April 1, 2021. At the IOF General Assembly in 2020, an important change was made to the IOF Statutes opening for the direct representation of 2 Athletes Representatives as voting members on the IOF Council, beginning from […]

10.03.2021 Time to vaccinate
Yes, this is a good time to vaccinate and vaccine is readily available. We are of course talking about vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). TBE is an infection transmitted by ticks. There is currently no treatment or cure for TBE and the consequences of the disease are potentially severe. The disease is luckily rare but […]

05.03.2021 Successful WSOC 2021 in many ways
/Photos by Reigo Teervalt/ The Estonian Orienteering Federation and organising club Värska OK Peko faced multiple challenges in staging this year’s World Ski Orienteering Championships (WSOC). The Covid-19 pandemic situation required many hours of extra preparation and much-increased control of activities. And the weather didn’t help, becoming quite warm just at the start of WSOC […]

03.03.2021 World Masters Orienteering Championships 2021 – updated Covid-19 information
The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2021 Organiser in Hungary will be publishing regular COVID-19 updates about the event, starting from March 2021. The first update is now available on the event website. In summary, the event is on track to be held and entry deadlines remain the same. The National Health Service expects that […]

02.03.2021 Speakers Corner 2021 – #7 Andrine and #8 Tim
In Speakers Corner you will meet some of the best orienteers in the world. Per Forsberg, the Event Director of World Cup 2021 Idre Fjäll, has invited both interesting and successful athletes for a longer conversation about their life as a top level orienteer. Every month we will publish two runners, one woman and one […]

28.02.2021 WSOC2021 Sprint Relay: gold for Trapeznikova and Lamov
Alena Trapeznikova and Andrey Lamov – World Ski Orienteering Champions 2021 in Sprint Relay! Neutral athletes finished just ahead of Swedish and Estonian teams in a final straight sprint. Sweden’s second team – Lisa Larsen and Erik Blomgren – won silver madals. Bronze medals went to hosting nation – Daisy Kudre and Mattis Jaama. Interview […]

28.02.2021 UNOFFICAL Catching Features WOC 2021 – Final relay is up
Hundreds of participants enjoyed the Middle, Long, Night and Sprint competitions in a virtual Czech terrain. On Sunday the 28th, 21:00 CET, you can follow the final Relay with 6 qualifying teams (3 persons per team) on a live streamed event on the Twitch platform (just click and watch, no account needed). The live broadcast […]

27.02.2021 WSOC 2021: gold for Daisy Kudre and Jorgen Baklid
Daisy Kudre (Estonia) and Jorgen Baklid (Norway) won tough and tricky Middle distance race at the 24th World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kääriku, Otepää, Estonia. Daisy Kudre won her second gold and third overall medal of the championships. Estonian athlete finished 17 seconds ahead of Anna Magdalena Olsson (Sweden) and 59 seconds of neutral athlete […]

26.02.2021 World Champion Maja Alm will be back in the forest for WOC 2021
The 7-time World Champion from Denmark, Maja Alm, has announced that she will be back in orienteering in 2021. – My goal will be the long distance and the relay at the World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic this summer,  Maja says. In her career at the World Orienteering Championships Maja Alm has won […]

25.02.2021 WSOC 2021: Heimdal and Larsen won titles in Pursuit
Audun Heimdal (Norway) and Lisa Larsen (Sweden) were fastest in Pursuit race the 24th World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kääriku, Otepää, Estonia. Both of them won their first individual World Champion titles. Audun Heimdal started third today, 17 seconds behind Sprint winner Vladislav Kiselev. In a tight race Norwegian athlete took best route choices in […]

24.02.2021 WSOC 2021 Sprint: first ever gold for Estonia
Daisy Kudre (Estonia) and Vladislav Kiselev (Neutral athlete) won first gold medals at the 24th World Ski Orienteering Championships in Kääriku, Otepää, Estonia. Both athletes were 17 sec. faster than their closest rivals in Sprint race. On 24th February, Estonian Independence day, Daisy Kudre won first ever gold medal for Estonia at the World Ski […]

23.02.2021 World Ski Orienteering Championships start with a sprint race
The World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 will start with a Sprint race this Wednesday, 24th of February in Kääriku Sports Center, Otepää, Estonia. Estonia is hosting the World Ski Orienteering Championships for the first time, and it will be a 24th championships in a history of WSOCs. 38 women and 56 men from 16 nations […]

23.02.2021 Trail Orienteering: ETOC cancellation and schedule changes
The Finnish Orienteering Federation and organisers of the European Trail Orienteering Championships (ETOC) which were scheduled to be held in Lohja, Finland from May 12-16, 2021, have informed the IOF that they are unable to conduct the event due to Covid-19 restrictions. The event had previously been moved from 2020 to 2021. Based upon the […]

19.02.2021 Speakers Corner 2021
In Speakers Corner you will meet some of the best orienteers in the world. Per Forsberg, the Event Director of Orienteering World Cup Round 2 – 2021 in Idre Fjäll, has invited both interesting and successful athletes for a longer conversation about their life as a top level orienteer. Every month we will publish two […]

15.02.2021 IOF approach to Covid-19 secure events
The Covid-19 pandemic has over the last year hit the world and changed the life conditions for most of us. Sports is heavily influenced and so is orienteering. Many competitions, on all levels and in all orienteering disciplines, have been cancelled to avoid spread of the virus. Sports have however found ways of handling the […]

15.02.2021 8 days to WSOC 2021
Welcome to Estonia for the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021! (#wsoc2021) It is only 8 days to the first IOF Championship competition in almost a year. It has been a demanding year, and still is, but the start of WSOC 2021 in 8 days gives all orienteering lovers an exciting feeling. Together with the WSOC, […]

13.02.2021 Athletes from Russia to compete with neutral status at IOF World Championships
When the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Estonia starts with the Sprint competitions on February 24th, participating athletes from Russia will be competing with neutral status. This means they will not be representing their country, the Russian Federation, but themselves. The background for this is the ruling on December 17th, 2020 at the Court of […]

10.02.2021 UNOFFICIAL 7th WOC in Catching Features – Starts now
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that orienteering in electronic forms can be very attractive. A sign of that was the popular TrailO Torus Advent calendar which attracted more than 1000 participants around the world. Now, it up for an unofficial WOC in Catching Features, in cooperation with WOC 2021 in Czech Republic. The selected virtual […]

09.02.2021 Updated offer from OCAD for WOD 2021
OCAD is one of World Orienteering Day’s partners. Andreas Kyburz at OCAD says; “We at OCAD are enthusiastic orienteers and orienteering mapmakers. Therefore, we would be happy if many new maps were created in connection with WOD and hope to contribute to its success with our free OCAD licences.“ OCAD have a new offer to […]

07.02.2021 Successful digital IOF High Level Event Seminar
On Saturday February 6th, the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission organised the High Level Event Seminar for the 13th time – but for the first time in a digital format using MS Teams. The seminar, which primarily targets appointed organisers, potential future organisers and key persons involved in IOF High Level Events, including already appointed IOF […]

02.02.2021 Extended application period for IOF major events
During the last IOF Council meeting on January 15th, Council decided to extend the bidding period for some major IOF events to allow for further bidders. Major events for which the bidding period is extended are; Foot Orienteering 2023 Asian Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships (AsJYOC) 2024 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) MTB Orienteering 2023 […]

01.02.2021 Cancellation of the Ski Orienteering World Cup in Finland
The organisers of the Ski Orienteering World Cup and Pre-WSOC, which was scheduled to be held in Kemi-Keminmaa Finland from 19-21 March 2021, have informed the IOF that they are unable to organise the event due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. At a meeting with the regional health authorities Friday January 29th, it […]

27.01.2021 Nominations period for Athletes Representatives opened
At the IOF General Assembly in 2020, an important change was made to the IOF Statutes opening for the direct representation of 2 Athletes Representatives as voting members on the IOF Council, beginning from the next general assembly in 2022. This direct representation also means that a formal process for the election of athletes representatives […]

22.01.2021 Updated education material
To share our enthusiasm for orienteering with newcomers and children is a passion that many of us share. Whilst the eagerness to share knowledge is the base for success, it helps to have some pedagogical material. The Global Development Commission have updated their collection of basic education material in several languages: Education webpages. Among a […]

20.01.2021 World Ranking Rules and System updated part 2
In January 2021 several changes were implemented in the IOF World Ranking System (WRS). These were: Prolongation of ‘Counting months’ due to COVID-19 restrictions (decided at Council meeting 204) A follow-up to the August 5, 2020 IOF news item about allocation of rankings points Rule changes (New version published) Fixed issues with Ranking algoritm on […]

19.01.2021 News about the World Masters Mountainbike Orienteering Championships 2021 – 2024
The World Masters Mountainbike Orienteering Championships 2021 (WMMTBOC) which were scheduled to be held in Slovenia from May 13-16 have been cancelled due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the cancellation of the event, the IOF Council at its meeting on Friday January 15th made a number of decisions regarding the organisation […]

13.01.2021 World Ski Orienteering Championships to go ahead as planned
The Organisers of the World Ski Orienteering Championships have received the go-ahead from the Estonian Ministry of Culture for the organisation of the event in Kääriku from February 22nd to 28th, 2021. At the entry deadline for national teams on January 8th, 16 nations had entered teams including all of the top 8 nations in […]

12.01.2021 IOF High Level Event Seminar goes digital
The traditions of the High Level Event Seminar goes back more than a decade. It all started in Oslo in 2009 and the Seminar is organised annually since then. The seminar has become an important event, attracting 40-75 attendees each year from about 15-20 countries. The seminar targets appointed organisers, potential future organisers and key […]

08.01.2021 World Cup 2022 program
The Covid-19 pandemic has during 2020 caused plenty of cancellations and lots of turbulence. Programs for Championships and the World Cup have been changed and altered several times. The World Cup consortium, consisting of IOF and Verein Swiss Cup, is proud to present a strong program for the 2022 World Cup. Event Location Date Format […]

08.01.2021 Vote for Matthias Kyburz as The World Games’ Greatest Athlete of all Time
The World Games has created a competition to award the greatest athlete of all time, across the 40-year history of The World Games competitions. One of the 24 nominated candidates for the award is Orienteering athlete Matthias Kyburz of Switzerland. To vote for Matthias go to The World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time Matthias […]

07.01.2021 WOC Clinic 2021
It is time to submit to WOC Clinic 2021 in Jestřebí in the Czech Republic, 29th of June to 10th of July. The IOF WOC Clinic offers talented athletes from IOF member federations which cannot afford to send a team to the WOC to participate in the WOC by providing them accommodation, local transport and high […]

04.01.2021 Athletes to watch in 2021
With most of the international events in 2020 cancelled or postponed due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, we thought it would generate some much needed New Years enthusiasm to look forward to the 2021 season. As part of that we asked the orienteering community to nominate and then vote upon who they thought […]

02.01.2021 Germany’s digitalised archive
Digital archiving, the modern way of keeping historical records, has been taken up in a big way by the German Orienteering Federation Deutscher Turner Bund, which has created a digital archive of its own publications over the years since its formation, and has also included many of those of the IOF. The IOF will be […]

28.12.2020 Special Rules for the World Cup 2021
As the World Cup features different competition formats from year to year with different requirements, it’s not easy to shape universal rules for all competitions. The World Cup Special Rules are made from scratch every year and it’s the IOF FootO Commission’s responsibility that it’s a good compromise for all stakeholders: athletes, organisers, fans and […]

28.12.2020 O-Ringen Academy 2021
O-Ringen Academy is a place for orienteering runners from different countries and on different levels, including beginners, to meet and exchange their experience and learn new. O-Ringen Academy is primarily intended for participants from new and developing orienteering countries, where there is a need to quickly learn the skills and routines required to organize orienteering […]

26.12.2020 World Cup in Estonia 2022 offers the best examples of Estonian terrain
The World Cup 2022 will include a round in Rakvere in Estonia. The event will also have the status of European World Championships and will include long distance, middle distance and a relay. The event was originally planned for 2020. Event Director Raido Jaan Rei is already planning for the event and has some input […]

23.12.2020 Who will be Athlete of the Year 2021?
The nominations are in, now it’s time to vote to see who is the favourite to become Athlete of the Year 2021. At the end of the nomination period December 20th we had received 124 nominations for 69 athletes. Among the nominations a random draw was made to see who won prizes from our partners […]

22.12.2020 World Cup Relay and Team competitions: 5 distinct phases
The Individual competition has always been foremost in the World Cup, but Relays and Team competitions have also been included – although not in all years. There have been 5 distinct phases: Individual World Cup competition only from 1986 to 1992 (the first 4 editions) Separate Men’s and Women’s Relay competitions, 1994 to 2006 (8 […]

21.12.2020 World Cup 1986-2019: Daniel Hubmann the most outstanding athlete
Biggest star ever in the men’s World Cup is Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland, who holds the record for the number of overall World Cup victories, six in all, won between 2008 and 2015. His compatriot Matthias Kyburz has won five times. The only other athlete with more than one title to his name is Thierry Gueorgiou, […]

20.12.2020 World Cup 1986-2019: two women athletes supreme
Simone Niggli, Switzerland and Tove Alexandersson, Sweden are two legendary names in World Cup history. Niggli dominated the World Cup results between 2002 and 2013, achieving top spot overall 9 times; Alexandersson has won every year in the period 2014-19. Eleven women in all have held first place at the end of the year’s competition, […]

18.12.2020 World Masters Orienteering Championships 2021 in Hungary – entries are open!
Following the postponement of the World Masters Games 2021 in Japan to 2022, the IOF Council initiated work to find an organiser of a WMOC in the calendar year 2021. Of the 2 applications which were received for hosting a WMOC 2021 at short notice, Council decided to appoint Hungary, with the event to be […]

17.12.2020 The World Cup – 25 editions since 1986
  First staged in 1986, the official IOF World Cup in Orienteering has very successfully recognised athletes’ performance over a full season, in a variety of race formats on varied types of terrain all over the world. The World Cup has brought elite-level orienteering to many countries, helping to make orienteering much better-known and providing […]

15.12.2020 Get to know Verein Swiss Cup
The World Cup is managed by a consortium consisting of two parts; the IOF and Verein Swiss Cup. The latter is a Swiss organization which has been organizing events and developing orienteering since 2004. The organization was founded after the successful organisation of WOC 2003 in Switzerland. After this big event, Switzerland wanted to further […]

14.12.2020 Virtual TrailO Advent Calendar: win for Sweden’s Marit Wiksell
After completion of the 24-event TORUS Advent Calendar, a well-known name sits at the top of the final results list in the Advanced class: Marit Wiksell, Sweden, current World Champion in TempO, finshed with a narrow victory over Marcello Lambertini, Italy. The club competition was won by Polisportiva Masi, Italy, and Italy was the best […]

14.12.2020 Virtual TrailO Advent Calendar: Sweden’s Marit Wiksell leads at half-way point
After 12 events in the 24-event TORUS Advent Calendar, a well-known name sits at the top of the leader board in the Advanced class: Marit Wiksell, Sweden, current World Champion in TempO, leads the field by almost 5 points. Marit Wiksell was named IOF TrailO Athlete of the Year in 2019 after her commanding performance […]

14.12.2020 New World Cup page
Interesting and relevant information about the Orienteering World Cup is now gathered at a dedicated part of the IOF website. Take a look by clicking on World Cup above alternatively; https://orienteering.sport/worldcup-page/ Here you will find information about the 2021 World Cup and its venues. Look for previous results or enjoy the facts. And keep an […]

11.12.2020 Inside the IOF: New Anti-Doping Rules
The new IOF Anti-Doping Rules come into force on 1 January 2021. IOF Anti-Doping Officer Kirsty McIntyre describes the process of updating them.

09.12.2020 Who will be Athlete of the Year in 2021?
We all want the orienteering year 2020 to be over… It has been a year of cancelled events 😢 & restrictions 😷 but also some amazingly creative solutions to keep our sport alive. We weren’t able to decide on an IOF Athlete of the Year for 2020 so we decided instead to look ahead to […]

08.12.2020 Time for re-accreditation for IOF Event Advisers
It is time for the re-accreditation of all IOF Event Advisers for all four disciplines. If an Event Adviser wishes to continue, still fulfils the requirements and continues to have the support of their national Federation, the accreditation will be extended until 31 December 2024. The process will look like this: First all Event Advisers […]

07.12.2020 New World Anti-Doping Code and IOF Anti-Doping Rules come into force
The World Anti-Doping Code is the fundamental and universal document upon which the World Anti-Doping Program is based. Its purpose is to advance the anti-doping effort through universal harmonisation of anti-doping policies, rules and regulations within sports organisations, and among public authorities. The ultimate goal is for all athletes to benefit from the same anti-doping […]

04.12.2020 WOC 2021: Training is now possible
For fairness purposes, training areas for WOC 2021 were embargoed in late October. Due to government mandated Covid-19 measures, travel to the Czech Republic was not allowed from a number of countries and all athletes did not have the same opportunities for training. The WOC organisers have worked for an exemption and have received an […]

01.12.2020 IOF Commissions – Call for Volunteers
The International Orienteering Federation relies on voluntary work by passionate orienteers all around the world. Everyone from the IOF Council to Commission Members and Event Advisers offer their time and expertise on a voluntary basis. The IOF is now looking to strengthen its commissions with new members and volunteers. In accordance with the IOF Strategic […]

30.11.2020 Introducing the TORUS Advent Calendar!
Following two highly successful series since the Covid-19 pandemic began, with over 500 participants from all over the world, TORUS is back in a special seasonal format! This new series of the Virtual TrailO competition comprises 24 events and begins on 1st December, with Basic and Advanced classes; the best 18 results count. If you […]

26.11.2020 Orienteering Cartoons in Portuguese
The Orienteering Cartoons 1, 2 and 3 have now been produced in four different languages; Swedish, English, Spanish and Portuguese. The cartoons and other useful educational material are collected and published by the IOF Global Development Commission on the Global Development section on orienteering.sport. Many thanks to the Swedish Orienteering Federation and the Portuguese Orienteering […]

25.11.2020 IOF Council suggests criteria for the return of major events in 2021
The IOF Council met for its record 7th meeting of the year, 6 of them fully digital, on Friday November 20th. The full minutes of the meeting can be found on the Council webpage. Returning to sport in 2021 One of the main topics for discussion at the meeting were suggesting criteria for the holding […]

24.11.2020 Ski Orienteering included in FISU World University Games compulsory sports programme
Ski Orienteering has been approved as part of the compulsory programme of the FISU World University Games from 2027. The FISU Executive Committee took the decision at its meeting on November 6th and Ski Orienteering is now, together with Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Ice Hockey, Short Track and […]

23.11.2020 Cycle Orienteering – popular in Sweden in 1942
Documents show that the Swedish Orienteering Federation seems likely to be the first national federation to have actively promoted Cycle Orienteering – as early as in the year 1942. Back in June this year we published an article about Bike Orienteering, highlighting the historical find that it actually first took place in Austria in 1893 […]

20.11.2020 WSOC 2021 organiser is working at full speed
The World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 Estonian organising team is working at full speed. More than 100 km of ski tracks have been cleaned and course planning is ongoing. The event is scheduled for February 24-28 and the organiser has made several changes to be able to organise the event in the special circumstances due […]

16.11.2020 World Orienteering Day 2021 – We do not cancel, we adjust!
2021 is around the corner, and it is time to start the work towards World Orienteering Day 2021. Between the dates 19th to 25th of May next year, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. WOD has started up the plans for 2021 and we are looking forward to hearing […]

13.11.2020 WOC Clinic 2021 open for applications
The IOF WOC Clinic offers talented athletes from IOF member federations which cannot afford to send a team to the WOC to participate in the WOC by providing them accommodation, local transport and high-level coaching. The clinic also focuses on learning of orienteering skills and exchange of knowledge and experience with orienteering development between participating […]

10.11.2020 The Winter Universiade in Lucerne to be held in December 2021
The Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) approved a proposal to hold the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade in December 2021. “We are extremely pleased that the Winter Universiade 2021 can still take place, in spite of the pandemic-induced postponement,” said FISU President Oleg Matytsin. “After very careful consultation between all relevant stakeholders, […]

06.11.2020 Events for Masters athletes in 2021 face challenges
At the virtual General Assembly of the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) yesterday it was announced that the World Masters Games 2021 in Kansai, Japan, which includes the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2021, would be postponed until May 13 – 29, 2022. In other masters news, the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships, scheduled to be […]

04.11.2020 MTBO World Cup Round 3 2021 to Portugal
The IOF Council has appointed the MTBO World Cup Round 3 2021 to Portugal. The event would be planned for fall and could be a back-up also for the World Masters MTBO Championships currently scheduled for Slovenia in May. Event page on IOF Eventor

30.10.2020 WOC 2021: Clarification on embargoed areas
The regulations around embargoed areas for WOC 2021 have been slightly changed. Please read more at WOC 2021 web page.

27.10.2020 Sub-Regional Development Project: Call for Applications
The IOF Global Development Commission wishes to financially support development projects of sub-regional groups that contribute towards the achievement of the IOF strategic goals for 2022. The GDC are now looking for applications for projects that will take place in 2021-2022. Projects must be a collaboration between at least 2 countries, and the application must […]

22.10.2020 Training activities for WOC 2021 frozen for fairness reasons
The IOF and WOC 2021 organisers have agreed on a freezing of all official training activities for WOC 2021 due to fairness reasons associated with new travel restrictions in the Czech Republic. Updated terrain embargoes have been published on the WOC 2021 website and in IOF Eventor. Due to the current situation with the Covid-19 […]

20.10.2020 Argentinean National Network of Permanent Orienteering Parks: an orienteering development initiative
Orienteering in our region Two types of orienteering activity have been developed in Argentina. One we call adventure orienteering, which is applied to large areas and lengthy activities such as adventure races and expeditions. The other, commonly known as competitive orienteering or just orienteering, covers shorter activities and smaller areas. The latter type is far […]

19.10.2020 Ole-Johan Waaler has passed away
A stalwart of Norwegian Trail Orienteering has died aged 78 after a long and courageous fight against cancer. Ole-Johan Waaler was a very successful competitor and a hard-working member of the IOF Trail Orienteering Commission for many years. After trying and enjoying TrailO at O-Ringen in 1990 and then again at the Norwegian O-Festival in […]

16.10.2020 Virtual TrailO – and also real TrailO
With opportunities for terrain orienteering competition still very restricted in many countries, interest is high for virtual forms of orienteering. TrailO is very well suited to e-orienteering and is attracting more and more participants. Right now the prestigious autumn 8-stage TORUS competition, spread over 4 weeks, is just reaching the half-way point, with more than […]

14.10.2020 Changes in the 2021 junior season: EJYOC, EYOC and JEC involved
The postponed European Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships in Hungary now scheduled for April 24-26 2021 will welcome the same participants who were eligible to participate in 2020. So those born in 2000 can still race in the M/W 20 class, those born in 2002 can still race in the M/W18 class and those born […]

13.10.2020 Euromeeting cancelled
Euromeeting 2020 planned for late October in Czech Republic has been cancelled. Following an increase of Covid-19 cases in the country, the government has announced new restriction, one of them being to limit gathering of people to six persons. With the new restrictions and possibility of even having to close borders, it is simply not […]

13.10.2020 Partner in Focus: Pfizer
As lockdowns around the world start to lift people are beginning to spend more time outdoors.  We partner with Pfizer to raise awareness in the orienteering community of the risks of tick bites and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) Why is it important for people to protect themselves against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) when spending time outdoors during […]

07.10.2020 Euromeeting will take place, but with compromises
Euromeeting is also called pre-WOC and serves as a rehearsal for athletes and organizers of the Nokian Tyres World Championships. The event is planned to start with the Sprint distance on Wednesday 28th of October in Zelezny Brod in Czech Republic and continues with Middle distance and Long distance during the weekend. The event is […]

01.10.2020 New SkiO Competition Rules have been published
The Special Rules for the Ski Orienteering World Cup 2021 and updated Competition Rules valid for Ski Orienteering 2021 Season has been published. You find the new rules here

30.09.2020 Junior World Championships participation and other decisions from the IOF Council meeting
The IOF Council met via Teams on Friday September 25th. One of the items on the agenda was the potential participation of junior athletes born in year 2000 at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2021 (JWOC) and the Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships 2021 (JWMTBOC). The corresponding events in 2020 were forced to be cancelled […]

28.09.2020 Coping with Covid-19 – a varied picture around the world
New initiatives and changed venues, alongside tight event guidelines and some postponements and cancellations; the world’s Orienteering federations are working hard to enable our sport to continue, despite some setbacks. Out in the terrain, by and large, everything is as normal – and that is of course what matters most. Spain and Portugal are two […]

23.09.2020 Clarification regarding organising of World Ranking Events for the season 2021
IOF Office has received questions from several federations and organisers regarding the WRE application process for 2021 due to COVID-19 and the impact on organising events. Therefore the IOF have made below clarification for organising of WREs the season 2021 The IOF would like to receive the majority of WRE applications for the 2021 season […]

22.09.2020 European Cup in TrailO 2020 cancelled
Due to the continued uncertainty concerning the COVID-19 situation, and cancellation of 4 (out of 10) planned events, the IOF Trail Orienteering Commission has decided to cancel the European Cup in TrailO (ECTO) 2020.

22.09.2020 ECTO 2020 cancelled
Due to the continued uncertainty concerning the COVID-19 situation, and cancellation of 4 (out of 10) planned events, TOC has decided to cancel ECTO 2020.

22.09.2020 A Glance Back to January 2020 Youth Training Academy in Algeria
The Confederation of Mediterranean Orienteering Federations (COMOF) organized its first Youth Training Academy (YTA) in Algeria in January 2020. “We chose Algeria for this event, to bring orienteering to a new country, where the Mediterranean Games are planned to be held in 2021, with orienteering introduced as a demonstration sport. Thanks to sub-regional project support […]

18.09.2020 Orienteers are adapting to COVID restrictions
In countries around the world, competitive orienteering has been heavily restricted or stopped altogether by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has become possible more recently for many nations to hold their national championships, but on a more restricted basis than usual. A good example is Switzerland, where on the weekend 12-13 September the Long Distance […]

14.09.2020 Orienteering.sport: Work in progress
We are improving our main web page orienteering.sport. We will implement important updates on the live section and we will publish a new Orienteering World Cup section. September 11-24 the work with orienteering.sport will continue with structuring and adding information and updates will be made continuously. We will release the page in October when we […]

10.09.2020 Scheduled maintenance on orienteering.sport
The IOF web site orienteering.sport will be down for scheduled implementation of new functionality and maintenance on the 10th of September between 18.00 and 22.00 (CEST). We will improve the main web pages on orienteering.sport, implement important updates on the live web pages and publish a new Orienteering World Cup section. The coming two weeks […]

09.09.2020 European Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships cancelled
The European Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships scheduled for the end of October in Hungary has been cancelled. – The organisers have done a tremendous job in trying to keep this event alive for the junior and youth athletes and I would really like to commend their work, says Tom Hollowell, IOF CEO. Here is […]

08.09.2020 Call for volunteers in the areas of IT and Global Development
The IOF is seeking volunteers who are interested in working with the development of international orienteering. IT and digitalisation continues to take an increasingly important role in orienteering development, and especially around the development of our international events. Having successfully led the IOFs development efforts in this area for the past few years, current IT […]

03.09.2020 World Cup 2021 – Back on track
After the cancelled 2020 season, the World Cup is back for 2021. The program is strong and the World Cup Consortium is proud to present organisers keen to arrange good competitions. Orienteering World Cup 2020: Comp. Date Format Event Country 1 13 May Sprint Relay World Cup round 1 with European Championships Switzerland 2 14-15 […]

02.09.2020 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 kicks off with Sprint
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships will be held in the Czech Republic between the 3rd and the 9th of July 2021. The Championships start with the Sprint Qualification and Final on the 3rd of July in the city of Terezín. The complete program and all venues are presented in the recently published Bulletin 2. […]

01.09.2020 Winter Universiade 2021 postponed
FISU and the organisers of the 2021 Winter Universiade in Lucerne Switzerland have decided to postpone the games: “FISU, together with the Organising Committee and Swiss University Sports, have unanimously agreed that the 30th Winter Universiade cannot be organised from 21 to 31 January 2021. It has been agreed to evaluate the possibility of postponement […]

31.08.2020 New dates for many future events
Date changes for many orienteering events 2021-2023: 2021 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2021 in Turkey will be held 11 – 16 July 2021. 2022 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2022 in Denmark will be held 26 – 30 June 2022. World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2022 in Italy will be held 9 – 16 July […]

27.08.2020 IOF FootO Commission Minutes published
The minutes of the latest IOF FootO Commission meeting, which focused on the future event calendar, have been published. You can find them on the commission’s page.

26.08.2020 European Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns
The Bulgarian Orienteering Federation has informed the IOF that they are unable to organise the European Ski Orienteering Championships (ESOC) and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships (WMSOC) scheduled for February 6th – 12th 2021 in Chepelare, Bulgaria. ESOC was also the first round of the Ski Orienteering World Cup 2021. The reasons are uncertainties regarding […]

20.08.2020 Cancellation of EMTBOC and WMMTBOC in Finland (UPDATED)
[Updated 2020-08-24 with new program and WRE information] The progress of the Covid-19 situation and particularly the changes in restrictions applied by the Finnish government in the past week has led to a decision to cancel all IOF MTBO events in Finland 9th to 13th September 2020. The situation today looks very different from the […]

12.08.2020 Euromeeting to include Sprint
Euromeeting scheduled in October in Czech Republic is an important test for the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021, for competing athletes and for the organiser. Based on the decision to include Sprints in WOC 2021 the organiser has decided to include a Sprint in Euromeeting 2020. The Sprint will be held in Železný Brod […]

11.08.2020 Updated programme for ECTO
Following the decision by IOF Council to allow WRE, TOC has decided to update the ECTO programme. The competitions in Hungary and Slovenia have been moved to new dates. The cancelled events in Norway have been replaced by competitions in Finland. The new programme can be found here.

11.08.2020 Updated program for ECTO
Following the decision by IOF Council to allow WRE, TOC has decided to update the ECTO program. The competitions in Hungary and Slovenia has been moved to new dates. The cancelled events in Norway has been replaced by competitions in Finland. The new program can be found here.

10.08.2020 Ecuador and Malta join the IOF
The organisation Federación Ecuatoriana del Deporte de Orientacion (FEDEO) and Malta Sport For All were both approved as provisional members of the IOF at the digital Council Meeting last week (July 31). This brings the number of members of the IOF to 75. FEDEO (Ecuador) Ecuador has re-joined the IOF with a new established organisation […]

05.08.2020 World Ranking Rules and System updated
The IOF FootO Commission have done a thorough review of points allocation for World Ranking Events (WREs) compared with Major Events. The report stated that the mean of points allocated to WREs had been significantly lowered over time despite the changes implemented in 2019 and that an error in the system meant that the annual […]

04.08.2020 WRE period prolonged due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The IOF Council has decided to extend the period that counts towards the ‘top 5’ World Ranking Events that make up an athlete’s World Ranking score. All IOF World Ranking Events were cancelled from the 17th of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The WRE season 2020 has opened up again, with events scheduled from […]

03.08.2020 IOF Council Meeting 201 Minutes Published
The minutes of the latest IOF Council meeting have been published. You can find them here.  Being the first meeting after the General Assembly, the agenda included several items of formality, such as reconfirming the seat of the IOF as Karlstad, Sweden. Major events news have already been communicated in this article.   

31.07.2020 2020 Junior and MTB World Championships cancelled, European Youth Orienteering Championships to include juniors
The IOF Council, at its digital meeting held today July 31st, decided that the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2020 scheduled to be held in Turkey in October and the World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) 2020 scheduled to be held in Portugal in October are cancelled due to the continuing effects of the Covid-19 virus […]

23.07.2020 Cortina d’Ampezzo host to the final competition of Orienteering World Cup 2021
The final competition of the 2021 Orienteering World Cup will be held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The Sprint Relay competition will be held on October 3, 2021, rounding out the final round of the Orienteering World Cup in Italy, and will be the deciding competition for the overall Team World Cup title for 2021. The […]

21.07.2020 GA review – Meet the new IOF Council members
At the IOF General Assembly on July 10th, the IOF members elected Council members for the period 2020 – 2024. In addition to President Leho Haldna, Vice President Astrid Waaler Kaas and members Vincent Frey and László Zentai, who were re-elected for an additional 4-year period, 2 new members of Council were elected. We asked […]

16.07.2020 General Assembly Review – Statutes changes
At the IOF General Assembly on July 10th a number of changes were adopted in the Statutes of the IOF. The changes affect some of the basic premises of IOF governance so it may be worthwhile understanding why the changes were made and what they mean. Strengthening of athletes’ representation One of the most important […]

15.07.2020 General Assembly review – Fair Play and governance
One of the key topics raised at the IOF General Assembly held Friday July 10th was fair play in orienteering. The topic was raised through a member federation proposal from Finland asking the IOF Council to report on activities carried out, and planned, to protect the culture of Fair Play in orienteering. President Leho Haldna […]

13.07.2020 World Ranking Events allowed from August 1, 2020
At its meeting on Thursday July 9th the IOF Council discussed the organisation of World Rankings Events (WRE). The possibility to organise WREs had been suspended from March 17, 2020 until July 31, 2020 due to restrictions on travel and activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Council determined activities were now starting up again […]

10.07.2020 IOF pioneers virtual General Assembly
IOF has successfully held its first virtual General Assembly (GA), becoming one of the first international sport federations to hold a major international meeting in this way; the meeting attracted interest from many other sports organisations. A record number of IOF member federations were represented; 57 member nations had registered their intention to take part, […]

10.07.2020 European MTB Orienteering Championships to go ahead as planned
The European MTB Orienteering Championships, the European Junior MTB Orienteering Championships and the World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships in Finland in September will go ahead as planned. The IOF Council approved the proposal from the Finnish organisers at its meeting on the 9th of July. With almost all events 2020 cancelled or postponed we can […]

09.07.2020 Follow IOF General Assembly live
Friday July 10 starting at 9:00 (CEST) the IOF will conduct its 30th Ordinary General Assembly. The General Assembly will be broadcast live allowing anyone who would like to observe the meeting as a guest to do so. As guest follower you will be able to follow the meeting via its broadcast and observe all […]

08.07.2020 Interesting proposals for the General Assembly
The IOF General Assembly will be held on Friday and the digital GA attracts record participation. All material for the GA can be found here: orienteering.sport/general-assembly-2020 The pre-General Assemby was held today and the proposals from the IOF Member Federations and the IOF Council proposals were presented and discussed: Proposals from the IOF National Federations: […]

03.07.2020 Dates set for major events in 2022 and other event updates
Dates have now been set for 3 of the key events in the IOF calendar for 2022. The World Orienteering Championships in the Triangle Region of Denmark which were postponed from 2020 to 2022 will be held from June 29 to July 3 , 2022. As previously announced, The World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, USA were […]

02.07.2020 19th ICOM to be held digitally July 8th
The 19th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping will be held as a digital conference with presentations being livestreamed via to the Facebook group Orienteering Mappers. The conference is scheduled to be held from 16:00 – 18:30 CEST. The conference has normally been held biennially in connection with the IOF General Assembly, but this year due […]

02.07.2020 Digital IOF General Assembly attracts record participation
Friday July 10, 2020, starting at 9:00 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST), the IOF will conduct its 30th Ordinary General Assembly. For the first time the biennial meeting will be held in a virtual environment, with delegates participating in the meeting proceedings, commenting and voting on proposals and in elections using digital tools. Conducting […]

30.06.2020 Worldwide following for eTrailO
eTrailO has really taken off in many parts of the world, and over the past three months it has been possible to take part in competitions in two or three different nations in the same week. Last month, for example, you could compete in countries as far apart as Colombia, Hong Kong, Russia and Spain. […]

26.06.2020 Unofficial World eOrienteering Championships later in 2020
At the latest IOF Council meeting the council discussed a proposal to organise a “virtual” World Orienteering Championships and the IOF Office was tasked to coordinate the work with development of the concept, framework and rules for an initial event later in 2020. The council proposal was made by the organisation Lockdown Orienteering, a British […]

25.06.2020 Big interest in eTempO
With competition in terrain at a standstill in countries around the world, what can orienteers do to keep in trim? For technical training many have turned to electronic alternatives; eTempO, a virtual version of the speed-format in Trail Orienteering, in particular is proving a great hit. Since March, virtual TempO events have been organised in […]

25.06.2020 Big interest in E-TempO
With competition in terrain at a standstill in countries around the world, what can orienteers do to keep in trim? For technical training many have turned to electronic alternatives; E-TempO, a virtual version of the speed-format in Trail Orienteering, in particular is proving a great hit. Since March, virtual TempO events have been organised in […]

24.06.2020 Impact of the Coronavirus on IOF Member Federations
The Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic has caused difficulties for athletes, organisers and national federations around the globe. To get an overview of the situation related to orienteering world-wide, the IOF Office consulted with Member Federations regarding the situation on a national level. The largest number of answers was received just prior to the June 12 […]

18.06.2020 Qualification rules for The World Games 2022
With the postponement of The World Games to 2022 and the cancellation of WOC 2020, it was necessary to develop new qualification rules for the 2022 World Games. The new qualification rules for TWG 2022 have been revised by the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and were approved by the IOF Council at its meeting on […]

16.06.2020 World Cup 2021 – a balanced program
The World Cup 2021 is back to its expected format; three events with a total of nine races. Six of the nine events are individual races while each of the three events also offers one relay each.   The program: Event Location Date Format World Cup round 1 with European Championships Neuchâtel, Switzerland 13 May […]

15.06.2020 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 to include Sprint competitions
Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Czech Republic 2021 will include two sprint competitions: individual Sprint with qualification and Sprint Relay in the program of WOC 2021. As is already known, the first World Orienteering Championships with only sprint competitions on the program, which were to be held in Denmark in 2020, had to be […]

11.06.2020 New find rewrites Orienteering history: bike orienteering started first!
Some fascinating information about the very start of Orienteering has recently been unearthed in Austria. It has been discovered that two issues of the newspaper Radfahr-sport, published in Vienna, report a public bicycle-racing event with maps and route choice held on 24th September 1893, four years before the first known public Foot Orienteering event held […]

08.06.2020 IOF FootO Commission Meeting Minutes Published
The minutes of the latest IOF FootO Commission meeting have been published. You can find them on the commission’s page, here.

05.06.2020 Cancellation of the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2020
The organiser of the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2020 (WTOC) in Hong Kong has informed the IOF that due to uncertainties surrounding the effects of the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic, they are not able to organise the event. The championships was scheduled to be held in Hong Kong November 28 – December 5, 2020. The […]

29.05.2020 European Orienteering Championships 2021 will be in Switzerland
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) together with the  local organising committee of the Orienteering World Cup, Verein Swiss Cup, are pleased to announce that the World Cup round which was scheduled to be held in Neuchâtel, Switzerland from May 13 to 16, 2021 will also be the European Orienteering Championships 2021. The rescheduling of the […]

27.05.2020 IOF General Assembly 2020 – Important information
Planning for the first ever fully online General Assembly of the IOF, to be held on July 10, 2020, is progressing. The IOF is teaming up with LUMI to provide a proven interactive solution for the digital meeting. Although the initial motivation for the digital meeting was the travel and movement restrictions in place during […]

25.05.2020 Partner in focus: Sign Sport
The current pandemic has affected all aspects of life. We asked our partner Sign Sport what it has meant for them. How has your business been affected by the ongoing crisis? Like everything related to sports, our business is seriously affected by the lockdown. Without competitions, a very small number of clubs are placing orders […]

15.05.2020 European MTB Orienteering Championships and other event news
The IOF announces further event news as the effects of the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to cause modifications in the IOF schedule. The MTB Orienteering World Cup event which is scheduled to be held in Finland September 9 – 13, will become the European MTB Orienteering Championships 2020. The event will also include the […]

14.05.2020 Online Orienteering in IOF Eventor calendar
In this period with the outbreak of the Corona virus (Covid-19) and shutdown/restrictions all over the world, orienteering online has become very popular. A lot of new initiatives have been taken by orienteers around the globe and there are a large number of virtual events popping up. These are by nature international and the IOF […]

13.05.2020 World Orienteering Day – Virtual Event
This week World Orienteering Day was supposed to be held all over the world. Due to the outbreak of the Corona virus (Covid-19) it was unfortunately cancelled. In cooperation with Lockdown Orienteering the IOF and World Orienteering Day will organise a free virtual event this week between Wednesday 13th and Saturday 16th May. 5 Challenges […]

12.05.2020 New dates for Euromeeting 2020
Due to the current situation, some activities leading up to the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2021 in the Czech Republic have changed. The Euromeeting 2020 (Pre-WOC 2021) is postponed and new dates for the Euromeeting will be October 29 to November 1 2020. Euromeeting 2020 The organizers have published an updated Bulletin 1 for […]

11.05.2020 IOF General Assembly news
The 30th Ordinary General Assembly of the IOF was planned to be held in connection with the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark this year. Now that the WOC has been cancelled new plans have been made for conducting a virtual General Assembly. The General Assembly is planned to be held on Friday July 10th, with […]

11.05.2020 GA-proposals: Athlete representation, provisional membership, fair play etc
Both the IOF Council and 3 national federations have made proposals for the General Assembly. The proposals are presented here: The IOF Council has made proposals for changes to the IOF Statutes in a number of areas, the most important are highlighted here: Athlete representation in the IOF Council Council proposes that two athletes representatives, […]

08.05.2020 IOF Calendar update as of May 8th
The global Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to create changes in the orienteering calendars around the world. This week it was unfortunately necessary to cancel the World Orienteering Championships 2020 in Denmark, see the separate news article. In addition to this the Asian Orienteering Championships 2020 (AsOC) which had been postponed to August 21-25 in […]

07.05.2020 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2020 and European Orienteering Championships 2021 cancelled
The IOF regrets to announce that the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2020 (WOC) which were planned to be held in Denmark, initially at the beginning of July and postponed until October, will not be held this year. The impact of the Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic, regarding restrictions on movement and travel, is that fair […]

29.04.2020 IOF and .sport domain update
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) continues to migrate into the new .sport domain. The next step is moving our default email domain to .sport. This will take effect on the 30th April 2020. Emails sent to the old .org domain will still be delivered. Example: Old email: david.wastlund@orienteering.org New email: david.wastlund@orienteering.sport Please make sure that […]

24.04.2020 Covid-19 – Another update on IOF Event news
The Corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic continues to cause distruption for athletes and organisers around the globe. Here are a few updates regarding IOF events and competitions. The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2020 (JWOC) in Turkey have been postponed from their original date June 28 – July 3. The organisers and the IOF are looking at […]

17.04.2020 Promising news for a World MTB Orienteering Championships 2020, and other Covid-19 news
The IOF continues to follow closely the developments of the novel Corona (Covid-19) virus outbreak and its impact on IOF events and activities. Focus for the past few weeks has been on following up on the principles established by Council at their meeting April 3-4 and looking at both the remainder of year 2020 and […]

08.04.2020 A report from the IOF Council meeting and the work behind the scenes
Despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 global pandemic, there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes throughout the IOF organisation. The Covid-19 global pandemic has had significant impact of the global sport scene. Events in all sports are being cancelled or postponed, most noteworthy is the historical decision to postpone the […]

07.04.2020 IOF Future Events Program
The outbreak of the Corona (Covid-19) virus has played havoc on the scheduling of both national and international orienteering events in 2020. This has led to a large number of questions from organisers, IOF members, athletes and orienteering fans about the future event schedules for IOF events. This was one of the key items that […]

31.03.2020 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2020 postponed (and other news)
The IOF and the organisers of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Denmark, which were planned to be held July 7-11, 2020, have agreed to postpone the event to a later date. The postponement is due to uncertainty about the development of the Corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak and being able to guarantee broad […]

27.03.2020 Update on IOF Events status in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
At a time when what happens in the world of sports is of minor relevance compared to the health and well-being of people all around the world this is maybe not the most important article you will read today. However, the IOF does want to update all athletes, participants and fans with an interest in […]

27.03.2020 No World Masters Orienteering Championships in Slovakia in 2020
We regret to inform the global masters orienteering community that the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC ) 2020 scheduled to be held August 7-15 in Slovakia has to be cancelled as a consequence of the ongoing Corona (Covid-19) virus pandemic. This decision was made by the organisers following consultation with the Public Health Authority of […]

26.03.2020 2020 FISU World University Orienteering Championship is cancelled
The International University Sports Federation  FISU, have announced the cancellation of the 2020 World University Orienteering Championship that should have taken place in Russia in July. The notification from FISU: During this challenging period that most countries are facing today, it is FISU’s duty to make cautious decisions in order to ensure the safety of […]

25.03.2020 New dates for the European Trail Orienteering Championships
As previously communicated the European Trail Orienteering Championships 2020 (ETOC), which were to be held May 21-24 in Finland, were not able to be held on those dates due to the ongoing Corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak. The organisers in Finland have investigated the best options for postponement and following consultation have proposed new dates. These […]

24.03.2020 Successful Ski Orienteering Clinic in Russia
The clinic was conducted in conjunction with the SkiO World Cup Final and the European SkiO Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. There were 23 participants from all over Russia and in addition translators and some SkiO Commission members. In total about 26 attendances. The clinic started on Friday 13 March at 09:00 and continued to 20:00 […]

23.03.2020 World Cup round #1 in Neuchâtel is dead. Long live Neuchâtel.
The postponed 2020 World Cup round #1 will take place in 2021. Same terrain, similar set-up and part of the World Cup 2021. The event will take place 13-16 May 2021 in Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The program preliminary remains the same; a long distance, a sprint and a knock-out sprint. “This is the best possible […]

19.03.2020 Fair play survey results available for download
We are currently working to gain a better understanding of the current Fair Play landscape within orienteering. As a part of this, we sent out a survey to all member federations, athlete commissions, coaches & registered athletes in IOF eventor. We also made an open call here on orienteering.sport for responses. Nearly 1800 responses were […]

17.03.2020 Cancellation of all IOF events until May 31st
The IOF Council has considered the developments around the outbreak of the Corona virus (Covid-19) at a national and international level. The IOF respects and supports the activities undertaken by national and international health authorities in containing the spread of the virus and on lessening the effects on important functions in society and on high […]

15.03.2020 SkiO World Cup: Russians take top placings
Tatyana Oborina and Vladislav Kiselev, both Russians, are this year’s SkiO World Cup champions at the end of the Individual World Cup season, and Russia has won the Team World Cup with Sweden second. There were six individual races, the best five counting, and Oborina has the best score overall – 250 out of a […]

15.03.2020 Coronavirus (Covid-19) update from the IOF (revised 15 March)
This news article has been updated non March 15 with new information about the European Youth Orienteering Championships. Please see below. This week the IOF has collected information from a large number of member federations and IOF event organisers regarding the general recommendations of their authorities and the implications of the Covid-19 virus on orienteering […]

15.03.2020 Dramatic win for Sweden’s women in ESOC Relay
A dramatic women’s Relay in Khanty Mansiysk ended in victory by 2 seconds for Sweden over Russia, at the end of a race where the lead changed hands several times. The men’s Relay resulted in a comfortable victory for the very strong Russian team, with Finland taking the silver medals. Tatyana Oborina and Linda Lindkvist […]

14.03.2020 Marina Vyatkina: new Russian star
One new name has come really to the fore in the European SkiO Championships: 20-year-old Russian Marina Vyatkina. Bronze in the Sprint, Silver at Middle Distance, and now Gold in the Long race. It was a tight victory, by 12 seconds over Sweden’s Magdalena Olsson. Top-ranked Russian Andrey Lamov won the men’s race, where it […]

13.03.2020 Coronavirus (Covid-19) update from the IOF
This week the IOF has collected information from a large number of member federations and IOF event organisers regarding the general recommendations of their authorities and the implications of the Covid-19 virus on orienteering activities. Among this is the potential effect on planned IOF major events. Below is a summary of the current status regarding […]

12.03.2020 Favourites triumph in Sprint Relay
Sergey Gorlanov, Russia, won his third gold medal in three days and Alena Trapeznikova, her second, when they teamed together to win the European Championships Sprint Relay today. Victory was by 52 seconds over Sweden, with Estonia coming through to take bronze in an exciting finish, just 7 seconds ahead of Finland. Gorlanov continued his […]

11.03.2020 Second gold for Gorlanov in Middle distance
Russians Sergey Gorlanov and Tatyana Oborina were the winners of today’s mass-start Middle distance, a slow, tough and challenging race both physically and technically due in part to fresh snowfall. This was Gorlanov’s second gold in two days, and for Oborina a step up: silver yesterday, gold today. No athlete completed the women’s course in […]

11.03.2020 IOF signs 3-year broadcast rights agreement with Swedish Television
The IOF and Swedish national broadcaster SVT have signed a 3-year rights agreement for broadcasting of IOF championship events and the Orienteering World Cup for the years 2020 – 2022. SVT broadcast the productions from the World Orienteering Championships 2019 to a very interested Swedish audience. For example, more than 400 000 Swedish TV viewers […]

10.03.2020 European SkiO Championships: strong start by home nation
The Sprint, the first race of the Championships at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, brought victory for home athletes Alena Trapeznikova by 25 seconds and Sergey Gorlanov by 12 seconds. On a cold and cloudy day, Trapeznikova was fastest throughout, completing the course in 14.21. Silver went to Tatyana Oborina who had a slow start, only 12th fastest […]

10.03.2020 Follow European Ski Orienteering Championships live
Startlists, live results and GPS can be found here English live stream from the event is broadcast on Youtube Race Programme for the Championships Tuesday 10 March, 1400-1530 local time (UTC+5), Sprint Wednesday 11 March, 1400-1700, Middle distance Thursday 12 March, 1400-1600, Sprint Relay (teams of 2, 1 woman + 1 man) Friday 13 March, […]

09.03.2020 IOF Council alumni Bruce Wolfe has passed away
The IOF is saddened by the news that previous IOF Council Member Bruce Wolfe from the USA has passed away. Bruce was a member of the US Orienteering Team and participated in the World Orienteering Championships in 1985 and 1991. In 1994 he was elected as a Member of the IOF Council and served on […]

06.03.2020 17 nations competing in European Ski Orienteering Championships
The European Ski Orienteering Championships, also serving as the World Cup Finals, take place in Khanty-Mansiysk in central Russia with the first event, the Sprint, this coming Tuesday, 10th March. 110 athletes from 17 nations are registered to take part. There are three individual and two relay races. Home nation Russia achieved four individual wins […]

06.03.2020 17 nations competing in European SkiO Championships
The European SkiO Championships, also serving as the World Cup Finals, take place in Khanty-Mansiysk in central Russia with the first event, the Sprint, this coming Tuesday, 10th March. 110 athletes from 17 nations are registered to take part. There are three individual and two relay races. Home nation Russia achieved four individual wins out […]

03.03.2020 Ethics Panel decisions published from China events
Following the CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, China in October 2019, the IOF Ethics Panel received a referral from the IOF Council to investigate if there were any breaches to the IOF Code of Ethics and in such case if sanctions should be applied. Likewise, the IOF President referred a case regarding the World […]

03.03.2020 Corona virus concerns move the Asian Orienteering Championships 2020 to August
The Asian Orienteering Championships 2020 (AsOC 2020) which were scheduled to be held in the Republic of Korea from May 1-5 have been postponed and rescheduled to the new dates August 21 – 25, 2020. The new dates were proposed by the organiser due to concerns about the outbreak of the Corona virus (COVID-19) and […]

26.02.2020 SkiO World Cup: double Russian victory in Relay
Russia won both women’s and men’s relays at Vindeln today, their women by 4 seconds in a sprint finish with Sweden and the men by a comfortable 2.20 over Norway. In the women’s race Tatyana Oborina started solidly for Russia, finishing her leg with a 1.11 lead over Sweden. A strange race, with the first […]

26.02.2020 Swedish Orienteering Federations opens up Eventor for IOF Member Federations
The Orienteering Event and Member management system Eventor has been used by Sweden for 10 years. In 2011, Norway purchased the system followed by Australia in 2013. In 2014 the development of IOF Eventor started and in early 2015 IOF Eventor was released. Swedish orienteering federation have now released an “Eventor World” system in cooperation […]

25.02.2020 SkiO World Cup: Russian success in Middle Distance
The Russians Alena Trapeznikova and evergreen veteran Eduard Khrennikov won the Middle Distance mass start competitions today in two closely contested races. The first 5 in the men’s race were from 5 different nations; by contrast, Russia and Sweden took the first five places in the women’s race. After – for her – two disappointing […]

23.02.2020 World Cup SkiO : Long Distance wins for Estonia and Russia
Estonian Daisy Kudre is celebrating a great victory by 1:23 in a gruelling Long race today with the winning time more than 97 minutes. Vladislav Kiselev, Russia won the men’s race by 20 seconds, a race where 3 Norwegians and 3 Russians made up the top six. This is 26-year-old Kudre’s first World Cup win […]

22.02.2020 SkiO Sprint success for Olsson and Lamov
Home athlete Magdalena Olsson and the Russian Andrey Lamov emerged as winners of today’s Sprint, the first race in this year’s SkiO World Cup. Norwegian athletes took second place in both races. In the absence of Tove Alexandersson who has decided to miss this year’s SkiO season, Magdalena Olsson produced a top-class performance in front […]

20.02.2020 Win a ticket to World Cup in Italy while supporting orienteering
A win-win situation! The orienteering world  has a lot to offer partners; Increasing media interest A target group characterized by a high level of education The orienteering values – sustainable, inclusive, ethical – are interesting for many to tap in to Strong presence particularly in northern and middle Europe Low investment cost compared with most other […]

18.02.2020 Ski orienteers gearing up for late season start
Belatedly, the 2020 World Cup in SkiO gets under way this coming weekend near Umeå in northern Sweden, after lack of snow in Latvia earlier in the month. Combined with this World Cup round are the Junior World and European Youth SkiO Championships. 55 men and 35 women from 16 nations are entered for the […]

07.02.2020 SIGN SPORT and IOF in partnership
SIGN SPORT is designing and producing sports clothes, with a focus on orienteering clothes. The company is growing rapidly and currently supply more than 500 orienteering clubs globally with designed clothes. The partnership includes that SIGN SPORT will handle the design and production of IOF official IOF clothes and the World Orienteering Day collection. ”It […]

05.02.2020 Exciting venues at Orienteering World Cup 2021
While runners, teams, fans and organizers are preparing for the Orienteering World Cup 2020, a set of organizers are busy planning for 2021. The program is indeed interesting with a good mix of formats and locations in Sweden, Russia and Switzerland. The World Cup consortium, consisting of IOF and Verein Swiss Cup, is happy to […]

03.02.2020 Hungarian Orienteering Federation celebrates 50 years anniversary
The Hungarian Orienteering Federation celebrated its 50th anniversary last weekend in Budapest. IOF President Leho Haldna was there to greet the 300+ crowd in the Special Celebration Gala. Although one of the 10 founding members of the IOF in 1961, the independent Hungarian Orienteering Federation was only founded 9 years later after several years of […]

31.01.2020 Tove Alexandersson – IOF Orienteering and Ski Orienteering Athlete of 2019
The unstoppable Swedish athlete Tove Alexandersson has won almost everything 2019. At the World Orienteering Championships she won three, of three possible, gold medals; Long Distance, Middle Distance and Relay. In the Orienteering World Cup she won eight of nine races and with an incredible margin she also won the overall World Cup for the […]

30.01.2020 Emily Benham Kvåle – IOF Mountain Bike Orienteering Athlete of 2019
Emily Benham Kvåle, Great Britain returned to competition in mid-season, after being away in 2018 to start a family – and proceeded to record a clean sweep of victories in the World Championships plus World Cup round 3! This remarkable feat gave her a maximum score in the women’s World Cup. For this amazing achievement, […]

29.01.2020 Marit Wiksell – IOF Trail Orienteering Athlete of 2019
Swedish athlete Marit Wiksell, 28, dramatically achieved her big goal for 2019 in winning the TempO competition at the World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) in hot and sunny Portugal in June. She qualified easily in fourth place in her heat, then in the final outclassed the opposition. She ended the competition with a 53-second lead […]

24.01.2020 Open call for survey answers – Fair Play in Orienteering
The IOF is planning on creating a digital education tool about issues of Fair Play in Orienteering. The intention is to make this tool available to member federations and athletes to help create a common understanding of orienteering fair play issues across disciplines and global regions. To make this education tool as relevant and comprehensive […]

24.01.2020 IOF Commissions Meeting Minutes
Every January, the IOF organises a joint meeting of all its commissions and the council. The commissions also get the chance to hold individual meetings. This year’s event took place 10-12 January in Frankfurt. You can now read the minutes of the meetings of the following commissions: Rules Commission Regional and Youth Development Commission FootO […]

23.01.2020 IOF WOC Clinic 2020
The IOF WOC Clinic offers talented athletes from IOF member federations which cannot afford to send a team to the WOC to participate in the WOC by providing them accommodation, local transport and high level coaching. The IOF WOC Clinic also focus on learning orienteering skills and exchange of knowledge and experience with orienteering development […]

22.01.2020 Registration for World Orienteering Day 2020 is open
During 13-19 May 2020, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. It is time to start the work towards World Orienteering Day 2020. IOF’s vision is that orienteering is the most attractive adventure-based sport for all ages and the mission is to promote the global growth of orienteering and develop […]

21.01.2020 Ski Orienteering competitions move from Latvia to Sweden
The extremely mild winter in large parts of Europe has made it impossible to organise the Ski Orienteering World Cup, the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships and the European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships in Latvia. The events were scheduled to be held in Madona, Latvia from February 2 – 8, 2020. Consideration was first given […]

21.01.2020 Orienteering World 2019 has been published
Orienteering World 2019 has been published. You can find last year’s edition along with all previous editions here. Orienteering World will move into a digital format and the Orienteering World 2019 magazine is thinner than before. In addition, a video IOF Year in review 2019 has been published. The video presents highlights from the 2019 […]

20.01.2020 New IOF Sustainability Policy
At the IOF Council meeting in Frankfurt, the new IOF Sustainability Policy was approved. The IOF has declared sustainability as one of its three basic values. In coherence with its values, the IOF acknowledges and intends to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda. The IOF recognises the […]

20.01.2020 Winners from 12 nations in World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships
Gold medals went home to 12 different nations from Austria, venue for the Winter World Masters Games (WWMG), which this year included the World Masters SkiO Championships (WMSOC) for the first time. Three competitions were held at Seefeld, where the ‘Nordic Cluster’ of WWMG events took place. Finland was the clear leader in the WMSOC […]

17.01.2020 Philippines is IOF Member 76
At the IOF Council meeting in Frankfurt, the Philippines were approved as the 76th IOF Member Federation. Orienteering Philippines plans to host the first National Orienteering Championship in March 2020 at a University Campus in the City of Manila. – This will be our first event but the map has not been established yet, says […]

16.01.2020 O-Ringen Academy and IOF Scholarship
O-Ringen Academy is a place for orienteering runners from different countries and on different levels, including beginners, to meet and exchange their experience and learn new. The advantage of the O-Ringen Academy is that orienteers from non-IOF Member Federations have the possibility to participate. In 2019, 45 orienteers from 13 countries, Argentina, China, Brazil, Spain, […]

16.01.2020 Re-opening of bidding period for IOF events
During the last Council meeting in Frankfurt, 10-12 January, Council decided to re-open the bidding period for some major IOF events to allow for further bidders. Major events that the bidding period is re-open for are; Foot Orienteering 2023 World Master Orienteering Championships European Orienteering Championships Junior World Orienteering Championships MTB Orienteering 2021 MTBO World […]

15.01.2020 Event appointments 2021 and 2022
The IOF Council made several major event appointments at its latest meeting January 10-12 2020: Foot Orienteering 2022 European Orienteering Championships (EOC) – Hungary MTB Orienteering 2021 World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships (WMMTBOC) – Slovenia 2022 World MTB Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) – Sweden Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships(JWMTBOC) – Sweden European MTB Orienteering Championships (EMTBOC) […]

15.01.2020 Minutes of Council Meeting 197 published
The minutes from the IOF council meeting this past weekend (10-12 January 2020) have been published. Here is a short summary of the most important desicions/topics: *Philippines approved as a Provisional Member i.e. as IOF Member Federation number 76, and the change of the membership of Nepal from Provisional member to Member was approved. *Event […]

15.01.2020 News regarding Ski Orienteering World Cup in Latvia
The World Cup in Ski Orienteering, the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships and the European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships 2020 are scheduled to be held in Madona, Latvia 4-9 February 2020. Due to the current unsatisfactory snow situation in Madona and Latvia, the organising committee would like to inform participants that we are carefully following […]

13.01.2020 SkiO Masters from 28 nations
The international Ski Orienteering season kicks off this week with the World Masters SkiO Championships (WMSOC) near Innsbruck, Austria. For the first time the Championships are a part of the Winter World Masters Games (WWMG), with 3,500 athletes competing in 12 sports. 249 competitors from 28 different nations are entered for the three WMSOC races […]

11.01.2020 Sustainability on the IOF agenda
Sustainability was one of the key topics on the IOF Joint Meeting. IOF Stefano Bisoffi (ITA), Chairperson of the IOF Environment and Sustainability Commission, presented the work of the commission including the new IOF Sustanability Policy and the participation in the Sports for Climate Action. The new IOF Sustainability Policy was approved by the IOF […]

11.01.2020 WADA takes RUSADA case to CAS
The WADA decision on RUSADA is subject to appeal at CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). The appeals process can be expected to be resolved by CAS first in late March/early April 2020 and no sanctions will be imposed on Russia until the CAS decision has been published. The IOF Council has discussed the WADA […]

10.01.2020 IOF Joint Meeting in Frankfurt
This weekend the IOF Council, Commissions and Office meet in Frankfurt, Germany. The IOF Council and all the commissions have meetings during two days. On Saturday morning the annual Joint Meeting will be held. All IOF Commissions and their members: Foot Orienteering Commission MTB Orienteering Commission Ski Orienteering Commission Trail Orienteering Commission Environment and Sustainability […]

20.12.2019 Happy Holidays from the IOF Office
2019 draws to an end, and we can look back on another busy year for the IOF Office. We have traveled far and wide, representing orienteering in the wider sporting communities. We have supported our event organisers in their delivery of some really fantastic events. We have supported the IOF Council and Commissions in their […]

16.12.2019 Successful IOF MTBO Event Advisor Clinic in Australia
This was held in late October 2019 in Maryborough, Victoria following on from the very successful 4 event Australian Championship Carnival. This was the first IOF MTBO Event Advisor clinic held in the Southern Hemisphere.    Maryborough is situated in a historical gold mining area 170 kilometres north-west from Melbourne. This area is well remembered by […]

10.12.2019 WADA decision on RUSADA and potential consequences for the IOF (updated)
This article has been updated following IOF participation in a WADA conference call, on December 13th, giving additional details about the CRC recommendations and process for implementation. On December 9th, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) unanimously endorsed the recommendation made by the independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency […]

10.12.2019 WADA decision on RUSADA and potential consequences for the IOF
Yesterday, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) unanimously endorsed the recommendation made by the independent Compliance Review Committee (CRC) that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) be declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) for a period of four years. CRC recommendation in relation to RUSADA The 26-page CRC recommendation outlines both facts […]

09.12.2019 Georg Hechl, a well-known face in the orienteering scene
Orienteering is diverse: From ski to mountain bike to foot orienteering, it offers the right challenge for every athlete who is looking for the fastest route. Georg Hechl is one of them. As an enthusiastic hobby athlete, the Tyrolean will take part in the Winter World Masters Games 2020 and face a very special challenge. […]

05.12.2019 IOF FootO Event Adviser Clinic
Last weekend, the IOF FootO Commission and the IOF Rules Commission organised a FootO Event Adviser Clinic in Brno, Czech Republic. The organisation of the Clinic was done by Adam Chromý and Áron Less (both IOF FootO Commission), while the presentations were made by Áron Less and Száva Zsigmond (IOF Senior Event Adviser). The programme […]

03.12.2019 The IOF is looking for business partners – attractive reward at stake
Orienteering is growing! Besides the geographical expansion, we are growing in media and audience attention. We have over the past couple of years seen an increasing interest from TV and initiatives are taken by TV-broadcasters and international media groups to further expand broadcast services. “The increased attention creates new possibilities to support our partners in […]

02.12.2019 Put the light on orienteering – vote for Tove!
Last year it was extremely close that Tove Alexandersson won the Jerring Prize, the most prestigious sports award in Sweden. Only 3000 votes were missing. This winter it is time for Tove – help her win the award! Together we put some extra light on our sport! Do you think that Tove Alexandersson was the […]

29.11.2019 11th IOF High Level Event Seminar to take place in Glasgow
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF), in cooperation with the Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Company Limited, is pleased to publish the invitation of the 2020 IOF High Level Event Seminar to be held in downtown Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 15-16 February, 2020. The traditions of the High Level Event Seminar go back more than a decade. […]

29.11.2019 World Cup round 1 2020 promises interesting route choices
The event takes place in Neuchâtel in east Switzerland, in the French speaking part of the country. The weekend will start with a long distance race om 21st of May, which will open up the 2020 World Cup season. The following days will focus on sprints with a knock-out and an individual race, both taking […]

26.11.2019 A strong World Cup team
The World Cup is from 2020 managed and overseen by a consortium with two parties; IOF Verein Swiss Cup The agreement of the parties is valid up to 2024 and forms a stability for the coming years. The intentions are in the contract formulated clearly and broad;  “The Orienteering World Cup is to be the […]

25.11.2019 The Orienteering World Cup is stepping up!
The World Cup 2020 will be very exciting! The program includes 7 individual races and two relays. While the World Championship is sprint focused, the World Cup consists of a mix of disciplines. The program looks like follows; New Bulletins for all three rounds have been published on Eventor: World Cup Round 1 World Cup […]

19.11.2019 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 also a financial success
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 in Østfold, Norway was the first championships organised in accordance with the new championships model, with focus on forest and sprint formats in alternating years. According to a press release today from the organisers the event was not only a sporting success. Press release by Nokian Tyres World […]

08.11.2019 Khanty-Mansiysk preparing for ESOC and World Cup Final
European Ski Orienteering Championships (ESOC) and World Cup final 2020 will take place in famous Alexander Filipenko Winter Sports Center in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The center is known worldwide as a place of holding major sport competitions, particularly in biathlon. In 8-16 March 2020 it will be first time when Khanty-Mansiysk hosts a major Ski Orienteering […]

05.11.2019 IOF Council, Commissions and Office carbon neutral in 2019
The International Olympic Committee has recognised the IOF for its action plan to measure and reduce owned greenhouse gas emissions and for joining the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework. The IOF Environment and Sustainability Commission and the IOF Office have made a carbon emission evaluation and management plan for the activity of the […]

04.11.2019 World Conference on Doping in Sport
From 5-7 November, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will welcome more than 1,500 representatives from the clean sport community to Katowice, Poland, for its fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Agency’s formation. The Conference program will focus on finalizing and approving the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code […]

30.10.2019 Fair play and major events in new orienteering countries (updated)
After the Military World Games and the World Cup Final in China some questions need to be raised: IOF Secretary General Tom Hollowell about fair play, major events in new orienteering countries and the IOF work beyond medals and results. What is your view on fair play in regards to the Military World Games and […]

30.10.2019 Fair play and major events in new orienteering countries
After the Military World Games and the World Cup Final in China some questions need to be raised: IOF Secretary General Tom Hollowell about fair play, major events in new orienteering countries and the IOF work beyond medals and results. What is your view on fair play in regards to the Military World Games and […]

29.10.2019 First World Cup win for China
Shuangyan Hao achieved the first-ever World Cup victory for China today, with World Cup winner Tove Alexandersson, victorious in all the other World Cup races this season, finishing eighth after a big mistake early on. Jannick Michiels, Belgium won his second World Cup Sprint this season by just 2 seconds. Simona Aebersold, Switzerland was the […]

27.10.2019 World Cup Sprint Relay win for Switzerland
An exciting Sprint Relay in very varied terrain ended with a clear win for Switzerland, with Sweden and Norway second and third respectively. The decisive point in the race was in the middle of the final leg. Sweden 1 led throughout the race until the tricky middle part of the final leg with many walls, […]

26.10.2019 UPDATED (28/10): World Cup in China: favourites win Middle Distance
Swedish athletes Tove Alexandersson and Gustav Berman won today’s Middle Distance races, the first-ever World Cup event to be staged in China and the last forest races in this year’s World Cup. This win confirms Gustav Bergman as overall winner of this year’s World Cup. Alexandersson started strongly and was the fastest by 24 seconds […]

26.10.2019 UPDATED: World Cup in China: favourites win Middle Distance
Swedish athletes Tove Alexandersson and Gustav Berman won today’s Middle Distance races, the first-ever World Cup event to be staged in China and the last forest races in this year’s World Cup. This win confirms Gustav Bergman as overall winner of this year’s World Cup. Alexandersson started strongly and was the fastest by 24 seconds […]

26.10.2019 World Cup in China: favourites win Middle Distance
Swedish athletes Tove Alexandersson and Gustav Berman won today’s Middle Distance races, the first-ever World Cup event to be staged in China and the last forest races in this year’s World Cup. This win confirms Gustav Bergman as overall winner of this year’s World Cup. Alexandersson started strongly and was the fastest by 24 seconds […]

25.10.2019 Amazing World Cup Final Opening Ceremony
The World Cup Final in China kicked off with an amazing Opening Ceremony. In the ceremony we saw spectacular performances, an impressive light show and speeches by IOF President Leho Haldna and the mayor of Foshan City Zhu Wei. The Opening was broadcasted live and you can watch it on orienteering.sport/live Some photos from the […]

25.10.2019 Exciting battles in the overall World Cup coming up
This weekend the orienteering World Cup Final will be held in China. Tove Alexandersson has already won the overall World Cup on the women’s side. She has won all seven individual World Cup races so far this season, and she will compete in China for the ultimate “clean sheet” of winning all World Cup races. […]

25.10.2019 IOF Council statement about CISM Military World Games 2019
The IOF Council is meeting 25 – 26 October in Foshan, China, in connection with the Orienteering World Cup Final. At its meeting today one of the agenda items was the recent Middle Distance competition at the Military World Games (MWG 2019) in Wuhan, China October 20th.  The Council was informed about the activities leading […]

23.10.2019 Final winners awarded at Military World Games
The Military World Games finished today October 23rd with Relay competitions rounding out the program. In a closely fought men’s relay Switzerland ended up with the gold medal with the team of Andreas Kyburz, Florian Howald and Matthias Kyburz. Russia with Dmitrii Nakonechnyi, Andrei Khramov and Dmitrii Tcvetkov took the silver medal and France with […]

23.10.2019 Big interest in ground-breaking World Cup Final
As many as 36 nations will be represented by more than 220 competitors in the World Cup Final, the first World Cup events ever to be held in China. There are three competitions: Middle Distance, Sprint Relay and Sprint. The biggest interest performance-wise will be in the men’s World Cup where Gustav Bergman, Sweden leads. […]

22.10.2019 Cancellation of Asian Trail Orienteering Championships 2019
In view of recent social and political situation and the resulting uncertainties, Orienteering Association of Hong Kong has reluctantly made the decision that the Asian Trail Orienteering Championships 2019, originally scheduled from 29 November to 3 December 2019 in Hong Kong, will be cancelled. As the situation in Hong Kong has not improved and the […]

21.10.2019 Swiss and Russian dominance at a dramatic CISM Military World Games (updated)
Note: this article has been updated as the initial article did not correctly reflect the results of the Middle Distance competition. The results are not yet official i.e. until published as official on the Military World Games 2019 web page. The CISM Military World Games orienteering events kicked off with the middle distance competitions Sunday […]

16.10.2019 Follow Orienteering World Cup Final live
All three World Cup races at the final in China will be broadcast live. In addition the Opening Ceremony with a studio with guests will be broadcast live on Friday the 25th of October. IOF orienteering.sport/live TV Shows There will be full TV Broadcasts from all competitions with English commentary on. These shows are available […]

11.10.2019 IOF High Level Event Seminar 2020 Announcement
The International Orienteering Federation, in cooperation with the Scottish Orienteering 6-Day Event Company Ltd., is pleased to announce that the 2020 IOF High Level Event Seminar will be held on 15-16 February in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. This seminar, organised annually since the start in 2009, has become an important event, each year attracting 50-80 participants […]

08.10.2019 IOF SkiO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Seefeld, AUT
The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission  invites everyone interested to an Event Advisers’ Clinic to Seefeld Austria. The Clinic will take place on the 16 & 18 January 2020 the Restdays of the WMSOC/WMMG Deadline for entries is the 3rd of January 2020. More information and Registration https://orienteering.sport/skio/internal/event-advising/skio-event-adviser-clinics-and-seminars/

08.10.2019 China, last stop of the 2019 Orienteering World Cup: 5 things you may not know
After the third round of the Orienteering World Cup in Switzerland, it is time to focus on the Final Round, which is always an exciting event as the winners of the season are finally decided and goals for next year start to appear. However, this time there’s another thrilling point: the World Cup is visiting […]

07.10.2019 Benham Kvåle and Foliforov win overall MTB Orienteering World Cup
Emily Benham Kvåle won both the Long Distance and the Sprint at the MTB Orienteering World Cup final in Germany. With victories in six of eight World Cup races this season she wins the overall World Cup ahead of Veronika Kubinova, Czech Republic. Nadia Larsson, Sweden, was third. Anton Foliforov, Russia, won the overall World […]

04.10.2019 MTB Orienteering World Cup Final kicks off with Long Distance
The MTB Orienteering World Cup Final will be held in Germany this weekend. Program 4/10 Long Distance 5/10 Relay 6/10 Sprint All you need to know about the races and how to follow them live can be found on the event’s webpage: 2019.mtbo-deutschland.de MTB Orienteering World Cup Total Standings

03.10.2019 Together we can reach 500 000 World Orienteering Day participants
World Orienteering Day has been successful from the start and together we can reach the goal of 500 000 participants in 90 countries and territories in 2020. During 13-19 May 2020, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. To reach the goal all orienteers all over the world need to […]

02.10.2019 Only 100 Days to go until Innsbruck 2020
In exactly 100 Days the third Winter World Master Games will start in Innsbruck. A few days later on the 15th January the first Ski Orienteering Event will kick off in Seefeld. As a special offer it is now also possible to take part in an additional sport. Just register first for Ski Orienteering via […]

29.09.2019 Tove Alexandersson unbeatable in World Cup
With yet another victory, this time by 16 seconds, Tove Alexandersson is confirmed as winner of the 2019 World Cup. Belgium’s Yannick Michiels won the men’s race today. Home athlete Elena Roos came closest to Alexandersson’s time in the Sprint held in Laufen, and another Swiss, Simona Aebersold was third, a further 27 seconds down. […]

28.09.2019 Alexandersson and Kral win Knock-Out Sprint
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Vojtech Kral, Czech Republic are the winners of today’s World Cup Knock-Out Sprint in Laufen, Switzerland. Both also won their Quarter-Final and Semi-Final races. Alexandersson remains unbeaten in the World Cup so far this year, and won the final with a margin of 9 seconds over Tereza Janosikova, Czech Republic. Janosikova […]

27.09.2019 First World Cup victory ever for Hadorn and fifth this year for Alexandersson
Swiss orienteer Joey Hadorn won his first World Cup race today in the Middle Distance race in Laufen in his home country. In the women’s class, the outstanding Tove Alexandersson has now won all five individual World Cup races this season. In the men’s class Joey Hadorn was nine seconds faster than his team-mate Daniel […]

25.09.2019 A good option to take the train to the Orienteering World Cup
The Orienteering World Cup will be held in Laufen, Switzerland this weekend. The location in central Europe makes the train a good travel option from other European countries. Some Swedish athletes, including the overall World Cup leader Gustav Bergman, have chosen this option. Gustav Bergman, Lilian Forsgren and Sara Hagström from the Swedish national team […]

23.09.2019 Exciting World Cup races in Switzerland coming up
Can Tove Alexandersson, Sweden maintain her unbeaten record in this year’s World Cup? The biggest challenge comes from an unexpected quarter – Maja Alm, Denmark is added to the entry list as her season in athletics comes to an end! Alm, World Champion in Sprint for four years in succession (2015-2018) and with 5 Sprint wins […]

20.09.2019 The man in the middle – Jaroslav Kacmarcik
The orienteering world turns its attention next month to the first ever Orienteering World Cup event to be held in China. Certainly a big step for Chinese orienteering and for orienteering globally. And for Jaroslav Kacmarcik, the culmination of over 20 years working with the development of orienteering in China. Anyone who has travelled to […]

19.09.2019 90 seconds start interval at World Cup Sprint
At World Cup Round 3 in Switzerland the start interval in the Sprint will be 90 seconds. The organiser has applied for a rules deviation to enable the use of a 90 seconds start interval for all athletes in the A-Finals. The reason behind this request is that TV production for a sprint competition using […]

17.09.2019 Financial support for development projects of sub-regional groups
The IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission (RYDC) will select a number of development projects to receive financial support for 2020. Selected projects by sub-regional groups must contribute to the achievement of the IOF Goals 2020: Regional Development ✓ The number of IOF Member Federations has increased to 80. ✓ Regional and sub-regional structures are […]

12.09.2019 Follow Orienteering World Cup Round 3 live
IOF and the EKG-OL-Weltcup welcome you to follow the Orienteering World Cup round 3 with Middle Distance, Knock-Out Sprint and Sprint. All 3 competitions will be covered with full TV broadcast on Web-TV. Web-TV Broadcasts All written broadcast times are local Switzerland time, UTC+2 Friday 27th of September – Middle 12:23 -16:00 Saturday 28th of […]

05.09.2019 Anti-Doping: Nordic Seminar on Biological Passports
Last week, the Nordic Athlete Passport Management Unit (NAPMU) hosted a seminar on the topic of Athlete Biological Passports in Oslo, Norway. As a client of NAPMU, the IOF was invited to attend. Topics included sessions on both the hematological and steroidal modules, as well as practical advice on test planning, risk assessment, intelligence and […]

02.09.2019 IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Brno, CZE
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and Rules Commission invites everyone interested to an Event Advisers’ Clinic in Brno, the Czech Republic, on 30th November and 1st December. The Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter […]

02.09.2019 An orienteering pioneer has passed away
The Norwegian orienteer Kjell Staxrud, the founder of the pictorial control description, has passed away aged 94. It was at the 8th IOF congress in 1975 that he took over the chairmanship of the IOF Technical Committee. In 1976 he presented the first draft of pictorial control descriptions with their distinctive symbols. In the period […]

29.08.2019 Orienteering World Cup in China offers open competitions
The Orienteering World Cup final round of 2019 will be held in Foshan, China from October 25 to 29. This is the first time a World Cup event will be held in China and the organisers in Guangdong Province are in the stage of final preparations. There have been a number of enquiries to the […]

28.08.2019 IOF International Training Camps for Youths
The IOF has put in place the opportunity for organisers of international orienteering training camps aimed at youths, to apply for IOF recognition for their camps. The idea of this effort is to help organisers to promote their training camps and hopefully help them develop their social, technical and financial capabilities. Organisers who want to […]

27.08.2019 Costa Rica joins the IOF
The Costa Rican Federation of Orienteering Sports (FECODEO) was approved as a provisional member of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) at the recent IOF Council Meeting held in Norway in connection with the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships. This brings the number of members of the IOF to 75. Orienteering is growing in Costa Rica. […]

26.08.2019 Nation quotas for WOC 2021
Six nations – Austria, Canada, Finland, Germany, Great Britain and USA – can enter one more athlete for the Long distance race in WOC 2021 (Czech Republic) than they could this year. Italy can enter one more man but one woman fewer. This is the outcome of the promotion and relegation process that follows each […]

23.08.2019 Record TV audience watched the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships
The live tv broadcast from the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships reached a record number of live television followers in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Estonia; 1,5 million people watched the final Relay via the tv broadcasters channels. The successful championships held in Norway last week was not only a success at the arena. The […]

22.08.2019 Orienteering World Cup 2020 and beyond – UPDATED
The World Cup consortium partners, the IOF and Verein Swiss Cup, have set the World Cup program for 2020. Orienteering World Cup program 2020 UPDATE: THE DATE OF THE FINAL ROUND IN ITALY HAS CHANGED. The 2020 Orienteering World Cup will consist of 3 rounds: Round Dates Location Competitions 1 20 – 24 May 2020 […]

20.08.2019 Alexandersson and Bergman head World Cup standings
After four of this year’s nine World Cup races, the overall standings are headed by Swedish athletes Tove Alexandersson and Gustav Bergman. Alexandersson has maximum points, having won all four races – the World Championships Middle and Long distance races, and two World Cup races in Finland. Marika Teini, Finland and Natalia Gemperle, Russia are […]

17.08.2019 Men’s Relay: second win of the day for Sweden
Gustav Bergman went out in third place on the last leg for Sweden, but with a confident run he overhauled both Finland and Norway to bring Sweden to gold by 1.34. Finland held on for the silver medals, and France pulled up a place to take the bronze. Heavy rain had made its mark – […]

17.08.2019 Women’s Relay win for Sweden – but it was close!
Sweden took the Women’s Relay title today at the end of an exciting battle with Switzerland on a very wet day in Mørk, Norway; Karolin Ohlsson out-sprinted Julia Jakob on the run-in, so reversing last year’s result. Russia took bronze, finishing just ahead of Norway – the same as in 2018. Sweden got a good […]

16.08.2019 Men’s Middle Final: two medals for Norway, double gold for Lundanes
Olav Lundanes won his second gold medal of the Championships today with a hard-fought victory by 11 seconds over Sweden’s Gustav Bergman. Norwegian Magne Dæhli made it an excellent day for the home nation in taking the bronze, his first WOC individual medal. Emil Svensk, Sweden occupied the leader settee for some considerable time after […]

16.08.2019 Women’s Middle Final: dramatic win for Alexandersson
A fascinating women’s Middle distance race built up to an intensely exciting climax, as Tove Alexandersson chased down Simona Aebersold’s time on the long run-in from the edge of the forest – and won gold by just 5 seconds. At the spectator passage Aebersold was 10 seconds the faster, but the decisive leg was the […]

16.08.2019 Championships announcements:
The IOF Council has awarded the following championships at its meeting in Sarpsborg: 2021 Oceania Orienteering Championships 2021 – New Zeeland European MTB Orienteering Championships 2021 – Russia European Junior and Youth MTB Orienteering Championships 2021 – Russia World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 – Estonia Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 – Estonia European Youth […]

16.08.2019 World Orienteering Championships 2023 awarded to Switzerland and WOC 2025 to Finland
The Council of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), at its meeting in Sarpsborg Norway in connection with the World Orienteering Championships 2019, has awarded the World Orienteering Championships 2023 to Switzerland. The Championships in 2023 will be centered in the resort Flims Laax Falera in the Graubünden region. The event will consist of forest orienteering […]

14.08.2019 Master-class gold show by Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden emulated the feat of Olav Lundanes today in winning a fourth WOC Long Distance gold in a row, with a huge win by 6 minutes and 16 seconds. This was a run that no challenger could begin to match; a small error at the first control was the catalyst for full concentration […]

14.08.2019 Sixth WOC Long Distance gold for Lundanes
Olav Lundanes, Norway is proving to be one of the greatest Long distance competitors of all time, taking his sixth gold in this format and the fourth in succession, a convincing win by 1.39. His compatriot Kasper Fosser, still a junior, took the silver medal and Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland the bronze. The first gold for […]

13.08.2019 WOC Middle Distance Qualification
The best fifteen from each of three heats qualified for the Final, where the fastest today start last. Heat winners today were Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg NOR, Kamilla Olaussen NOR, Cecilie Friberg Klysner DEN, Olav Lundanes NOR, Lucas Basset FRA and Matthias Kyburz SUI. Six nations had all their athletes qualify: Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, […]

13.08.2019 WOC Middle Distance: 25 nations in Final
Athletes from 25 nations have qualified for the Middle Distance Final on Friday – 22 nations in the women’s race and 22 also in the men’s. Six nations had all their athletes qualify: Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. Home nation Norway could balance the loss of one athlete in qualification with having […]

12.08.2019 IOF Presidents Conference part of WOC week
The World Orienteering Championships is an important meeting place for IOF member federations and commissions and this weeks WOC in Norway is no exception. The IOF Council will conduct its regular summer meeting. During the week the Foot Orienteering Commission and Ski Orienteering Commissions will be meeting to discuss discipline related issues, the Regional and […]

11.08.2019 World Orienteering Championships moves into new era
The days of the ‘all-in’ World Championships (WOC) are over, and the first in the new ‘forest WOC’ format starts on Tuesday in Norway. Athletes from 48 nations will take part in Middle, Long and Relay races. The world’s top athletes have been making their final preparations for WOC in many different ways. For Swedish […]

10.08.2019 MTBO Event Adviser and Organiser Clinic in Australia 27-28 October
The IOF and Orienteering Australia invite Member Federations to identify and enter suitable candidates for this Clinic to be held in connection with the Autralian MTBO Championships. The Clinic is  organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed MTB Orienteering Event Advisers and the education of MTBO organisers. See the Invitation and Entry […]

09.08.2019 Follow WOC 2019 live!
Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships will break new records for live TV coverage, programmed for prime-time transmission in the home country. IOF’s LIVE Orienteering web-TV will feature top-quality pictures, GPS and commentary throughout all the races. You can purchase your ticket now!. TV and LIVE Orienteering Coverage Live Broadcasters (TV networks) with rights: YLE Finland, […]

08.08.2019 Venla Harju: “My aim all the time has been to come back!”
The four times WOC medallist returns to competition after a year recovering from her pregnancy, with the aim of winning another medal. After she won two bronze medals in the 2017 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Estonia, Venla Harju took a break from elite orienteering when she became pregnant. This Finnish orienteer won her […]

06.08.2019 Ruslan Glebov: ready for WOC 2019 after best-ever results last season
The Ukrainian athlete prepares himself for the Norwegian terrain after winning his first medal in Latvia in 2018. The experienced Ukrainian orienteer Ruslan Glebov achieved his best results ever at Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships, WOC, 2018 in Latvia. It was an impressive performance last year, making it to the silver medal in the Long […]

05.08.2019 Orienteering World Cup 2020 and beyond
The World Cup consortium partners, the IOF and Verein Swiss Cup, have set the World Cup program for 2020. Orienteering World Cup program 2020 The 2020 Orienteering World Cup will consist of 3 rounds: Round Dates Location Competitions 1 20 – 24 May 2020 Neuchatel, Switzerland Long Distance, Sprint and Knock-out Sprint 2 19 – […]

03.08.2019 WMTBOC2019 Relay: double victory for Russia
  The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2019 ended with a double victory for Russia in Relay. In the men’s class, the Russian team took the lead right out the start and stayed in front of the race till the very end. Anton Foliforov started strongly, and together with Finn Jussi Laurila opened up more […]

02.08.2019 WMTBOC2019 Mass-Start: fourth gold for Benham Kvåle, Czechs dominated men’s race
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships resumed with Mass-Start race on Friday in Denmark. Mass-Start was penultimate and the last individual race of the championships. In the men’s class, the Czech riders dominated the race and won all three medals. Jiri Hradil won his first individual WMTBOC gold in a tight finish sprint, finished only […]

01.08.2019 Successful first EUOC
The very first European Universities Orienteering Championship (EUOC) was held from July 23rd to July 27th in the Czech Republic. An organising team led by Jaroslav Smička and Dušan Vystavěl organized the three competitions and additional  trainings in Olomouc and its surroundings. The first competition took place on Thursday July 25th in the scenic village […]

01.08.2019 WMTBOC2019 Long: gold for Benham Kvåle and Gritsan
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships continued with Long distance race on Wednesday in Denmark. The race was held in a beautiful Stråsø forest in the western part of Midtjylland region. British Emily Benham Kvåle continued her amazing performance and won her third gold medal, while Czech Veronika Kubinova won her third bronze medal of […]

31.07.2019 Benham Kvåle and Ludvik – World Champions in Middle distance
After the rest day the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships resumed with a Middle distance. The race was held in the premises of Ebeltoft town, in a very difficult terrain with many wide and single MTB tracks. In the women’s class, British Emily Benham Kvåle had another perfect day on the course and won her […]

29.07.2019 WMTBOC2019 Sprint: gold for Benham Kvåle and Grigoriev
  The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships kicked-off with a Sprint race on Sunday in Viborg, Denmark. Viborg town center with many narrow streets, passages and fences made this race exceptionally tricky and challenging for the riders. The fist race of this WMTBOC2019 turned into a big success for Great Britain and Russia. Both nations […]

27.07.2019 World MTBO Championships – for the first time in Denmark
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships will start with a Sprint race this Sunday in Viborg, Denmark. The WMTBOC will be held for a 17th time, however Denmark has never hosted this event before. 10 years ago, in 2009 Denmark was the hosting country for the European MTBO championships. More than 140 riders – 89 […]

23.07.2019 Invitation to an open IT Meeting at WOC 2019
Come and discuss the topics YOU are interested in at an Open IT Meeting at WOC 2019.  IT Commission will first give information of what we are working on. After that we will have an open discussion where YOU decide the topics. E.g. ·        IT Quality assurance of an IOF Event ·        Time keeping ·        Electronic punching ·        The […]

22.07.2019 1st European University Orienteering Championships to be held in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Tuesday 23rd July will see athletes arrive to Olomouc CZE from  across Europe for the very first European University Orienteering Championships. University Orienteers from 49 Institutions in 19 countries will compete in 3 competitions – Sprint, Middle Distance & Sprint Relay. France, Czech Republic and Switzerland have the most athletes, each with 17 runners from […]

15.07.2019 Mapping Clinic in China
Orienteering in China is growing, and with it the need for high quality maps. From July 8th to 13th, 2019, a Mapping clinic was held in Longjiashan National Forest Park in Longli County, Guizhou Province, China. The  mapping clinic was hosted by the International Orienteering Federation together with China Radio and Orienteering Sports Association and […]

12.07.2019 WMOC concludes in Latvia with Long distance
This year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships concluded today with the Long Distance, more than 3,300 athletes enjoying a fine day in complex forest by the Latvian coast. With a wonderfully scenic route to the start, it was a beautiful day in the Latvian terrain. Seven women and six men became both Middle and Long distance […]

12.07.2019 JWOC Relay titles to Norway’s men and Great Britain’s women
Norway’s Kasper Fosser won his third gold medal of the championships, bringing the Norwegian team in to the finish with a 2.09 lead over Sweden 2. The women’s race was a close fight between Great Britain and Russia, with Grace Molloy holding her nerve to take the win by 18 seconds. At the end of […]

11.07.2019 JWOC Middle final: second gold for Kasper Fosser
The Norwegian Kasper Fosser again showed his class with a win by 1.09 in today’s Middle Final. Isa Envall, Sweden won the women’s race by a convincing margin. Isa Envall set the marker point for the women’s race from a position half-way through the start list, and towards the end in particular there were several […]

10.07.2019 Big names from the past, now Masters Champions
Galina Vinogradova RUS, Yvonne Gunell FIN, Alida Abola LAT, Svajunas Ambrazas LTU, Håkan Eriksson SWE – all once well-known elite athletes at the top of the tree, now winning their classes at the World Masters. This year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships are being held in Latvia, and many athletes who have run in World Championships […]

10.07.2019 JWOC Middle distance: 24 nations in A-finals
There will be athletes from 24 nations in the A-finals tomorrow, following today’s qualification races in Denmark. Heat winners include Kasper Fosser, Norway and Aston Key, Australia, champions in Long and Sprint respectively. Kasper Fosser, Norway running in the Long distance race     Photo: Malin Fuhr The six heats, from which the top twenty in […]

10.07.2019 New Event Applications open
Event Applications List is updated with new Application Forms and Guidance Forms. For FootO  forms for AsOC 2022, NAOC 2022, SAOC 2022, EYOC 2022, EOC 2023 (Sprint) and WOC 2024 (Sprint) is available. For MTBO forms for EMTBOC + WCup 1 2022, WCup 3 2022, WMMTBOC 2022. JWMTBOC 2023 and WMTBOC 2023 is available. For […]

09.07.2019 Joint gold medal in JWOC Long distance women’s race
It is gold medals for both Ida Haapala, Finland and Veronika Kalinina, Russia in the Long distance race, following a jury meeting yesterday and the absence of any further protest by the deadline. The back-up timing system recorded the same time, 53:46, for both athletes. Grace Molloy, Great Britain takes the bronze medal, her second […]

08.07.2019 JWOC men’s Long distance: defending champion wins again
Defending champion Kasper Fosser, Norway retained his title in the JWOC Long race in Denmark today in emphatic fashion. Despite a mistake one-third of the way through the course, he won by more than three minutes. The race was dominated by a near master-class performance from Fosser, whose closest challengers in the end proved to […]

07.07.2019 Junior Sprint gold medals to Australia and Switzerland
Today’s Sprint was a success story for Aston Key, Australia and the Swiss athlete Eline Gemperle, in two very fast and tight races in Aarhus, Denmark. Gemperle’s winning margin was 3 seconds, whilst Key ended with a convincing lead of 13 seconds. The race was held in a complex area of flats and houses, with […]

06.07.2019 Romania is the rocket of WOD 2019
With 17 779 participants at 59 locations, Romania increased their participation with more than 1400% compared to last year. With an average of 291 participants per WOD event, and with 1437 at the biggest event, Romania is showing how effective World Orienteering Day is to promote orienteering into the target group, youngsters between 10-16 years […]

04.07.2019 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Riga welcomes 3 700 Masters
Latvia is host for this year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships, which start with the Sprint races in Riga on Saturday and Sunday. 3 700 orienteers have entered in categories M/W35 up to M/W 90 from countries all over the world. Finland has the biggest entry, with more than 700 competitors, followed by Sweden and Norway. […]

03.07.2019 Map meeting with WOC 2019 map maker Kristen Treekrem
The Norwegian Orienteering Federation invites everyone interested in orienteering maps to a Map meeting during World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, Norway. Tuesday 13th August there will be a forest session at «Knatterudfjellet» after the middle distance qualification and the spectator race. The WOC 2019 mapper, Kristen Treekrem, will be present. Thursday 15th August, after the […]

03.07.2019 Ski Orienteering in the Winter Universiade 2021
Ski Orienteering will be included in the Winter Universiade 2021 competition programme as the 10th discipline. This was decided yesterday by the International University Sports Federation. The competitions will be held in the Biathlon Arena Lenzerheide. Ski orienteering will complete the competition programme of the 30th Winter Universiade in Switzerland from 21 to 31 January […]

01.07.2019 41 nations at Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark
The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) bring more than 160 women and 180 men from 41 nations in classes M20 and W20 to Silkeborg and Aarhus, two places in Jutland (western Denmark) that were venues for the World Championships in 2006. JWOC runs from Saturday 6 July until the following Friday. Many of the athletes […]

01.07.2019 41 nations at Junior World Championships in Denmark
The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) bring more than 160 women and 180 men from 41 nations in classes M20 and W20 to Silkeborg and Aarhus, two places in Jutland (western Denmark) that were venues for the World Championships in 2006. JWOC runs from Saturday 6 July until the following Friday. Many of the athletes […]

01.07.2019 European Youth Orienteering Championships conclude in Belarus
The European Youth Orienteering Championships took place in Belarus over the weekend. Young orienteers from 32 countries arrived in the city of Grodno, Belarus, with a Long Distance, Relay, and a Sprint to look forward to. Throughout the weekend, the organisers put on a high quality event from ceremonies and transports to courses and terrain. […]

29.06.2019 World TrailO Championships Relay: wins for Czech Republic and Finland
Finland’s Pinja Mäkinen won her second gold medal in two days as a member of the victorious team in the Open class in the Relay competition held in challenging terrain in Portugal. Sami Hyvonen and Antti Rusanen combined with Pinja Mäkinen to produce an overwhelming victory with Spain taking the silver medal and Great Britain […]

29.06.2019 TempO triumph for Sweden’s Marit Wiksell
The TempO competition today was won convincingly by the 28-year-old Swedish trail orienteer Marit Wiksell, who ended with a lead of 53 seconds over the silver medallist, Portuguese Ines Domingues. The bronze medal went to the very consistent Finn Antti Rusanen. Both Finland and the Czech Republic had two competitors in the top six. Today […]

28.06.2019 World TrailO Championships: first golds to Finland and Sweden
Gold medals at the end of the 2-day PreO event in Portugal went to Pinja Mäkinen, Finland in the Open class and Ola Jansson, Sweden in the Para. Mäkinen won with a 1-point advantage, whereas Jansson finished with a 2-point lead. There were big changes in the leading positions in both classes compared to Day […]

27.06.2019 European Youth Orienteering Championships in Belarus coming up
European Youth Orienteering Championships in Belarus starts today with Model event. The first medal race is Long Distance on the 28th and then a Relay the 29th followed by a Sprint the 30th. It is the first IOF Major Event ever held in Belarus. Event centre is Grodno in western Belarus. There will be a […]

25.06.2019 World TrailO Championships: Czech and Finnish leaders after PreO Day 1
Pavel Dudik, Czech Republic and Pinja Mäkinen, Finland are the leaders of the Para and Open classes respectively after Day1 of the PreO competition. Mäkinen was the only competitor to achieve a full score of 28 points. Competition was tight on a very warm day with a long and tricky course in Portugal, and following […]

24.06.2019 Marit Wiksell stars in TrailO curtain-raiser
A win and a second place in the two weekend competitions in Penamacor, Portugal was a perfect lead-in to the World TrailO Championships for 28-year-old Marit Wiksell, Sweden. Defending TempO World Champion Petteri Halkala, Finland also impressed with two third places. The weekend’s competitions are part of this year’s European Cup in TrailO, and overall […]

20.06.2019 World Orienteering Day 2019 final result
The registration has closed and the final figures for this year’s World Orienteering Day are in. Orienteers in as many as 85 different regions and countries have organised 2202 events for athletes, enthusiasts, friends and beginners. In total, 398 268 people participated in this year’s World Orienteering Day, an increase of almost 50 000 from […]

19.06.2019 Achieving a dream with WOC Clinic
Roberto García, an Argentinian orienteer who participated in the World Orienteering Championships thanks to WOC Clinic, tells us about his experience in Latvia Roberto García discovered orienteering in 2006, aged 23, in his natal Argentina, while he was working as a tourist guide with a group of European orienteers: World Wide Orienteering Promotion. For 20 […]

18.06.2019 25 nations at World Trail Orienteering Championships
The peak of the 2019 Trail Orienteering season is reached this weekend when the World Championships (WTOC) begin in Idanha-a-Nova in eastern central Portugal. The Open class has 89 competitors and the para class 43. The Championships start with the Opening Ceremony on Sunday, and on Saturday and Sunday a pre-WTOC event, part of this […]

14.06.2019 European MTBO Championships: medals to 8 nations
Interesting statistics from the recent championships in Poland: eight different nations won medals in the two individual events (Sprint and Mass Start Long Distance), and as many as eleven nations can look back in the satisfaction of achieving a top-six placing in at least one of the races! Very high standards are being reached in […]

11.06.2019 World Cup Sprint Relay: master class from Sweden
Sweden’s team of four produced a flawless perfomance today to win the Sprint Relay in Helsinki centre by a clear margin over Switzerland, with the Czech Republic taking third place. Tove Alexandersson for the favourites Sweden showed her superior speed and strength straight from the start, setting up a several-second lead in no time and […]

10.06.2019 Golds for Denmark and Russia in MTBO Mass-Start race
After more than an hour of hard riding, Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Anton Foliforov, Russia were the gold medallists in today’s Mass-Start race in Poland. Søgaard rode clear to win by 2.22, whilst Foliforov’s winning margin was tighter – 23 seconds. Søgaard is a very consistent and versatile rider, and she solidly improved on her […]

09.06.2019 European MTBO Championships: Czech and Estonian golds in Sprint
Czech rider Veronica Kubinova won by a large margin in the women’s Sprint in Poland today, but for Lauri Malsroos, Estonia, victory came by just 3 seconds. Kubinova was fastest throughout in the women’s race and won by 1.17 over Camilla Søgaard, Denmark, who finished strongly to pick up a place in the later stages. […]

09.06.2019 World Cup chasing start: Swedish pair hold on to win
Tove Alexandersson and Gustav Bergman retained their good leads from yesterday’s race without coming under the pressure of being sighted by others today, and finished 1.30 and 1.58 respectively in front of the rest of the field. Joy from Tove Alexandersson on the finish line The race was a shortened Long distance with a very […]

08.06.2019 European MTB battle of the nations: Czech Republic takes first win
There was much fast and furious cycling on the first day of the European MTBO Championships, being held in Strzelin, Poland. The Mixed Relay ended with victory for the Czech Republic over their close rivals Russia, with Finland third. The first leg, the women’s, was won by Denmark’s Camilla Søgaard. She came to the change-over […]

08.06.2019 Sweden double in World Cup Middle distance
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden began her new World Cup season in emphatic style with a win by more than 1½ minutes in the Middle race in Finland today. Her compatriot Gustav Bergman was a clear winner in the men’s race. Alexandersson lost 10-15 seconds around control 9 of the 17-control course, but otherwise ran the course […]

07.06.2019 Exciting Orienteering World Cup season ahead
Defending champions Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland, are finalising their preparations for repeating the feat of winning the Orienteering World Cup – the first round of the 2019 competition starts Saturday the 8th of June. This year’s Orienteering World Cup features four rounds and comprises nine individual races and three team races. Finland […]

07.06.2019 Orienteering in Nepal kicks off with a successful WOD Event
The successful World Orienteering Day (WOD) event held on 15th of May 2019 at the Royal Nepal Golf Club, Tilganga, Kathmandu not only symbolises the official take-off for Nepalese orienteering but is also a demonstration of what passion for the sport can achieve. Just a few months ago, the Nepalese Orienteering Federation asked the IOF […]

07.06.2019 Live Web-TV from World Cup Round 1
This year’s World Cup kicks off in Finland with three races: a Middle Distance, a Long Distance Pursuit (chase start) and a Sprint Relay. All 3 competitions will be covered with full TV broadcast on Web-TV. At the event’s page at orienteering.sport you will find: Live Web-TV GPS tracking Live results Official results Social media […]

06.06.2019 Poland hosts European MTBO Championships this coming weekend
Riders from 19 nations are heading for Poland this week to compete in the European MTB Orienteering Championships, which consist of two individual races and a Mixed Relay. The three races also contribute to the three-round 2019 MTBO World Cup. The races are being held in and around the town of Strzelin in southern Poland, […]

05.06.2019 World Orienteering Day: New record!
At the moment almost 375 000 participants have been registered for World Orienteering Day 2019. This means a new record and more WOD participants than ever before. 2065 different WOD locations are registered and you can find them all on the WOD map on worldorienteeringday.com. Many events have shared photos and maps and they are […]

04.06.2019 JWOC 2019, an important milestone for Ethics work
In just over one month, the 2019 Junior World Orienteering Championships will take place in Denmark. Since 1990, JWOC is one of the highlights of the annual IOF event calendar, as many developing athletes get their first experiences of international competition. But equally important in the objectives for the event is creating a strong social […]

03.06.2019 Bulletin 2 for the World Cup final in China
The Bulletin 2 has been released, please follow link to IOF Eventor: Event Bulletin 2

03.06.2019 First World Cup round in Finland
This year’s Orienteering World Cup kicks off in Finland with three competitions: a Middle Distance, a Long Distance pursuit (chase start) and a Sprint Relay. Most of the world’s top stars will be there, gauging their form as they move forward towards the pinnacle of the season, the World Championships in Norway in mid-August. For […]

03.06.2019 First World Cup round in Finland – less than one week away!
This year’s World Cup kicks off in Finland with three races: a Middle Distance, a Long Distance Pursuit (chase start) and a Sprint Relay. Most of the world’s top stars will be there, gauging their form as they move forward towards the pinnacle of the season, the World Championships in Norway in mid-August. For the […]

27.05.2019 Countdown to Winter World Master Games 2020 in Innsbruck.
The countdown to the Winter World Masters Games 2020 is on. In less than 240 days the World’s Greatest Winter Sports Festival for 30+ Year Olds will open in Innsbruck, Austria. With the clock ticking down to the start of the event, the Mayor of Innsbruck Georg Willi joined WWMG 2020 ambassadors Niki Hosp, Manni […]

24.05.2019 IOF Governance: Best-in-Class and areas of improvement identified
As a service to its members, the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) has carried out an external independent review of a number of parameters related to the good governance of sports organisations. The study was performed by the company I Trust Sport Ltd and was focused around the governance of the 54 members […]

23.05.2019 IOF Financial Report for 2018 is published
The Annual Report regarding the IOFs finances for 2018 was approved by the IOF Council at its meeting in April, and has now been signed by the IOF Auditors. The accounts will be formally approved by the IOF General Assembly in 2020 and are now published on the General Assembly 2020 page here on orienteering.sport. […]

22.05.2019 Entry deadline for World Masters Orienteering Championships
Have you registered for World Masters Orienteering Championships, WMOC, in Latvia? If not make sure to do so before June 1. The WMOC Sprint competition consists of one Qualification race and a Final race. The WMOC Forest competitions consist of one Qualification race, a Middle Final race and a Long Final race. PROGRAMME WMOC 2019 […]

21.05.2019 Media invitation Orienteering World Cup 2019
The IOF invites all media to the Orienteering World Cup 2019. Program Round 1, Helsinki Finland June 8 Middle June 9 Chase start June 11 Sprint Relay Round 2, World Orienteering Championships, Oestfold Norway August 14 Long August 16 Middle August 17 Relay Round 3, Laufen Switzerland September 27 Middle September 28 Knock-out sprint September […]

20.05.2019 Invitation to IOF Foot Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic, 26-27 August 2019, Hokuto, Japan
Japan Orienteering Association will organise the IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in conjunction with Asian Junior & Youth Orienteering Championships in August. This Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Deadline 1: With […]

16.05.2019 World Orienteering Day: More than 60 000 participants already
World Orienteering Day is here. This year any orienteering activity held between May 15th and May 21st can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. After only one day more than 60 000 participants are registered. At the moment 272 events in 41 countries/regions. Have you registered your event yet? If not, do it […]

10.05.2019 WOC 2019: Bulletin 3, IOF-family(VIP), Media accreditation and Social media
Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 is coming closer. All you need to know is found in recently published Bulletin 3. New IOF Family concept IOF Family is a new concept to motivate more people within the “IOF Family” to meet and enjoy the World Orienteering Championships together. It replaces the previous VIP concept at […]

08.05.2019 World Orienteering Day – One week left!
World Orienteering Day kicks off the 15th of May. Any orienteering activity held between the 15th and 21st of May can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. Have you preregistered your event yet? At the moment 1066 locations are preregistered for World Orienteering Day 2019. The locations are in 76 regions/countries. One of […]

06.05.2019 The IOF joins “Sports for Climate Action” initiative
At it’s latest meeting the IOF Council approved the proposal from the Environment and Sustainability Commission about joining the “Sports for Climate Action” initiative. Sports for Climate Action is a project by United Nations – Climate Change, UNCC and the IOC (International Olympic Committee). The Sports for Climate Action invites sports organisations to join a […]

06.05.2019 New members in five commissions
At the latest meeting the IOF Council approved the following commission members: • FootO Commission (FOC): Ulrich (Ulu) Aeschlimann (SUI) • IT Commission (ITC): Edoardo Tona (ITA), Magnus Bengtsson (NZL) • Regional and Youth Development Commission (RYDC): Cem Gondogu (TUR), Christine Wu (TPE) • SkiO Commission (SOC): Bernd Kohlschmidt (GER) • TrailO Commission (TOC): Ari […]

03.05.2019 Follow ISF World Schools Championship Orienteering live
The ISF World Schools Championships in Orienteering is going on in Otepää, Estonia. More than 800 young orienteers from 23 countries are taking part in the event. The School Championships are about competing but they also have a big focus on friendship and meeting young athletes from all around the world. The Long Distance was […]

02.05.2019 Council discusses increased athletes’ representation
At the latest IOF Council meeting the Council discussed the importance of athlete representation in the Council and in the discipline commissions. Improving athletes’ representation in the governing bodies of the IOF, beyond the current advisory Athletes Commission structure, is something that has been discussed on and off informally by Council. But this was the […]

30.04.2019 WADA 2019 Symposium from an athlete’s perspective
In March, the annual WADA Symposium invited athletes for the first time to participate in a specially curated programme running alongside the other sessions. The IOF representative was Jan Petržela of the Foot Orienteering Athletes’ Commission. He has kindly written about the experience, giving us interesting insight into the topic of athlete representation: I’ve got […]

29.04.2019 Successful Clinic with 38 participants in Russia
An Orienteering Event Advising Clinic has been held in Vladimir, Russia. The Clinic had 38 participants, all representing Russia. The Clinic was organised by IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and lead by the commission members Vladimir Gorin, Unni Strand Karlsen, Janos Manarin and by IOF Senior Event Advisor Száva Zsigmond. The participants represented 20 of the […]

26.04.2019 New record for orienteering on mainstream live television
The television broadcasts from the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Norway August 12 – 17 will be broadcast live on more mainstream channels than ever before. ERR in Estonia, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, TV2 in Denmark and YLE in Finland will each be broadcasting live on August 14, August 16 and August […]

24.04.2019 Erik Blomgren IOF representative at the biggest ever International Athletes’ Forum
More than 350 athlete representatives from 185 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 50 International Federations (IFs), five continental Athletes Commissions (ACs), the ACs of all the Organising Committees of the upcoming Olympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Olympians Association (WOA) met in Lausanne for the 9th edition […]

23.04.2019 Event appointments at the latest council meeting
Orienteering Council appointed Russia as organisers for Sprint European Orienteering Championships (EOC) 2021. The suggested dates are August 23-29. The venue will be in Saransk in Republic of Mordovia. Council appointed Lithuania as organisers of the European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2021. The suggested dates are June 25-27 and the venue is Vilnius.   Ski […]

18.04.2019 World Orienteering Day 2019: Less than one month to go!
Is there anything more exciting than half a million people practising orienteering at the same time? 500 000 participants at 5.000 events in 100 regions are the goals for World Orienteering Day 2019, which takes place between May 15th and May 21st. All events organised during those days can be registered as WOD events. World […]

18.04.2019 Minutes of IOF Council Meeting 12-13 April published
The IOF Council met in Budapest the weekend of April 12-13. The minutes of meeting 194 are now published on the IOF website Council page. Among the topics and discussions at the meeting Approval of the new Specification for Sprint Orienteering Maps ISSprOM 2019 New member of the IOF – Greece Organiser appointments The IOF […]

17.04.2019 The future Orienteering World Cup without O-Ringen round
The IOF and Verein Swiss Cup have made an agreement for the Orienteering World Cup 2020 and beyond. The IOF has over the past few years been working on the development of the Orienteering World Cup to increase its attractiveness to athletes, the media and orienteering fans. The goal being to develop the quality and […]

09.04.2019 Foot O Event Advising Clinic in Brazil 3 – 5 May 2019
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and  Brazilian Orienteering Federation (CBO) welcome you to an IOF Event Advisers Clinic in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil from May 3-5 2019. The Clinic is open to anyone who would like to seek accreditation as an IOF Event Adviser. The clinic is also open for experienced organisers who want to […]

08.04.2019 Ski Orienteering Commission meeting minutes published 2019-1
The meeting was held during WSOC 2019 in Piteå. Link to minutes

08.04.2019 Algeria, a new orienteering destination
There is no better satisfaction in my volunteer orienteering development work, than when I see the orienteering flame that I introduced to a new place start burning. This was exactly the case with Algeria, says Zoran Milovanovic, IOF Regional Development Coordinator. Only 4 months after the first visit to Algeria, and after just one seminar, […]

08.04.2019 Bulletin 1 for WMSOC 2020 is published
For the first time the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships will be held together with the Winter World Masters Games 2020 (WWMG). Bulletin 1 has now been published and you find it and other related information on the event’s page on IOF Eventor.

04.04.2019 A new start for orienteering in Nepal
Since 2014, Nepal has been a provisional member of the IOF. However, partially due to the disastrous earthquake that affected the country in 2015, there has been very little actual activity going on. Enter Radheshyam Dahal, Secretary General of the rejuvinated Nepal Orienteering Federation (NOF). He had heard about orienteering during a trip to Norway […]

03.04.2019 What causes MTBO Injuries?
The MTBO Commission together with the MTBO Athletes Commission started to collect data on MTBO competition accidents and injuries in April 2016, including historic data. MTBO is the orienteering discipline that inherently carries a higher level of danger and possibility of serious injuries due to high speed travel over unknown terrain in competition situations. Athletes […]

03.04.2019 New World Orienteering Day newsletter published
As WOD 2019 approaches, the latest newsletter is full of inspiration from around the world. Find out what’s happening in Kiribati, the latest country to register for WOD, as well as in other places such as Lithuania, France, Norway and Egypt. Also, don’t miss the offers from WOD sponsors SPORTident, DOBAS and OCAD. Check out […]

26.03.2019 World Ski Orienteering Championships: Russia tops medals table
Russia was just ahead of Sweden in the medals statistics after 4 days of hectic racing at World Ski Orienteering Championships. It was a very well-organised championships in the very north of Sweden, with for SkiO some high quality ground-breaking TV coverage for on-line viewers. In the individual races, Russia won 3 gold, 1 silver […]

25.03.2019 SOC Open Meeting in Pitea
During WSOC,JWSOC and WMSOC in Pitea SOC had an open meeting with good attendance from athletes, team leaders, coaches and potential organisers of future SkiO Events. SOC introduced its members and their obligations. The main topics were: Universiade 2019;  Step forward in visibility and recognizing our sport. TV production. Interesting formats. Stadium format. WUC 2020 […]

24.03.2019 WSOC: Double Russian triumph in Relays
On the final day of the World Ski Orienteering Championships, Russia demonstrated strength in depth by winning both women’s and men’s relays by clear margins. Alena Trapeznikova gave Russia a perfect start on leg 1 of the women’s race, and this was cemented by Tatyana Oborina on leg 2, giving Mariya Kechkina a healthy lead […]

23.03.2019 WSOC: Kechkina and Rost take Middle Distance crowns
Two intense competitions ended in narrow victories for Mariya Kechkina, Russia (by 10 seconds) and Erik Rost, Sweden (5 seconds). Sixteen men finished within a minute of the winner. It was fast and furious skiing with several changes in the lead as the field fanned out after the mass starts. Tove Alexandersson, Sweden was the […]

21.03.2019 Second gold for Alexandersson, tie for gold in men’s race
Sprint instead of Long – it makes no difference for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, who powered round the 4.3 km course in 14.36 to take the Sprint gold by 28 seconds. In an exciting finish to the men’s race, the gold was shared by Sergey Gorlanov, Russia and Erik Rost, Sweden. Behind Alexandersson, who was fastest […]

21.03.2019 Open Ski O Commission Meeting at Pitea
An Open Ski O Commission Meeting will be held in Event Center on Friday 22.3 17:00 at Team Leaders Meeting Room. All Athletes, Team Officials and interested people are invited to discuss the future of Ski Orienteering.  

20.03.2019 World Ski Orienteering Championships: Alexandersson and Lamov win first golds
The Long Distance race proved a success story for IOF World Ranking leaders Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia, both of whom set out their stall for the week with emphatic victories. Especially so Alexandersson, who won by 6.11 on a gruelling course that took her almost 108 minutes to complete. Tove Alexandersson was […]

19.03.2019 Invitation to training camps for WOC 2020
Want to prepare for WOC 2020 in Denmark? The first official WOC 2020 training camp will take place in the period 18-26 May 2019. The training camp will start in Odense, where it will join the traditional Fynsk Sprint Cup competitions. After one week with several high-quality training opportunities in the Triangle Region, it will […]

18.03.2019 Sweden poised for Ski Orienteering climax
The world’s Ski Orienteering elite are gearing up right now for the climax of the season: the World Ski Orienteering Championships (WSOC) start on Wednesday at Piteå in northern Sweden, with four days of intense and exciting competition in prospect. European Championship (ESOC) gold medallists Tove Alexandersson, Magdalena Olsson and Erik Rost are on home […]

18.03.2019 Regional Development Seminar: “How to organize small and sprint orienteering events”.
IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission, together with the Hellenic  Federation of Modern Pentathlon (Orienteering Committee), invitation to Regional Development orienteering seminar “How to organize small and sprint orienteering events”. Not only participants from Greece are welcome, but also from other developing end emerging nations. Welcome!  

15.03.2019 World Cup National Quota and Bulletin 1 For the World Cup Final in China
The National Quota for World Cup competitions 2019 and Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 is described in a new document. Every National Team have defined number of start-slots for each competition. You can find it here. Bulletin 1 for World Cup final in China is released, please find it here.

14.03.2019 Global Orienteering Volunteer Platform: “Volunteering abroad … and why not you?”
Orienteering volunteers Valentin CHAREYRE and Frédéric TRANCHAND from France talked about their experiences in the French Orienteering Magazine CO Mag. IOF RYDC took the opportunity to share their enthusiasm and also asked David Poland from Australia and Diana Malaed from Lebanon to comment on developing orienteering through the IOF Volunteer Platform. Valentin is a 26 […]

10.03.2019 Joergen Baklid and Liisa Nenonen win Middle distance gold
As the inaugural edition of Ski Orienteering at the Winter Universiade came to an end, Norway’s Joergen Baklid and Finland’s Liisa Nenonenn won the men’s and women’s Middle distance races at the Raduga Cluster. Fifty athletes lined up at the start line in the men’s Middle distance Ski Orienteering race. Gorlanov and Kiselev, already medallists at […]

08.03.2019 Leho Haldna: “The Winter Universiade is a unique opportunity to make orienteering more visible”
The culmination of the Ski Orienteering season is approaching The snow has already melted in my garden in Estonia, but the Ski Orienteering season is still to reach its peak. Now, Ski Orienteering is on the program at the FISU Winter University for the first time in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Ski Orienteering was included as Universiade […]

08.03.2019 Russia takes Sprint Relay title as two Norwegian teams follow
In the ski orienteering Sprint Relay at Winter Universiade 2019, the Russian duo of Marina Viatkina and Sergei Gorlanov took the team title, with a time of 47:39. The Norwegian pair of Evine Westli Andersen and Joergen Baklid followed the host nation team in second position, at 48:42. Completing the podium was another Norwegian team, […]

06.03.2019 Updated IOF Control Descriptions published
The IOF Control Descriptions have been updated with some minor changes which improve the useability for Trail Orienteering.  Changes include clarification that “side” can be used with linear features such as track or stream  and there are small improvements to a number of the examples at the end of the document. Link to Control Descriptions

05.03.2019 19-year old wins women’s Ski Orienteering Pursuit
The Raduga Cluster hosted the second day of competition in Ski Orienteering at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade, with the men’s and women’s Pursuits. Both gold medals were awarded to Russians – Sergey Gorlanov and Marina Viatkina. After the individual Ski Orienteering races the day before, athletes left the start line at time intervals based […]

04.03.2019 Gold medals for Russia and Finland at the Winter Universiade
As Ski-Orienteering made its Winter Universiade debut in the 29th edition with the sprints, Russian fans were treated to intense competition in a fascinating sport that combines navigational skills and endurance. Ski-Orienteering kicked off at 3pm (local time) in chilly conditions at the Raduga Cluster multi-functional complex and the near-capacity crowd was treated to spectacular […]

04.03.2019 The Winter Universiade kicks off with sprint
Today the ski orienteering athletes enter the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk Russia, where Ski Orienteering is included for the first time.Sprint is on the agenda and the competitions can be followed on Olympic Channel. All information can be found here: https://krsk2019.com/en/pages/schedule_and_results Olympic Channel Winter Universiade 2019

28.02.2019 Latest newsletter is here!
The latest IOF Newsletter follows yesterday’s launch of the new website on orienteering.sport. The SkiO season is at its peak, with both the FISU Winter Universiade and the World Ski Orienteering Championships coming up, so naturally there is a SkiO focus in the newsletter. Make sure to catch up on how it went at the […]

28.02.2019 “Crystal snow of alpine quality” for Turkey showpiece
The European Ski Orienteering Championships (ESOC) in Sarıkamış, Turkey is officially over. It was a successful event, showing that a new country for Ski Orienteering can organise it at a high level. IOF Ski Orienteering Commission Chair Tatiana Kalenderoğlu talked to quite a few elite competitors, and all said that they did not really know […]

28.02.2019 IOF High Level Event Seminar presentations published
All presentations at the IOF High Level Event Seminar and TV seminar held in Praha recently are now published online. You find all interesting presentations here  

28.02.2019 Financial support of global development projects
The IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission (RYDC) will select a number of development projects to receive financial support. Selected projects by sub-regional groups must contribute to the achievement of the IOF Goals 2020: Regional Development ✓ The number of IOF Member Federations has increased to 80. ✓ Regional and sub-regional structures are functioning on […]

28.02.2019 World Orienteering Day approaches
With World Orienteering Day 2019 approaching, the orienteering community is stepping up its efforts in preparation for the event. In the most recent WOD Newsletter, you can read about the approach of both British Orienteering and the Swedish Orienteering Federation. Why not see if any of their ideas might inspire your own activity? Or perhaps […]

28.02.2019 A note from the president
The culmination of the Ski Orienteering season is approaching The snow has already melted in my garden in Estonia, but the Ski Orienteering season is still to reach its peak. At the beginning of March, Ski Orienteering is on the program at the FISU Winter University for the first time in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Ski Orienteering […]

27.02.2019 The IOF relaunches official website at orienteering.sport
The International Orienteering Federation is pleased to announce the re-launch of its official website and at the same time the rebranding of the site within the global .sport initiative. The address of the new site is orienteering.sport. The remade website provides a user-friendly environment for anyone interested in orienteering sports. With a simplified navigation the […]

26.02.2019 Restart of the IOF Environment and Sustainability Commission
The IOF Environment and Sustainability Commission has two new members; Stefano Bisoffi, Italy, who is the new Chairperson, and Andrei Yakauleu from Belarus. The IOF Environment and Sustainability Commission has three main goals: a) to provide Federations and Clubs with easy-to-use guides on the management of environmental issues in the organisation of orienteering events and […]

21.02.2019 Ski Orienteering Event 2020 Appointed to Latvia
IOF Council appointed Ski Orienteering World Cup 2020 , Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2020 and European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships 2020 to Latvia. The World Cup Round and Championships will be organized in Madona which is the skiing sports capital of Latvia. Madona has hosted two major IOF SkiO events before – ESOC 2013 and […]

12.02.2019 Sweden top nation in European SkiO Championships
Highest score in medals terms in the individual races at the very successful Championships in Turkey was achieved by Sweden, whilst in the Relays it was Russia that scored highest. Overall, Sweden was best with 20 points to Russia’s 17.

11.02.2019 Symbol set for School Maps
The IOF Map Commission have published a set of symbols for school maps.

11.02.2019 Russia and Norway win European SkiO Relays
The Russian women’s team enjoyed a clear victory by more than 1½ minutes, whilst the Norwegian men came through on the last leg to take victory by 13 seconds in the final races of the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Turkey today.

10.02.2019 Tove Alexandersson back to winning ways
The European SkiO Long distance race brought the first win of the championships for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden. The Sprint champion Lars Moholdt, Norway, won his second individual gold in a close race with Sergey Gorlanov, Russia. After mass starts, the leads changed several times, giving plenty of excitement for both competitors and spectators.

08.02.2019 European SkiO Championships: double Middle triumph for Sweden
Sweden’s Magdalena Olsson and Erik Rost emerged victorious from today’s Middle distance race in hilly terrain in Turkey. Olsson took her first-ever international championships win in convincing fashion, whilst Rost’s victory was tight – by just 3 seconds.

07.02.2019 Russia wins European SkiO Sprint Relay
Alena Trapeznikova, individual Sprint champion yesterday, teamed up with Sergey Gorlanov today to take a second gold medal in the European SkiO Championships; Russia finished the course 29 seconds ahead of Sweden, with Norway getting the bronze medals.  

06.02.2019 Norway and Russia win first European golds
European SkiO Sprint champions 2019 are Alena Trapeznikova, Russia, fastest by 9 seconds, and Lars Moholdt, Norway, who won his race by an impressive 27 seconds.

01.02.2019 TV: Running camera gives a true feeling of the speed
Today, a running cameraman is a must for high-quality TV production in orienteering. The running camera brings a true feeling of the runner’s speed and demonstrates the difficulty of the terrain.
– It gives the viewer a kind of insider look, something you can´t get when you watch other sports such as football or ice hockey, says Karel Jonak.

01.02.2019 The Orienteering World 2018 magazine released!
In the new issue you will find many interesting orienteering articles; orienteering in TV, athletes role in orienteering development, orienteering in Singapore and much more. Don´t miss out!

01.02.2019 O-Ringen Academy 2019: Scholarship opportunities
The IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission will give financial support to participation in O-Ringen Academy for applicants from an orienteering developing country or a country which is not yet a member of the IOF.

31.01.2019 WMSOC in the Winter World Master Games in Innsbruck 2020
We are very pleased to announce that the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships will be the part of the Winter World Master Games for the first time in Innsbruck 2020. The best Ski Orienteering Master athletes will compete for the World Champion title at three disciplines: Sprint, Middle and Long.

30.01.2019 Minutes from IOF Council and Commissions’ meetings published
The minutes of the latest IOF Council Meeting, which took place 18-19 January in Warsaw, Poland, are now published. The minutes of the RYDC and Map Commission are also published.

30.01.2019 New World Masters Orienteering Championships Manual 2019 (WMOC Manual)
A new version of the manual is now published. All significant changes are marked with a vertical line in the document. WMOC Manual 2019

30.01.2019 News for Foot Orienteering World Ranking Events (WRE) in 2019
New WRE manual A new version of the World Ranking Event Manual has been published. All significant changes are marked with a vertical line in the document. The document is focused on Foot Orienteering Events but also contain relevant guidance for MTBO, SkiO and TrailO Events. WRE Manual 2019 Extended test period for 1:10 000 […]

29.01.2019 European Ski Orienteering Championships in Turkey
In a week’s time the European Ski Orienteering Championships get under way in Sarikamiş in north-eastern Turkey, with some 80 athletes from 10 nations taking part. All the top-ranked ski orienteers will be present, including Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia who head the IOF SkiO World Rankings lists by 115 and 57 points respectively.

24.01.2019 IOF Eventor Maintenance 30th January
IOF Eventor will be migrated to new infrastructure environment and will be shut down temporarily on the 30th January. The downtime window is planned to be 06:00 to 12:00 CET. If you have any questions, please contact david.wastlund@orienteering.org.

23.01.2019 O-Ringen Academy 2019
The organizers of O-Ringen Kolmården 2019 together with PWT Travel and in cooperation with the IOF, are pleased to invite participants to the annual O-Ringen Academy, which will take place 19-28 July, in connection with O-Ringen in Kolmården, Sweden.

21.01.2019 IOF Major Event Appointments
The IOF Council made several major event appointments in connection with its meeting in Warsaw January 18-19, 2019. Among them the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2022.

21.01.2019 Thailand joins the IOF, and Greece to join soon
The Thai Orienteering Association (TOA) was approved as a member of the IOF at the Council Meeting held in Warsaw this past weekend (January 18-19, 2019). This brings the number of members of the IOF to 73.

17.01.2019 New IOF World Ranking
At the October meeting of Council, changes were approved to the IOF World ranking System (WRS) with effect from January 1 2019 following a review of the WRS.

11.01.2019 Foot Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson has done it again: she has been at her very best over the whole season. This year at the World Championships in Latvia she won 4 out of 5 possible medals: gold in Long and Mixed Relay, and silver in Sprint and Relay. And she is the winner of the 2018 World Cup.

27.12.2018 Orienteering in the spotlight – vote for Tove!
Do you think that Tove Alexandersson was the greatest Swedish athlete in 2018? If so - vote for Tove to win the Jerring Prize!

21.12.2018 Plans for the 2019 WOC Clinic announced
The IOF has cooperated with the organisers of World Orienteering Championships since the 2011 to put on a WOC Clinic. The aim of the Clinic is to encourage and support participation from member federations who otherwise would not be able to participate at the World Orienteering Championships due to economic challenges.

21.12.2018 Interested in the development of orienteering? IOF Commissions are looking for new members
As we enter the new strategic period for the IOF, we have identified a number of needs to strengthen IOF Commissions with new members. We would therefore ask your help in identifying new commission members for the following commissions.

21.12.2018 Sigurd Dæhli, Norway – multi-talented medal winner
The first person ever to win World Championship medals in three different orienteering disciplines: that is the distinction achieved by Sigurd Dæhli when the Norwegian open relay team took the silver medals at last year’s World TrailO Championships in Lithuania.

21.12.2018 Orienteering is totally in line with the image of university sports whose motto is: “Excellence in mind and body”.
FISU Secretary General Eric Saintrond about the cooperation between FISU and the IOF and the honour to have been chosen as a member of the IOF Ethics Panel.

21.12.2018 Ski Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Tove Alexandersson
The Swedish athlete Tove Alexandersson is not only the current queen of FootO, but also of Ski Orienteering. She started FootO and also began practising SkiO at the age of ten. Now she is twenty-six, and she has been World Champion in SkiO eight times. In 2018 she has brought three gold medals home from the European Championships and has won the World Cup. So she has been chosen once again as the SkiO Athlete of the Year.

21.12.2018 Trail Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Ján Furucz
Ján Furucz, current world champion in PreO and silver medallist in TempO, has been chosen as the TrailO Athlete of 2018 as a result of his remarkable performances during last season. Furucz grew up in an orienteering family; his two brothers and his sister practised orienteering too, and his father was their coach while his mother took care of them. Nowadays, both he and his brother are part of the Slovakian TrailO team, which helps them support each other and constantly pull harder to improve.

21.12.2018 MTB Orienteering Athlete of the Year: Martina Tichovska
The Czech athlete Martina Tichovska has been the clear queen of MTBO in 2018. She won five medals at the World MTBO Championships, one in each race: two gold medals in Long Distance and the Relay plus three silver medals, from Middle Distance, Mass Start and Sprint.

21.12.2018 Foot Orienteering Atlethe of the Year: Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson has done it again: she has been at her very best over the whole season. This year at the World Championships in Latvia she won 4 out of 5 possible medals: gold in Long and Mixed Relay, and silver in Sprint and Relay. And she is the winner of the 2018 World Cup.

20.12.2018 Updated competition rules for FootO published
The Council Event Supervisory Board has approved an updated version of the competition rules for IOF Foot Orienteering Events. These new rules are valid as of January 1, 2019.

14.12.2018 Qualification rules for The World Games 2021 approved
The World Games 2021 will be organised in Birmingham, Alabama, USA from July 15 - 25, 2021. Orienteering will be present with 3 competitions, an individual Sprint, an individual Middle Distance and a Sprint Relay. The Council Event Supervisory Board has approved the qualification rules which will be used to select the 40 female and 40 male athletes who will participate the The World Games 2021. 

06.12.2018 10th IOF High Level Event Seminar to take place in Prague
The International Orienteering Federation, in cooperation with the Czech Orienteering Federation (ČSOS), is pleased to publish the invitation to the 2019 IOF High Level Event Seminar to be held at Hotel Golf in Prague, Czech Republic 2-3 February, 2019.

27.11.2018 Special Rules for the 2019 Orienteering World Cup
The Special Rules for the 2019 Orienteering World Cup have been published. The World Cup Final programme in China, Increased Prize money and the Long Distance chase start concept in Finland are some of the interesting things to highlight.

26.11.2018 Updates to ISOM 2017 approved
Since the publication of the International Standard for Orienteering Maps (ISOM) 2017, the IOF Map Commission has collected feedback and assessed the need for updates to the standard, based upon actual use.

22.11.2018 Updated Competition Rules for MTBO and TrailO
The Competition rules for IOF MTB Orienteering Events and IOF Trail Orienteering Events have been updated. The new set of rules are valid from 1 January 2019.

19.11.2018 Foot Orienteering Commission meeting minutes published
Minutes – Foot Orienteering Commission – Meeting 4-2018 Place: Scandic Plaza Borås, Sweden

14.11.2018 Invitation to IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers Clinic
IOF Ski Orienteering Commission invites all member federations to participate in the IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers Clinic. The Clinic takes place in conjunction with World Ski Orienteering Championships in Piteå, Sweden.

09.11.2018 WADA publish 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods
Each year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) updates their List of Prohibited Substances and Methods. The 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which comes into force on 1 January 2019, was published by WADA in October. 

09.11.2018 South American Orienteering Championships in Uruguay
The second official South American Orienteering Championships starts with a Long Distance (WRE) in Uruguay on November the 9th. For the first time also junior and youth champions will be awarded in South America.

09.11.2018 South American Orienteering Championships in Chile
The second official South American Orienteering Championships starts with a Long Distance (WRE) in Uruguay on November the 9th. For the first time also junior and youth champions will be awarded in South America.

01.11.2018 Updated Competition Rules for Ski Orienteering published
Updated Competition Rules for IOF Ski Orienteering Events has been approved and published. They can be found on the Ski Orienteering rules page. The updated rules are valid as of November 1, 2018.

31.10.2018 PWT China Tour 2018 concludes in Beijing
The PWT China Tour 2018 took place around Beijing and nearby areas. The overall winners on the 2018 tour were Yannick Michiels (BEL) and Karolin Ohlsson (SWE).

30.10.2018 Global Development Conference 2018
The 2nd Global Development Conference was held in Prague, Czech Republic with 102 participants from 38 countries. All sessions were recorded and have now been published together with the presentations.

21.10.2018 Minutes of the XXIX IOF General Assembly published
The Minutes of the XXIX IOF Ordinary General Assembly have been approved and are now published here on the IOF website. Read all about the various reports, proposals and the Council elections which took place in Prague.

19.10.2018 PWT China Tour 2018 starts on Sunday
PWT China Tour 2018 consists of several competitions, of which two are IOF World Ranking Events, in the Beijing region starting on Sunday October 21. PWT China 2018 is organised together with the 3rd Beijing Orienteering Week (BOW) and the tour will have both international and local flavour. There will be several World Champions and championships medallists […]

19.10.2018 The first Global Development Award to Peo Bengtsson
In connection to the Global Development Conference held in Praha, Czech Republic, Peo Bengtsson was awarded by the IOF for his life long work with developing orienteering around the world.

19.10.2018 Event Appointments: WMMTBOC 2020 and WTOC 2021
A number of event appointments were made at the recent IOF Council meetings in Prague, Czech Republic.

17.10.2018 FootO Event Advisers Clinic in Hong Kong
The invitation is published and registration is now opened for the FootO Event Advisers Clinic to be held in Hong Kong 21-22 December 2018.

16.10.2018 Japanese student club invite Ugandan orienteers
University of Tsukuba Orienteering team, Japan, invited 5 athletes of Uganda Orienteering Federation.

12.10.2018 Slovakian Furucz wins European TrailO Cup
The final events of the season in the unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO) were held in Prague last weekend, and the outcome in the overall standings was a victory by 10 points for Jan Furucz, Slovakia.

07.10.2018 Alexandersson and Kyburz repeat World Cup success
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland are the 2018 overall World Cup winners after today’s exciting World Cup Final Sprint in Mladá Boleslav. Both have now won the World Cup overall five times.

07.10.2018 IOF General Assembly concludes in Prague
The XXIX IOF General Assembly took place today in Prague, Czech Republic.

06.10.2018 First World Cup wins for Ohlsson and Nykodym
Karolin Ohlsson, Sweden has got steadily better this season, culminating in victory by 1.10 in today’s Middle race in the technical sandstone terrain at Turnov. Surprise winner of the men’s race was home athlete Milos Nykodym, for whom a little-used route choice on a long leg near the end proved absolutely decisive.

06.10.2018 IOF General Assembly Resolution
At the currently ongoing IOF General Assembly, the Member Federations of the IOF came together in a common resolution.

05.10.2018 Emphatic Team World Cup win for Swiss
The Swiss teams put on a huge power display in the Sprint Relay today after their Knock-Out Sprint disappointments, getting three teams in to the finish in the first four. Their winning team had a hard fight with Sweden in the early stages, but two mistakes by the Swedes made it an easy victory for Switzerland in the end.

04.10.2018 Wyder and Kral take Knock-Out Sprint titles
Winners in the finals today were Judith Wyder, Switzerland, taking her first major victory this year, and local favourite Vojtech Kral. Both the semi-finals and finals courses took the athletes through some very complex multi-level terrain as well as fast open parkland.

03.10.2018 Prague is buzzing: World Cup Finals start tomorrow!
Excitement is building in Prague as athletes from 29 nations prepare for four World Cup events in successive days, starting tomorrow. The first event, a Knock-Out Sprint, is a trial of the final form of this new format. This is a sprint-dominated World Cup final series with only one forest race (Middle distance), but that promises to be very technically demanding in an area with masses of huge sandstone boulders and cliffs.

02.10.2018 Follow the World Cup Final live
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden has a commanding lead in the women’s standings, but there are three athletes in serious contention for the men’s title. Switzerland has a small lead in the Team World Cup. Don´t miss out: All you need to know about how to follow the competitions live.

02.10.2018 The World Cup Final Round kicks off with Knock-Out Sprint in Praha
The World Cup Round 4 starts with a Knock-Out Sprint in Praha on the 4th of October. The semi-finals and the finals will be held in Výstaviště in the northern part of central Prague.

02.10.2018 Big interest for IOF Conferences
On October 5th a number of IOF Conferences and Meetings will be held, among them: 2nd IOF Global Development Conference (GDC) Invitation and Programme 18th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM) Invitation and Programme a Pre-General Assembly meeting, 18:00-21:00 More than 60 participants from 30 different nations spread over 5 continents will take part in the IOF Global Development Conference. You […]

24.09.2018 MTBO World Cup Concludes in Odemira, Portugal
This weekend saw the MTBO World Cup Final take place in Odemira, Portugal, with athletes racing for the World Cup titles. The programme included a Middle, Long and Sprint Distance.

21.09.2018 IOF General Assemby: Junior World Orienteering Championships programme change proposal
There are six member federation proposals to the IOF General Assembly. One that most likely will cause interesting discussions at the GA is the proposal regarding the Junior World Orienteering Championships programme.

20.09.2018 World Cup Final in MTB Orienteering coming up
This weekend the world’s MTB Orienteers are heading to Portugal for the World Cup Final. The program is Middle Distance, Long Distance and the final Sprint on Sunday.

20.09.2018 Information Technology Open Meeting 2018 – Presentations
IOF IT Commission invited the orienteering world to present and discuss orienteering relevant technology - timekeeping, GPS, analysis, services, hardware, software etc. The Open Meeting were held at the 6th August 2018 during WOC 2018 in Riga, Latvia.

19.09.2018 Athletes rights in focus in The Athlete Charter and at WADA Global Athlete Forum
The aim with The Athlete Charter is to be the world’s largest athlete-focused survey ever commissioned. All elite-level athletes are invited to share their voice. Integrity and Clean Sport is one of the key topics. Clean Sport was also the main topic on the 1st WADA Global Athlete Forum with the theme The sport we want. Erik Blomgren, coordinator of the Ski Orienteering Athletes Commission attended the forum on behalf of the IOF.

18.09.2018 IOF High Level Event Seminar 2019 Announcement
The International Orienteering Federation, in cooperation with the Czech Orienteering Federation, is pleased to announce that the 2019 IOF High Level Event Seminar will be held on 2-3 February in Prague, Czech Republic.

13.09.2018 General Assembly Weekend – Update
The XXIX IOF Congress and General Assembly is to be held in Prague, Czech Republic 4-7 October, 2018 The General Assembly will be held on Saturday the 6th October. Read about news and reminders.

13.09.2018 Call for WRE applications
The general deadline for WRE applications in the 2019 season (2018-2019 season for SkiO) is in 30th September and applications are as usual entered in IOF Eventor. Note that it is very important to get the SkiO and MTBO applications by the deadline, 30 September. The FootO and TrailO application period is a bit more […]

12.09.2018 Apply For IOF Major Events
IOF invites all member federations to apply for IOF Events and the next application deadline is 2019-01-01. We have released a new version of the IOF Events Application Overview 2019 – 2023 to be used as a key document for event application planning. The document contains: a list of all application periods for coming IOF Events […]

11.09.2018 The World Games 2021 bulletin 1
Orienteering will be one of the sports represented in The World Games (TWG) 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Bulletin 1 is now released and can be found in IOF Eventor.

07.09.2018 Sprint, Sprint Relay and Middle Distance at the World Cup Final in China 2019
China will host the World Cup Final 2019 in Guangzhou in southern China. The competitions will be held between the 25th and the 29th of October.

06.09.2018 European Ski Orienteering Championships 2020 in Russia
The IOF Council has appointed Russia as organiser of the European Ski Orienteering Championships 2020. There have been difficulties in finding organisers for major events in Ski Orienteering and 2020 is no exception; Russia was the only bidder for ESOC 2020.

04.09.2018 World Cup standings: close fight ahead for men’s title
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden has a commanding lead in the women’s standings, but there are three athletes in serious contention for the men’s title at the finals in Prague next month. Switzerland has a small lead in the Team World Cup.

03.09.2018 MTB Orienteering Commission meeting minutes published
Minutes of the MTBO Commission Meeting 2018-2, 10 August 2018 in Zwettl, Austria

02.09.2018 Sweden and Norway win World Cup Relay
Sweden and Norway were on top in the Relay at the World Cup Round 3/pre-WOC in Norway. The Swedish women were never threatened by any other team during the Relay. The men's race was exciting to the very end and was decided only at the last few controls, with the Norwegian last leg runner Magne Daehli's ice cold finish bringing his team to victory ahead of the two Swedish teams on his tail.

01.09.2018 Swedish World Cup success: Alexandersson and Lind win Pursuit
The Swedish World Cup success continues. Yesterday's double victory was followed by another double victory in the Pursuit by Tove Alexandersson and William Lind.

01.09.2018 Alexandersson and Runesson fastest in the Prologue
Another double victory for Sweden in the World Cup Prologue today by Tove Alexandersson and Johan Runesson. 

31.08.2018 Alexandersson and Bergman win World Cup Long Distance
Sweden took a double victory when Tove Alexandersson and Gustav Bergman won the Long Distance at the World Cup Round 3/pre-WOC in Norway.

30.08.2018 18th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping
Don't miss this highlight!

29.08.2018 Follow World Cup Round 3 LIVE!
On Saturday 31th August, the World Orienteering Round 3 and “Pre-WOC 2019” will kick-off in Østfold, Norway. There will be full TV production on the Pursuit and Relay competitions. Watch live on NRK 1 (Norway), YLE TV2 (Finland) and LIVE Orienteering (available globally). All 4 races (Long distance; Prologue + Pursuit, Relay) will have live […]

27.08.2018 IOF Global Development Conference – Registrations still open!
EVERYONE interested in regional and youth orienteering development is very welcome!

27.08.2018 3-4 November 2018 – IOF MTBO Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic, Birkerød, Denmark
This Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed MTB Orienteering Event Advisers and the education of MTBO organisers.

24.08.2018 World Cup/pre-WOC in Norway is coming up
The Orienteering World Cup Round 3 and pre-WOC will be held in Østfold, Norway, August 31st-September 2nd. The Pursuit competitions on Saturday and the Relays on Sunday will be broadcast live.

23.08.2018 Results, photos and maps from the North American Orienteering Championships
North American Orienteering Championships and North American Junior and Youth Championships has been held in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. 

22.08.2018 First WRE in TrailO in Africa
The African Continent has hosted the first World Ranking Event, WRE, ever in Trail Orienteering.

15.08.2018 2019 ISF World School Championships in Orienteering – Bulletin 1 published
The 2019 ISF World School Championships in Orienteering will take place in Otepää, Estonia, 29 April to 5 May. The Championship is open for both school and selected teams, in two age categories for both genders (2004-2005 and 2001-2002-2003). The last edition of the World Schools Orienteering Championship took place in Palermo, Italy, in 2017, when […]

13.08.2018 Promotions and relegations for WOC 2019 Long Distance
The promotions and relegations for national quota groups for WOC 2019 Long Distance have been calculated. 

12.08.2018 Alexandersson and Hubmann head World Cup standings
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland head the 2018 World Cup score lists after the World Championships, with two rounds still to go. Switzerland tops the Team World Cup standings.

12.08.2018 Finland and Russia dominate MTBO Sprint
Three women in the top six for Finland; four men in the top six for Russia – and in both cases including the gold medallist. This was the big story from the final day of the World MTBO Championships in Austria.

12.08.2018 Two Czech wins in MTBO Championships Long Distance
The two experienced Czech riders Martina Tichovska and Krystof Bogar took the gold medals in the World MTBO Championships in Austria today, by 5 seconds and 2.07 respectively.

11.08.2018 World TrailO Championships: Sweden and Norway win Relays
Sweden won the Paralympic class in the WTOC Relay, 30 seconds clear of the Czech Republic with Russia third. The Open class win went to Norway, 34 seconds better than home country Latvia.

11.08.2018 Defending champions retain titles in Long Distance
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Olav Lundanes, Norway were both successful, and both by good margins, after near faultless runs in today’s Long Distance race. This was Lundanes third Long title in succession – and he now has five in all.

09.08.2018 Czech Republic and Russia win WMTBOC Relays
Some hard riding in the tough Austrian terrain brought victories to the Czech women and Russian men after significant lead changes in both races.

09.08.2018 Switzerland and Norway World Champions in the Relay
Switzerland won the women’s Relay and Norway the men’s Relay at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Sigulda, Latvia.

09.08.2018 How to qualify for WOC 2019 Long Distance
Qualification for the WOC long distance from 2019 will be based on a divisional system as currently applied for the Middle and Long Distance.

09.08.2018 World TrailO Championships: PreO golds to Slovakia and Sweden
The second day of the PreO competition finished with wins for Ola Jansson, Sweden in the Paralympic class and Jan Furucz, Slovakia in the Open.

08.08.2018 World MTBO Championships: Swiss success in Austria
Swiss rider Simon Braendli produced his best form ever to win the men’s gold in the Middle Distance race in Austria today. Russian Olga Shipolova Vinogradova was the women’s race winner.

08.08.2018 Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022 awarded to Edinburgh
Scotland, Edinburgh will host the Sprint World Orienteering Championships 2022. The IOF Council made its decision at its meeting in connection with the ongoing World Orienteering Championships in Latvia.

08.08.2018 First ever World Masters Orienteering Championships in Asia
The IOF Council has awarded the WMOC 2021 to Japan.The other shortlisted bidders were Italy and Bulgaria. All bids were of very high quality. The WMOC will be held in conjunction with the World Masters Games Kansai  in late May 2021 and it is the first time WMOC will be held in Asia. In 2016, […]

08.08.2018 Junior World Orienteering Championships 2021 awarded to Portugal
The IOF Council has decided to award JWOC 2021 to Portugal.

07.08.2018 World MTBO Championships: Mass Start golds to Denmark and Finland
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Jussi Laurila, Finland were the gold medallists in the Mass Start format in tough Austrian terrain today. The men’s race featured a mass sprint at the end, with the first five separated by just 6 seconds.

07.08.2018 Gemperle and Kinneberg World Champions in Middle Distance
Natalia Gemperle, Russia and Eskil Kinneberg, Norway won the Middle Distance at Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Latvia.

07.08.2018 World TrailO Championships: close results in sand-dune forest
The first day of the PreO competition today featured wins for Jan Furucz, Slovakia (Open) and Ola Jansson, Sweden (Paralympic). Results were very close with 13 competitors getting full scores.

06.08.2018 World TrailO Championships: TempO gold to Finland
Petteri Hakala, 19 years old, is the 2018 World TempO Champion. He scored a very tight victory over joint silver medallists Jan Furucz, Slovakia and Lennart Wahlgren, Sweden.

06.08.2018 Mountain-bike elite head for Austria
The top names in MTB Orienteering are all heading for Austria, where the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC), together with its Junior and European Youth counterparts, start on Tuesday.

06.08.2018 Open IT meeting in Sigulda
Today is rest day at Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships. Are you interested in orienteering and IT? Attend the open IT meeting in Sigulda tonight!

05.08.2018 Reigning champions Sweden wins Sprint Relay
The reigning champions Sweden won the Sprint Relay at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Riga, Latvia.

03.08.2018 Latvia welcomes world’s Trail Orienteers too!
The main spotlights in Latvia next week will be on the World Orienteering Championships, but Latvia is also hosting the World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC), at the same time but at a completely different venue.

03.08.2018 IOF and WOC 2018 organiser team up with Pfizer to inform about Tick-Borne Encephalitis TBE
The IOF is proud to announce a partnership with Pfizer and the WOC 2018 organisers to provide information about TBE, a disease which is very relevant to talk about in the orienteering community. In connection with WOC 2018, more specifically in connection with the WOC Middle distance competition on Tuesday August 7th and the Latvian […]

02.08.2018 WOC: Thierry Gueorgiou from a different and new point of view
This WOC Thierry Gueorgiou will return to the main orienteering competition but to play a different role, as one of the coaches of the Swedish Team. In this interview, he talks about his career as an orienteer and how he has exchanged the role of the runner to become the coach.

01.08.2018 WOC: LIVE Orienteering expert’s expectations
It is going to be a special World Orienteering Championships – the last one with both sprint and forest disciplines.  But already this year, we will have the world championships divided into two parts – the urban part in Riga with the sprint and sprint relay in the beginning of the WOC week, followed by the forest disciplines in Sigulda.

01.08.2018 First World Orienteering Championships for Latvia
The 35th World Orienteering Championships (WOC) will be held in Riga and Sigulda, Latvia starting on Saturday. 345 athletes from 49 nations are entered for the competitions – three individual plus Relay and Sprint Relay.

31.07.2018 Kris Jones – fighting for more medals
At the European Championships in May, British orienteer Kris Jones won his first senior medal. Now he is ready to take new steps forward in Latvia.

30.07.2018 Karolin Ohlsson – lots of feelings and energy!
Karolin Ohlsson will shortly be starting a very intense World Championships (WOC) week in orienteering. She has found her sport.

29.07.2018 Daniel Leibundgut – in charge of making WOC better than ever
Daniel Leibundgut is in charge of supporting the organisers of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships (WOC) this year and also in the coming years. For him, the next few days are a kind of exam.

19.07.2018 ESOC 2019 and JWOC 2020 updates
ESOC 2019 and JWOC 2020 Bulletin 1 is now out with updated Event Web-sites and IOF Eventor pages.

16.07.2018 Masters at the World Masters
A Middle final was introduced this year at the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC). Three athletes have the great distinction of winning gold in all three disciplines – Sprint, Middle and Long.

14.07.2018 Russia and Norway – Junior World Champions in Relay
Russia won the women’s relay and Norway the men’s relay at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Hungary. Russia outperformed race favorites and won the gold in the women’s class, finished 1 minute 8 seconds ahead of Czech Republic and 1 minute 50 seconds ahead of Norway. In the men’s class Norway took a lead […]

13.07.2018 JWOC2018 Middle: gold for Hungary and Sweden
Csilla Garodnyi, Hungary brought first gold medal for the host nation at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018. Hungarian orienteer was 8 seconds faster than the Swede Sanna Fast and 26 seconds than the Czech Barbora Chaloupska. Reigning champion Simona Aebersold (SUI), as well as few other runners, were disqualified for missing an obligatory marked […]

12.07.2018 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Middle Distance
The first Middle Distance ever in World Masters Orienteering Championships history took place today in Tisvilde Hegn, Denmark.

10.07.2018 Aebersold and Kolbe – World Junior Champions in Sprint
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland won her second gold medal at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018. Aebersold was 26 seconds faster than Tereza Janosikova, Czech Republic and 1 min. 2 sec. faster than Csilla Gardonyi, Hungary. In the men‘s class, the third last starter Colin Kolbe, Germany finished in the gold medal position, only 8 seconds […]

09.07.2018 JWOC Long: gold for Aebersold and Fosser
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland and Kasper Fosser, Norway won Long distance at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018 in Kecskemét, Hungary. It was a clean win for both leaders. Aebersold finished more than 5 minutes ahead of the Hungarian Zsofia Sarkozy and 5 min. 56 sec. of Tereza Janosikova, Czech Republic. Kasper Fosser was faster by […]

04.07.2018 Latest IOF Newsletter is here!
The July edition of the IOF Newsletter arrived in the inboxes of its subscribers this afternoon.

04.07.2018 WOD 2018: The final number of participants landed at 358 734
This year's WOD figures have been collected, and the final number of participants landed at 358 734, participating in one of 2213 events organised in 81 different countries and territories. This is an increase of approximately 70 000 participants compared with last year's WOD.

04.07.2018 One of the biggest ever World Masters
Almost 4,200 WMOC participants are registered for the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2018. That is comparable with the biggest WMOC so far; 2007 in Finland.  We are looking forward to a big event, hopefully with the most competitors ever since the event started in 1983 as the Veteran World Cup.

04.07.2018 JWOC kicks off with the longest Long distance in JWOC history
The Junior World Orienteering Championships start on Monday in Kecskemét, Hungary. Junior athletes from all over the world will compete in the challenging Hungarian terrain. The Junior World Orienteering Championships kick off with the Long Distance the 9th July. The diverse and detailed Long Distance terrain will definitely be a challenge for the athletes. Temperatures […]

02.07.2018 EYOC: Finnish dominance in Long Distance
The Finnish team were very strong in the Long Distance at the European Youth Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria, winning all four classes.

02.07.2018 EYOC: Finnish dominans in Long Distance
The Finnish team were very strong in the Long Distance at the European Youth Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria, winning all four classes.

02.07.2018 EMTBOC Summary
European MTBO Relay win for Czech Republic Czech and Russian wins in Middle Distance Epic MTBO Long Distance in European Championships MTBO World Cup 2018

02.07.2018 European MTBO Relay win for Czech Republic
An exciting Mixed Relay on the final day resulted in a 4-second victory by the Czech Republic over keen rivals Russia.

30.06.2018 European MTBO Championships: Czech and Russian wins in Middle Distance
The Russian Olga Shipilova Vinogradova and the Czech Krystof Bogar both enjoyed convincing wins in the Middle race in Hungary today.

29.06.2018 Epic MTBO Long Distance in European Championships
A double win for the Czech Republic – Martina Tichovska and Vojtech Ludvik – was a feature of today’s Long race, where conditions were treacherous in Hungary’s hilly karst terrain after long periods of rain.

27.06.2018 European Youth Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria
European Youth Orienteering Championships kicks off in Bulgaria on Friday. Youth runners will compete in Sprint, Long Distance and Relay.

27.06.2018 MTBO stars of all ages gather in Hungary
Today is the start of the European Championships and the Junior European and Masters World Championships in MTB Orienteering, and also comprises the World Cup Round 1.

26.06.2018 Development Seminar in China
At the end of 2017, the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and the Orienteering Association of China (OAC) agreed upon several action items to further develop orienteering in China. One of these was an Event Organising Seminar, which would incorporate also an Event Advising Seminar.

21.06.2018 1:10000 for long distance competitions
At its latest meeting in Helsinki, the IOF Council (after voting) approved the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission’s proposal regarding a test period for allowing the use of map scale 1:10000 for long distance competitions (in WRE and regional championships only).
- This has been on the cards for a long time. Finally, we believe we found the right process on how to transform reality into our rules, says Aron Less, chairperson in IOF Foot Orienteering Commission.

20.06.2018 New ISOM 2017 Appendix Published – CMYK Printing and Colour Definitions
The first appendix to the ISOM 2017 has been published.

19.06.2018 IOF TrailO Event Adviser Clinic at WTOC
The IOF TrailO and Rules commissions, in collaboration with the WTOC 2018 organisers, welcome participants to a TrailO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Daugavpils, Latvia.

11.06.2018 General Assembly: Member federation nominations and proposals
The deadline for nominations to the IOF Council, and for proposals from member federations to the IOF General Assembly in October, was June 5th. Read more about nominations and proposals.

08.06.2018 World Orienteering Day – a record setting event
World Orienteering Day is getting bigger and bigger. More than 300 000 persons took part in an orienteering event all over the world during the third edition of WOD. 

07.06.2018 IOF IT Commission to hold Open Meeting at WOC 2018
The IOF IT Commission invites you to attend the Technology in Orienteering - Open Meeting at 18.00 on 6 August 2018 during WOC 2018 in Latvia.

04.06.2018 WOC 2018 Bulletin 3 has been published
Bulletin 3 for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2018 has been published and all entries and accreditations are now open.

04.06.2018 Knock-Out Sprint is the favourite name
The public voting for the name of the new sprint format is finished and Knock-Out Sprint got 77 % of the votes.

31.05.2018 Report your World Orienteering Day participation!
World Orienteering Day 2018 is now over, and we hope to establish a new record for the new WOD format, with events from a full week counting towards the total. But we need your help to report your WOD event on worldorienteeringday.com! So far, there are more than 237 000 participants registered at 1463 locations […]

25.05.2018 Data protection at the IOF
EU: s new data protection regulations General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into effect on the 25th of May 2018.  The new regulations set higher standards on personal data protection and the IOF manages several information systems and databases containing personal data.

25.05.2018 IOF Newsletter Published
The latest IOF newsletter reached the inboxes of its subscribers today.

25.05.2018 Eliminator or Knock-Out Sprint as the third sprint format?
Vote for your favourite name of the new sprint format!

25.05.2018 Central European Orienteering Cooperation has officially started
The cooperation among Central-European orienteering federations (CEOC - Central European Orienteering Cooperation) has been officially established at a meeting in Csákvár, Hungary. Two fundamental documents were adopted: the code of functioning of the cooperation and special rules for the Central European Youth Orienteering Cup (CEYOC).

25.05.2018 Challenging but stable financial situation for the IOF
At the IOF Council meeting in April the financial accounts for 2017 were approved. 2017 was a challenging year, as the cost structure of the IOF operations was restructured, but ended with a positive result.  The restructuring has meant that the overall positive economic trend from 2017 has continued into 2018. – It is important […]

25.05.2018 Tom Hollowell about the IOF finances
Secretary General/CEO Tom Hollowell about the financial situation of the IOF: How we could in general describe financial situation of the IOF? The overall situation can be described as challenging but stable. In the past 12-18 months we have taken important steps to establishing a long-term stable financing platform and restructured cost elements to bring […]

25.05.2018 EOC: Swiss success on home ground
The Swiss runners were very successful on the European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland. On the final day of championships, the long distance titles went to Olav Lundanes, Norway and Tove Alexandersson, Sweden. The Swiss remained for the first time without a title after three golden days.

25.05.2018 ETOC: Finland at top in Slovakia
Finland dominated ETOC with gold medals in PreO (Antti Rusanen, Open class), Relay (Open class) and TempO (Pinja Mäkinen). The most successful competitor was Antti Rusanen with two gold medals and one silver. PreO: Antti Rusanen, Finland and Pavel Shmatov, Russia were the gold medallists in PreO in the European TrailO Championships after a very […]

21.05.2018 World Orienteering Day is coming up
The third edition of the global success World Orienteering Day kicks off all over the world May 23rd. 2018, all orienteering activities between May 23rd and May 29th can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event.

15.05.2018 Alexandersson and Kyburz top World Cup rankings
Top athletes in this year’s World Cup after the European Championships are Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland. Both dominated their competitions, winning two of the three individual races and finishing second in the other.

13.05.2018 Alexandersson and Lundanes won the tough EOC long distance
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, and Olav Lundanes, Norway are the new European champions in long distance. The two Scandinavian athletes managed to beat the Swiss team in the tough Swiss terrain.   

12.05.2018 Switzerland and Norway European Champions in relay
Switzerland won the women’s relay and Norway the men’s relay at the European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland.

10.05.2018 Switzerland European Champions in Sprint Relay
Switzerland won the Sprint Relay at the European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland.

09.05.2018 Marika Teini and Matthias Kyburz Middle distance champions
Finnish Marika Teini won the European Orienteering Championships Middle distance and took her first individual championships gold medal after an exciting competition. In the men’s competition the reigning champion Matthias Kyburz won the fourth EOC gold of his career.

06.05.2018 Alexandersson and Hubmann/Kyburz European Champions in sprint
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden took her first senior sprint gold and Swiss Daniel Hubmann and Matthias Kyburz shared the victory in the first medal race at the European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland. The Swedish star Tove Alexandersson started fast and was in lead through the whole course. This gold was her third individual EOC gold, […]

03.05.2018 World Cup champions getting ready for EOC2018!
European Orienteering Championships now only few days away! The first races of the championships – Sprint Qualification and Final – will be held this Sunday. We asked the overall Orienteering World Cup winners of last season to share their expectations before the first start of the new season. Tove Alexandersson aims for good performances in […]

01.05.2018 ETOC TempO Final: clean sweep of medals for Finland
Finland’s Pinja Mäkinen won the gold medal in convincing fashion, finishing with a score 48.5 seconds better than silver medallist Antti Rusanen. The gap to third-placed Petteri Hakala was smaller, just 10.5 seconds.

01.05.2018 ETOC TempO: twelve nations represented in Final
109 competitors in two qualification heats vied this morning for 36 places in the TempO Final in the European TrailO Championships. Twelve nations have finalists, the most successful being Finland with six athletes through, whilst Norway and sweden both have five.

30.04.2018 ETOC Relay victories for Finland and Czech Republic
An exciting European TrailO Championships Relay in the open grounds of Castle Devín in Slovakia ended with wins for the Finnish and Czech teams in the Open and Paralympic classes respectively.

30.04.2018 Watch European Orienteering Championship LIVE
5 days to go! On Sunday 6th May, the European Orienteering Championships will kick-off in Ticino, Switzerland. A tough competition week awaits the athletes. The altitude of the race areas is between 300 and 1100 m above sea level, sometimes with steep slopes and variable runnability in the forest. More than 170 men and 140 […]

29.04.2018 First ETOC golds to Finland and Russia
Antti Rusanen, Finland and Pavel Shmatov, Russia are the gold medallists in PreO in the European TrailO Championships after a very tight day of competition in hot, sunny weather in Slovakia.

28.04.2018 European TrailO Championships: Hard first day in Slovakia
Antti Rusanen, Finland and Svein Jakobsen, Norway lead the Open and Paralympic classes respectively at the end of Day 1 of the 2-day PreO competition. Just 2 of the 150 competitors completed the course without error.

27.04.2018 Keen fight for medals in prospect
Narrow margins are the norm in top-level TrailO, and that will certainly be the case in the four days of competition in the European Trail Orienteering Championships which start this weekend.

26.04.2018 2nd IOF Global Development Conference
The IOF RYDC have announced the 2nd IOF Global Development Conference, to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5 October 2018.

25.04.2018 New IOF Manual for World Ranking Events
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission have released a new version of the Guidelines for World Ranking Events

25.04.2018 Season 2018: calendar overview
The new orienteering season just around the corner! The first major IOF event of the season 2018 – the European Trail Orienteering Championships – is about to begin this weekend. The first medalists of the season will be decided on Sunday when the new European Trail Orienteering Champions in PreO will be known. The European […]

24.04.2018 Updated World Cup 2018 rules
The World Cup Rules for the 2018 Orienteering World Cup has been updated. The main updates is around the definition of the Third Sprint format that will be held as Competition 9, 4th October, in Czech Republic. Link to Rules Link to World Cup      

15.04.2018 3rd Sprint format testing
It’s less than 6 months left before the first official race of the new 3rd Sprint format. The race is scheduled for 4th October 2018 at the IOF Orienteering World Cup Final in Prague, Czech Republic. The 3rd Sprint format consists of a qualification race followed by 3 elimination rounds (quarterfinals, semifinals and final). This […]

13.04.2018 The Minutes of IOF Council meeting 188 are published
The IOF Council met on April  6 and 7 in Namur, Belgium. The primary topic and most of the time in the meeting was spent discussing the Strategic Directions for the IOF for the next strategic period (2019 - 2022) and focus areas for the period until the General Assembly in 2020.

10.04.2018 Event application status
The latest event application period ended the 31st March and IOF received 17 applications from 15 Federations.

01.04.2018 UPDATED. First World Indoor Orienteering Championships will be held in 2018
UPDATED. Definitely World Indoor Orienteering Championships would be an exciting event. Sadly, not this year… Yesterday we celebrated April Fool’s Day! Nevertheless, You can try Indoor Orienteering this summer in Riga, Latvia! On 5th of August you are welcomed to the National Library of Latvia. A library situated only 5-minutes walking distance from WOC Sprint […]

01.04.2018 First World Indoor Orienteering Championships will be held in 2018
The first ever World Indoor Orienteering Championships will be held on the 6th August 2018 in Latvia. At the upcoming Council meeting on 6-7 of April in Brussels a final decision to be made. The organisers of WOC2018 scheduled an open indoor event during a rest day, the 5th of August, but with a high […]

23.03.2018 China – a new opportunity for Orienteering
The Orienteering Association of China became a member of the International Orienteering Federation in the summer of 1992. During 2008-2012, China had several high-level athletes and the Chinese orienteers reached their top results ever at the major IOF events: 7th place in the women’s Relay at WOC 2008, and Shuangyan Hao’s 10th place in the […]

19.03.2018 Team allocations for the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2018
The national quotas for the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2018 are published. Eight top ranked countries in each class (women and men) are placed in Division 1 and could enter 3 athletes in the Middle and the Long distances. Next 14 countries in each class are in Division 2 and could enter 2 athletes; […]

15.03.2018 Ski Orienteering World Cup 2017-2018 final: Maps
The maps of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup Round 3, in Craftsbury, Vermont, US. Sprint Women Men Middle distance Women 1 Women 2 Men 1 Men 2 Long distance … Sprint Relay Women Men

11.03.2018 Ski Orienteering World Cup: titles to Alexandersson and Lamov
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia won the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2017-2018. Alexandersson won 6 of 9 individual races this season and secured an overall win before the final individual race of the season. Mariya Kechkina of Russia finished second in the overall standings. The Russian athlete had a great season with […]

10.03.2018 Ski Orienteering season ended with a victory for Sweden
Sweden team won the Mixed Sprint Relay at the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup final in the Craftsbury, Vermont, USA. Despite an early mistake on the first leg and a broken ski on the last leg, the Swedish duo of Erik Rost and Tove Alexandersson repeated their success from the European Championships and won a […]

10.03.2018 World Cup final: wins for Koskela and Rost in the long distance
Salla Koskela, Finland and Erik Rost, Sweden won the last individual race of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup season 2017-2018. In a mass-start long distance race Rost finished 43 seconds ahead of the Norwegian Lars Moholdt and 1 minute 43 seconds of the Russian Eduard Khrennikov. The women’s race turned into a real drama. […]

08.03.2018 Apply for IOF Events before 31 March
This is a reminder all IOF Member Federations to apply for organising IOF events. The deadline for application this year is 31 March. Event Application Overview (2018-2022)   Find application documents for each discipline via the links below: FootO Events MTBO Events SkiO Events TrailO Events  

08.03.2018 World Cup final: double victory for Sweden in the Middle distance
The Swedish athletes dominated the Middle distance race at the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup final in Craftsbury, Vermont, United States of America. Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost were fastest today on the icy tracks around the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. Alexandersson finished 11 seconds ahead of another Swede Magdalena Olsson and 1 minute 27 seconds […]

07.03.2018 Sprint wins for Alexandersson and Lamov at the World Cup final
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia won the sprint race at the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup final in Craftsbury, Vermont, United States of America. Mariya Kechkina, Russia finished in the second place, 54.6 seconds behind Alexandersson. The third place winner in the women’s class was decided only on the finish line: Salla Koskela, […]

05.03.2018 Ski Orienteering World Cup Final starts tomorrow
The final round of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup starts on Tuesday 6 March at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Vermont, United States.

28.02.2018 In Egypt – first ever Trail Orienteering World Ranking event
In the beginning of the February the first ever Trail Orienteering World Ranking event was held in Egypt.

25.02.2018 WUSOC2018 Middle: win for Ulvensøen and Gorlanov
Anna Ulvensøen, Norway and Sergey Gorlanov, Russia won the Middle distance at the 2nd FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships in Haanja, Estonia. It was the last race of this championships. The 3rd FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships will be held in Rovaniemi, Finland in 2020. Anna Ulvensøen won the 4th consecutive race and her […]

24.02.2018 WUSOC2018 Pursuit: double victory for Norway
Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Haugen Madslien, Norway won the Pursuit race at the 2nd FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships in Haanja, Estonia. Anna Ulvensøen finished 42 seconds ahead of the Estonian Daisy Kudre and 1 minute 9 seconds of the Russian Maria Petrushko. In the men’s class Jørgen Haugen Madslien finished in front of […]

22.02.2018 WUSOC2018: Sprint Relay win for Norway
Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Haugen Madslien, Norway won the Sprint Relay at the 2nd FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships in Haanja, Estonia. Silver and bronze medals went to two Russian teams. Vladislav Kiselev and Marina Viatkina, from the 2nd Russian team finished in the second place, 36 seconds behind the Norway. Maria Petrushko and […]

21.02.2018 WUSOC2018 Sprint: gold to Anna Ulvensøen and Sergei Gorlanov
Anna Ulvensøen, Norway and Sergei Gorlanov, Russia won today’s Sprint race at the FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships with winning margins of 30 and 3 seconds respectively. Ulvensøen took a strong lead right from the start and left no chances to beat her to the rivals. A fight for the silver and bronze medals was […]

21.02.2018 IOF Meetings minutes summary
Here comes links to recent (after Joint meeting in January 2018) minutes that has been published on orienteering.org.

20.02.2018 2nd FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships opened in Tartu
The 2nd FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships starts tomorrow in Tartu, Estonia. Over 70 participants from 14 countries entered this year championships. All competitions will be held in Haanja, with an arena placed at Haanja Biathlon Stadium. Haanja is located 90 km from Tartu and is the hilliest part of Estonia. Competition terrain is […]

19.02.2018 3rd sprint format update
A 3rd sprint race format will be added to the existing individual sprint and mixed sprint relay races in the World Orienteering Championships programme starting 2020. A development project runs in a full speed with many test races taking place, and the first scheduled official race on 4th October 2018 at the IOF Orienteering World […]

16.02.2018 World Orienteering Day newsletter published
A new WORLD ORIENTEERING DAY newsletter published. In this newsletter You will find examples of how the National Federations support WOD activities; the articles about maze orienteering; report about the last year’s WOD activities in Canberra, Australia and more. Read a newsletter here. Also, we gladly announce that Nokian Tyres, the main IOF sponsor, will […]

12.02.2018 O-Ringen Academy 2018
This year's O-Ringen Academy will take place 19 – 28 July in connection with this year’s O-Ringen in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

10.02.2018 SkiO World Cup standings: clear leads for Alexandersson and Lamov
Both have four wins from six races, and are clear best in the SkiO rankings right now with one round to go.

09.02.2018 ESOC Relay: great day for Norway
Norway won the men’s relay today, with silver and bronze going to Russia and Finland. The women’s relay was declared void after a mix-up in the issue of maps at the changeover.

08.02.2018 18th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM)
The 18th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM) is set to take place on October 5, 2018, in Prague, Czech Republic.

08.02.2018 ESOC Relays: great day for Norway
Norway won the men’s relay and took the bronze medals in the women’s race today, where Russia won comfortably ahead of Sweden. Men’s silver and bronze went to Russia and Finland.

07.02.2018 ESOC Long: Gold to Mariya Kechkina and Erik Rost
Russian athlete Mariya Kechkina and Sweden’s Erik Rost emerged as champions after gruelling Long Distance races in soft snow at Yundola, Bulgaria today.

05.02.2018 ESOC: Middle titles to Alexandersson and Lamov
Keenly fought Middle Distance races today ended with wins for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia.

04.02.2018 ESOC: Sprint Relay win for Sweden
39 seconds was the winning margin at the end of an intense Sprint Relay, victory going to the quality Swedish team of Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost. The silver medals went to Finland and the bronze to Russia.

03.02.2018 European SkiO Championships: Sprint master-classes from Alexandersson and Khrennikov
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and the Russian Eduard Khrennikov won today’s Sprint with winning margins of 34 and 45 seconds respectively. Both had fastest times throughout.

31.01.2018 Ski Orienteering elite heading for Bulgaria
The start of February sees the European Ski Orienteering Championships taking place at Velingrad, Bulgaria. Five days of intense competition are in prospect; these also count as the second round of the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup.

28.01.2018 Orienteering World 2017 released!
The Orienteering World 2017 magazine released! In the new issue You will find many interesting orienteering articles: Use the Evacuation Plan for Orienteering; Thierry Gueorgiou’s Final Triumph; IOF Athlete of the Year: Tove Alexandersson and many more!

26.01.2018 Council meeting minutes published
The minutes of the latest (187) IOF Council meeting, which took place 19-20 January in Warsaw, Poland, are now published. Here are a few of the key items discussed at the Council meeting...

26.01.2018 Orienteering World 2017 published!
The Orienteering World 2017 magazine released! In the new issue You will find many interesting orienteering articles: Use the Evacuation Plan for Orienteering; Thierry Gueorgiou’s Final Triumph; IOF Athlete of the Year: Tove Alexandersson and many more!

26.01.2018 IOF sets the ball rolling with the Global Orienteering Volunteer Project
The Global Orienteering Volunteer Project was initiated in Autumn 2017 by the IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission. The principle aim is to bring orienteers who would like to share their expertise together with countries, clubs and orienteering communities which are in need of a helping hand.

26.01.2018 Singaporeans visit Japan
The sport of orienteering has just started in Singapore. The Orienteering Federation Singapore became a member of the IOF last summer. The federation was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and sent 5 orienteers from Singapore to Japan on the 20-28th of November.

23.01.2018 World Orienteering Day 2018 – 4 months to go!
The first World Orienteering Day in 2016 was a huge success, with more than 250 000 participants taking part in orienteering events all over the world. On May 24th 2017, the second World Orienteering Day took place worldwide. It became an even greater success than the year before, with 288 000 participants at nearly 2300 […]

22.01.2018 World Rankings – a double lead for Tove Alexandersson
As a new orienteering season is approaching fast, with early World Ranking Events just around the corner and a few of them already over, it’s time to overview the World Ranking Lists for all the orienteering disciplines. Orienteering (Middle/Long) World Ranking The women’s field is led by triple World Orienteering Champion 2017 and overall World […]

18.01.2018 A very special WOC on a very special year for Latvia
In early November 2017, the IOF office team visited the organisers of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2018 in Latvia. This is a relatively new process that IOF office has instituted. Since WOC 2016 they have visited the organisers on site to offer assistance and understand their preparations in a number of areas which […]

17.01.2018 Application documents for major SkiO and FootO events 2019-2022 published
Application documents for the major FootO and SkiO events in 2019-2022 are published on our webpage.
Application period ends on 31 March 2018.

17.01.2018 IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers Clinics
We kindly remind all member federations about the upcoming IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers Clinic, which will be held during the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Velingrad, Bulgaria, 4-6 February 2018. You can read an invitation to the clinic here. This clinic is organised for education and recruitment of the new IOF licensed Ski Orienteering […]

16.01.2018 Anti-Doping – increasing number of tests
At the end of October 2017, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), released a statistical report for the year 2016. This annual report gives a general overview of Anti-Doping activities within all sports, including orienteering. The extensive report provides testing figures from all WADA accredited laboratories, showing both the IOF’s and other anti-doping organizations’ testing statistics. […]

12.01.2018 Application documents for major MTBO events 2020-2021 published
All application documents for the major Mountain Bike Orienteering events in 2020-2021 are now published on the Event Applications page. Application period ends on 31 March 2018.

06.01.2018 WMOC2018 – first registration deadline on 12th of January
The first registration deadline for World Masters Orienteering Championships 2018 is approaching fast! The last chance for early registration is 12th of January. Entry is open at IOF’s Eventor page.

04.01.2018 Thierry Guergiou’s career – in a special edition magazine
The legend. The superstar. The “King of Middle Distance”…
French Orienteering Federation published a special edition of the magazine, dedicated to Thierry Gueorgiou after his retirement from national team at end of 2017.

01.01.2018 Matthias Kyburz nominated for The World Games Athlete of the Year 2017 award!
Matthias Kyburz was nominated for The World Games Athlete of the Year 2017 award!
Swiss orienteer won all three races at The World Games 2013 in Cali, Colombia and he was one of the favourites in Wroclaw as well. He finished “only” third in the opening Sprint, but recovered quickly and won the Middle distance.
Support Matthias by voting once per day until 15 January!

20.12.2017 For the first time in China – World Cup 2019 goes to Asia
In connection with the World Ranking Events held in the Guangdong province of China last week, the Orienteering Association of China and the International Orienteering Federation reached an agreement to organize the final round of the Orienteering World Cup in 2019.
It will be not only the first ever for the Orienteering World Cup in China but also the first major IOF event with global participation in this most populated country in the world. Only regional championships and world ranking events have been held previously in China.

17.12.2017 Gueorgiou and Alexandersson: Orienteering Achievement of 2017!
Thierry Gueorgiou (France) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) have been awarded with “The Orienteering Achievement of 2017″ titles in the men’s and women’s class, respectively! The vote has been decided by the big international readership of WorldofO.com – nearly 4000 unique votes from around 60 different countries have been delivered. Read interviews with the winners below the results. Gueorgiou won […]

15.12.2017 Tove Alexandersson – Orienteering Athlete of the Year 2017
In her first five World Championships (WOCs) in Orienteering, Tove Alexandersson won six silvers and three bronze medals. In her latest two WOCs she has won five gold medals. “My WOC results in the last two years have been amazing,” she says. Let´s start from the end. The end of the World Cup season. With […]

14.12.2017 Emily Benham Kvåle – Mountain Bike Orienteering Athlete of the Year 2017
2017 was again an incredible year of sport for Emily Benham Kvåle, but the biggest happening of all was not at the sports ground. “Getting to marry my best friend was the best and happiest day of my life. I gained a husband, a new surname and have the best in-laws one could wish for,” […]

13.12.2017 Pinja Mäkinen – Trail Orienteering Athlete of the Year 2017
Pinja Mäkinen has three children between two and six years old and is working almost full-time – and yet this year she has won a World Championship medal again. The Athlete of the Year in Trail Orienteering grew into orienteering as a young child. “I started in my club Koovee when I was three years old,” […]

12.12.2017 Tove Alexandersson – Ski Orienteering Athlete of the Year 2017
Three golds in the World Championships. Two golds and two silvers in the European Championships. That is the Tove Alexandersson record in Ski Orienteering in 2017. And they were also the results that gave her the title of IOF Athlete of the Year in Ski Orienteering. “The races I had in the World Championships in […]

02.12.2017 SkiO World Cup 2017-2018: Russians strongest in first round
Russia was the most dominant nation in Round 1 of the SkiO World Cup, their best athlete being Andrey Lamov who won all three races.

30.11.2017 Favourites win SkiO Long Distance
Winners of today’s Long Distance race were favourites Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia. Both were able to ski into the finish under no pressure.

28.11.2017 IOF Eventor upgrade on the 29th November!
The Event management system, IOF Eventor, will be upgraded on Wednesday the 29th November. The system will be shut down at 05:00 (UTC) and started again at 23:00 (UTC).

28.11.2017 SkiO World Cup: second win for Lamov
Andrey Lamov, Russia took his second victory in Ylläs, Finland today, winning the Middle Distance race by 25 seconds. Tove Alexandersson, Sweden was the women’s winner by 34 seconds.

27.11.2017 New Control Descriptions published
The IOF Rules Commission has finalised their project to update the IOF Control Descriptions. The new document comes into force on 1 January 2018.

27.11.2017 Finnish success in SkiO season opener
The home crowd had plenty to cheer about in celebrating victory for Salla Koskela in today’s Sprint. Top-ranked Andrey Lamov, Russia was the best of the men.

24.11.2017 Guide: Follow the SkiO World Cup Round 1 LIVE!
The World Cup winners in 2017-2018 season will be crowned after 9 competitions in 3 countries. The Cup starts in Finland on Monday the 27th November. Watch it live on LIVE Orienteering!

24.11.2017 A word from the President: Critical to Quality
CTQ, or critical to quality, is a commonly used term in the business I come from. Orienteering is a complicated sport and as a rule, insiders do not easily accept any simplifications in our sport. There is a clear need for at least some simple solutions, and the IOF Council has recently rejected several requests […]

24.11.2017 Inside the Office: WOC 2018 visit
A few weeks ago, three of us from the IOF Office took our customary trip to visit the upcoming WOC organisers. This time, we made our way to Sigulda in Latvia, to meet the WOC 2018 organising team there. After a late arrival on Friday night, we kicked off the meeting on Saturday morning with […]

23.11.2017 Masses of snow for new SkiO season
The new SkiO season begins in Ylläs, Finland this weekend with three races for the Individual World Cup 2017-2018. There will be three rounds in all, the second and third rounds also including Team World Cup competitions.

21.11.2017 New control process for mapping for IOF events
Map quality is a major topic of discussion among orienteers. Following the introduction of the latest standard, ISOM 2017, the IOF Council has agreed with the  recommendation of the Map Commission and will be instituting a new process for the control of the mapping done for IOF major events.

17.11.2017 High Level Event Seminar 2018
The invitation, schedule and registration for HLES 2018 has been published!

16.11.2017 Event Adviser Clinics coming up
A vital part of IOF Event Quality is the Event Adviser. Each year, a number of discipline specific clinics are held to educate new Event Advisers. Here is an overview of upcoming clinics.

15.11.2017 Ski Orienteering season approaching – Have you checked the updated rules?
The international Ski Orienteering season starts November 27th with the sprint competition at the World Cup in Ylläs, Finland. 
Based upon experience gained at the European Ski Orienteering Championships earlier in 2017 and recommendations from the SkiO Athletes Commission, the IOF Council have approved several changes and clarifications to the competition rules for ski orienteering.

09.11.2017 Updated Conflicting dates policy
The new policy makes Event planning easier, and contains an appendix with the IOF Event Period Calendar for Foot Orienteering Events. The Calendar is a good tool to use for Organisers and Federations to plan applications and find out possible and impossible periods for IOF Foot Orienteering Events.

31.10.2017 Trail Orienteering: Marit Wiksell wins European Cup
The final European Cup event of the 2017 TrailO season took place in Slovakia last weekend. In an exciting event, the 26-year-old Swedish athlete Marit Wiksell won the TempO competition and secured the overall crown.

26.10.2017 Competition rules updated
After Council meeting 186 in Stockholm all disciplines competition rules have been updated together with World Ranking Scheme rules, SkiO World Cup 2017-2018 special rules and Approved Punching system rules.

26.10.2017 Masters: Map scale and qualifications method
On the latest meeting the IOF Council made decisions regarding masters map scale and qualifications method.

25.10.2017 New sprint format
On its last meeting the IOF Council agreed on the proposed third sprint format; a one-day competition with qualification and elimination heats.

24.10.2017 Bring Juniors together. Apply for Junior World Orienteering Championships 2021!
Application documents for the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2021 are now published on the Application forms page.

23.10.2017 New RYDC commission members
The IOF Council approved two new members to the RYDC commission on its meeting in Stockholm last week.

23.10.2017 IOF Office organisation announcement
Malin Fuhr, IOF Global Development and Communications Officer, will be taking a parental leave of absence from November 7, 2017 until May 1, 2018. This means some changes and adjustments in the IOF Office.

20.10.2017 Event Application Overview 2018-2022 published
This document is intended to give an overview of upcoming events member federations can apply for. It specifies all IOF Foot-, MTB-, Ski- and Trail Orienteering Events within the period of 2018- 2022. It is a document for federations to use in their long term planning. The document can be found in the Event Applications […]

18.10.2017 Application documents for WMOC 2021 published
Application documents for the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2021 are now published on the Application forms page. New Application structure The application documents have a new structure which all IOF Event applications will follow: Guidance notes – Describes the Key concept and application procedure. Describes Key areas of interest for an organiser. Standard IOF […]

17.10.2017 Welcome to Latvia! Bulletin 2 out!
Bulletin 2 for World Orienteering Championships in Latvia is now released on the IOF Eventor page. The 35th World Orienteering Championships will be held in Riga and Sigulda. Celebrate Latvia's 100 th anniversary with all WOC Elite Events and Latvia O'week, culture and nature. - "There will be adrenaline" says Event Director Janis Lazdans.

13.10.2017 IOF at the ISF Technical Commissions Seminar
Áron Less (IOF FootO Commission Chairman) represented the International Orienteering Federation at the International School Sports Federation (ISF) Technical Commissions Seminar in Olbia, Italy.

12.10.2017 IOF MTBO Commission Minutes
The minutes of the latest IOF MTBO Commission meeting have been published.

05.10.2017 Nokian Tyres continues as the title sponsor for WOC
Nokian Tyres continues as the title sponsor of the World Orienteering Championships. Following on the initial sponsorship with International Orienteering Federation’s (IOF) premium event in 2016 and 2017, a new multi-year contract has been signed.

03.10.2017 WADA publishes 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), have published the 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, which will come into force on 1 January 2018. 

02.10.2017 High class TrailO in Uppsala
The 7th and 8th stages of the unofficial European Cup in TrailO took place in Uppsala, Sweden, 23-24 September.

01.10.2017 Fifth relay win of the season for Sweden
Sweden demonstrated strength in depth today, with its second team ending victorious after the first team was disqualified. That makes 5 wins out of 7 for Sweden in this year’s Relay World Cup.

30.09.2017 Alexandersson and Kyburz take top World Cup placings
The favourites today were the winners, on the day and overall. Tove Alexandersson and Matthias Kyburz overcame all opposition in dominant style, with leading times almost throughout in today’s Middle race.

29.09.2017 Swiss on top on home ground
A tough Long Distance race in the Swiss alps was just the ticket for World Cup leader Matthias Kyburz, whilst his compatriot Elena Roos was best in the women’s race on the first day of the World Cup Final weekend.

28.09.2017 Application documents for WOC 2022 published
Application documents for the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2022 are now published on the Application forms page. WOC 2022 will be a Sprint format WOC.

27.09.2017 IOF SkiO Commission Minutes
The minutes from the latest IOF SkiO Commission meeting are now available.

26.09.2017 All eyes on Grindelwald!
The World Cup Final weekend, with three exciting races in prospect, starts on Friday in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Almost 200 athletes from 23 nations will take part.

25.09.2017 IOF FootO Commission Minutes
The minutes from the latest IOF FootO Commission meeting are now available.

22.09.2017 IOF at the WADA TUE Symposium
The WADA Therapeutic Use Exemption Symposium is currently taking place in Helsinki, Finland, 21-22 September.

22.09.2017 IOF Newsletter September 2017
TGIF! And what better way to celebrate the weekend than with an IOF Newsletter?

22.09.2017 A special ceremony for redistribution of medals from ESOC and WSOC 2017
Following the conviction of a Ski Orienteering athlete for doping earlier this year, there are several medals which now need to be awarded to the correct winner. A special prize giving ceremony for the athletes affected will take place during the upcoming World Cup round in Ylläs, Finland. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday 28 […]

22.09.2017 Dominican Republic prepares for Championships despite fear of hurricanes
First Hurricane Irma and now Hurricane Maria will not stop the Central American and Caribbean Orienteering Championships from taking place as planned 27 September-1 October. The Championships will see orienteers from Mexico, Guatemala, Haiti, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic taking part. Before the Championships, a conference will take place where each country […]

22.09.2017 Are you searching for a volunteer to help you with orienteering development?
Are you in need of some expertise in mapping, coaching or organizing an event to develop orienteering? Would you like to recruit a volunteer but not sure where to search? Check the Global Orienteering Volunteer Platform where volunteers offer their expertise: There are no volunteer requests to be displayed yet. (The data will be updated every week.) […]

22.09.2017 Travel the world and contribute to orienteering development
Are you up to travel and help with orienteering development in other parts of the world, but not sure where to go – where your help is needed? Register at the Global Orienteering Volunteer Platform where orienteers throughout the world can offer their skills and expertise to developing countries or clubs in need of this expertise. In […]

22.09.2017 Get your own copy of the International Specification for Orienteering Maps ISOM 2017!
You can now purchase a high-quality printed version of ISOM 2017. Orders are being handled by our printing partner BML Print.

22.09.2017 A rewarding experience – The IOF and FISU in cooperation
At the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Gala in Chinese Taipei on August 18th, the IOF was awarded the FISU award for ”Best International Sports Federation”. Orienteering also received another award at the Gala when the Hungarian National University Sports Federation received the FISU award for ”Best 2016 World University Championship” for the orienteering championships held in Miskolc.

22.09.2017 Martin Regborn: “A place on the podium would mean a lot to me”
The World Cup final will be held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, on 29th and 30th September. Points from both of the final races (Long and Middle distance) will count for the final standings and will be added to the present scores, so the two last races will be very keenly contested.

21.09.2017 IOF High Level Event Seminar 2018
The 2018 IOF High Level Event Seminar will be held on 3-4 February in Riga, Latvia.

19.09.2017 IOF FootO Event Adviser Clinic 16-17 December 2017
The IOF Rules Commission is organising an IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Milan, Italy, 16-17 December 2017. The main objective of this IOF Event Advisers’ Clinic is to prepare participants to be licensed IOF FootO Event Advisers. Find out more here!

15.09.2017 Attention! World Cup Final coming up
After 8 competitions in 3 Countries there are three women that have the potential to win, but it looks most likely that Natalia Gemperle or Tove Alexandersson that will make up the two highest positions on the podium in Switzerland. In the men’s World Cup challenge, there is an even tighter final where 12 men […]

15.09.2017 IOF Map Commission Minutes
The minutes of the latest IOF Map Commission meeting are now available.

13.09.2017 IT Commission Meeting notes
A Meeting Summary from the IOF IT Commission's latest meeting is now available.

08.09.2017 Bulletin 1 for WOC 2019
Bulletin 1 for World Orienteering Championships is now released on the IOF Eventor page. World Orienteering Championships will be held for the 4th time in Norway. Follow King Olav Haraldssons footsteps and visit Sarpsborg in 11th to 17th August 2019. Link to Bulletin 1 (PDF)  

01.09.2017 New World Ranking Event rules
On the Council Meeting 185 in Tartu, the Council decided upon new World Ranking Scheme Rules and fees for the 2018 season(2017-2018 for SkiO).

01.09.2017 New WRE rules
On the Council Meeting 185 in Tartu, the Council decided upon new World Ranking Scheme Rules and fees for the 2018 season(2017-2018 for SkiO). Summary Changes Trail Orienteering will have a World Ranking, starting with the 2018 season. A new Service Fee model based on ability to pay principles. Unlimited number of WRE applications per […]

01.09.2017 IOF internal documents revision
The IOF Ethics Commission is conducting a consultation regarding an intended revision of IOF internal documents and working processes.

30.08.2017 Bjørn Axel Gran appointed Event Director of WOC 2019
Bjørn Axel Gran brings experience from "Grenserittet" and Halden Skiklubb to the job for the WOC organization.

28.08.2017 IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission Minutes
The minutes of the latest IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission are now available.

27.08.2017 World Cup Sprint: Tove Alexandersson way ahead, 5-second win for Vojtech Kral
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden was fastest in the Women’s Final for all but the first half-kilometre and won by 39 seconds. The Czech athlete Vojtech Kral took his first-ever World Cup win.

27.08.2017 9 out of 11 Top Women made it – Watch the finals at 15:55 (UTC +3)
The Orienteering World Cup Sprint competition is the 8th out of 10 competitions in the 2017 World Cup. The total standings, with 3 competitions to go, are still very even in both Men’s and Women’s Cups. Today, 9 out of the top 11 Women made it to the Sprint final. Only Maja Alm (DEN) and […]

26.08.2017 2017 MTBO season: who were the best riders and teams?
Emily Benham and Krystof Bogar have had the most individual success; Russia heads the World Championships points table; the Relay World Cup was won by the Czech Republic.

26.08.2017 World Cup in Latvia: Switzerland and Sweden win Relays
Swiss women and Swedish men proved best in today’s relays – but it was Sweden’s second team that triumphed with their first team ending fourth. The women’s race featured a frantic sprint finish.

26.08.2017 MTBO Sprint wins for Marika Hara and Grigory Medvedev
2017 World Sprint Champions are Marika Hara, Finland and Grigory Medvedev, Russia. Both won convincingly in the very detailed terrain near the centre of Vilnius. Emily Benham and Krystof Bogar are this year’s World Cup winners.

25.08.2017 Foot and Bike LIVE tomorrow Saturday the 26th August
Tomorrow you will have the opportunity to choose or multitask as the World MTBO Championship Sprint competition and the Orienteering World Cup Relay will be LIVE on LIVE Orienteering at the same time. Schedule: The World MTBO Championship Sprint will have LIVE TV from 10:30 to 12:15 (UTC + 3h). Viasat Sport Baltic will also […]

25.08.2017 World Cup in Latvia: Middle Distance wins for Gemperle and Lundanes
Natalia Gemperle, Russia and Olav Lundanes, Norway are the clear winners of today’s Middle Distance race in the forests close to Cēsis, Latvia.

25.08.2017 World MTBO Championships: second gold for Emily Benham
Emily Benham, Great Britain retained her crown in good style in today’s Long Distance race near Vilnius, Lithuania. The men’s gold went to Rasmus Søgaard, Denmark who won convincingly by over 3 minutes.

24.08.2017 Jonas & Jonas are ready!
The two Swiss commentators Jonas Mathys and Jonas Merz will be commentating on the World Cup Round 3 in Latvia this weekend, for the first time without their anchor Katherine Bett who is the ‘speaker’ at the World MTBO Championships. Merz: “The commentating will be exciting. There were not really many possibilities since the World Championships […]

24.08.2017 World Cup Round 3 starts tomorrow!
256 athletes from 27 nations will be competing in World Cup races in Cēsis, Latvia this weekend. A Middle Distance, a Relay and a Sprint make up the programme.

23.08.2017 LIVE from World Cup 3 in Latvia!
Welcome to Cecis, Latvia to watch World Cup Round 3 on LIVE Orienteering! There will be live broadcast from all three competitions and a LIVE Orienteering ticket includes access to the live GPS tracking and live results. Program Friday Middle 09:00 – Men 09:00 – Women Saturday Relay 09:00 – Women Leg 1 11:00 – Men Leg 1 […]

23.08.2017 World MTBO Championships: Finland and Czech Republic take Relay golds
Finland had a comfortable win in the women’s race, and the Czech men’s team made it a championships double with an equally clear victory.

22.08.2017 World MTBO Championships: Mass Start leads to mass finish
The first official Mass Start race ended in a mass sprint for the line in the men’s race, with the first six finishers within 4 seconds and thirteen within the first minute. World Champions are Emily Benham, Great Britain and Luca Dallavalle, Italy.

21.08.2017 World MTBO Championships: Middle Distance wins for Russia and Czech Republic
The Russian Olga Shipilova-Vinogradova and the Czech rider Krystof Bogar are the first gold medal winners in the Championships after a gruelling race in wet and muddy conditions in the hilly forests around Vilnius, Lithuania.

20.08.2017 All to ride for in MTBO World Cup
With 6 races run and 4 to go, and a best 8 out of 10 for the final scores, there are many athletes who still have the chance of a final top-six position. Just now the individual standings are headed by Martina Tichovska, Czech Republic and Baptiste Fuchs, France. The Czech Republic leads in the team competition.

17.08.2017 World MTBO Championships: no clear favourites
The race for medals is very open at this year’s Championships, with no rider having any extended supremacy in this season so far. Vilnius, capital city of Lithuania, hosts the combined Senior and Junior Championships, with 5 races scheduled for the period 21-26 August.

07.08.2017 Czech Republic claim Sprint Relay gold
Friday morning saw the teams at the European MTB Orienteering Championships battle it out in an intense Sprint Relay.

04.08.2017 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships – Long Distance titles to Shipilova-Vinogradova and Søgård
The European MTB Orienteering Championships continued with a gruelling Long Distance race, with wins for Olga Shipilova Vinogradova and Rasmus Soergaard.

03.08.2017 FootO Commission Minutes Published
The minutes from the latest IOF FootO Commission meeting have been published. Keep up to date with the developments of orienteering, read the minutes here.

03.08.2017 Are you interested in the global development of orienteering?
The IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission (RYDC) are looking for new volunteer members will specific skills and an interest in global development.

03.08.2017 Are you interested in working with the global development of orienteering?
The IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission (RYDC) are looking for new members will specific skills and an interest in global development.

01.08.2017 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships – Victories to Benham and Laurila in the Middle Distance
After an intense sprint in a University Campus in Orleans in France on Sunday the European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships had found its way out to a forest in Ormes for the Middle Distance. The terrain waiting for the competitors in Ormes was fairly flat with fast tracks and some areas with a dense network of bike and running […]

31.07.2017 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships – Tichovska and Bell wins the Sprint
Martina Tichovska (CZE) and Lauri Malsroos (EST) were the reigning champions from the sprint distance in the European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Portugal in 2015. This year the European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is held in Orleans outside of Paris in France. Today’s sprint in the University campus of Orléans-la-source certainly was significantly flatter […]

28.07.2017 European MTBO Championships coming up
European MTBO Championships, MTBO World Cup 2017 round 2, European Junior MTBO Championships,
European Youth MTBO Championships and World Master Series MTBO Championships will be held in France the coming week.

27.07.2017 Danish team on first Sprint relay victory 2017:
Maja Alm: “I know that the only way to do it [to win] is to keep focusing on myself. I can’t just run them in by speed – I need to do it with good orienteering technique. … It’s always good to do it together with the team. It’s wonderful”

27.07.2017 The World Games Sprint Relay: Denmark back on winning form
The first three runners from Denmark were able to stay with the pack before Maja Alm made a gap on the rest of the field in a fast and tight sprint relay race around the soggy Wroclaw Zoo. Their lead was 26 seconds over Switzerland, and Russia took third place, 40 seconds behind.

26.07.2017 Helena Jansson: “Today was my day”
Helena Jansson, Sweden, about today's race and The World Games: "I know I have done everything I could. It was really technical. The area was very green and I tried to stay calm and have a good plan for every control. Today was my day."

26.07.2017 Matthias Kyburz: “I was really running on my limit”
Matthias Kyburz about the Middle distance race: “My race was pretty good. I started quite fast and I saw Gustav Bergman. I tried to catch him and was really running on my limit.” He also explains how much he enjoys running at The World Games. “It is not the same pressure as at the World Orienteering Championships.”

26.07.2017 The World Games: Gold medals to Matthias Kyburz and Helena Jansson
The World Games Middle distance competitions were held in Trzebnica, Poland today. Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland, took his fourth World Games gold and Helena Jansson, Sweden, won what turned out to be a tight women’s race.

25.07.2017 Jerker Lysell had the seconds on his side
The men’s race was tight and Jerker Lysell won with a margin of two seconds. The Swede really enjoy The World Games: “I think it is a good way to make orienteering global”. Listen to the interview with Lysell and find out how excited he is about tomorrow’s Middle distance, his first forest competition this year.

25.07.2017 Maja Alm is unbeatable in Sprint
Maja Alm is definitely the Sprint Queen of orienteering. She has won the sprint at the World Orienteering Championships three years in a row. Now she is also a World Games champion in sprint. Watch this interview with Maja to find out about the race, her impressive speed, her tough competition period and how sore her calves are.  

25.07.2017 The World Games: Sprint golds for Maja Alm and Jerker Lysell
Maja Alm, Denmark had an outstanding victory, with a winning margin of 33 seconds, in the Sprint race in the old town quarter of Wroclaw today. Jerker Lysell, Sweden won the men’s race by 2 seconds.

24.07.2017 Leho Haldna: Way or no way to the Olympics?
"Our athletes and federations have to realise that the road to the Olympics is via The World Games, and The World Games are the highest level multi-sport event recognised by IOC where orienteering is on the programme."

24.07.2017 Looking ahead – Strategic Directions
At the General Assembly in 2018, the IOF will take on a new set of Strategic Directions. These will guide the actions of the IOF during the period 2018-2024, and are therefore a very important key to the development of orienteering. The process of creating these new Strategic Directions was launched already at the 2016 […]

24.07.2017 IOF Membership is growing
The Orienteering Federation of Singapore (OFS) has applied for IOF membership. Their application fulfils the requirements for membership, provided that the OFS provides final proof of recognition by the National Olympic Committee of Singapore, and the IOF Council have approved it. The membership is to be confirmed by the IOF General Assembly in 2018. After […]

24.07.2017 WTOC: Big success stories for Norway, Slovenia and Ukraine
Photo: Donatas Lazauskas The teams from Norway, Slovenia and Ukraine came away with the biggest smiles from this year’s World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) held in Lithuania, where teams from 25 nations met for a week of exciting competition. Both the TempO and the Open PreO gold medals went to Norway, whilst Slovenia and Ukraine […]

24.07.2017 WOC went viral through IOF Digital Team
The new IOF Digital Team made the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, the most visible WOC ever. The team of six persons shared videos, texts and photos on LIVE Orienteering, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and made orienteering visible to millions of orienteering fans all over the world. At the Nokian Tyres World […]

24.07.2017 IOF nominated for best International Sports Federation
International Federation of University Sports (FISU) has nominated the International Orienteering Federation for the “Best International Sport Federation” award.

24.07.2017 Striving for medals at The World Games
The World Games, the highest profile event for sports not in the Olympic Games, are now under way in Wroclaw, Poland. Three orienteering races are in the programme: a Sprint, a Middle Distance and a Sprint Relay. Follow the competitions at LIVE Orienteering.

19.07.2017 WOC promotion and relegation
The promotion and relegation based on the results at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships have been made. Most notable are Ukrainian men’s and Latvian women’s promotion from Division 2 to Division 1.

17.07.2017 World TrailO Championships: PreO golds to Sweden and Norway
Two previous champions won the gold medals in the 2-day PreO competition: Ola Jansson, Sweden and Lars Jacob Waaler, Norway.

17.07.2017 World TrailO Championships Relay: small nations win gold medals
Slovenia took the Open gold and Ukraine the Paralympic gold in the Relay, held on a golf course in south-eastern Lithuania in warm and sunny conditions.

17.07.2017 Linnea Golsäter: “Maybe I have to think over my goals once more”
One day after her birthday, Linnea Golsäter reached her highest peak as an orienteer. One more reason for thinking about her goals in orienteering.

17.07.2017 Aebersold and Ojanaho – same medal haul at JWOC
Stars of the 2017 Junior World Orienteering Championships were Simona Aebersold, Switzerland and Olli Ojanaho, Finland. Both won all three individual golds, and ran last leg to get silver in the Relay.

16.07.2017 Foot Orienteering Rule changes – Proposals
IOF Foot Orienteering Commission would like to have proposals for rule changes. The final submission date is 10th September 2017. Please send the proposals to Unni Strand Karlsen to her email address:  tar-kar@outlook.com.  

15.07.2017 Sweden and Norway won the JWOC Relay
Sweden won the women's Relay and Norway the men's at Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, Finland.

14.07.2017 Simona Aebersold: changed country, just right for JWOC
For most of the last yea,r Simona Aebersold has been living in a country far from home. The main reason has not been to become better using map and compass, but it has also been a part of it.

14.07.2017 Aerbersold and Ojanaho at top of the podium again
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland, and Olli Ojanaho, Finland took both their third individual gold medal at the Long distance at Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, Finland.

13.07.2017 Wet PreO at World TrailO Championships
Rain throughout the day, at times torrential, made siting conditions difficult on the first of the two days of PreO competition, being held in Lithuania.

13.07.2017 IOF Council meeting minutes published
The minutes of the latest IOF Council meeting, which took place 3rd and 6th of July in conjunction with World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia, are now available.

12.07.2017 Tommy Hayes – hard battles also on home ground
The Kiwis have done very well internationally for some years. In the Sprint, New Zealand got yet another medal at JWOC.

12.07.2017 JWOC: Unstoppable Aebersold and Ojanaho both take second gold
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland, and Olli Ojanaho, Finland both followed up their Middle distance golds winning also the Sprint at Junior World Orienteering Championships in Finland.

11.07.2017 Apply for EOC and World Cup Final 2020
The European Orienteering Championships (EOC) is organised every year from 2020 and follows the opposite formats of WOC, which means even years EOC is a Classic Forest Event and in odd years a Sprint Event. EOC 2020 will also be the final World Cup Event in 2020. All IOF member federations are hereby invited to […]

11.07.2017 JWOC: Big favourite, happy ending
Olli Ojanaho didn't get what he wanted at WOC in Estonia, but when he was competing with his own age group it ended just as expected.

11.07.2017 Big favourite, happy ending
Olli Ojanaho didn't get what he wanted at WOC in Estonia, but when he was competing with his own age group it ended just as expected.

11.07.2017 World TrailO Championships: young Norwegian wins TempO
Winner of today’s TempO competition, the ‘sprint’ form of TrailO, was Vetle Ruud Bråten, Norway competing in his first international TempO final. Norway also took the silver medal.

11.07.2017 JWOC: Aebersold and Ojanaho win Middle distance
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland, and Olli Ojanaho, Finland, won today’s Middle distance at Junior World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, Finland.

10.07.2017 The Key family: a remarkable World Championship family
Last week, mother Natasha Key fought amongst the very best seniors in the world. This week, son Aston will fight for the best performance so far in his career. He obviously has a lot of good genes.

10.07.2017 First World Championship event for Lithuania
The World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) is being held this coming week in Lithuania. This is the first time the country has organised an orienteering event at this level. Twenty-five nations have entered competitors.

09.07.2017 38 nations to compete in Junior World Orienteering Championships
The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) starts on Monday in Tampere, Finland. Thirty-eight nations will have athletes taking part.

07.07.2017 Team World Cup scores: Sweden has commanding lead
With three of the five counting relays now complete, Sweden holds a lead of 125 points with Switzerland in second place and Norway third.

07.07.2017 Women’s Relay: clear win for favourites Sweden
Sweden’s team of Emma Johansson, Helena Jansson and Tove Alexandersson enjoyed a victory by 2.41 over last year’s champions Russia, holding the lead throughout.

07.07.2017 Men’s Relay: success for Norway in defending title
The Norwegian team of Eskil Kinnerberg, Olav Lundanes and Magne Dæhli ran an impressively controlled race throughout to take what in the end was a clear victory, with France getting the silver medals and Sweden the bronze.

06.07.2017 Good World Cup leads for Alexandersson and Hubmann
With 6 of the 10 World Cup races over, Tove Alexandersson and Daniel Hubmann have healthy leads in the World Cup standings.

06.07.2017 Women’s Middle Distance: outstanding win by Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden took her second gold medal in three days with an outstanding run in the Estonian forest today. Her winning lead was 2.10.

06.07.2017 Men’s Middle Distance: master class from Thierry Gueorgiou
In his final individual WOC competition before retiring, Frenchman Thierry Gueorgiou ran a near-perfect race to take his 8th Middle Distance title.

06.07.2017 Member Federations meet and discuss at Presidents’ Conference
Whilst the athletes enjoyed a well-deserved rest day, yesterday the Member Federations of the IOF gathered for the biannual IOF Presidents’ Conference. The IOF Council gave an update on their work, and looked ahead to the General Assembly in 2018.

05.07.2017 World Orienteering Championships 2021 awarded to the Czech Republic
At today’s IOF Presidents’ Conference, the organisers of several IOF Major Events were announced. Most notably, the Czech Republic will host both the World Orienteering Championships in 2021 and the World MTB Orienteering Championships in 2020.

04.07.2017 Fourth Long Distance gold for Olav Lundanes
2010 on home ground, 2012 in Switzerland, 2016 in Sweden and now again – a convincing gold medal performance by this determined Norwegian athlete to win by almost 2 minutes.

04.07.2017 WOC Long Distance: Tove Alexandersson retains women’s title
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden ran a near-perfect race in difficult terrain on the Long Distance today, with only Sprint champion Maj Alm, Denmark able to come anywhere near challenging her time.

04.07.2017 Orienteering federations of Europe disband the European Working Group
At today's meeting of the Orienteering Federations of Europe, it was decided to remove the European Working Group from the IOF structure, and in stead work to establish recognized sub-regional groups.

03.07.2017 Redistribution of championship medals from WSOC and ESOC
Following the Anti-Doping Rule violation of a Russian Ski Orienteering athlete and disqualification of all her results from the European Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 and the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017, the IOF Council have decided that the medals will now be redistributed according to the new results.

03.07.2017 EYOC brings young orienteers together
Young orienteers share experiences and friendship at the European Youth Orienteering Championships.

02.07.2017 World Orienteering Championships: Sweden wins Sprint Relay
Sweden won the Sprint Relay at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Viljandi, Estonia. Denmark was second and Switzerland third.

02.07.2017 Following Orienteering LIVE is more popular than ever
Yesterday’s exciting sprint finals which concluded with gold medals to Maja Alm from Denmark and Daniel Hubmann from Switzerland had enormous interest from around the World. 4 countries showed the Sprint Final live on national TV, while 139 countries will show the race as full or highlighted replays over the coming days!

01.07.2017 Maja Alm and Daniel Hubmann world champions in sprint
The 2017 Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships kicked off today with the Sprint. The Danish Sprint queen Maja Alm won for the third year in a row. In the men’s class Daniel Hubmann won, making this his 7th gold medal at World Orienteering Championships.

30.06.2017 European Youth Sprint: medals to eight nations
The first race in the European Youth Championships, the Sprint, resulted in medals for 8 different nations including a Gold for Jakub Dekret from the host nation, Slovakia in class M18.

30.06.2017 WOC Sprint: 26 nations with athletes in Final
After today’s qualification races, 26 nations have at least one athlete in the Sprint Finals in Tartu, Estonia tomorrow. 8 nations have all their athletes through to the Final.

30.06.2017 An unique possibility for IOF WOC Clinic participants
The IOF WOC Clinic is an initiative from the IOF together with WOC to support countries that don´t have enough resources, so that they can bring athletes to this competition. The project also aims to give the opportunity of improving their technique to the members through experienced coaches and lecturers, as sometimes they don´t have such a support like this in their own countries.

30.06.2017 Catch the latest newsletter!
The IOF Newsletter for June has been sent to all subscribers.

30.06.2017 Indoor orienteering becoming increasingly popular in Latvia
The Latvian Orienteering Federation has been seeking a way to attract more people to the sport of orienteering and has found a great solution – indoor orienteering in popular public buildings. On the 5TH of May, the current stage of an indoor orienteering series took place in Liepāja, which is among the biggest cities in […]

30.06.2017 Leho Haldna: Highlights of the orienteering season
World Orienteering Day and World Orienteering Championships are the two most significant and popular events during the orienteering season. WOD was successfully organised in late May, with 288 000 participants in 79 countries and territories. This is a new world record, beating previous best result by 36 000 participants. On behalf of the IOF I would like […]

30.06.2017 FOLLOW WOC LIVE
The highlight of the orienteering calendar is here: the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships! Of course, the best place to follow the all the action is at LIVE Orienteering.com

29.06.2017 Olav Lundanes: the champion still has more to do
During the last two years Olav Lundanes has been at five long training camps in Estonia, but he isn't finished with his preparations. “There is still more to work on,” Olav Lundanes tells.

29.06.2017 Natalia Gemperle: historic victory on the way to WOC
Last year Natalia Gemperle ended up with three medals at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships (WOC). This year she says she is much better prepared, and the Russian athlete has just been in the winning team in one of the big relays for the first time.

28.06.2017 European Youth Orienteering Championships start on Friday in Slovakia
Four hundred athletes representing thirty-five nations are now arriving in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia for the European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC). There are three races: a Sprint, a Long Distance and a Relay.

28.06.2017 WOC 2017: Challenging and demanding terrain in prospect
Athletes taking part in the upcoming World Championships will experience a rich mixture of terrain types. The sprint races take place in the city of Tartu and the town of Viljandi, and the forest venues are based on the smaller settlements Rõuge and Vitipalu.

26.06.2017 WOC 2017: 500 volunteers from 20 countries
The World Orienteering Championships 2017 is just around the corner and everything is ready for the biggest event in the calendar. This year it will be held in Tartu and Southern Estonia, becoming the most important event in the history of the Estonian orienteering.

22.06.2017 World Orienteering Championships to be broadcast worldwide
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships, WOC, held in Estonia 1 – 7 July, will be broadcast in at least 139 countries.

22.06.2017 WOD newsletter has been published
In the latest World Orienteering Day newsletter you will find inspiring reading from WOD events all over the world.

21.06.2017 50 nations will participate in WOC
Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships starts with Sprint qualification June 30. 50 nations have athletes registered for the championships and all continents are represented.

16.06.2017 CISM World Military Orienteering Championships
The CISM World Military Orienteering Championships has been held in Finland this week. Estonian Timo Sild and Russian Svetlana Mironova had a successful championship, both of them winning both the Middle and the Long distance. The Polish team also had a good championship, winning several medals, with the gold in the women’s Relay as highlight.

14.06.2017 World Orienteering Day 2017 – a continued success
On Wednesday May 24th 2017, the second World Orienteering Day took place all over the world. It has proved an even greater success than last year, with 288 000 participants all around the world taking part in an orienteering event. This is new record, with 35 000 more participants than last year. In the end, […]

13.06.2017 The Final Draft of the updated IOF Control Descriptions is published
The Final Draft version of the revised IOF Control Descriptions has now been published. The most significant changes in the revised document are the the control descriptions for boulder, boulder cluster and dot knoll.

08.06.2017 IOF Ethics Panel decision regarding ESOC 2017 jury and conflict of Interest
The IOF Ethics Panel has made a decision regarding whether there was a conflict of interest behind the criticised jury decision at the European Ski Orienteering Championships.

07.06.2017 MTBO World Cup standings after first round
After two wins in the first round Emily Benham, Great Britain leads the women’s standings by 20 points. In the men’s table Vojtech Ludvik, Czech Republic and Luca Dallavalle, Italy share the lead.

05.06.2017 MTBO World Cup: second win for Emily Benham in gruelling Long Distance
Emily Benham, Great Britain took her second win of the round today in convincing style, finishing the fastest by almost 4 minutes. The Czech Republic team has achieved a victory in each of the three races, this time through Vojtech Ludvik.

04.06.2017 MTBO World Cup Sprint: Emily Benham and Krystof Bogar take top places
The women’s 1-2 was the reverse of yesterday, with Emily Benham, Great Britain in front of Martina Tichovska, Czech Republic by 19 seconds. The men’s race featured a convincing victory for the Czech rider Krystof Bogar.

03.06.2017 Czech and Italian victories in first MTBO World Cup race
Martina Tichovska, Czech Republic and Luca Dallavalle, Italy, were the top athletes in the Middle Distance World Cup race at Dietmanns, Austria today. Both won by over half a minute.

02.06.2017 MTBO World Cup this weekend in Austria
112 athletes representing 19 nations are gathered in Zwettl, Austria for three races this weekend that make up the first round of the 2017 MTBO World Cup.

02.06.2017 24 orienteering countries at The World Games
The list of participants in The World Games is now official. Athletes from 24 countries will participate in orienteering, including the three time World Games champion Matthias Kyburz from Switzerland.

01.06.2017 The IOF Sanctions Athlete for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Russian Ski Orienteer Polina Frolova has tested positive for the prohibited substance Meldonium. The IOF Doping Hearing Panel have sanctioned her with a period of ineligibility of four years, as well as the disqualification of a number of results.

31.05.2017 WOC 2017: Time to suit up again
In July 2013, Markus Puusepp dressed in his suit for a special meeting and said some words that changed his life and the orienteering world.

30.05.2017 Helena Jansson and Martin Regborn head World Cup standings
With three of the ten individual races completed, both women’s and men’s leaders are from Sweden, the most successful nation in the first round with three athletes in the top six in both lists of standings.

28.05.2017 World Cup Long Distance: Tove Alexandersson and Magne Dæhli prove strongest
Two dramatic races in hilly and technically challenging Finnish terrain today ended with victory for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Magne Dæhli, Norway. They had started fifth and sixteenth respectively in the chasing start, both taking advantage of mistakes being made by the early leaders.

27.05.2017 Martin Regborn best in men’s Middle Distance
Sweden showed strength in depth in the men’s Middle race, with eight finishers in the top fourteen including four in the top six. Best of all of them was Martin Regborn, 29 seconds quicker than Olav Lundanes, Norway.

27.05.2017 Women’s Middle Distance race: dominant win for Helena Jansson
Fifty seconds was the winning margin for the very experienced Swedish athlete Helena Jansson in today’s World Cup Middle race. She put in a near-flawless performance in technical terrain and showed that she is again in excellent physical form. Closest challenger was Natalia Gemperle, Russia.

26.05.2017 Buying tickets in LIVE Orienteering this week
LIVE Orienteering is for used the first time at an event of the size as the World Cup in Finland this week and new functionality is tested. Many new learnings have been made from the first two races this week and updates are being made continuously to improve the user experience. For the payment to […]

25.05.2017 World Cup Sprint Final: tight victory for Yannick Michiels, clear one for Maja Alm
Yannick Michiels, Belgium took a close victory by just 2 seconds today over Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland in the Sprint Final - a first-ever World Cup win for Belgium. Maja Alm, Denmark won by 10 seconds ahead of Tove Alexandersson, a better route choice in the middle of the race proving decisive.

24.05.2017 World Cup: Sweden wins Sprint Relay in close finish
A very close race on last leg between Helena Jansson, Sweden and Maja Alm, Denmark ended with a 1-second win for Jansson, and with Alm disqualified through mispunching. Second place went to Switzerland, 13 seconds down and third to Great Britain, 1 minute further down.

23.05.2017 New concept for World Cup Round 1
The new World Cup round begins on World Orienteering Day, 24th May with a Sprint Relay in the very centre of the Finnish city Turku. The round continues with a brand-new concept of three individual competitions, designed so that the first to finish in the last of these races is overall winner of Round 1.

23.05.2017 Leho Haldna: World Orienteering Day and World Cup coming up!
The 24th of May is the IOF's World Orienteering Day, or WOD.  World Orienteering Day was a great success in 2016, but this does not automatically mean success in 2017. We, the IOF, National Federations, clubs and our enthusiasts have to work together in order to archive our common goal, 350 000 participants in 2017 and to reach 500 000 participants in 2018.

22.05.2017 IOF newsletter May is published
Today, subscribers to the IOF Newsletter got mix of fresh articles, news updates and photos straight to their email inbox.

22.05.2017 Successful event in Malaysia
The PERAK MyO ASIA CUP 2017 was held recently in Malaysia. The event was very successful and a pre-event for the World Ranking Event, WRE, in Malaysia in October. 250 athletes participated in Sprint and Sprint Relay.

22.05.2017 Walking through footmarks of the past with Gytis Juska
The winner of the first Soviet Union’s championship Gytis Juska gets 75 this year but still finds time for orienteering in daily routine.

22.05.2017 Clare Durand: “I’m the only serious Trail Orienteer within a three hour drive”
To talk about Clare Durand is to talk about resilience. It’s in Lancaster, in the desert north of Los Angeles, in the United States, that we’re going to find her. Clare studied Geography and Computer Science, worked for the government making military maps, worked on movies and television as an assistant director and taught Mathematics. […]

22.05.2017 Orienteering in focus in seven big European cities
Between 7th May and 12th November, 2017, Orienteering will be in focus in seven major European cities. Bringing together the efforts and interests of Paris, Antwerp, Bristol, Treviso, Porto, Barcelona and Bilbao, the 4th edition of the City Race Euro Tour puts sport and tourism once more hand in hand. Paris was the venue chosen […]

22.05.2017 MTBO World Cup 2017: Who will be this year’s winners?
The individual World Cup winners of 2017 will be found from three rounds of keen competition. The World Cup starts in Austria, continues at the European Championships in France and ends with the most highly-awaited moment of the season, the World Championships in Lithuania. Will anyone beat the reigning Champions, Emily Benham and Anton Foliforov? […]

22.05.2017 Time to suit up again
In July 2013, Markus Puusepp dressed in his suit for a special meeting and said some words that changed his life and the orienteering world.

22.05.2017 Leho Haldna: World Orienteering Day and World Cup – two days to go!
The 24th of May is the IOF’s World Orienteering Day, or WOD.  World Orienteering Day was a great success in 2016, but this does not automatically mean success in 2017. We, the IOF, National Federations, clubs and our enthusiasts have to work together in order to archive our common goal, 350 000 participants in 2017 and […]

22.05.2017 Follow the World Cup Round 1
The day we have all been waiting for is soon upon us. On Wednesday 24 May, the World Cup kicks off in Finland! We will be treated to an exciting Sprint Relay, followed by a Sprint, a Middle Distance and finally a Long Distance to round things off. Make sure you don't miss any action!

19.05.2017 Achieving a new level of participants
78 countries and almost 1600 WOD events have registered for this year’s WOD on Wednesday, May 24th.

19.05.2017 World Orienteering Day newsletter – 5 days to go
Subscribers have received a World Orienteering Day newsletter with lots of reading five days before the big event. Almost 1600 events are registered, have you registered yours?  

17.05.2017 New guidelines for IOF Eventor profile photo
The IOF has made new guidelines for the IOF Eventor profile photo. The ambition is to improve the accreditation process on our major events, to make the athletes profiles look more professional and to have useful material for TV and Media graphics.

17.05.2017 7 steps to a successful WOD event
Six days left until World Orienteering Day. Have you registered your event yet? If not, here is seven steps to a successful WOD event.

16.05.2017 Consultation on new IOF Sustainability Policy
The Environment Commission (EnvC) has prepared a preliminary proposal for a new IOF Sustainability Policy. The proposed policy sets principles for both the IOF, the national federations and all orienteering events.

15.05.2017 WOD, a pre-event to the World Cup in Turku, Finland
The WOD event in Turku will be a pre-event to the first World Cup this year.

12.05.2017 WOD: 75 countries on all continents
Wednesday May 24th is coming closer and closer. Of 75 countries or territories registered so far, 17 non-IOF members have already registered a least one WOD event.

09.05.2017 The toughest TrailO competitions ever?
Last weekend, 29-30 April, FinTrailO hosted the European TrailO Cup outside Helsinki.

05.05.2017 National Quota Orienteering World Cup Round 1
The National Quota for Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in Finland is presented. The top 6 nations will have the opportunity to send 8 athletes to World Cup events. All other nations are entitled to 6 athletes. All 2016 individual World Champions shall be offered a wild card place in competitions 1, 2 and 3 provided […]

05.05.2017 New IOF branding
The new IOF branding has been made to simplify graphical work and to help spread a unified image of the IOF. The branding consists of a brand book with guidelines, logos, a visual toolkit and several useful templates.

04.05.2017 British Orienteering celebrates 50 years!
On the 17 June this year it is exactly 50 years since the British Orienteering Federation came into being. The occasion is being marked by the cutting of a celebratory cake, production of a short film, and a special multi-page feature in British Orienteering's member magazine Focus.

03.05.2017 World Masters Games: “It has all gone really well”
Event director Shaun Collins summarises The World Masters Orienteering Championships and the World Masters Games in New Zeeland.  
- It has all gone really well and I am very satisfied.

29.04.2017 WMOC and World Masters Games long distance final
World Masters Orienteering Championships and World Masters Games finished with long distance final in Woodhill Forest “Hedley Dunes” north of Auckland. 23 gold medallists from Australia, Bulgaria, Finland, Great Britain, New Zeeland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland.  

28.04.2017 World Orienteering Day 2017 – A letter from the IOF President
World Orienteering Day 2016 was a great success, achieving and surpassing our goals and expectations. The fact did not go unnoticed and many eyes have been opened to orienteering as a truly global sport for lifelong participation. Please read the rest of President Leho Haldna's letter below.

28.04.2017 New Event Advisers educated in Auckland, NZ
The IOF conducted an Event Advisers Clinic in Auckland, New Zealand on April 28th. The Clinic was held on the rest day of the World Masters Orienteering Championships.

24.04.2017 Successful Central European Youth Orienteering Cup
The town of Sobotka, situated in the foothills of Slesza mountain in Poland, hosted the second edition of the Central European Youth Orienteering Cup last weekend and was just as successful as the Event premiere in the Czech Republic  in 2016.

24.04.2017 WMOC: Aussie gold rush in Sprint
The Sprint Final in the World Masters Orienteering Championships was held today in Auckland, New Zealand as part of the World Masters Games. Twelve of the twenty-three gold medals went to Australia.

23.04.2017 World Masters Championships under way in New Zealand
The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC), the biggest sport within the 2017 World Masters Games, starts today in Auckland, New Zealand with more than 1750 competitors from 40 countries taking part.

19.04.2017 Oceania Orienteering Championships summary
The Oceania Orienteering Championships took place 14-17 April in Auckland, New Zealand. Despite the severe weather conditions in the area, the competitions could go ahead as planned, and the Oceanian orienteers battled it out for titles in Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay.

13.04.2017 There’s nothing like some good Kiwi-Aussie rivalry
The Oceania Orienteering Championships herald a two-week international orienteering extravaganza, from Easter 2017 (April 14–17), held in Auckland, New Zealand.

13.04.2017 IOF Newsletter is published
Today, subscribers to the IOF Newsletter got a fresh batch of articles, news updates and photos straight to their email inbox.

13.04.2017 New ISOM 2017, finally!
ISOM 2017, the International Specification for Orienteering Maps, was approved by the IOF Council a few weeks ago. The orienteering community, especially the mapping community, has been looking forward to the new, or at least updated, standard for a long time. The preparation of a new ISOM started already back in 2006, initiated by the […]

13.04.2017 Five-country Programme for TrailO Cup
For the fifth year in a row, five countries are hosting events in the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO).

13.04.2017 IOF very active at the SportAccord Convention in Aarhus, Denmark
The annual SportAccord Convention was held this year in Aarhus, Denmark from April 3 – 7. The Comvention is the most important annual gathering of international sports federations and consists of a number of meetings, seminars, an exhibition and social activities. For the IOF, SportAccord has become an important place to both share and gather […]

07.04.2017 IOF Transgender Policy
The IOF Council have approved the proposed IOF Transgender Policy.

06.04.2017 Most important decisions at the IOF council’s meeting
ISOM 2017, the program för World Orienteering Championships 2019 and 2021, Ski Orienteering Major Events 2019, Transgender policy and a positive doping test in Brazil are some of the important topics discussed at the IOF Council meeting held in Madrid last weekend.  

04.04.2017 International Specification for Orienteering Maps (ISOM) 2017 has been published
The IOF Council has approved the International Specification for Orienteering Maps ISOM 2017.

01.04.2017 100% coverage of WOC 2017: April Fools
The IOF and the Estonian Orienteering Federation have signed a contract with the local wildlife authorities to borrow 10 000 wildlife motion sensor cameras.

01.04.2017 100% coverage of WOC 2017
The IOF and the Estonian Orienteering Federation have signed a contract with the local wildlife authorities to borrow 10 000 wildlife motion sensor cameras.

30.03.2017 FootO Commission Meeting 2-2017
The minutes of the latest FootO Commission meeting have been published, along with the responses to the Long-term strategic planning consultation.

24.03.2017 World Orienteering Day: Two months to go
It is two months left to May 24 and if you haven´t planned your event yet it is definitely time for that now.

23.03.2017 Media accreditation for The World Games is open
The Media accreditation process for The World Games 2017 is now open.

21.03.2017 1000 spectators at orienteering event in salt mine in Romania
Olt Cup 2017 was the first orienteering competition held in Romania this year. The competition was named the “First challenge” of 2017, and took place in a very special venue: a salt mine. The competition had almost 300 participants, but perhaps most notable was the number of spectators, which was almost 1000.

17.03.2017 WOC 2020 new sprint format: Successful tests in Italy
Two different knock-out sprints were successfully tested during the MOC camp in Italy last week; one with mass start (NORT-style) and one with chasing start based on qualification results.

16.03.2017 Leho Haldna: Best WSOC ever!
A common opinion among the participants at the 22nd World Ski Orienteering Championships in Krasnojarsk, Russia was – best World Championships ever in Ski Orienteering.

15.03.2017 From Uruguay to Uruguay with a stop at World Orienteering Championships
Pablo Sanguinetti from Uruguay was one of the participants at the WOC Clinic 2016. He has high goals and big plans about developing orienteering in Uruguay.

15.03.2017 Romania’s First Orienteering Challenge of 2017
Olt Cup 2017 was the first orienteering competition held in Romania this year. The competition was named the “First challenge” of 2017, and took place in a very special venue: a salt mine. The competition had almost 300 participants, but perhaps most notable was the number of spectators, which was almost 1000. The event was organised by Sport […]

15.03.2017 1st Trail Orienteering in Egypt
The 2nd Egyptian International Orienteering Championships took place in Sharm el Sheikh, Southern Sinai, Egypt in early February 2017.  A surprise addition to the schedule was the first TrailO/PreO event to be held in Egypt.

15.03.2017 Participate in O-Games, spectator races during the World Games in Poland!
O-Games 2017 is a public competition for The World Games 2017. Participation in the competition is a unique opportunity to follow best runners in the world and at the same time to compare with them in the same terrain and sometimes even on the same controls. O-Games 2017 follows orienteering competition of The World Games […]

15.03.2017 WADA Symposium 2017
The annual WADA Symposium is currently taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland (13-15 March). The theme of this year’s edition of the event is “Tackling our Challenges and Strengthening the Future of Clean Sport”. IOF Anti-Doping Officer Kirsty McIntyre is attending the symposium, and tells us about the importance of the event: Meeting and learning from […]

15.03.2017 WADA launches Speak Up!
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have launched Speak Up!, a new, secure digital platform intended for athletes and others to be able to report: Alleged Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) under the World Anti-Doping Code Non-compliance violations under the World Anti-Doping Code Any other act or omission that could undermine the fight against doping in sport The […]

15.03.2017 Be a part of LIVE Orienteering – audition as commentator
LIVE Orienteering is the IOFs new platform for external communication about orienteering, the place to live orienteering. IOF Events most often have a live streaming production sent out via LIVE Orienteering and we are now looking for future commentators. A commentating team is made up of 2 persons, a ”play-by-play” commentator and an expert to […]

15.03.2017 Are you a Youth Journalist?
The International Orienteering Federation are preparing to launch a new fan portal with focus on youth and making Orienteering a cool sport to follow. The fan portal will build on live events, news articles, videos, vlogs/blogs, social medias and more. It shall present new and exciting stories about the essence of Orienteering from elite level […]

15.03.2017 LIVE Orienteering’s first month
LIVE Orienteering was introduced as the new channel for orienteering fans to follow orienteering events and news in the beginning of February.

12.03.2017 WSOC: Sweden won the most golds, but Russia the most medals
Sweden took five of the nine gold medals on offer this week, with Tove Alexandersson claiming a personal tally of three. But Russia won more medals overall – eleven compared to Sweden’s seven, counting team medals as one.

12.03.2017 WSOC: double home win in relays
Russia took gold in both women’s and men’s relays today, ending the Championships on a high note after some disappointments earlier in the week. The Swedish women’s team were unable to compete because of illness. Silver medals went to Finland and Sweden and bronze to the Czech Republic and Finland.

11.03.2017 WSOC Long Distance: golds for Russia and Sweden
Mariya Kechkina, Russia was on absolutely top form today, winning by almost 5 minutes, with the home country taking the first four places in the women’s race. Erik Rost, Sweden took his second gold medal of the Championships with victory by more than 1 minute.

10.03.2017 WSOC: Bulgarian victory in men’s Middle race
The last starter won the men’s Middle race today, just as happened in the men’s Sprint. This time it was the Bulgarian Stanimir Belomazhev who took the gold, 15 seconds faster than Erik Rost, Sweden.

09.03.2017 WSOC: Another gold for Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden enjoyed another almost error-free race over Middle Distance today, on a technically and physically challenging course in good skiing conditions. She took the gold medal by more than 1½ minutes over Polina Frolova, Russia.

08.03.2017 WSOC: Double Swedish victory in sprint
It was a golden day for Sweden at the World Ski Orienteering Championships. Sprint queen Tove Alexandersson won again and in the men’s race the Swede Ulrik Nordberg was the strongest sprinter. Tove Alexandersson won her second gold medal in two days at World Ski Orienteering Championships in Krasnojarsk, Russia. Alexandersson was eight seconds faster […]

08.03.2017 Double Swedish victory in sprint
It was a golden day for Sweden at the World Ski Orienteering Championships. Sprint queen Tove Alexandersson won again and in the men’s race the Swede Ulrik Nordberg was the strongest sprinter. Tove Alexandersson won her second gold medal in two days at World Ski Orienteering Championships in Krasnojarsk, Russia. Alexandersson was eight seconds faster […]

07.03.2017 WSOC: Sweden claim Sprint Relay gold
The World Ski Orienteering Championships kicked off in style today, 7 March, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Glorious weather set the scene for the Sprint Relay, and the well-prepared tracks awaited the relay teams from 15 countries.

07.03.2017 Sweden claim WSOC Sprint Relay gold
The World Ski Orienteering Championships kicked off in style today, 7 March, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Glorious weather set the scene for the Sprint Relay, and the well-prepared tracks awaited the relay teams from 15 countries.

06.03.2017 World Ski Orienteering Championships: 6 days of intense fight for medals
Two relays and three individual formats, giving six days of intense competition, lie ahead this week in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Rivalry will be renewed between Russia and Sweden, clearly the two best SkiO nations of this season so far. Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia both won two individual gold medals in the European SkiO Championships (ESOC) last month; how will they fare in Krasnoyarsk?

01.03.2017 Orienteering content to be broadcast on the Olympic Channel
The Olympic Channel and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) today announced that an agreement has been reached to collaborate on content for the Olympic Channel, starting with World Ski Orienteering Championships.

28.02.2017 TrailO News
Meeting Minutes and Event Advisers' Clinic invitation.

28.02.2017 Map Commission Meeting Minutes
The  minutes from the latest IOF Map Commission meeting are now available.

24.02.2017 Exciting news in the latest World Orienteering Day newsletter!
With three months to go until the big day, the newsletter includes lots of interesting reading.

24.02.2017 We are searching for a project coordinator
The Regional and Youth Development Commission is searching for a person to help with writing an application for EU funds.

23.02.2017 South America: kind people with hearts which burn for orienteering
Extraordinary maps and terrains, delicious food and nice beaches. That is travelling through South America while helping local orienteering clubs to improve and develop.  That’s what Felix and Susen did the last three months. Here they tell about their adventures and experiences.

21.02.2017 World Masters Orienteering Championships Bulletin 1 Revised
Bulletin 1 of the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2017 has been revised and updated.

16.02.2017 Meeting Minutes
The minutes from the latest meetings of the IOF IT, MTBO and Regional and Youth Development Commissions are now available.

14.02.2017 Finnish success with young mappers
Through a targeted project, Finland has succeeded in getting young people interested in mapping. One of them is 19-year old Topi Syrjäläinen, whose map will be used for the Finnish Sprint Championships 2017.

13.02.2017 Home dominance in World Masters SkiO Championships
The World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships were also held last week in Imatra, Finland, with competitors having one Long and two Middle Distance races. Medals at Middle Distance were awarded on the combined times of the two races.

12.02.2017 European SkiO Championships: Russia and Sweden win relays
Victory went to Russia’s women and Sweden’s men in the final races of the Championships today. The women’s margin was 48 seconds, whereas the men’s race had a closer finish, 14 seconds separating first and second.

11.02.2017 European SkiO Championships: Alexandersson back on form; first gold for Norway
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden got back on the success trail today with a convincing victory by 1.33 in the Middle Distance race. In the men’s race there was a clear win for Lars Hol Moholdt, Norway, the first Norwegian medal of the Championships.

09.02.2017 European Ski Orienteering Championships: two Russian golds in Long race – but so close for Sweden!
The margins were minimal for the Russians Alena Trapeznikova and Andrey Lamov in the Long Distance race in Imatra, Finland today: they beat their closest Swedish challengers by 2 seconds and 1 second respectively. For Lamov, yet another triumph: his third gold medal in successive days.

08.02.2017 European Ski Orienteering Championships: Russia wins Sprint Relay in frantic finish
An all-out sprint between the Russian Andrey Lamov and the Swede Ulrik Nordberg over the latter stages of the final leg ended in the narrowest of victories for the Russian team. The bronze medals went to Finland.

07.02.2017 European Ski Orienteering Championships: Alexandersson and Lamov take first golds
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Andrey Lamov, Russia are the new European Champions in Sprint after today’s first race of the Championships, held in perfect conditions in Imatra, Finland.

07.02.2017 Third Sprint WOC event to be tested during 2017
When Denmark organises the first ever Sprint WOC in July 2020 it will consist of three medal events. Two of the events are already well known from the current WOC, the third event is yet to be decided. Testing will be ongoing during 2017, and the IOF invites teams, clubs, organisers and training groups to participate in the testing.

05.02.2017 HLES with focus on experience sharing
The 9th IOF High Level Event Seminar has taken place this weekend in Warsaw. HLES is where all future IOF major event organisers meet and share experiences.

05.02.2017 Top Ski Orienteers converge on Finland
The first major international Ski Orienteering event of the season, the European Championships, gets under way this week in Imatra, Finland, with 106 competitors from 16 nations competing for the European titles. The Junior World, World Masters and European Youth Championships will be held concurrently at the same venue.

03.02.2017 Follow orienteering at the new LIVEOrienteering.com
IOF is introducing its new web platform www.LIVEOrienteering.com. Set LIVE Orienteering as a bookmark in your browser and visit every day to see what is happening in the orienteering world.

02.02.2017 January’s IOF Athlete of the month is Erik Rost
The first IOF Athlete of the Month for 2017 is Swedish SkiO star Erik Rost. Read about his challenges and goals for the season.

01.02.2017 IOF governance team is taking shape
At the XXVIII Ordinary General Assembly of the IOF in Strömstad, Sweden in August 2016, several statutory changes were approved to strengthen the governance of the IOF. The adoption of a new IOF Code of Ethics, the creation of an independent Ethics Panel as a statutory body of the IOF and the instatement of an […]

01.02.2017 Daniel Leibundgut appointed World Orienteering Championships SEA/Project Manager
Daniel Leibundgut from Switzerland has been appointed WOC SEA/Project Manager. Daniel will take on the part-time responsibility for Project Managing the IOF Event Advising team, in the new structure which was recently announced.

31.01.2017 FootO Event Advising Clinic in New Zealand
In conjunction with the IOF World Masters Orienteering Championships and the World Master Games 2017, the IOF Rules Commission will organise an Clinic for FootO Event Advisers.

31.01.2017 Invitation to MTBO Event Advising and Organisers Clinic
The IOF MTBO and Rules Commissions will be conducting a clinic for the education and recruitment of new IOF Event Advisers and for MTBO Organisers in Bad Vöslau, Austria, March 4-5 2017.

30.01.2017 Krasnoyarsk prepares for the World Ski Orienteering Championships
The city of Krasnoyarsk in Russia is actively getting ready to host the 22nd World Ski Orienteering Championships. The competitions will be held in the terrain surrounding the Biathlon Academy, 5-13 March, 2017. The strongest athletes from all over the world will compete for medals in relays and individual races. Krasnoyarsk residents and guests of […]

27.01.2017 IOF Newsletter January
The latest IOF Newsletter is here, and it's packed full of exciting content!

27.01.2017 Don´t miss out the new WOD Guidelines
In the 52-pages of WOD Guidelines you will find ideas of how to carry out a WOD event. In the guidelines you will find a lot of inspiring examples from all over the world and from different kind of activities. 7 steps to a successful WOD event; Mini guide with two pages including seven steps […]

27.01.2017 Leho Haldna: Great Start for IOF Team
Each year, IOF Council and Commission meetings have traditionally been held during the third weekend in January, and so this year we met in Warsaw, Poland. The IOF organisation is bigger than ever, because we have one new commission, our temporary Ethics Commission, and our Environment Commission has increased in membership for 2017. The Environment […]

27.01.2017 Council minutes highlights
Many important topics were on the agenda for the recent IOF Council Meeting in Warsaw, 20-21 January. Here is a summary of some key decisions from the meeting. The Council discussed the bid from Sweden for the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2019, and viewed the application favourably. However, since the application incorporates more events than […]

27.01.2017 First European University Orienteering Championships will be in 2019
University students can begin to set new orienteering goals, as the European University Sports Association last year decided to add orienteering to its portfolio.

27.01.2017 MTBO riders race it all
Whilst FootO has experienced an increase in specialisation, most MTBO riders race all distances at the World MTBO Championships. However, there are signs which indicate an early development towards more specialisation.

27.01.2017 European SkiO Championships in Finland coming up
The best Ski Orienteers will gather in Finland 7-12 February to compete in the European SkiO Championships (ESOC). Imatra, situated a few kilometres from the Russian border, will be the venue for the championships consisting of five events spread on six days.

27.01.2017 IOF and ISF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
IOF is very happy to announce that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between IOF and the International School Sport Federation.

27.01.2017 Specialisation in orienteering
Fewer and fewer athletes are running all five distances at WOC. Specialisation has been called an inevitable development. A super specialist, a successful coach and a former World Champion give their view on the case.

26.01.2017 Few days left to enter World Masters Orienteering Championships in New Zealand
Entries for World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) close on 31st of January. 1.600 athletes have already entered for the championships, which this year is also a part of the world’s largest multisport event, the World Masters Games.

25.01.2017 Commission and Council Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes from several meetings in Warsaw 20-21 January are now published.

25.01.2017 FootO Commission Minutes 1-2017
The Minutes of the FootO Commission Meeting in Warsaw 20-21 January are now published.

24.01.2017 From Argentina to Argentina with a stop at WOC
Sonia Mabel Caminos (Argentina) was one of the participants at the WOC Clinic 2016. She travelled to Strömstad, Sweden, with little experience from major events, to represent her country on the big orienteering stage. Today Sonia is trying to improve the events in her country, and trying to set the pace in Argentina.

24.01.2017 Various kinds of World Orienteering Championships
Even if you don’t win at WOC, you still have the opportunity to become World Champion in orienteering. Here are listed six championships for certain groups of people such as policemen, the deaf, and university students.

21.01.2017 IOF Joint Meeting 2017
The annual IOF Joint Meeting of Council and Commissions takes place this weekend in Warsaw, Poland. Each year, the members of the IOF Council and the 10 IOF Commissions come together to meet and discuss common topics.

19.01.2017 NORD group extended with three new members
At the recent NORD meeting in Copenhagen the three Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were invited. The seven countries decided to form a new and extended NORD group.

18.01.2017 High Level Event Seminar – New entry deadline
The entry deadline for the HLES 2017 is extended to 22 January.

17.01.2017 Orienteering World 2016 is here
In the 2016's edition of Orienteering World you will find a lot of interesting orienteering reading.

16.01.2017 Victories for Alexandersson and Khrennikov in Ski-O Tour
Ski-O Tour in Switzerland and Austria was the season’s first big test for the best Ski Orienteers. Tove Alexandersson and Eduard Khrennikov showed most stability with overall victories, though the overall standings indicate an exciting season ahead.

12.01.2017 Virtual-O is a new orienteering reality
A new orienteering computer game is on the market. A dedicated developer, feedback from an excited orienteering community and cooperation with the world’s biggest game distributer are some of the ingredients to make it a success.

11.01.2017 MTBO World Masters Series allows Masters to compete until they get too rusty to ride
Age is no limit for competing. The MTBO World Masters Series is an example of that, with Masters athletes travelling around the world to achieve points for the overall standing – and have fun.

10.01.2017 Tight battle between Finland and Sweden in Nordic Junior SkiO Meeting
A wide age span of ski orienteers gathered in Finland with different purposes. The weekend included Nordic Junior Meeting, Lapland SkiO Championships and selection races for the European- and the World SkiO Championships for the Finnish skiers.

05.01.2017 Final IOF Athlete of the Month for 2016
The final IOF Athlete of the Month for 2016 is Franciely Chiles from Brazil!

04.01.2017 Brazil and the Czech Republic have applied for WOC 2021
The application deadline has expired for several major events, resulting in many interesting bids. Two have applied for WOC 2021, while EYOC 2019 was the most popular event with six federations applying.

28.12.2016 Australian scholarship is win-win
Orienteering clubs in Australia have invented a scholarship that is best described as a win-win situation. The Australian club gets help with coaching, mapping and teaching in schools. At the same time, a young enthusiastic orienteer from abroad gets to experience a new country and practice coaching.

20.12.2016 Mass Start is new format at the World MTBO Championships from 2017
Mass Start will be the fifth format on the programme for the World MTBO Championships from 2017. A growing appetite for more head-to-head racing for the MTBO athletes and the possibility for good media coverage are among the reasons.

19.12.2016 Athlete of the Year 2016: Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson is awarded Athlete of the Year 2016 by the IOF. To mention some of her achievements in 2016: World Champion and European Champion in long and middle distance, two gold medals at the European SkiO Championships and overall world cup victories in both FootO and SkiO.

16.12.2016 The IOF has full confidence in Russian orienteering athletes and IOF event organisers
Based upon analysis of the updated McLaren report, the IOF concludes that no revision in the previously communicated IOF statement or Policy is necessary. There shall continue to be no restriction on the participation by Russian athletes in IOF events and IOF Events planned to be organised in Russia will be completed as planned.

16.12.2016 Nations and athletes qualified for The World Games
The list of qualified nations and athletes for The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland 25 – 27 July 2017, is now complete. In total 40 men and 40 women will compete in the Sprint and Middle Distance competitions, and 17 national teams are qualified to compete in the Sprint Relay.

13.12.2016 Last week for preliminary entries to WSOC
December 19 is deadline for preliminary entries to World Ski Orienteering Championships in Krasnojarsk, Russia.

09.12.2016 Athlete of the Month – November 2016
The IOF Athlete of the Month for November is Veronika Kubínová! Four gold medals out of four possible was the outstanding result for Veronika Kubínová after the Junior World MTBO Championships this summer in Portugal. Raised into the sport is no disadvantage but behind the clean sweep is a special talent, an incredible amount of training […]

08.12.2016 Andrey Lamov in new surroundings
After have lived most of his life in Russia, the experienced ski orienteer Andrey Lamov move to Falun in Sweden. With better training facilities and a new coach, a medal at the World SkiO Championships on home ground seems closer.

07.12.2016 Vote now: Orienteering Achievement of 2016
16 athletes from 10 countries are nominated for the annual poll to find the most impressive achievements in international orienteering. The poll is organised by World of O and voting is open until December 12th.

05.12.2016 Reminder: New Prohibited List comes into force
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently published the 2017 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, which will come into force in 1 January 2017.

02.12.2016 IOF Newsletter
The latest IOF Newsletter is here!

02.12.2016 South American Championships from a German point of view
We join the traveling German couple Felix and Susen a month after their arrival in Santiago de Chile. They are combining travelling and helping smaller orienteering nations.

02.12.2016 Development in South America
An Event Adviser and Mapping Clinic was held 21–23 September 2016 in Brasília, Brazil. Clinic leaders were Øivind Holt, Event Advising, and Morten Dalby, mapping. The EA clinic was open both to experienced organisers hoping to play a role in organising future IOF events, as well as participants wanting to seek accreditation as an IOF […]

02.12.2016 In depth with GPS-analysis
Elite orienteers use it. Ordinary orienteers use it. GPS-tracking. Analysing your race with help from GPS has become common practice. Tools like QuickRoute and Livelox make it very easy to spend time on orienteering long after you return from the forest. Orienteers have always discussed route choices. Where did I lose or gain time on […]

02.12.2016 IOF Anti-Doping Report 2016
During 2016, a total of 102 In-Competition Doping Controls were performed by the IOF. The tests were spread over 10 different IOF Major Events in SkiO, FootO, MTBO and TrailO. A total of 84 individual athletes were tested, representing 22 different Nationalities. All but one of these tests produced a negative result. This one test […]

02.12.2016 Ramune Arlauskiene: Farewell to top competition
At the age of 43, the Lithuanian Ramune Arlauskiene raced the last big event of a long career in Portugal last July. This was the starting point of a conversation covering more than 20 years of bikes and events.

02.12.2016 98 days of SkiO
The SkiO season 2017 is upon us. An intense season lies ahead, with three major events within a little more than a month.

02.12.2016 WOD 2017 coming up
The World Orienteering Day offers a great possibility to promote our lovely sport! Therefore, on Wednesday May 24th 2017, we would like to see people of all ages taking part in some sort of Orienteering event. On Wednesday May 11th 2016, the first ever World Orienteering Day took place all over the world. It proved […]

02.12.2016 World Orienteering Day 2017 is open for registration
World Orienteering Day 2016 was a big success. Now is the time to start planning events for World Orienteering Day 2017.

30.11.2016 Timo Ritakallio new President of the Finnish Olympic Committee
The now former President of the Finnish Orienteering Federation, Timo Ritakallio, has been elected new President of the Finnish Olympic Committee for the next four years. He has a vision of Finland hosting the Winter Olympics with SkiO on the programme.

29.11.2016 New structure for Event Advising at the World Orienteering Championships
The IOF is putting in place a new team-based structure for event advising at WOC. And we are looking for a Project Manager to lead the team.

29.11.2016 Invitation to Ski Orienteering Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic
In connection with the European Ski Orienteering Championships 2017, the IOF invites to a clinic for SkiO Event Advisors and organisers. The Clinic will be held in Imatra, Finland 8-10 February 2017.

25.11.2016 World Military Orienteering Championships 2016 summary
Switzerland and Russia were the dominant nations at the World Military Orienteering Championships held in Brazil. Especially Matthias Kyburz finished an already incredible season, claiming four out of four victories.

22.11.2016 Long distance for discussion
The GPS-tracking from the Long distance at this year’s World Orienteering Championships showed groups of elite runners catching each other up and running parts of the course together. A view that harms both athletes and spectators. Longer start interval, better forking or maybe a completely new format are some of the suggested solutions.

21.11.2016 New rules for wearing GPS-watches at World Ranking Events
Many athletes are keen to wear their GPS watches at WRE and from January 2017, it will be allowed if nothing else is emphasized by the organiser.

18.11.2016 Coming up: World Military Orienteering Championships 2016
For the second time in five years, the World Military Orienteering Championships (WMOC) will take place in Brazil. From 19-22 November military personnel from 25 different countries compete in three distances; Middle, Long and Relay.

17.11.2016 New Competition Rules and Protocol Guide
The Competition rules for all four disciplines have been revised and updated. The IOF Protocol Guide has also been updated. See below for links to the new revisions and also summary of major changes. Foot Orienteering Competition Rules (Link) Significant changes to the previous printed version (January 2016). Rule paragraph references are to the new January 2017 […]

16.11.2016 Athlete of the month – October 2016
The IOF Athlete of the Month for October is Sabine Hauswirth! Read more about the life and challenges of this Halden Coolchick.

15.11.2016 Athlete Licence 2017
The Athlete licence system is updated for the 2017 season and is ready to be launched. There is an updated rules document (only minor changes), a new updated licence form and an updated management of the licences in IOF Eventor. The first event where an athlete licence will be needed is the World Ski Orienteering Championships […]

14.11.2016 High Level Event Seminar 2017 registration open
The full invitation and registration information for the High Level Event Seminar 2017 is now published.

11.11.2016 Support the global development of orienteering
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10.11.2016 Launch of MTBO injuries database
Injuries are an unavoidable element of all sports. To understand the risks associated with MTBO competitions and to improve safety as much as reasonable, a new database collects information about accidents.

08.11.2016 Seeking Members for IOF Commissions
Are you interested in environmental issues? Do you have a great interest in orienteering maps? The IOF Environment and Map Commissions are looking for new members.

07.11.2016 IOF FootO Commission Meeting 5-2016
The meeting minutes of the IOF FootO Commission meeting 5-2016 are now published and can be found here.  

07.11.2016 The voice of the athletes
Many different factors are taken into account when the future shape of orienteering is developed. One of the important groups is the athletes. Oleksandr Kratov and Christian Spoerry evaluate their time in two different Athletes’ Commissions.

03.11.2016 13 countries in South American Orienteering Championships
475 athletes from 13 countries took part in the first South American Orienteering Championships and the South American Open Championships in Chile.

02.11.2016 School events strengthen orienteering in Georgia
Georgia has experienced a boom in active orienteers after an intensive focus on engaging schools in the sport. In October, a school event with 300 students resulted in the selection of 10 boys and 10 girls for the national youth team.

31.10.2016 Orienteering World Cup 2018 without an O-Ringen round
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and O-Ringen AB have together decided to not include O-Ringen as one of the World Cup rounds in 2018, as was previously announced. – When we looked at the feedback we received from the athletes and coaches it became clear that even with a reduced program, the O-Ringen World Cup […]

31.10.2016 Cooperation between EUSA and IOF
Cooperation between the International Orienteering Federation and the European University Sports Association announced. "There are many orienteers studying at institutes of higher education who will appreciate the opportunities provided by this cooperation", says Leho Haldna.

28.10.2016 The dream of a federation in Lebanon
Diana Malaeb dreams about starting an orienteering federation in Lebanon. She has already started a cooperation with the Lebanese military and is optimistic about realizing her plans.

26.10.2016 The Croatia-Italy-Slovenia Trail Orienteering Cup
The 2016 edition of a major Trail Orienteering competition, the annual Croatia-Italy-Slovenia Trail Orienteering Cup, finished last Sunday with victory going to the Italian Remo Madella.

26.10.2016 Understand TrailO in 5 minutes
What is the difference between TrailO, TempO and PreO? Get a good grip on the differences with the help of this brief overview.

24.10.2016 Invitation to apply for IOF Major Events
The application forms and guidance notes have been published for IOF Major Events in FootO, MTBO, SkiO and TrailO.

21.10.2016 New IOF Council meeting minutes published
The minutes of the latest IOF Council meeting, which took place 14-15 October in conjunction with the World Cup final in Aarau, Switzerland, are now available.

21.10.2016 Members appointed for the new Ethics Commission
At last week’s Council Meeting, it was agreed to appoint Michel Ediar (FRA), Robert Dredge (GBR) and Jan Exner (CZE) as members of the recently formed IOF Ethics Commission.

21.10.2016 New council gets to work
The first full meeting of the new IOF Council, with newly appointed president Leho Haldna at the helm, took place in conjunction with the World Cup Final in Aarau, marking the start of a new council period. Following council working practices, the meeting involved laying the ground for work to be done in the years […]

21.10.2016 A successful end to the orienteering season
The IOF orienteering Wold Cup and the orienteering season 2016 ended in Switzerland. Traditionally, the last races are organised by Swiss Orienteering, as they have been nine times since 2007. The World Cup races in Switzerland are characterized by thoughtful organisation with attention to details, and the organising committee has over the years gained a […]

21.10.2016 Is your school the best at orienteering?
Every second year it is decided which school has the best orienteers at the World Schools Championships Orienteering. Palermo in Italy are ready for the next edition in April 2017.

21.10.2016 A gap year spent on developing orienteering
A young German couple is combining travelling with developing orienteering in smaller orienteering nations. Their trip starts in South America, and they will continuously write articles for the IOF webpage about their trip.

18.10.2016 Athlete of the Month – Lauri Malsroos
IOF Athlete of the Month is Estonian MTBO talent Lauri Malsroos.

17.10.2016 World Cup 2016 summary
Out of 10 counting races, Tove Alexandersson won four victories and Matthias Kyburz won five. Together with a number of second and third positions it was enough for both of them to secure their victories in the World Cup 2016 overall.

17.10.2016 Jonas Leandersson: new life, new training, same goal
At the very end of the season Jonas Leandersson took his first World Cup victory this year, but it wasn't the race of the year for the Swede, who has started a new life in sport.

16.10.2016 No rest for Tove Alexandersson!
On Sunday, Tove Alexandersson secured her third overall victory in the World Cup in orienteering. Now there are one and a half months until the next season starts.

16.10.2016 Matthias Kyburz: “I didn’t think I could achieve this again”
In 2012, Matthias Kyburz achieved something he said he could never repeat. Now he has done it again! But there is also more to go for: the Swiss star still has one missing result.

16.10.2016 Judith Wyder: unsure about the future
Every day in every week, Judith Wyder thinks about what it is best to do. She hasn’t had back problems for a while, is doing incredibly well, and is now facing a very important decision.

16.10.2016 World Cup Final: victory again for Judith Wyder
Judith Wyder, Switzerland has been in top position in all three races this weekend – Sprint Relay, Long Distance and now Sprint. Jonas Leandersson, Sweden won the men’s Sprint.

15.10.2016 World Cup Final: Wyder and Kyburz best in Long Distance
Home athletes Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz kept up the good form they have shown all season with victories in today’s Long Distance race. The Norwegian men’s team excelled in taking the next three places.

14.10.2016 Austria on the way up
The young and maybe not so young Austrians are not only training orienteering when they are at camps. That has been a plus on the way to their best Sprint Relay result ever in the World Cup.

14.10.2016 Hubmann’s nightmare start
Daniel Hubmann was back in the Swiss Sprint Relay team, but his race started in a very stressful way when he failed to collect his map on the way to the changeover point. The Swiss star ran very well, however, and Switzerland won the race and also got their first overall win in this competition.

14.10.2016 World Cup Final: Swiss teams dominate Sprint Relay
Switzerland displayed their current strength in depth today, having three teams finish in the first four. Sweden took second place and the third country to finish was Denmark. The result gives Switzerland the overall title.

13.10.2016 Coming up: Final World Cup round
Tove Alexandersson and Matthias Kyburz have a comfortable lead in the overall World Cup standings before the last round in Aarau, Switzerland. Not so comfortable though, that their pursuers can’t reach them with good races.

11.10.2016 Swiss World Cup flashback
Since 2007, the last round of the World Cup has taken place in Switzerland every year, with only one exception. The IOF gives you a flashback to all the events since then, with the overall winners and quotes from old reports.

11.10.2016 Map Commission Minutes
The minutes of the IOF Map Commission meetings held on 24 - 26 August 2016 in Strömstad, Sweden, are now published on the Map Commission's pages.

10.10.2016 MTBO Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic
The IOF MTBO and Rules Commissions will organise an MTB Orienteering Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic 26-27 November in Fontainebleau, France.

07.10.2016 Map project in Palestine
For most people, orienteering is a sport practiced for fun and challenge. In the Palestinian city Battir, it has a further aim.

06.10.2016 WADA publishes 2017 Prohibited List
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2017 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods.

04.10.2016 FootO Event Applications Open
The application forms and guidance notes for several FootO events have been published.

03.10.2016 European Cup in Trail Orienteering: overall win for Slovakian Ján Furucz
Ján Furucz of Slovakia is the winner of this year’s unofficial European Cup (ECTO), coming through to take the overall lead from Remo Madella, Italy in the final round held at Halden in Norway. He had two second places, one third and one fourth amongst his results for the year.

03.10.2016 Chile is ready for South American Orienteering Championships
Things are going fast for the Chilean Orienteering Federation. A month ago, they became one of the latest full members of the IOF, and in late October they will host the South American Orienteering Championships (SAOC) 2016.

03.10.2016 World Masters: eleven gold medals for Finland
Finland, with eleven gold medals overall, was the dominant nation at the 2016 World Masters MTBO Championships held last week in Kaunas, Lithuania. Mika Hakkinen, Heikki Saarinen and Ruta Staneviciene each won three gold medals and are the event's big names.

02.10.2016 Third place overall for both Tichovska and Bogar
The MTBO World Cup 2016 ended with a double Czech victory. In a very technical Sprint race, Krystof Bogar and Martina Tichovska performed amazingly, getting the season's last gold medals. With these results, both athletes could move up a couple of spots in the World Cup overall standings, finishing in an honourable third place.

02.10.2016 MTBO World Cup final: double Czech victory in Sprint
Winners in today’s Sprint, the final race in this year’s MTBO World Cup staged in the outskirts of Kaunas, Lithuania, were the Czech riders Martina Tichovska, by 28 seconds, and Krystof Bogar by the impressive margin of 1:05.

02.10.2016 Victory again for Hara after 756 days
Lauri Malsroos and Marika Hara both got important victories in today's stage of the MTBO World Cup 2016. Malsroos reached his second gold in a row and ensured second place in the World Cup overall. For Hara it was a return to victory, 756 days after her victorious Sprint in the World MTB Orienteering Championships in 2014.

01.10.2016 MTBO World Cup Final: second win for Malsroos
Lauri Malsroos, Estonia took his second win in two days in the Middle Distance race in Lithuania today. Marika Hara, Finland won the women’s race, beating Emily Benham by more than 1½ minutes.

01.10.2016 Women’s title: definitely Emily!
Lauri Malroos and Emily Benham won the Long Distance stage that opened the final round of the 2016 MTB Orienteering World Cup. With this result Emily Benham removes any doubts about the overall winner, reaching the title for the third year in a row.

30.09.2016 MTBO World Cup: gruelling Long Distance won by Benham and Malsroos
Emily Benham, Great Britain and Lauri Malsroos, Estonia both had clear victories by more than three minutes in a hard race in Lithuania today where no-one finished in a time of under 2 hours.

30.09.2016 Find your way through a Corn Maze
New venues are always appreciated by orienteers. Visiting an already mapped corn maze, one American could not let go of the opportunity to do an orienteering event. Now it has become an annual occurrence.

30.09.2016 Chile ready to host their first South American Orienteering Championships
Things are going fast for the Chilean Orienteering Federation. A month ago, they became one of the latest full members of the IOF, and in late October they will host the South American Orienteering Championships (SAOC) 2016.

30.09.2016 Jorge Valente Barrera: “TrailO is fun”
TrailO, a challenging and vibrant Orienteering discipline, continues to add new and young athletes to its ‘cause’. In Strömstad, Sweden, we met 16 years old Jorge Valente Barrera, a natural born talent and a potential winner. He tells us about an outstanding experience and his motivation to continue to improve.

30.09.2016 Enter the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2017 now
New Zealand is the place to be in April 2017 if you are above the age of 35. The Oceania Orienteering Championships, World Masters Orienteering Championships and the World Masters Games take place within two weeks around Auckland.

30.09.2016 Leho Haldna: “Making a start”
There are always concerns at different levels in any organisation when there is a change in leadership. But as a new president, I have no plans to make big changes straight away. What I want to do is to open a discussion about what structure is the best for the IOF’s future. It is possible […]

30.09.2016 Broadcast stats from WOC 2016
High-quality TV broadcasts from orienteering events have really started to pay off. At the World Orienteering Championships 2016, people from all over the world followed the exciting races. Get all the stats here. GPS-tracking, cameras in the forest and a more professional TV-production have increased the suitability of orienteering as a sport for Television. At […]

30.09.2016 High Level Event Seminar 2017
The International Orienteering Federation, in cooperation with the Polish Orienteering Federation, is pleased to announce that the 2017 IOF High Level Event Seminar is to be held 4-5 February in Warsaw, Poland. This seminar, organised yearly since the start in 2009, has become an important event, each year attracting 50-75 attendees from about 15-20 nations. […]

29.09.2016 MTBO World Cup 2016 – final round, Lithuania: colourful opening parade
Carefully prepared to ensure for all participants an unforgettable experience, the final round of the World Cup in Mountain Bike Orienteering 2016 began today with the Opening Ceremony, its first big moment. Many of the 350 participants in the event paraded through the old town of Kaunas, Lithuania's second city, lending it brightness and colour.

29.09.2016 JEC 2016 in Scotland coming up
The Junior European Cup (JEC) is an annual high-level event for juniors, where the national teams can send a team twice the size as for JWOC. Therefore, the JEC, starting tomorrow, is a good occasion for the national teams to give some of the runners on the edge of the team some experience competing against some of the best juniors in the world.

28.09.2016 Final round of the MTBO World Cup ahead
The last round of the MTBO World Cup is coming up in Lithuania. Emily Benham and Anton Foliforov have not left much suspense about the overall World Cup victory. A strong field is entered though, taking advantage of the event as a perfect rehearsal before the World Championships in Lithuania next year.

27.09.2016 A new wave of Czech MTBO talents
The Czech Republic has experienced a boom in young MTBO talents in recent years. At the World MTBO Championships in Portugal it payed off in both junior and senior classes.

27.09.2016 MTBO Commission Minutes Published
The meeting minutes from the IOF MTB Orienteering Commission meeting in Agueda, Portugal, July 2016, are now published.

26.09.2016 Canadian dominance at the North American Orienteering Championships
Three individual wins for Emily Kemp and two for Damian Konotopetz led Canada to a convincing victory in the competition between the USA and Canada at the North American Orienteering Championships (NAOC). On the other hand, the USA was best in the juniors.

23.09.2016 RYDC Minutes Published
The meeting minutes from the IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission meetings in Strömstad, August 2016, are now published.

22.09.2016 North American Orienteering Championships 2016
When the competitors run the North American Orienteering Championships (NAOC), they fight for the title as regional champion. In addition to that, they fight for points in the overall competition between the USA and Canada. Every other year, NAOC takes place in either Canada or the USA. This year, the runners from the USA are […]

21.09.2016 Euromeeting 2016 in Latvia
Coming up this weekend, Euromeeting opens a series of major competitions in Latvia. Elite runners will get the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the terrain before Latvia hosts a World Cup round next year and the World Orienteering Championships in 2018.

20.09.2016 Maja Alm answers readers’ questions
It is easy to come up with many questions for a reigning world champion. And so the followers of the IOF on social media did, when they got the opportunity to ask Maja Alm whatever they wanted.

19.09.2016 Davide Machado represents a bright future for Iberian MTBO
Portugal has been an active MTBO nation for a while. However, the Iberian country had never before made it to the medals in a World MTBO Championships (WMTBOC). This summer Davide Machado changed that, and added a milestone in Portuguese MTBO.

14.09.2016 Ski-O Down Under
Thinking of Australia, skiing is not the first activity that comes to mind. Nevertheless, some higher places have snow in periods throughout the winter. An Australian orienteering club took advantage of that and organized a Ski-O event.

14.09.2016 Presentations from Open Meetings
Presentations from the IOF Global Development Conference, the 17th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping, the Rules Harmonisation Seminar and the Open Meeting on Technology in Orienteering are now available.

13.09.2016 Ski Orienteering Championships 2019 applications open
The first of the autumn's application forms to be published is for the Ski Orienteering Championships 2019. The form is a combined application form for ESOC, EYSOC, JWSOC and WMSOC 2019.

13.09.2016 IT Commission Minutes
The Minutes of the latest IOF IT Commission meeting are now available on the Commission's page.

12.09.2016 The IOF Code of Ethics is published
The Code of Ethics is now published on the IOF Website.

12.09.2016 SkiO Commission Meeting Minutes
The Minutes of the recent Ski Orienteering Commission meeting are now available on the Commission's page.

09.09.2016 Athlete of the Month is Natalia Gemperle
IOF Athlete of the Month of August is Natalia Gemperle from Russia. Fresh from her success at the World Orienteering Championships, now is the chance to get to know her a bit better.

07.09.2016 Meeting minutes published
The minutes from the recent meetings of the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and IOF Rules Commission are now available on the commissions' respective pages.

06.09.2016 General Assembly Minutes Published
The Minutes of the XXVIII IOF General Assembly are now available. Click here to go straight to the page where you will find the Minutes, along with Appendix I-V. You can also check out this summary of decisions from the General Assembly.

02.09.2016 Anastasia Denisova, first Belarusian WOC medalist
After Anastasia Denisova met Simone Niggli-Luder at the age of 15, she decided to train hard to improve. Despite her background, coming from a small orienteering nation, she did just that. Now she hopes her results will inspire a new Belarusian generation.

01.09.2016 Great gathering of young leaders
Young leaders from five different countries exchanged experiences at a leader camp at WOC in Sweden. An annual event for Nordic countries, but for the first time participants from Portugal, Serbia and Turkey took part.

01.09.2016 WTOC: New Relay format brings medals to new nations
TempO podium, with 6 different nations represented. L. to r. Marit Wiksell SWE, Lars Jakob Waaler NOR, Pinja Mäkinen FIN, Iva Lovrec CRO, Remo Madella ITA, Kreso Kerestes SLO.  Photo: Joaquim Margarido Back in Sweden for the first time since the inaugural WTOC in 2004, this 13th edition was also the occasion for a new […]

01.09.2016 General Assembly Summary
It has been called the longest General Assembly ever. But what happened during the more than eight-hour long meeting? Here is a short summary of the key decisions taken by the General Assembly. Memberships: Provisional members which became members: Argentina Chile Cuba Ecuador Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Malaysia FYR Macedonia Mozambique Uruguay Expulsion of […]

01.09.2016 In depth: New IOF President Leho Haldna
Leho, congratulations on becoming the new IOF President. Can you tell us about your main plans for the IOF during your presidency? I will work on developing and spreading orienteering throughout the world. This includes increasing our focus on regional development, paying special attention to youth and, crucially, increasing the visibility of our sport. I […]

01.09.2016 WOC Clinic helps smaller nations on their way
In some countries, the sport of orienteering has a long history. In other, it has almost just started. In conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, nine smaller orienteering nations were gathered participating in a WOC clinic.

31.08.2016 13 best nations in WOC qualified for World Games 2017
The International World Games Association, IWGA, has allocated spaces for a total of 40 male and 40 female runners to the IOF. The thirteen best nations in the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2016, will have the right to enter up to 2 + 2 runners in the World Games in Wrocław, Poland 2017.

30.08.2016 New World Cup standings after WOC
Tove Alexandersson and Matthias Kyburz were in front of the overall World Cup before WOC and with good performances from both runners, the very top is unchanged.

30.08.2016 National quotas for WOC 2017
The results of the 2016 World Championships have decided the national quotas for WOC 2017.

27.08.2016 Russian women: “We decided it was not smart to get stressed”
When the Russians were in the quarantine, they heard that in the earlier men’s race the runners were making a lot of mistakes. That influenced the tactics for the Russians.

27.08.2016 Magne Dæhli: “the hardest pressure ever”
On Thursday evening Magne Dæhli was afraid that his World Championship week was over. But today he ran first into the finish together with his team-mates.

27.08.2016 WOC Women’s Relay: Russia win after many lead changes
Natalia Gemperle brought Russia first to the finish in an exciting women’s race in which many mistakes were made. Maja Alm came up from fifth to second place for Denmark, and Finland finished with the bronze medals. This is Russia’s first-ever women’s relay gold.

27.08.2016 WOC Men’s Relay: gold to Norway
The Norwegian team of Carl Godager Kaas, Olav Lundanes and Magne Dæhli ran very impressively throughout, holding a clear lead from the second control on leg 1 right through to the finish, to take the gold medals. Silver goes to Switzerland and bronze to Sweden.

27.08.2016 WTOC 2016: Slovakia and Sweden won the Relay titles
With the Swedish team showing all its strength, the TrailO Relay had an expected winner in the Paralympic class in the final competition of the 2016 World Trail Orienteering Championships. In the Open class, Slovakia was a wonderful surprise in taking the gold.

27.08.2016 WTOC Relay: wins for Slovakia (Open) and Sweden (Paralympic)
Slovakia was the surprise winner of the Open class in the first-ever official WTOC Relay competition. Sweden, the favourite for victory in the Paralympic class, duly took the gold there.

27.08.2016 The IOF introduces an Ethics Panel and resolves for good sports governance.
The global sporting community is facing turmoil, and no sport can assume that they will not be affected. Ethics in sport, good governance, fairness and the fight against doping in sport were therefore central topics at the XXVIII IOF General Assembly. The Member Federations of the International Orienteering Federation look very seriously on the issue […]

27.08.2016 Swedish proposal voted down
The Swedish Orienteering Federation’s proposal to equalise the winning times for the women’s and men’s long distance race was not approved by the IOF General Assembly. The Swedish Orienteering Federation amended their proposal from the floor, removing the section regarding the exact winning times, making the vote a matter of principle only. The IOF Council […]

27.08.2016 Open Technology Meeting
An audience of around 50 came along to hear about some of the latest developments in orienteering technology at an open meeting of the IOF IT Commission. Eleven short presentations were made, covering a big range of topics. Touch-free electronic punching is now the norm at international races, but developments in design, functionality and speed […]

27.08.2016 WTOC 2016: Double gold for Sweden
At the end of Day 2 of the PreO competition, Martin Fredholm and Michael Johansson were the winners of the gold medals in the Open and Paralympic classes respectively. Both athletes repeated their excellent performances from the first day of this competition, tasting once more the sweet flavour of success.

26.08.2016 First Sprint WOC goes to Denmark
In 2020 the first Sprint WOC will be in Denmark. Sprint, Sprint Relay and a third format are on the program. The FootO Commission presented two variants of Knock-Out Sprint for the IOF Council as the third option.

26.08.2016 Leho Haldna from Estonia is the new IOF President
Leho Haldna has been elected as new President of the International Orienteering Federation at the General Assembly in Strömstad, Sweden. He mentions visibility and development as key points in his 2020 vision. – We have to make our sport less complicated, for beginners, for tv audience and for IOF event organisers, Leho Haldna says. Estonian […]

26.08.2016 WTOC: Michael Johansson and Martin Fredholm take gold in PreO
Sweden took double gold in the PreO competition which concluded today, Michael Johansson winning the Paralympic class and Martin Fredholm the Open. Both scored full points on today’s course.

26.08.2016 Natalia Gemperle: new name, new medals, big smile
Natalia Gemperle has made the journalists smile. She has also been smiling a lot herself. The Russian, who is newly married and lives in Switzerland, is really back in business.

26.08.2016 Olav Lundanes: “The dream came true”
Eight years ago now, Olav Lundanes moved to Halden to try to be one of the world's best. Four years ago he set himself a special goal. Now the Norwegian has fulfilled it.

25.08.2016 The fight against doping in orienteering
Doping is a threat to any sport and the IOF do their part to fight for a clean sport. The past year, the IOF has worked with a new more professional and organized strategy to make the testing even more efficient.

25.08.2016 Olav Lundanes is men’s champion
Olav Lundanes, Norway ran a superb race today on a very tough course to take victory by the impressive margin of 1.46. The silver medal went to Thierry Gueorgiou and the bronze to Daniel Hubmann – giving the same three medallists as in 2015.

25.08.2016 WOC Long Distance: Tove Alexandersson again victorious
The finish to the women’s race was intensely exciting as Tove Alexandersson, Sweden gradually closed on the time of Natalia Gemperle, Russia, and with her trademark strong finish on the last loop finally won by 26 seconds. Bronze medallist is Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg, Norway.

25.08.2016 Pre General Assembly documents published
The Pre-General Assembly, an informal forum for questions and discussions regarding the upcoming decisions to be made at the General Assembly itself, took place this morning. Delegates from many of the IOF Member Federations gathered to discuss and exchange viewpoints, an important part of the preparations for the General Assembly. For reference, and for any […]

25.08.2016 First-ever Global Development Conference
Photo: Malin Bjorkqvist ”Think globally, act locally” was one of the slogans used in a lively Global Development Conference – a first for IOF – attended by more than 50 orienteers from many nations around the world. IOF Vice President Astrid Waaler Kaas referred to three key objectives in IOF’s Vision for orienteering: it shall […]

25.08.2016 IOF’s Rules and Guidelines
IOF Rules govern how competitions at international level shall be conducted. There are a lot of them, covering all world championships, world cup competitions and world ranking events in all four recognised disciplines (foot, ski, mountain bike and trail orienteering). The rules cover every aspect of organising an international competition. Some of these rules are […]

25.08.2016 WTOC 2016: Jullum and Shmatov lead the PreO
The beautiful forest of Saltö hosted the PreO competition's first day. After twenty challenging controls, Martin Jullum and Pavel Shmatov are in the lead of the Open and the Paralympic classes respectively.

23.08.2016 Tove Alexandersson: “I’ve done everything possible to win”
She went to to bed at one o'clock the night before her first race at WOC – and that was not because of a party ...

23.08.2016 Emily Kemp: “It’s hard to believe”
Emily Kemp was just 15 seconds from getting her first WOC medal on the Middle Distance. Her fourth place is a big, big step for the Canadian, but there are still more steps to take.

23.08.2016 Matthias Kyburz: “something really extra”
For Matthias Kyburz the gold on the Middle Distance is a result of what has happened during recent months and also during the winter. The Swiss star has been working a lot on some technique that has been missing for a while.

23.08.2016 Tove Alexandersson wins gold medal with 35 second margin
At last she has won a World Championships gold medal! Tove Alexandersson had a near-faultless run today on the challenging Middle Distance course at Tanum and beat Heidi Bagstevold, Norway by 35 seconds.

23.08.2016 Middle Distance: Matthias Kyburz repeats European form for gold
Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland is the new Middle Distance Champion with Olav Lundanes, Norway in silver medal position and Daniel Hubmann, defending champion, third. Kyburz is also European Champion at this distance.

23.08.2016 Lars Jakob Waaler: A long wait for the gold
When Lars Jakob Waaler left Trondheim to go to Strömstad, his goal was clear. After thirteen presences in as many WTOC editions, he wanted a medal. But he didn't expect a gold one. “No I didn't”, he said with a smile, adding: “Not even when I finished my course today, because I made three mistakes. I said to myself that they would have been too many.” As it turns out, Lars was wrong.

23.08.2016 WTOC 2016: Lars Jakob Waaler got the gold in TempO
Lars Jakob Waaler is the new TempO World Champion. In a tight fight, he performed at his best in the thin line that joins time and accuracy, winning the medal he wanted most, the one he has been pursuing for thirteen years.

23.08.2016 Five Finns in the WTOC TempO Final
WTOC 2016 started this morning with the TempO qualification heats. Finland was the most effective, with all of its five competitors getting the ticket to the decisive stage. 15 countries will be represented in the Final.

22.08.2016 Middle Distance: new golden chance for Tove Alexandersson
The forests south of Tanumshede play host to the Middle Distance race on Tuesday, in which Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson, World Cup leader and European Champion in this format, will be striving to win her first ever WOC gold. She is the very last starter at 17.10.

22.08.2016 WTOC starts tomorrow!
Today was the last chance for the WTOC competitors to prepare before the deciding events start tomorrow. At the scenic model event, competitors from 22 different countries had the opportunity to tune in on the Swedish terrain.

22.08.2016 Great Britain getting better and better
The IOF President Brian Porteous went proudly to greet his national team at the end of the race today. Great Britain did better than ever before in a Sprint Relay, but there is still more to aim for.

21.08.2016 The Danish gold medal story
Cecilie Friberg Klysner had a terrible headache and didn't feel well after the first race of the Nokian Tyres World Championships. And the next race was to be the biggest challenge so far in her life!

21.08.2016 Sprint Relay: Denmark retains crown
Maja Alm won her second gold medal in two days as she brought her team home to win by 16 seconds over Switzerland, with the bronze medals going to Sweden, 1.01 down on the winners.

21.08.2016 Excellent prospects for Sprint Relay
The weather is fine in Strömstad this morning, and apart from the possibility of an odd shower the prospects are good for this afternoon’s Sprint Relay which starts at 1650 CET. Another large crowd is expected!

20.08.2016 Maja Alm – a new level
Maja Alm describes the last year as “not so good”, but when it really counted she was better than ever.

20.08.2016 Jerker Lysell – a win in adversity
In the last four and a half years Jerker Lysell has had a lot of injuries, and it wasn't because of this year’s results that he has ended at the top of the list in the first race in Strömstad.

20.08.2016 Men’s Sprint Final: Jerker Lysell takes gold
An intense and exciting men’s final ended with a win for home athlete Jerker Lysell, who was 2.8 seconds faster than Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland in the finish. Another well-known Swiss star, Daniel Hubmann, took the bronze medal.

20.08.2016 Sprint Final: Maja Alm retains her title
Maja Alm, Denmark stormed round the varied and tricky Final course in Strömstad this afternoon to take the gold medal for the second year in succession, 25.7 seconds quicker than silver medallist Judith Wyder, Switzerland.

20.08.2016 Sprint Qualification: huge win for Judith Wyder
This morning’s Sprint Qualification heats on a fine morning in Strömstad, Sweden saw all the strongest runners through to this afternoon’s finals. Most impressive heat winner was Judith Wyder, Switzerland who showed herself back to full form after injury last year with a win by 1.09.

20.08.2016 WOC is on. Your guide to following it live:
The Sprint Qualification is taking place right now. 45 women have made it to the final and now it is time for the men. Follow it all live at IOF LiveCenter to get the full experience. Anyone, from anywhere, who wants to follow the action can purchase daily passes or a full week pass. This […]

18.08.2016 The 2016 World Trail Orienteering Championships: back to Sweden
Having gone full circle as it were, the World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) return this year to Sweden, where the very first edition took place.

18.08.2016 World Champion jerseys introduced
They have it in cycling. A World Champion jersey. Now it will be a thing in orienteering as well, with IOF introducing World Champion jerseys in FootO, MTBO and SkiO.

18.08.2016 Here will WOC be decided: Map and terrain descriptions
Since WOC took place in Finland in 2013, the world championships have visited Italy in 2014 and Scotland in 2015. Now Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships are back in Nordic terrain represented by the area around the Swedish cities Strömstad and Tanum.

17.08.2016 Last day for Early Bird offer on week pass to IOF LiveCenter
If you cannot go to Strömstad-Tanum yourself to follow your heroes at the World Orienteering Championships, then do not fear. IOF LiveCenter gives you the possibility to follow WOC at close hand with GPS-tracking from all events and live web TV-production with two well prepared commentators.

17.08.2016 Ida Bobach’s preparations for WOC
Medals. The goal is clear for Ida Bobach just before WOC in Strömstad-Tanum starts in a few days. But due to injuries she will not defend her world championship title on Long from Scotland. Instead, all her focus is on Middle and Relay.

15.08.2016 Fresh eyes on WOC ceremonies
Several medals will be handed out when the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships start this weekend. The winners and spectators can expect more than just ordinary prize-giving ceremonies, the two young organizers in charge tell. Lisa Reichenberg and Frida Johansson deal with both the opening and prize-giving ceremonies. They proclaim that the events will be […]

13.08.2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Most golds to Finland in Long Distance Final
Finland with seven and Sweden with six gained the biggest gold medal hauls in the twenty-three competitive classes in today’s Long Distance Final in Estonia. Gold medals went to eleven nations in all.

12.08.2016 The latest IOF newsletter is here!
Subscribers of the IOF Newsletter have received the latest issue.

10.08.2016 Open meetings at WOC
It's not just the athletes who will be busy in Strömstad 20-27 August. There are lots of important meetings and interesting seminars going on throughout the week, many of which are open to the public. During orienteering's biggest week of the year, anyone who is interested in orienteering should find something to interest them.

09.08.2016 Foot Orienteering Athletes’ Commission Survey Report
Throughout April and May, the FootO Athletes’ Commission surveyed the international women’s elite community regarding their thoughts on the winning time for women’s long distance events. Don't miss the Survey Report.

09.08.2016 Welcome Henrik!
We are happy to welcome our new intern Henrik Rindom Knudsen to the IOF Office. Henrik is on a six month internship and will be working in the office in Karlstad.

08.08.2016 WMOC: Sprint golds to thirteen nations
Athletes from thirteen different nations have won gold medals in the WMOC Sprint Final which took place in the Old Town Quarter in Tallinn, Estonia today.

08.08.2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Sprint golds to thirteen nations
Athletes from thirteen different nations have won gold medals in the WMOC Sprint Final which took place in the Old Town Quarter in Tallinn, Estonia today.

05.08.2016 IOF Athlete of the Month: Pavel Kurfürst
When Pavel Kurfürst was 13, his mother tried to help him find a good sport. He wasn't a very sporty child, so it looked like being a difficult task. Luckily there was someone close to the family very active in orienteering, and so he found the right sport quite quickly. From that very first moment up to the European gold medal in TempO, achieved in May, it's a fascinating journey of discovery and adventure.

04.08.2016 World Orienteering Championships 2016 reaches new TV audiences
A record number of territories will be able to see broadcasts from this year’s World Orienteering Championships in Sweden.

03.08.2016 MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 standings
During the last week of July, Portugal hosted the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. Scoring for the World Cup, the three individual stages of the competitive program showed a clear ascendance of Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham, both having reclaimed the World Cup leader jerseys.

31.07.2016 Emily Benham: “I’m really in the shape of my life”
After the gold medal in the Sprint and the silver in the Middle Distance, Emily Benham went to back up on the top of the podium by winning the “queen race” of the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. Second victory in the Championships, second world title in her career and a great joy to return […]

31.07.2016 Anton Foliforov: “I’m very happy for being alive”
The ultimate goal of any athlete is to win a world title. But to win three gold medals, corresponding to the set of all individual competitions, in a single edition of the World Championships, is beyond the dream. It’s something incredible, only available to athletes from another galaxy. In a hot afternoon, Anton Foliforov proved […]

30.07.2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016 – Czech Republic and Finland close the competition with golden keys
It was in a festive atmosphere that the World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 came to the end. At Mealhada, with its Urban Park as the epicenter of all emotions, Finland and the Czech Republic got the Relay titles in the Elite classes. The city of Mealhada hosted the last final of the World MTB […]

29.07.2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 – Foliforov and Benham win tough Long Distance
  In a hot afternoon, Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham showed up at their highest level. They were the big winners of the last individual final of the World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016, a tough Long Distance that had in Davide Machado’s bronze medal a historic moment for Portuguese orienteering. Entering the final days […]

28.07.2016 Anton Foliforov: “I face each new race, each new challenge, with a single goal: to win!”
Second final of the World MTB orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 and second gold medal for Anton Foliforov in another nearly perfect race. Immediately after finishing his race, the Russian was the perfect image of satisfaction and recovered the emotions of another golden journey.

28.07.2016 Olga Shipilova Vinogradova: “This victory could mean my continuation in MTB orienteering”
In a recent interview, Olga Shipilova Vinogradova stressed the idea that “sometimes you need to take a break to get motivation”. The two-year break brought her the motivation she needed and the result was “only” the victory in the Middle Distance of the World MTB orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 - her second individual gold medal in the most important competition of the MTBO's international calendar.

27.07.2016 World Mountain Bike Orienteeing Championships – Russians got both the Middle Distance golds
Anton Foliforov and Olga Shipilova Vinogradova, both from Russia, were the winners of the Middle Distance final, in the second day of the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2016. In the younger categories, France deserves to be highlighted for its two gold medals achieved in M20 and W17 classes. The Middle Distance of the World […]

26.07.2016 Anton Foliforov: “Winning this race was not a goal of mine”
Before the start of the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016, the Russians Ruslan Gritsan and Anton Foliforov shared the title of athlete with the most gold medals won in individual races in the most important event of the international calendar, with six gold medals each. Yesterday in Cantanhede, Foliforov was stronger, breaking the tie.

26.07.2016 Emily Benham: “I am so unbelievably happy”
A big figure of this challenging discipline in the last years, Emily Benham had already won everything there was to win, but a World title. It happened in the Sprint race that kicked off the WMTBOC 2016, in Cantanhede, Portugal.

26.07.2016 World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships – Foliforov and Benham win the Sprint
Emily Benham and Anton Foliforov were the winners of the Sprint competition that opened the 2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships, held  in Cantanhede, Portugal.

22.07.2016 How to follow the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2016
Starting on Monday, athletes will compete for titles and medals in the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships, the Junior World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships and the European Youth Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships.

20.07.2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016: Portugal welcomes the best in the world
The 2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) is about to start. From 23rd to 31st July the Portuguese municipalities of Mealhada, Cantanhede and Águeda will host an event in which over 400 athletes from 21 different countries are expected to compete.

15.07.2016 Aleksandra Hornik – Polish success story
Aleksandra Hornik had a plan for success in the last individual race at the Junior World Championships this week. She also has plans for the future.

15.07.2016 JWOC Relays: double victory for Switzerland
The Swiss junior team completed a highly successful week by winning both of today’s Relays – the women by a massive 4.52 and the men by 2.28.

14.07.2016 Orhan Kutlu: first Turkish athlete in a JWOC A Final
Today Orhan Kutlu ran the Middle Distance final, the first Turkish athlete to ever do so in a Junior World Orienteering Championships. After a very clear race he finished 37th, only 4:44 after the winner.

14.07.2016 Middle Final: second gold for Aebersold, win this time for Curiger
Simona Aebersold, already Sprint champion, added the Middle title today with another emphatic win, this time by 1.50. Thomas Curiger and Joey Hadorn exchanged places compared to the other two individual finals, with Curiger on this occasion taking the gold.

11.07.2016 “I was much more nervous after the race”
Anna Haataja had to wait for some hours before she could get tears of happiness in her eyes. In her fourth JWOC she at last achieved the gold. Joey Hadorn won his second gold medal in under 30 hours.

11.07.2016 JWOC Long Distance: golds to Finland and Switzerland
Anna Haataja, Finland won the women’s race after finishing third in the Sprint and Joey Hadorn, Switzerland took his second gold of the Championships, in a gruelling Long Distance race at Val Müstair today.

10.07.2016 Repeat win for Simona; Joey won with ‘wrong’ route choice
The Swiss winners have almost the same summary of the race: a very good one. And of course it was – they both became world champions! Simona Aebersold didn’t know of any mistakes. Joey Hadorn soon heard about one decision he lost some seconds on, but also he had to take the biggest jump on to the podium.

10.07.2016 Junior World Championships: Double Swiss victory in Sprint
Simona Aebersold and Joey Hadorn provided the perfect start for the home team in the Sprint race at Scuol, Switzerland today. Aebersold’s victory was emphatic, whilst Hadorn was the fastest of four Swiss in the top six.

08.07.2016 The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2016 starts this weekend
The world’s top junior orienteers have gathered in Scuol, Switzerland, to enjoy a week of spectacular orienteering and to fight for medals in the Junior World Orienteering Championships.

08.07.2016 Upcoming Clinic
Please remember to apply for and encourage participation in the Event Advisers Clinic the 9th of august. Rules Commission Chair, David Rosen, reports that 7 participants already wants to develop their IOF Event managing skills. IOF constantly increase the quality standards of IOF Events and need well trained EA: s as a key role in […]

07.07.2016 General Assembly Focus: Member Proposal Sweden
Several proposals are up for decision at the General Assembly in August, and one of the comes from the Swedish Orienteering Federation. The proposal concerns the winning times for international championships and the World Cup.

06.07.2016 European Youth Orienteering Championships: Youth report
In connection with the European Youth Orienteering Championships, some young aspiring journalists from the Czech Republic got the chance to do some reporting. Jiri Krejcik interviewed the long distance winners Zuzanna Morawska and Daniel Vandas, posing interesting and insightful questions to the athletes. Anna Auermullerova showed a keen eye for photography, capturing the pictures of the gold medalists for this article. Enjoy their report!

05.07.2016 General Assembly Focus: Evaluation of Provisional Memberships
One of the major items on the 2016 General Assembly agenda is the evaluation of Provisional Members. At the 2010 IOF General Assembly, the Statutes were changed limiting the length of time that a member could remain as a Provisional Member to 6 years. The reason for this change was that several provisional members were […]

04.07.2016 European Youth Orienteering Championships 2016
This weekend, young orienteers from all around Europe gathered in Poland to meet up, have fun and to compete for medals at the European Youth Orienteering Championships.

01.07.2016 IOF Newsletter – June
The latest IOF Newsletter arrived in email inboxes all over the world this morning, packed with lots of interesting and important reading.

30.06.2016 Cameroon on the map
“All is worthwhile if the soul is not small”. Mouna Nouma should be thinking about these words of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa when he decided to put his small country, Cameroon, on the Orienteering map. On 11th May he joined the World Orienteering Day celebrations, and he tells us now how it went.

30.06.2016 ETOC: Two gold medals for Ola Jansson
The athlete with more medals than anyone else in the challenging discipline of Trail Orienteering once again didn't fail at the decisive moments, winning his third individual gold in the last four editions of the European Trail Orienteering Championships and the first gold ever in the TrailO Relay.

30.06.2016 Strong Swiss team at the middle
The Swiss team always has potential medallists starting in the championships. In this year’s middle distance at WOC they have five(!) men starting. With Fabian Hertner, Florian Howald, Daniel Hubmann, Andreas Kyburz and Matthias Kuburz, the Swiss team has unusually many potential medallists starting. Both Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann have their own personal starts in […]

30.06.2016 Cæcilie is ready for WMTBOC
After a good number of promising results in the younger classes, Cæcilie Christoffersen moved up to the senior Elite group in 2012. Since then she has become one of the strongest prospects in the MTB orienteering world.

30.06.2016 WOC 2016 environmentally certified
WOC 2016 has been declared an environmentally certified event according to Svensk Miljöbas.

30.06.2016 National Quotas for World Orienteering Championships 2016
The National Quotas for WOC 2016 in Strömstad – Tanum, Sweden, are now published. The quotas for the Long and Middle competitions are based on how the Federations have scored in the last two World Championships. Current World Champions (Sprint, Middle and Long) and Regional Champions (Middle and Long) also have an extra slot, if they are allocated […]

30.06.2016 IOF Athlete of the Month: Maja Rothweiler
The IOF Athlete of the Month for June is Maja Rothweiler!

23.06.2016 Time for World Ranking Event 2017 applications.
The WRE application process is started. Please read the summary below and start applying. The applications are managed in IOF Eventor and the deadline for applications are 30 September. The 2016-2017 Ski Orienteering season starts 30 November 2016. Link to WRE application Summary for 2017 applications.

23.06.2016 Embargo for Urban WOC 2020
The embargoed areas have been published for World Orienteering Championships 2020 (WOC 2020) in IOF Eventor. The Danish bid has not formally been appointed yet but IOF and The Danish Orienteering Federation has decided to publish the embargo as soon as possible. The final decision of WOC 2020 will be decided upon on the IOF General […]

22.06.2016 General Assembly Focus: The IOF Competition Program Review
In connection with the General Assembly 2014 in Italy, it was agreed that an overall review of the competition programs in each of the 4 IOF disciplines should be carried out. The project has been ongoing since then, with project leadership by Vice President Mike Dowling and later CEO Tom Hollowell. A project working group […]

21.06.2016 IOF Global Development Conference
The IOF Regional and Youth Development Commission hereby announces the first IOF Global Development Conference, taking place in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships 2016.

21.06.2016 Documents for the XXVIII IOF Ordinary General Assembly
The XXVIII Ordinary General Assembly of the IOF will be held Friday August 26th in connection with the World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, Sweden. The agenda and documents for the meeting have been published today on the General Assembly page here on orienteering.org.

15.06.2016 Lenka Klimplova new Chairwoman of the RYDC Commission
The IOF Council has approved the appointment of Lenka Klimplova as the new Chairwoman of the Regional and Youth Development Commission.

13.06.2016 IOF takes steps to improve IT quality at major events
To improve the IT quality at championships and World Cup events, the IOF Council has decided on the immediate implementation of a new set of recommendations.

13.06.2016 FootO Commission meeting summaries available
The meeting summaries from the two latest FootO Commission meetings are now available on the commission's page.

10.06.2016 Council Meeting 179 minutes published
The minutes from the latest Council Meeting, held in Budapest 3-4 June, are now available.

10.06.2016 Athlete of the Month – May
The IOF Athlete of the Month of May 2016 is Frenchman Lucas Basset.

09.06.2016 International Orienteering Federation revives Environment Commission
The IOF’s Environment Commission has been dormant for some time, but now efforts are being made to revive it. A new chairman has been appointed, and work is underway to recruit new members and define its main tasks.

09.06.2016 World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017: Bulletin 2 published
The World Championships 2017 will take place in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 7 - 12 March 2017.

01.06.2016 IT Commission Open Meeting 2016
The IOF IT Commission will organise an open technology meeting at the World Orienteering Championships 2016 in Strömstad, Sweden.

01.06.2016 17th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping
The 17th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping will take place on 26 August 2016 in Strömstad, Sweden.

30.05.2016 World Cup standings: clear leads for Alexandersson and Kyburz
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland are the clear leaders in this year’s World Cup standings after the three counting races in the European Championships. They lead by 43 and 117 points respectively.

30.05.2016 World Orienteering Day Newsletter
The latest World Orienteering Day Newsletter is here! In the latest issue of the WOD Newsletter, you can see pictures from events World Orienteering Day big and small, as well as a summary of participation worldwide.

28.05.2016 European TrailO Championships, PreO competition: Gold medals for Gerdtman and Jansson
Overnight leaders Stig Gerdtman (Open) and Ola Jansson (Paralympic), both SWE, retained their form on the second day of competition to take the gold medals. The two placed second at the half-way stage, Jari Turto FIN and Vladyslav Vovk UKR fell back today, with Vovk taking bronze and Turto out of the medals.

28.05.2016 EOC Relay: The winners didn’t know they were winners
The European Championships ended with an incredibly tight Relay competition. The last-leg runners were not at all certain what was happening.

28.05.2016 European Championships: Finland wins women’s relay
Finland won the women’s relay, courtesy of an exceptional last-leg run by Merja Rantanen. The silver medals went to Sweden and the bronze to Russia.

28.05.2016 European Championships: Men’s relay gold to Switzerland
Switzerland showed their strength in depth in the men’s relay today, their on paper second team taking the gold medals and the first team finishing fifth. Norway and the Czech Republic are the men’s silver and bronze medallists after a tight-fought race.

27.05.2016 Kyburz got pay back for two years’ hard work
Matthias Kyburz has fulfilled his big goal in the Czech Republic. And Tove Alexandersson didn’t take a step without knowing where she was.

27.05.2016 European TrailO Championships: two gain full points on PreO Day 1
Just 2 of the 127 participants in the PreO competition solved all 23 problems correctly today, and both made mistakes at the timed controls. Stig Gerdtman and Ole Jansson, Sweden lead the Open and the Paralympic classes respectively at the half-way point.

27.05.2016 European Championships: two double gold medallists
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland both won their second individual gold medal of the Championships in the Middle Distance Final at Černá Voda, Czech Republic today. Alexandersson put on an impressive display of high-speed orienteering, winning by 2.13 and the fastest throughout. Kyburz also enjoyed a comfortable victory – by 34 seconds.

27.05.2016 Great team co-operation
Read about the Italian team's thoughts after their ETOC win in the TrailO Relay.

27.05.2016 IOF Newsletter May 2016
The May edition of the IOF Newsletter is here!

26.05.2016 EOC Middle Qualification: Up and down day for Switzerland
Switzerland had two victories and two second-placings in the Middle Distance qualification heats today, with 5 more athletes qualifying comfortably for the final – but 3 of their athletes ended below the cut-off line – including European Long Distance Champion Daniel Hubmann.

26.05.2016 Volunteering at EOC – setting out controls
For Asaf Avner, it was a goal to take part in European Championship in orienteering. The athlete from Israel is also doing just that, but not in the way he was thinking some months ago. Last season, Asaf Avner from Yuvalim in Galilea was number three overall in the Israel league. Earlier, he has taken […]

26.05.2016 Hard work behind home success
Pavel Kurfürst thought TrailO was very difficult to understand the first time he tried it. But he tried again and again, and now the Czech athlete is a European Champion. The 41-year-old TrailO-athlete won the TempO with a margin of eight seconds, ahead of Norwegian Martin Jullum. They both had an incredible flow, but none […]

26.05.2016 Wojciech Dwojak’s many roles
Last year, Wojciech Dwojak retired from top level orienteering, but during the last week he has been involved in orienteering for morning to late night, and the Pole also has big challenges ahead. At the first round of the World Cup, Wojciech was the Event Director, and also the mapper for the different competitions. – […]

26.05.2016 World Cup leader jerseys introduced
See an athlete whizz past wearing a yellow jersey? Must be the World Cup leader! World Cup Leader Emily Benham sporting her yellow leader’s jersey at the MTBO’s first World Cup round this season. The IOF wants to recognise the performances of the top athletes in the World Cup. A part of this is to […]

26.05.2016 Beautiful orienteering in Albania
For the second year in a row, Austrian orienteer Inge Bosnia organised a popular three day international orienteering competition in Albania, with the assistance of Arlind Subashi. Pierre Almén was one of the competitors, and he has provided us with a report from the event. Great orienteering, good food and beautiful scenery made for very happy competitors! The […]

26.05.2016 World Cup MTBO: Good start for Benham and Foliforov
Round 1 of the 2016 MTB Orienteering World Cup has finished. Held in France, the event's programme included two exciting individual stages - Long and Middle - and a tightly contested Mixed Relay. At the beginning of a new season, Emily Benham and Anton Foliforov are the World Cup leaders.

26.05.2016 World Orienteering Day – participation numbers revealed
After having finalised the results, the total participation numbers for the first ever World Orienteering Day can now be revealed.

25.05.2016 European TrailO Championships: home win in TempO
Pavel Kurfürst, Czech Republic beat many more experienced competitors in taking victory in the TempO Final today at Jesenik Spa. The silver medal went to Martin Jullum, Norway and the bronze to Ján Furucz, Slovakia.

24.05.2016 Tove Alexandersson: “It was hard to do a perfect race”
For Tove Alexandersson, today’s race was a historic triumph. For Daniel Hubmann it was yet another gold medal in the Long Distance.

24.05.2016 European TrailO Championships: Italy and Sweden win first-ever official Relay event
Italy came away with the Open class gold medals from the first competition in the TrailO Championships, a 3-person relay. Sweden finished in silver medal position, and bronze medallists were Slovakia. Sweden won the Paralympic class with the Czech Republic second and Russia third.

24.05.2016 EOC Long Distance: wins for Tove Alexandersson and Daniel Hubmann
The two big favourites for victory today turned out also to be the clear winners, Alexandersson by 41 seconds and Hubmann by 1.22. This was Tove Alexandersson’s first international championships gold medal; for Daniel Hubmann it was the fourth in a European Championships and third at Long Distance – the others were in 2010 and 2014.

23.05.2016 The big May TrailO party
For orienteering lovers, to pick up a map and dive into the forest is always a party. But when we’re talking about Jesenik’s forests and an event of a really large magnitude like the European Trail Orienteering Championships (ETOC), we’re talking, surely, about a really big party. With the help of Jana Kosťová, let’s get a feel for the event. Through her mind. Through her heart.

23.05.2016 European Championships: hard Long Qualification race
Both Norway and Russia had two heat winners in today’s qualification races over Long Distance at Bilá Voda, Czech Republic, where the men’s race in particular was hard with only one athlete finishing in under 70 minutes. The other two heat winners were from the home country and Switzerland.

22.05.2016 Matthias Kyburz: won again, but an important goal still outstanding
For Matthias Kyburz it was of course great to get the first individual gold at the European Championships, but there is something else that is a bigger goal for him in the Czech Republic.

22.05.2016 European Championships: Sprint victories for Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz
The Sprint gold medals have been won today by the Swiss pair Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz in two very close races in the hilly town of Jesenik, Czech Republic. It was a very successful day overall for the Swiss team, with four men in the first six in the results list.

21.05.2016 Switzerland leads Sprint Relay standings
With two of the four rounds in the Sprint Relay World Cup now completed, Switzerland leads the standings with Russia second and Denmark third.

21.05.2016 Russia take first European Championship golds
In an exciting Sprint Relay in which the lead changed several times, it was a triumph for the Russian team, which put in the steadiest performance overall and won by 14 seconds. World champion nation Denmark took silver, and Switzerland bronze. Both Norway and Sweden were disqualified.

20.05.2016 “For almost all the Czech team, this isn’t home terrain”
Petr Kadeřávek is always a central figure when the world’s best in orienteering are competing in the Czech Republic. He believes there can be good results for the home runners – but not because they’re on real ‘home terrain’.

20.05.2016 Follow the European Orienteering Championships live
The highlight of the spring season, according to many, is due to kick off this weekend, and the spotlight will be fixed on the Czech Republic and the European Orienteering Championships. At the moment, the following schedule is agreed with Czech TV.

19.05.2016 SkiO Athletes’ Commission Meeting Minutes
The Meeting Minutes from the latest IOF SkiO Athletes' Commission meeting are now available on the commission's page.

18.05.2016 World Cup: A different season, the same leaders
After MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 Round 1, Emily Benham, Great Britain, and Anton Foliforov, Russia, are already at the head of the standings. Through the forests and vineyards of Guebwiller, France, both athletes performed superbly, which allowed them to extend the sweet taste of victory after winning the MTBO Orienteering World Cup 2015 overall.

18.05.2016 Automatically generated maps from WOC 2016 terrain now available
For fairness reasons, the organisers of the World Orienteering Championships have published automatically generated maps covering the embargoed areas.

16.05.2016 Home victory
The MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 Round 1 finished today with a home victory. In Guebwiller, the “trio” from France was unbeatable, with Russia getting the silver and Finland the bronze. On Pentecost Monday, a national holiday in France, the MTBO’s tribe returned to the spectacular Alsatian scenery. Kept for the last act of a program […]

16.05.2016 World Orienteering Day – Another milestone reached
World Orienteering Day has become a global success!
As of 14.10 GMT today, May 16 2016, there are over 200,000 participants registered from 79 countries and territories worldwide.

15.05.2016 Foliforov, Barlet and Benham with victories in the MTBO World Cup Middle Distance
After yesterday’s storm, the sunny High-Rhine vineyards were quite a promenade for a really well contested Middle Distance in the second day of MTBO World Cup 2016 Round 1. It was not a surprising victory that the 3 times World Cup total winner, Anton Foliforov won the men’s race. The women’s result was slightly more […]

14.05.2016 Victory to Benham and Braendli in the MTBO World Cup opening
Simon Braendli and Emily Benham started the MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 with the right foot. In a really tough Long Distance, they’ve shown at the highest level, achieving victories in arguably the most physically and mentally challenging MTBO race to date. The MTBO Orienteering World Cup 2016 started today at Guebwiller, in Alsace (France). […]

13.05.2016 MTBO World Cup 2016 – Opening Round this weekend
The weekend is upon us, and some of the best athletes in the world are assembling in France for the opening round of the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup 2016. They will face each other in Long Distance, Middle Distance and Relay races, competing for World Cup points.

13.05.2016 IOF Honorary Member Horst Stubenrauch has passed away
It is with great sadness we received the news that IOF Honorary Member Horst Stubenrauch (GER) has passed away on April 25th at the age of 85. Horst was a leading official during the formative years of the IOF being active in commissions work from the very beginning of the IOF in 1961 until 1972. […]

13.05.2016 IOF Athlete of the Month – April 2016
IOF Athlete of the month is Finnish sprint orienteer Marika Tieni.

11.05.2016 World Orienteering Day at the IOF
May 11 has been a historic day for the IOF. All day, people around the world have been participating in orienteering events, during what promises to be a record breaking day. For the IOF Office, it has also been a momentous day, in the form of the grand opening of the new office in Karlstad. The […]

10.05.2016 World Orienteering Day is on!
May 11th has started in New Zealand, and the day as the day goes on, thousands of orienteering events will take place all over the world.

Right now there are more than 2000 locations registered all over the world. We hope you are as excited as we are and will be a part of the biggest worldwide orienteering event ever.

09.05.2016 Share your World Orienteering Day memory -Win products from our partners SILVA and Emit.
Now you have the chance to win either a Duffel bag or a NOR compass from SILVA or a emiTag timing chip from Emit. We have 10 of each. Read more to find out how to win!

04.05.2016 Nominations and Proposals to the XXVIII IOF General Assembly
The deadline for member federations proposals and Council nominations to the General Assembly was April 26th. At the deadline, 4 different proposals had been received by the IOF Office. The Russian Orienteering Federation sent in 3 proposals; That all invoices from IOF Event Organizers shall be in English language and in either US Dollars or […]

04.05.2016 Event Advisers Clinic in Brazil
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and Brazilian Orienteering Federation welcomes you to the Event Advisers Clinic in Brazil. The venue will be in Brasília. You can participate in the Clinic and combine with participation in the 3rd stage of the open Brazilian Championship, 23- 25 September. In addition to the EA clinic there will be organised a […]

02.05.2016 Wojciech Kowalski: “We’re ready for more”
Wojciech Kowalski had big expectations at the start, and the team got a good finish – sixth in the Sprint Relay. The Polish team are eager for much more on home ground.

02.05.2016 Rahel Friederich: “I was ready for the fight”
Rahel Friederich saw Helena Jansson several times during her last-leg run, but felt she had the strength to keep her at bay on the last leg of the Sprint Relay.

02.05.2016 Switzerland win Sprint Relay in tight finish
Rahel Friederich, Switzerland reached the finish line just 4 seconds ahead of Helena Jansson, Sweden at the end of a fast and furious Sprint Relay in Trzebnica, Poland this afternoon. The Swiss team led throughout, with Judith Wyder just ahead of the pack at the end of the first leg. Denmark took third place.

02.05.2016 Marika Teini: from nightmare to the race of her life
On Saturday, Marika Teini had to retire from her race due to a health problem. But on Sunday, Marika got up to the podium for the first time in an individual World Cup race.

02.05.2016 Judith Wyder: “I have to handle pain”
Judith Wyder got tears in her eyes after her victory in central Wroclaw. The Swiss star has had to handle more than just orienteering in the last year, and in every race there's an extra challenge.

02.05.2016 A new world for Maja
For Maja Alm it has been a new kind of day for the last few months, but now a lot of it is the same as earlier, even though there is a big change in the Danish team.

02.05.2016 Nadiya Volynska: “Alone is even better”
Nadiya Volynska was one of three smiling girls in third place at the first Sprint race in the World Cup. She enjoyed it, but the Ukraine likes one thing even better.

02.05.2016 Cath Taylor – “I have to be careful”
In 2015 Catherine Taylor had a great WOC on home ground and won the last race in the World Cup. Now she is just a spectator at the start of this year’s World Cup. She is thinking about what is coming next.

01.05.2016 Norway’s best moved on
The best Norwegians in the first race of the World Cup didn't take part in the second one. For them it was a short trip to Poland. Now they are preparing for new goals.

01.05.2016 Kyburz: “I had to stop at some controls”
The results were very tight in the first Sprint race in the 2016 World Cup in central Wroclaw, Poland, where there were a lot of challenges – and also five instead of three on the podium in the women’s class. Swiss team-mates Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz were the winners.

30.04.2016 Helena Jansson has learnt a lot about how to handle injury
For years Helena Jansson has had to put up with months and months of injuries. Now there has been a big change.

30.04.2016 Helena Jansson: “I didn’t really expect to win!”
After the first World Cup race in Poland today, Helena Jansson didn't feel that her race would be a golden one. And when Olav Lundanes finished, his result was the last thing on his mind.

29.04.2016 IOF Newsletter April 2016
The latest IOF Newsletter was sent out today. All around the world, orienteers are preparing for coming challenges. Read about the thoughts and feelings of the world stars as the season gets underway, how mappers are the key to spreading orienteering in Asia, the continued success of World Orienteering Day, and much more.

28.04.2016 World Cup action this weekend in Poland
The 2016 World Cup swings into action in Poland this weekend, with a forest Middle Distance race and two urban Sprint competitions making up the programme. The venue – Wroclaw – hosts The World Games in 2017, when orienteering will be one of the 30 participating sports.

27.04.2016 Helena Jansson: “All I do is related to WOC”
The World Championships (WOC) are approaching and the best orienteers in the world are looking forward to being in Strömstad in August. Having ‘home advantage’ as an extra factor this year, Helena Jansson is no exception: “I am both excited and anxious; I am both longing for it to happen and at the same time […]

27.04.2016 Stålnacke and Giovannini the first winners
For the first time ever, Portugal hosted a round of the European Cup in Trail Orienteering. The big winners of the first two ECTO stages were Erik Stålnacke (TempO) and Marco Giovannini (PreO). In the overall standings, Stålnacke is the first leader. The European Cup in Trail Orienteering 2016 started with two stages taking place […]

27.04.2016 Kowalski – “I can’t wait for the World Cup”
Wojciech Kowalski is the best ranked Polish runner before the start of the World Cup. He's ready to fight among the best, and is very much looking forward to it.
– I'm ready. I can't wait for the World Cup in Poland, he smiles.
For Kowalski, the event is very important, both in terms of doing well and the fact that it is held in Poland.

27.04.2016 30 mappers on clinic in Asia
The successful Asian Mapping Clinic recruited 30 mappers from 5 Asian Federations. Organised in tandem with the Asian Orienteering Championships 2016, the Asian Orienteering Mapping Clinic (AOMC), with the support of the IOF, opened on the 22nd April 2016 at the National Chung-Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan. The Chinese Taipei Orienteering Association welcomed 30 mappers from […]

27.04.2016 Behind the scenes: IOF activities come alive at the SportAccord Convention #SAC2016
From April 18th to the 22nd, the IOF participated at the annual SportAccord Convention in Lausanne Switzerland. SportAccord is the union of all international sports federations with 106 member organisations. The Convention is the meeting place for these organisations as well as the IOC, international host cities and events venues, international sports media and a […]

27.04.2016 Successful school orienteering in Dominican Republic
Orienteering is a part of the National Student Games in the Dominican Republic, most recently held in Gaspar Hernández in the Espaillat province. The country is one of the newest IOF Member Federations, gaining its provisional membership in 2015. Orienteering in the country has taken a big step forward during the last year, and a […]

27.04.2016 Silva and Emit – new partners that make a difference
Recently we announced that both Silva Sweden AB and Emit AS have signed up as Event Sponsor for World Orienteering Day 2016. By having two of the Orienteering’s most known brands as partners makes a good contribute for the WOD-project.
-With support from both Silva and Emit we can develop the World Orienteering Day project further, says Patrik Söderqvist Marketing manager at the IOF.

26.04.2016 World Orienteering Day – Two weeks to go!
World Orienteering Day is fast approaching. In two weeks’ time, orienteers all over the world will be putting the finishing touches to their events in anticipation for the big day.

20.04.2016 Overwhelming success for World Orienteering Day
The following press release was sent out today to all IOF Media contacts.

18.04.2016 Successful premiere of the Central European Youth Orienteering Cup
Young athletes from five countries gathered together on the first weekend in April to compete in the first edition of the Central European Youth Orienteering Cup, which was held in the surroundings of Hranice na Moravě, Czech Republic.

15.04.2016 Letter from the IOC President
We are honoured to be able to share with you a letter from the IOC President Thomas Bach himself, in support of our first ever World Orienteering Day.

14.04.2016 World Orienteering Day in Turkey
Turkey is moving towards record participation in World Orienteering Day. It is only a short while ago that the website for registering participation became active and with still nearly a month to go, the participation rate and involvement of schools in Turkey has taken the lead.

11.04.2016 World Orienteering Day: What will your adventure be?
There's only one month left until World Orienteering Day! As the big day approaches, more and more people have their events planned. Check out the latest WOD Newsletter for inspiration for what you can do, and to see what people are getting up to on May 11.

11.04.2016 Athlete Survey: Estimated Winning Time for Women’s Long Distance Events
The IOF FootO Athletes' Commission are conducting a survey of female elite athletes regarding the Estimated Winning Times for women's long distance events.

08.04.2016 Athlete of the Month: Inês Domingues
“I would be happy with a diploma; to get a medal would be awesome, and listening to the national anthem would be indescribable”

07.04.2016 Athlete Licence Update prior to the MTBO and FootO World Cup Round 1 in May
The Athletes’ Licence was introduced in Nov 2015 and requires all Athletes that participate in World Cups and Senior World Championships to sign an application form and pay an annual licence fee. All details are found here. Today the IOF introduced a new list of all licenced athletes, which can be found in IOF Eventor/Athlete […]

07.04.2016 The Embargoed Areas for the World Orienteering Championships 2019 are now published.
Bernt O Myrwold, part of the organising team, shares information about training and old maps of the area.

04.04.2016 World Orienteering Championships 2019 goes to Østfold, Norway
After an IOF Council decision at its recent meeting in Warsaw, it is now revealed that Østfold in Norway will organise the World Orienteering Championships in 2019.

- We have received a very attractive bid from Norway for WOC 2019, and are pleased to be able to announce the award of the event to the region of Østfold, says Tom Hollowell, IOF CEO.

01.04.2016 World Orienteering Day Registrations Continue to Increase
With just under 40 days until World Orienteering Day we already have over 200 events registered!

31.03.2016 Invitation to an IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Estonia, Tuesday 9th August
Invitation to an IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic Tallinn, Estonia, Tuesday 9th August 2016 in conjunction with WMOC 2016. This Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. You find invitation and entry form […]

24.03.2016 IOF Newsletter March 2016
Today the subscribers of the IOF Newsletter will have received a fresh newsletter straight to their inbox. Don't miss out!

23.03.2016 Iulia Stupu, Romania: “I like to win”
– Just take a pancake – You’ve got a pancake? asks Emil Olteanu and smiles. As usual he has a lot of roles, and is in charge of the Sanatatea Cup. It is ten degrees Celsius. Not a snow flake to be seen at all, but just as usual an open orienteering event is taking […]

23.03.2016 IOF statement on mixing contactless punching with contact punching
With the latest contactless punching control stations (both Emit and SPORTident), a successful punch can be obtained at a small distance using a contactless card. But they can also be punched in the “traditional” fashion using a contact card.

23.03.2016 Trail Orienteering: The first steps in Brazil
Trail Orienteering has taken another important step towards its establishment in Brazil. Under the motto “Trail Orienteering is the sport where different are equal” the 1st MB/ADAAN TrailO Cup, which brought together a total of 75 competitors, has taken place in Rio de Janeiro. The event was organised by the Admiral Adalberto Nunes Sports Association […]

23.03.2016 Davide Machado and WMTBOC 2016: “I will ride searching for a dream!”
Six years ago, the Portuguese Davide Machado called attention to himself by taking 7th place in the WMTBOC 2010 Long Distance race, held in Montalegre, Portugal. This was the first major international competition of his career: an unforgettable experience and from which the athlete recalls “the unexpected results, the fantastic atmosphere within the Portuguese team […]

23.03.2016 Davide Machado and WMTBOC 2016: “I will run searching for a dream!”
Six years ago, the Portuguese Davide Machado called attention to himself by taking 7th place in the WMTBOC 2010 Long Distance race, held in Montalegre, Portugal. This was the first major international competition of his career: an unforgettable experience and from which the athlete recalls “the unexpected results, the fantastic atmosphere within the Portuguese team […]

23.03.2016 Behins the scenes: A report from Anti-Doping Organisation Symposium
Last week, 14-16 March, the World Anti-Doping Agency held their annual Anti-Doping Organisation Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland. Recently appointed IOF Anti-Doping Officer Kirsty McIntyre attended the Symposium for the first time, together with Secretary General Tom Hollowell. At a time when the topic of Doping in Sport has never been more relevant or important, the […]

23.03.2016 Brian Porteous: “I am really getting excited”
At my age it is difficult sometimes to get too excited but I am really getting excited about World Orienteering Day! 11 May 2016 will give us the chance to really demonstrate that we are a truly global sport and I am especially excited to see the preparations which are going on all around the […]

22.03.2016 New JWOC Guidelines
The IOF FootO Commission has issued updated organisers' guidelines for the JWOC. They are available here, on the Organisers' Guidelines page under the Foot Orienteering menu.

22.03.2016 World Orienteering Day Website
Today the website goes live, and we have a brand new newsletter for you!

21.03.2016 First Albanian Orienteering Club Founded
Albania is taking a big step towards the IOF, and OCA – Orienteering Club Albania is the leader. Like in many other countries in Europe or on other continents, orienteering has finally also arrived in Albania, a small country with beautiful places, still unknown to most people. Albania has a lot of beautiful areas with […]

21.03.2016 On the Road to the Winter Olympics
On March 9-14, the IOF Event Adviser team visited venue of the Winter Universiade 2019, the city of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. For the first time ever, Ski Orienteering will be included in the programme of the Winter Universiade. As a pre-competition to the Universiade, the World Ski Orienteering Championships will be held in Krasnoyarsk March 5-13, 2017.

11.03.2016 IOF Athlete of the Month – February 2016
The IOF Athlete of the Month for February is Lars Moholdt! Now you can read all about the Norwegian Ski Orienteering star.

09.03.2016 The passing of Heinz Tschudin, IOF President 1988-1994
It is with much sadness that the IOF conveys news of the passing of Heinz Tschudin, President of the IOF from 1988 – 1994. After a brief period of illness, he passed peacefully on February 18, 2016.

05.03.2016 Double gold for Sweden in ESOC Relays
Sweden ran out winners of both the women’s and men’s races in the final event of the European SkiO Championships, the Relays. Russia came second and Norway third in both races, with the result that Sweden wins the Nations World Cup with Russia second.

04.03.2016 An exciting season finale – Ski Orienteering Nations World Cup
Saturday March 5th will be the final IOF ski orienteering competition of the season, when the European Championships in Relay are decided. The Nations World Cup will also be decided to crown the best national team over the entire season.

04.03.2016 Norway and Russia continue to collect gold at the European Ski Orienteering Championships
Today's Long distance races in the ESOC, JWSOC and EYSOC are over and the results are in! Today's ESOC results also had great importance for the final standings in the SkiO World Cup.

03.03.2016 Two times Sweden on top in the Ski Orienteering World Cup
With one race left we already have two winners in the overall World Cup; the two Suedes Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost have both unreachable leads.

03.03.2016 ISOM 201x status
ISOM 201x review project update.

02.03.2016 Norway and Russia on top in the middle distance races.
Norway’s Lars Moholdt and Russia's Mariya Kechkina are today's big winners.

02.03.2016 Sweden is leading the Nations World Cup
Sweden is leading the Nations World Cup after 11 of 14 competitions.

01.03.2016 IOF President Brian Porteous to step down after the General Assembly in August
Ahead of the IOF CONGRESS and XXVIII Ordinary General Assembly on 26 August, 2016, in Strömstad, Sweden, the current IOF Council members have now formally announced who will be seeking re-election

01.03.2016 Gold to Russia in the mixed relay
Alena Trapeznikova and Andrey Lamov won the mixed relay at ESOC. Lamov did an impressive second leg and the Russian team was in front during the rest of the relay.

29.02.2016 Alexandersson and Moholdt won the ESOC sprint
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Lars Moholdt, Norway are the new European champions in sprint. They both won the tough first distance in Obertilliach Austria.

29.02.2016 IOF Honorary Member Heinz Tschudin has passed away
On February 18, 2016, IOF honorary member Heinz Tschudin died after a short illness.

28.02.2016 ESOC is coming up
European Ski Orienteering Championships starts with sprint tomorrow. World Cup leader Erik Rost is looking forward to the championships.

22.02.2016 Meeting Minutes: MTBO Commission and Map Commission
The meeting minutes from the IOF Map Commission and IOF MTBO Commission Meetings that took place 22-23 January are now available.

19.02.2016 The first ever Egyptian International Orienteering Championships
This weekend marks a historical event in Egypt. The first ever Egyptian International Orienteering Championships will take place in the Ancient Egyptian capital Luxor.

19.02.2016 Inside Orienteering changes form.
The IOF publication Inside Orienteering has long been an important source of information, enjoyment and inspiration. It is now evolving, and is about to take on a new exciting form. Today marks the first day of the new IOF Newsletter!

18.02.2016 Who makes sure the maps find their way?
The IOF Office and the IOF Map Commission are taking steps to make it easier for IOF Event Organisers to wrap up their Events. After an event, the organisers must make sure that all the necessary reporting has been done and that the Event Maps are submitted to the IOF Map Commission. The Office will […]

17.02.2016 UK orienteering pioneer John Disley has passed away
Former IOF Council Member John Disley has died at the age of 87.

17.02.2016 The snow has arrived!
For a second time this SkiO World Cup season the snow has arrived at the last minute. Last night the organisers of the ESOC, JWSOC, EYSOC and SkiO WCup Round 3 confirmed that they finally have enough snow for the events to take place.

16.02.2016 Asian Orienteering Mapping Clinic
Chinese Taipei Orienteering Association will host the Asian Orienteering Mapping Clinic 22-24 April 2016 in Taiwan. This clinic aims at improving Asian orienteering mapping quality and recruiting enthusiastic mappers to spread orienteering sport in Asia.

15.02.2016 First Ever World University Ski Orienteering Championships – A Great Success!
This weekend has seen a lot of SkiO action in the Russian Tula region. The FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships took place there 11-15 January.

15.02.2016 A word from the president
I do not think I have ever been part of making history before! As I write these words I am in Tula in Russia at the first ever FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships - a historical step for Ski orienteering. The IOF has a very strong partnership with FISU and of course, orienteering is a popular sport with students in the summer and the winter.

15.02.2016 WMOC 2017 – Bulletin 1
The first Bulletin for the 2017 World Masters Orienteering Championships in Auckland, New Zealand, is now available.

15.02.2016 Behind the scenes: Patrik Söderqvist
Patrik Söderqvist was recently hired as a Marketing Manager at the IOF Office:
- There is a great potential in our sport. The values that orienteering stands for mean that we have great possibilities to both increase the visibility of the sport and create new partnerships with companies and organisations.

15.02.2016 Behind the scenes: Patrik Söderkvist
Patrik Söderqvist was recently hired as a Marketing Manager at the IOF Office:
- There is a great potential in our sport. The values that orienteering stands for mean that we have great possibilities to both increase the visibility of the sport and create new partnerships with companies and organisations.

15.02.2016 Ski Orienteering Clinic coming up – Last entry in 6 days
The entry period to the IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic in Obertilliach, Austria, 2-4 March 2016 is soon due. 8 participants from Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia and Austria has already entered. This Event Advisers’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Ski Orienteering Event Advisers and organisers. […]

11.02.2016 World University Ski Orienteering Championships – First Day
Today was the first day of the championships, and that meant it was time for the Sprint!

11.02.2016 The students are ready for the World University Championships
The first ever World University Ski Orienteering Championships starts tomorrow in Tula, Russia.

10.02.2016 First ever Asian Junior Champs
The first ever Asian Junior and Youth Orienteering Championships took place in Hong Kong December 25th-27th 2015. The even included sprint relay, middle distance and sprint.

10.02.2016 The young Italian ski orienteer
Stefania Carradini is from the little village Castello di Fiemme in famous Val di Fiemmi valley and she is daughter of Nicolò Corradini, who has incredible results in ski orienteering. “Since I was a child, I never felt any expectation or pressure from my family. My parents always let us choose which sport to do”, […]

10.02.2016 Erik Rost is looking forward to ESOC
The Swedish ski orienteer Erik Rost took five of five possible victories in the Ski Orienteering World Cup round 2 in Germany lately. European Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria is his mail goal this season. “I am really looking forward to the championships”, Erik Rost says.

08.02.2016 One of the best seminars – Ever!
Aron Less, Chairman of the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission, was pleased by the energy of the lecturers and participants and the buzz the presentations created. 66 Event Advisers, IOF Officials, Event organisers and the Seminar hosts from the Latvian Orienteering Federation created an exciting High Level Event seminar with eye-opening moments. Please follow the link to […]

05.02.2016 World Orienteering Day information
May 11th and World Orienteering Day are coming ever closer, and it is time for more information about the event!

05.02.2016 Athlete of the Month: January 2016
The first Athlete of the Month of 2016 is Stefania Corradini. Find out about the young ski orienteer and her exciting career path so far.

05.02.2016 The winner of the World Orienteering Day Logo Competition is announced!
The winner of the World Orienteering Day Logo Competition is announced!

04.02.2016 Meeting Minutes: Regional and Youth Development Commission
The meeting minutes from the IOF RYDC Meeting that took place 22-23 January are now available.

04.02.2016 Ski Orienteering Clinic Update
The Invitation to the IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic in Obertilliach, Austria 2-4 March 2016, is now updated with an entry form. The Clinic is free of charge. Juraj and Roland look forward to exciting training days where you will, in theory and practice, learn how to become a successful Event Adviser for […]

03.02.2016 Meeting Minutes: Council and Rules Commission
The meeting minutes from the IOF Council Meeting and the IOF Rules Commission Meeting that took place 22-23 January are now available.

03.02.2016 Updated Rules and Guidelines published
IOF Rules Commission have now published a new version of the IOF World Ranking Scheme. The changed rule (3.4) opens up for W/M Elite 18-20 classes to get WRE points. The rules are applicable to the Foot, MTB and Ski Orienteering disciplines. Link to document IOF Foot Orienteering Commission have also published a new version […]

02.02.2016 SkiO: Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic 2-4 March
The IOF SkiO Commission are organising an Event Advisers' and Organisers' Clinic in conjunction with the SkiO World Cup Round 3 and JWSOC in Obertilliach in the beginning of March. This Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Ski Orienteering Event Advisers and organisers.

01.02.2016 Meeting Minutes: FootO and IT
The meeting minutes from the IOF FootO Commission and IOF IT Commission meetings 22-23 January are now available.

29.01.2016 Orienteering World 2015
The 2015 issue of Orienteering World has arrived! You can read it online as a PDF or order a copy to be delivered straight to you.

27.01.2016 World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships: gold medals to eight nations
Eight different nations are represented amongst the gold medalists after three races, two at Middle Distance where the overall results counted for medals, and one at Long Distance. Finland is the nation with the most gold medals.

27.01.2016 SkiO World Cup: Relay wins for Russia and Sweden
Russia’s women and Sweden’s men were winners of the final races of this World Cup round, the Relays. Both races were closely fought, with the outcome in doubt until the finish.

26.01.2016 SkiO World Cup: Sprint Relay dominated by Sweden
The Swedish team continued its fine form in Germany with a clear win by the first team of Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost in today’s Sprint Relay. Finland and Norway took second and third places.

24.01.2016 Latest SkiO World Cup individual standings
Six of the nine individual races in this season’s Ski Orienteering World Cup have now been held. Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost of Sweden occupy the top positions after both athletes have enjoyed fantastic results in Germany.

24.01.2016 SkiO World Cup: third win for Erik Rost
Erik Rost, Sweden proved again today that he is in the best form of his life, winning for the third day in succession in today’s Long Distance race. Mariya Kechkina, Russia won the women’s race after being second five times this season.

23.01.2016 SkiO World Cup: Alexandersson and Rost win again on Middle Distance
The Swedish athletes Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost were victorious for the second day running, this time over Middle Distance. Both wins were by more than half a minute.

22.01.2016 SkiO World Cup, Germany: double Swedish victory in Sprint
Wins for Tove Alexandersson and Erik Rost in today’s Sprint, the first race of the second round of the World Cup in Germany, gave the best possible start for the Swedish team.  

20.01.2016 Follow the World Cup action this week!
The second round of this season’s SkiO World Cup is fast approaching. Here is all the information you need to follow the action, wherever you are.

15.01.2016 WMSOC and SkiO World Cup Round 2 Update
Those of us who have been following the snow conditions in Germany with bated breath can now breathe a sigh of relief. The organisers confirmed yesterday that they finally have enough snow for the WMSOC and SkiO World Cup Round 2 races to take place. Event Director Bernd Kohlschmidt tells us more about the preparations for the event.

08.01.2016 Athlete of the Month – December 2015
The last Athlete of the Month for 2015 is Ski Orienteer Ulrik Nordberg from Sweden. The young athlete has had a fantastic opening to this season, and despite difficult snow conditions he is training hard to continue doing well in the competitions ahead.

07.01.2016 Preliminary schedule for the HLES 2016 in Riga
A preliminary schedule for the IOF High Level Event Seminar in Riga, Latvia, 6-7 February 2016, is now available. Remember to register for the seminar! The deadline for entries is 15 January.

15.12.2015 Be an Orienteering Santa Claus – what can you or your club do?
Many developing orienteering countries need equipment to be able to develop. Basic things like punches, control flags and compasses can make a big difference. The IOF Christmas donations campaign helps you and your club to contribute with equipment giveaways.

15.12.2015 World Orienteering Day Logo Competition
The IOF is holding a competition to create the logo for the World Orienteering Day. The competition is open to young orienteers up to 25 years old. Besides the honour of making the logo, the winner gets free participation and travel to the youth leader clinic in connection with WOC 2016.

09.12.2015 Invitation to the HLES 2016 in Riga
Next year's IOF High Level Event Seminar, with the general theme "Event Quality", will be held in Riga, Latvia, 6-7 February 2016. The invitation and information regarding entry are now available.

09.12.2015 The IOF supports orienteering development in Greece
IOF Regional Coordinator Zoran Milovanovic will be visiting Athens, Greece for a development weekend February 12-13. The development activity, which consists of lectures and discussions on Saturday and a sprint orienteering event on Sunday, is being organized in cooperation with the School of Physical Education and Sports Science of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. If you are […]

08.12.2015 Congratulations Kuortane and Tartu!
The 2018 FISU World University Championships hosts countries has been announced: 2018 FISU World University Orienteering Championships – Kuortane, Finland 2018 FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championships – Tartu, Estonia FISU stands for Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (International University Sports Federation). Read more about FISU here www.fisu.net.

04.12.2015 Recap on the World Cup opening in Ski Orienteering
Did you miss any of the excitement in the World Cup opening in Ski Orienteering last weekend? Follow Tove Alexandersson and Eduard Khrennikov’s routes into the yellow World Cup leader jerseys in Northern Finland. You can watch the events both as replays and summaries. Thursday 26 November Press Conference – introduction to the SkiO Season […]

03.12.2015 Gaëlle Barlet is the IOF Athlete of the Month
Gaëlle Barlet is one of the greatest MTB Orienteering world stars who, at the age of 27, has been crowned European and World Champion in Middle Distance. Discover a memorable conversation with Gaëlle Barlet, IOF Athlete of the Month of November.

03.12.2015 World Orienteering Day, May 11th 2016
The first ever World Orienteering Day will be held on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016. All schools, all O-clubs and all countries all over the world are encouraged to participate.

In connection with the World Orienteering Day 2016, the IOF has a vision to set a new Guinness World Record.

02.12.2015 IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup standings after First Round
The 42-year-old Russian Eduard Khrennikov heads the standings at the end of the first round of the 2015-2016 IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup, a situation he has been used to many times over the past 15 years; he has won the World Cup overall four times, first in the year 2000.

01.12.2015 IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup: Alexandersson and Khrennikov win Long Distance
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden again showed that she is the strongest in the women’s field with a win by 2.30 today. Eduard Khrennikov, Russia was 13 seconds ahead of Ulrik Nordberg, Sweden in the finish at the end of a close race.

01.12.2015 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Alexandersson and Khrennikov win Long Distance
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden again showed that she is the strongest in the women’s field with a win by 2.30 today. Eduard Khrennikov, Russia was 13 seconds ahead of Ulrik Nordberg, Sweden in the finish at the end of a close race.

30.11.2015 Apply for IOF MTB Orienteering Events 2018 and 2019
Member federation are invited to apply for the following MTB Orienteering Events in the year 2018 and 2019: 2019: World MTB Orienteering Championships 2019 and the Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships 2019 2018: MTB Orienteering World Cup 2018 2018: World Masters MTBO Orienteering Championships Federations should submit applications to the IOF Office by January 1, […]

29.11.2015 IOF Studio World Cup SkiO 3 – Middle Distance
IOF Studio summary from the World Cup Long distance 29 November 2015 will be shown from 18.00 EET UTC+2 (17.00 CET).

29.11.2015 IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup: emphatic Middle Distance victories for Alexandersson and Lamov
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden was in supreme form today, completing the Middle race a whole 3 minutes faster than the Russian athlete Mariya Kechkina. In the men’s race, Andrey Lamov, Russia enjoyed a convincing win by 1.03 over Bulgarian Stanimir Belomazhev.

29.11.2015 Ski Orienteering World Cup: emphatic Middle Distance victories for Alexandersson and Lamov
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden was in supreme form today, completing the Middle race a whole 3 minutes faster than the Russian athlete Mariya Kechkina. In the men’s race, Andrey Lamov, Russia enjoyed a convincing win by 1.03 over Bulgarian Stanimir Belomazhev.

28.11.2015 IOF Studio World Cup SkiO 2 Sprint Relay
IOF Studio from the 2nd World Cup race in Ski Orienteering 2015 – Sprint Relay. Starts at 18.00 EET UTC +2 (17.00 CET)

28.11.2015 IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup: Sprint Relay won by Sweden
Sweden’s first team of Ulrik Nordberg and Tove Alexandersson scored a convincing victory by 1.05 over Finland in today’s Sprint Relay, in which each team member skis three legs. Russia 2 took third place.

28.11.2015 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Sprint Relay won by Sweden
Sweden’s first team of Ulrik Nordberg and Tove Alexandersson scored a convincing victory by 1.05 over Finland in today’s Sprint Relay, in which each team member skis three legs. Russia 2 took third place.

27.11.2015 IOF Studio World Cup SkiO 1 Sprint
IOF Studio summary of the World Cup opening sprint in Ylläs, Finland 27 November 2015

27.11.2015 IOF 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.

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 […]

12.11.2015 IOF Athlete of the Month – October 2015
The IOF Athlete of the Month for October 2015 is Daniel Hubmann. With an incredible 19 WOC medals, and no plans to quit any time soon, he looks back on his career and how it all started. Click here to read all about his extraordinary achievements, his relationship with his fans and new changes in his […]

11.11.2015 New Rules for FootO, MTBO and TrailO Events
There are now updated versions of the Competition Rules for IOF Orienteering Events for FootO, MTBO and TrailO available on the respective discipline rules pages. They can be found here: FootO Rules MTBO Rules TrailO Rules

11.11.2015 Meeting Minutes from the FootO Commission
The Meeting Minutes from the FootO Commission Meeting 5-2015 are now available online. You can find them by clicking here: FootO Commission Meeting Minutes  

09.11.2015 IOF Athletes’ Licence
IOF Council have decided to implement an Athletes License system starting with the Ski orienteering season 2015-2016. Please follow the link below to read about the system and implementation. Note! Athletes and Member Federations that are active in the Ski Orienteering World Cup 2015-2016 should pay extra attention since the first Competition start in 26th […]

09.11.2015 New application period for WOC 2020
The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) are organised every year. In accordance with the decision of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the IOF in Inverness, Scotland in August 2015, odd years shall be organised with forest based competitions and even years shall be organised as urban based competitions. In accordance with the above, all IOF member federations are hereby invited […]

06.11.2015 A project to revise IOF Control Descriptions
The IOF Control Descriptions were last revised in 2004. There have been many developments in the sport since then and the IOF is now starting a process to consider revisions for a new version to be valid from September 2017. Over recent years a number of suggestions for changes have been made. We now invite […]

30.10.2015 Plans for the 2016 High Level Event Seminar set
The annual IOF High Level Event Seminar will be held February 6th and 7th in Riga, Latvia. The seminar has become one of the IOFs most important venues for the sharing of experience and ideas related to the organisation of IOFs major events. The seminar should be of high priority for future high level event organizers […]

26.10.2015 Updated Ski Orienteering rules published
An updated version of the Competition Rules for IOF Ski Orienteering Events was approved by the IOF Council at their meeting October 16 and 17. The new version of the rules, which is valid from November 1, 2015, has been published on http://orienteering.org/ski-orienteering/rules/ for download. There is also a convenient booklet in A5 format which can be […]

19.10.2015 Mapping Seminar in Sofia 15-18th October
During the weekend, 15-18th October, eight participants from Egypt, Greece, Cyprus and Serbia took part in an IOF-SEEOA mapping seminar in Sofia, Bulgaria. The programme, lasting four days, was led by five experts from the South East European Orienteering Association, and together with the participants they immersed themselves in the subject of mapping and printing urban and […]

12.10.2015 Summary of the Season 2015
During 31 WOCs the Danes had taken four golds. At the 32nd championship the Nordic country took the same number of golds. A result of luck? Not at all. A surprise? Not at all! During the last year before WOC in Scotland the best Danes spent almost two months in Scotland. Just before the championship […]

12.10.2015 World Cup 2015 review – no change at the top
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland finished at the head of the 2015 World Cup standings, just as they did in 2014. Hubmann’s victory was outstanding, with four wins from the ten counting races and a points lead of 234. Alexandersson ran in seven of the races and won the first three.

04.10.2015 Junior Topi Raitanen on par with the seniors
Topi Raitanen had a big responsibility on his shoulders today. He’s not a senior at all, but he had an important leg on the Finnish first team. Topi, who become junior world champion on the relay at JWOC in Norway in July, had the second leg on the Finnish first team in the relay. Sofia […]

04.10.2015 Lars Lindstrøm: “Kiitos to Finland”
Lars Lindstrøm smiles broadly and uses a word that isn’t in the Danish language at all. A really big goal for the last races in World Cup was to win the overall victory in the sprint relay and, just like last year, Denmark became the best nation. However, it wasn’t only due to Denmark’s own achievements, for […]

04.10.2015 Sara Lüscher: Felt the pressure, ran a great race
The two previous days before the sprint relay Sara Lüscher did really well. It wasn’t so strange that she for first time got the last leg in a sprint relay. – I was ready to start early. I have good teammates, smiles Lücher. Almost as expected, the Swiss were in front of everybody else from […]

04.10.2015 The Queen of Denmark, Maja Alm, has more to achieve
Maja Alm fulfilled the main purpose for the visit to Switzerland the last day of WC in Arosa and The Dane is now changing her training. There’s more to go for. The winner of three golds in Scotland has had some sickness after the great week and isn’t in WOC shape, but she and her […]

03.10.2015 Alexandersson: Back in business just in time!
Tove Alexandersson hadn’t competed since WOC when she went out last in the World Cup final. The Swede had to start twice, but it ended in the very best way. Just like last year in the World Cup final the national hymn was played for the Swede. She could again be satisfied with a great […]

03.10.2015 Catherine Taylor, a hard-working talent
Catherine Taylor has followed the big dream and showed in the World Cup final yet again that she really is an incredible navigator. In the last race in World Cup Catherine Taylor took a smashing victory. Her first ever triumph in World Cup was taken with a margin of 102 seconds. – It’s a bit […]

03.10.2015 Daniel Hubmann: Some thoughts on his career
On the last race in the World Cup Daniel Hubmann was the best yet again, and the Swiss phantom got one more overall victory in World Cup. It could be more, but how many years will he go on? Nobody knows how long Hubmann will continue, as he doesn’t even know himself. – I have […]

03.10.2015 Daniel Hubmann: New life, same result
For Daniel Hubmann life has changed a lot during the last weeks, but the position in the results is just like it used to be at the end of the World Cup. For some years the World Cup has had the final round in Switzerland. Almost every year Hubmann has shown strength. What he has […]

03.10.2015 Hausken Nordberg: “I wanted to show that I can be good individually”
For Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg the long distance in Arosa showed something she has wanted to show for a long time. At WOC in Scotland she had incredible last legs and fixed two silvers to Norway, but individually she wasn’t satisfied. No medal at all. – It has been a goal for the end of […]

02.10.2015 Tove Alexandersson: Back on track, going for victory
Tove Alexandersson had to deal with injuries during WOC and had also had to be patient after Scotland, but just in time the Swede is ready for racing again. In the last individual race of World Cup the 23 year old from Borlänge in Sweden will be on the start line again. – She’s not […]

02.10.2015 World Cup Long Distance: wins for Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg and Daniel Hubmann
On challenging courses around Arosa in Switzerland, victories went to the Norwegian Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg and home runner Daniel Hubmann.

02.10.2015 Gueorgiou: No start in World Cup, but future decided
Thierry Gueorgiou is not taking part in the final race in World Cup this year. However, the 13 times World Champion is now sure about his future with map and compass. At WOC in Scotland he wasn’t sure about the future. – If I were to decide just now I would probably stop, he said […]

30.09.2015 New application period for WOC 2019
The IOF Council invites member federations to apply for the World Orienteering Championships 2019. Based upon the decision of the Extraordinary General Assembly in Inverness in August, 2019 will be the first year with the new WOC format. A year with Long distance, Middle distance and Relay competitions plus one qualification competition, of a format to be determined later. […]

30.09.2015 WADA publishes the 2016 Prohibited List
On 16 September, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee approved the 2016 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, which is now available on WADA’s website in English. The List will come into force on 1 January 2016. Updated annually, the List is one of five International Standards that are mandatory for all signatories of the […]

28.09.2015 Deciding moments – the World Cup final 2015
All eyes in the orienteering world will be focused on Arosa Switzerland this coming weekend for the 2015 World Cup Final. A long distance race on Friday October 2nd and a middle distance race on Saturday October 3rd will decide the women’s and men’s individual World Cup titles, and a sprint relay on Sunday October […]

25.09.2015 Euromeeting in Estonia – preparing for the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017
This weekend national teams and organizers are gaining valuable experience 2 years in advance of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 in Estonia. The annual Euromeeting competition kicks off Friday afternoon with a sprint competition in the town of Otepää, and continues with a long distance competition on Saturday and middle distance on Sunday. 170 athletes from […]

23.09.2015 Advertise on IOF Eventor
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) have now opened the possibility for advertising in our entry system IOF Eventor.   Do you want to market your event or product to orienteers world wide? IOF Eventor is the official event management and entry system for all IOF events including World Ranking Events. This is a great opportunity to […]

23.09.2015 Erik Stålnacke winner of ECTO 2015
After the two last competitions in the ECTO 2015, which were held in Czech Republic 19 and 20 September Erik Stålnacke could be announced as winner of ECTO 2015 (European TrailO Cup). Erik Stålnacke was second at the Saturday competitions but it was still a close fight until the last competition on Sunday, a TempO […]

22.09.2015 Call for applications to write an MTBO Development Guide
The IOF MTBO Commission plans to publish a development guide to help interested people to organize their first MTBO event. The Commission is looking for applicants interested in writing and designing this document.If you are interested in this opportunity, find out more about the task and how to apply by clicking here.

22.09.2015 Invitation to MTBO Clinic 21-22 November 2015
The IOF MTB Orienteering and Rules Commissions welcome you to an IOF MTB Orienteering Event Advisers’ and Organisers’ Clinic in Vilnius, Lithuania, 21-22 November 2015. This Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed MTB Orienteering Event Advisers and the education of MTBO organisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify […]

21.09.2015 IOF Athlete of the Month – Anton Foliforov, Russia
  IOF’s Athlete of September needs no presentation for people familiar with Mountain-bike Orienteering. Two World Champion titles and two European Champion titles this year, victory in the World Cup for the second time in a row and a big lead in the IOF World Rankings has made Anton Foliforov the biggest name in MTB […]

14.09.2015 Preliminary schedule for the orienteering World Cup 2017
A preliminary schedule for the World Cup in orienteering has been set by the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission. The World Cup 2017 will consist of 4 rounds: Round 1 – May 25 – 28 in Finland. This will be coordinated with WOC 2017 training camps or qualification races in Estonia Round 2 – July 1 – 7 […]

09.09.2015 IOF Athlete of the Month – Maja Alm’s Golden WOC
The IOF Athlete of the Month for August 2015 is Maja Alm of Denmark. Her 3 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland helped Danish orienteering have their best WOC ever. Read more about our Athlete of the Month here http://orienteering.org/athlete-of-the-month/ 

08.09.2015 Do you want better quality at IOF Events?
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission and Danish Orienteering Federation welcome you to an IOF Event Advisers Clinic in Denmark, 18th and 19th March 2016. Attendance at a clinic such as this is a key requirement for accreditation as an IOF Event Adviser. We expect participants to have some experience as event director, event controller, course […]

04.09.2015 CISM Military World Games in Republic of Korea information
The CISM 6th Military World Games 2015 will be organized in the Republic of Korea in the beginning of October. Orienteering is one of the sports and the Event Advisor, Jouni Lipponen from Finland just recently came back from his last visit. Read information from his visit and about the upcoming competitions at http://cism-orienteering.com/

04.09.2015 CISM Military World Games in Republic of Korea one month away
The CISM 6th Military World Games 2015 will be organized in the Republic of Korea in the beginning of October. Orienteering is one of the sports and the Event Advisor, Jouni Lipponen from Finland just recently came back from his last visit. Read information from his visit and about the upcoming competitions at http://cism-orienteering.com/

03.09.2015 Embargo of Strömstad City for WOC 2016
As stated in the recently published bulletin 2 for WOC 2016, the embargoed area in Strömstad City will have a full embargo from 1 Nov 2015. Due to a large number of questions which have been raised by this decision the IOF is issuing this explanatory statement to give better background information about the decision. […]

02.09.2015 World Games 2017 Qualification rules
The qualification rules for the World games 2017 in Wrocław, Poland, are now published. The thirteen (13) best nations, Poland excluded, in the 2016 World Orienteering Championships, shall have the right to enter up to 2 + 2 runners. You’ll find the full qualification rules here. The Event page in IOF Eventor is also updated […]

31.08.2015 Special Rules for the 2015/2016 Ski Orienteering World Cup published
The special rules for the 2015-2016 ski orienteering World Cup season are now published. See the following links. Link to the ski orienteering rules page Link to the rules document  

31.08.2015 It’s time for WRE applications
It is time to fill up the Calendar with high quality and exciting World Ranking Events(WREs) for 2016. The application procedures are described in detail on the IOF WEB, see links below. Please look at all the three links, for each discipline, as the application procedure and necessary information may differ slightly. In general, the […]

31.08.2015 IOF Global Development and Communications Officer appointed
Malin Björkqvist will be taking on the position of Global development and Communications Officer in the IOF office starting November 1, 2015. Malin resides in Falun, Sweden and has degrees both in sports administration and journalism. She has worked internationally with time spent in the USA, Austria and Spain so she will be an asset […]

22.08.2015 World MTBO Championships: Relay wins for Finland and Austria
In the final race of the Championships, an experienced Finland team put in a strong performance to take the Women’s Relay crown, whilst in the men’s race a close finish between the top three teams resulted in a surprise victory for Austria. The Czech Republic takes the Relay World Cup title.

21.08.2015 MTBO World Cup: final standings
Martina Tichovska CZE, after a superb Championships with two gold medals and a silver, finished just 5 points short of overall winner Emily Benham’s score in the final World Cup standings. Anton Foliforov RUS, who clinched the men’s title earlier in the week, ended 44 points ahead of Jussi Laurila FIN.

21.08.2015 World MTBO Championships: Long Distance golds to Tichovska and Foliforov
On a very demanding course at Liberec, Czech Republic today, home rider Martina Tichovska and Russian Anton Foliforov both added a second gold medal to their collection from these Championships.

20.08.2015 MTBO World Cup 2015: Benham and Foliforov confirmed as winners
With one race to go, Emily Benham, Great Britain and Anton Foliforov, Russia are already certain of victory in this year’s overall World Cup standings – just as in 2014. Results from tomorrow’s Long Distance races will decide who ends up second and third.

19.08.2015 World MTBO Championships: Tichovska and Dallavalle both go one better today
Silver yesterday, gold today; that is the story in both the women’s and men’s classes of the Sprint race, where home athlete Martina Tichovska and the Italian Luca Dallavalle triumphed by 55 and 4 seconds respectively.

19.08.2015 IOF LiveCenter broadcast Live Today in World MTBO Championships 2015
The IOF LiveCenter broadcasting from World MTBO Championships 2015 in Liberec, Czech Republic, starts today (Wednesday) at 11:00 GMT. All Live Events from this Championship are free of charge. Just follow the link to LiveCenter and enjoy the Men and Women Sprint Distance races today. On Friday we broadcast the Long Distance races and on Saturday the relay […]

18.08.2015 Double Norway victories in ECTO
Two legs of ECTO took place in Bollnäs Sweden during the weekend 15-16 August. Both legs were arranged in the “deep forest” in the county of Hälsingland with lots of details in the terrain. This was a challenge for the competitors and no one managed to score full points either of the days and it […]

18.08.2015 World MTBO Championships: Middle Distance golds to France and Russia
Just as they did in the European MTBO Championships, Gaelle Barlet, France and Anton Foliforov, Russia took the gold medals in the WMTBOC Middle Distance race held today at Liberec in the Czech Republic.

16.08.2015 Nothing decided yet in the MTBO World Cup 2015
On Tuesday August 18th the World Mountainbike Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC) kick off in Liberec, Czech Republic. Individual medals in MTBO’s main event will be handed out in Middle Distance, Sprint and Long Distance competitions and the championships end on Saturday August 22nd with the relay competitions. The World MTBO Championships also constitute the final round of the […]

12.08.2015 World Rankings update – Daniel Hubmann and Danish women take top spots
Three of four IOF World Rankings lists have new names up top after the World Orienteering Championships competitions in Inverness, Scotland last week. Daniel Hubmann (SUI) ends the WOC week as the highest ranked athlete in both of the men’s World Rankings, that is both the list for middle/long distance and the sprint list. He […]

12.08.2015 Great Britain and Spain with double advancements in WOC divisions
The calculation of WOC divisions has been completed by the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission. The calculations are based upon the updated Special Rules for WOC and will be used to determine starting allocations in the long and middle distance competitions at WOC 2016 in Strömstad, Sweden. Great Britain had a fantastic World Orienteering Championships on home ground […]

11.08.2015 MTBO World Cup organizers for 2017 set
At last weeks IOF Council meeting in Inverness organizers for the 2017 MTBO World Cup events were decided. The IOF Council approved the recommendations of the MTBO Commission and awarded the 1st round of the MTBO World Cup 2017 to Austria and the 2nd round to France. The European MTBO Championships and the World Masters […]

10.08.2015 Felt pain, just ran, took gold
In March Ida Bobach got rid of her injuries, but in the last couple of days before the Long at WOC she was again a little unfit. Already in France in 2011, as a last year junior, Ida Bobach took her first WOC medal as a senior. As a junior she’s the athlete with the […]

10.08.2015 Will Thierry continue?
Thierry Gueorgiou won his 13th WOC gold in the Long Distance on Friday. One big question is if he will go for another WOC. Thierry didn’t have the best feeling in the start of the race, and made some small mistakes in the early part of the course, but things changed. “It went better and […]

10.08.2015 Basset: “Not at all expected”
A lot of the very experienced did very well at the Championships, but there are also new stars. Lucas Bassett did much better than expected. The 24-year-old Frenchman ended with two medals: silver on the Middle Distance, just three seconds after winner Daniel Hubmann, and bronze in the forest Relay together with Vincent Coupat and […]

10.08.2015 Moving to Sweden
Laurina Neumann and Brian Keely didn’t have a return ticket home to Australia after WOC. They are going to settle down in Scandinavia for a while. The Australians got a bit of experience in Scotland by coming a week before, and got some important practice. It was totally different from home. “At home it’s hard […]

08.08.2015 World Orienteering Championships Long Distance: new gold for Thierry Gueorgiou, convincing win for Ida Bobach
Thierry Gueorgiou, France won his fourth gold medal at Long Distance in five years in Glen Affric in Scotland today, and Ida Bobach crowned a fantastic week for Denmark with her first gold medal at senior level.

08.08.2015 IOF Presidents’ Conference held in Scotland
The IOF held its biannual Presidents’ Conference immediately after the Extraordinary General Assembly in Inverness, Scotland.

06.08.2015 Extraordinary General Assembly: Split World Championships proposal is carried
An Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) of the IOF was convened today to discuss a proposal to have a ‘forest’ World Orienteering Championships (WOC) and a ‘Sprint’ WOC in alternate years, as a development from the annual ‘all-in’ WOC programme that exists at present. The proposal was carried.

06.08.2015 Appointment of Organizers for IOF events 2018 and 2019
The IOF Council has appointed the following organizers for IOF events in 2018 and 2019. Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018, Hungary (Kecskemét) World Masters Orienteering Championships 2018, Denmark (Copenhagen) World MTB Orienteering Championships 2018, Austria (Zwettl) World Trail Orienteering Championships 2019, Portugal (Viseu) World Masters Orienteering Championships 2019, Latvia (Riga)

06.08.2015 Not at all as expected for Coupat
When Vincent Coupat came to Scotland he was preparing for one distance, and that wasn’t at all the Relay. Sprint was what he was selected for, but the championship didn’t, luckily for him, end with the first individual race. “It’s just a bit crazy and unbelievable”, he smiles after the Relay. He ran very well […]

06.08.2015 Hubmann: “This was a real Relay gold”
Daniel Hubmann won his second Relay gold at WOC, but there’s a big, big difference in the two victories. In 2009 Daniel got the gold together with Matthias Merz and Baptiste Rollier. At that Relay Martin Johansson from Sweden hurt himself when he got a stick into the body on the last leg. Thierry Gueorgiou, […]

06.08.2015 Danes had practiced for something they didn’t get!
For months the Danes have been training to do well in the Relay, but in some ways the Relay wasn’t what they have been training for. Already on the first leg Maja Alm set up a gap. She was several minutes in front of the second one to the first changeover. The Relay looked as […]

05.08.2015 World Orienteering Championships: Denmark and Switzerland take Relay gold medals
Denmark’s women and Switzerland’s men triumphed in the Relay held today at Darnaway Castle, north-east Scotland. Both wins were by convincing margins, with tighter finishes for the silver and bronze medal positions.

05.08.2015 Hubmann: “A very special gold”
For Daniel Hubmann the victory on the Middle Distance was special in a lot of ways. The Swiss star won the Middle just three seconds in front of the young senior Lucas Basset from France. Hubmann had won gold in Sprint, Long and Relay from previous WOCs earlier. The Middle gold was his fourth individual […]

05.08.2015 Billstam: “I felt I always had control”
Annika Billstam had to stop training for three weeks in the spring, and now has had a very long summer holiday, which was important for her second Middle gold in a row. Billstam was one of the favourites, but also not the biggest one. The Swede hadn’t been so impressive in recent months. “I have […]

05.08.2015 WOC Special Rules updated
The IOF Council has at its meeting on August 3rd approved an update to the WOC special rules. The change is related to how the allocation of starting spots is calculated for the middle and long distance finals, i.e. the calculation of federation points and corresponding allocation of federations to divisions. This change corrects an unfairness in […]

04.08.2015 World Orienteering Championships: Billstam retains title, Hubmann gets full medal set
Annika Billstam, Sweden and Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland are the 2015 Middle Distance champions. Billstam retains the title she won last year, whilst for Hubmann this was the individual medal he had previously failed to get.

04.08.2015 Ready to return to the golden track
This time Kirsi Boström can see much more than last time she visited Scotland. This time too, the champion from 1999 also aims to run the golden course again. Kirsi won the Long Distance at WOC in 1999. This time the Long Distance will be at the same place, Glen Affric. He and husband Michael […]

04.08.2015 Historic medal for Ukraine
Nadiya Volynska has done something no woman from Ukraine has done earlier. “It’s great with the silver medal”, Nadiya smiles. She is the first woman from Ukraine to take a medal at WOC in foot-orienteering. In central Inverness she got the medal on Monday afternoon. Now she is looking for much more. “I will take […]

04.08.2015 Matthias Kyburz – missed Sprint to try for what he misses
Everything is very fine, but Matthias Kyburz was not taking part in the individual Sprint. That’s due to what’s coming afterwards. “I felt it was too much to take part in all individual disciplines”, he says. The former Sprint champion from Switzerland has the biggest individual goal for what’s coming in this championship. “I want […]

04.08.2015 WOC2015 Week Meetings reminder: Extraordinary General Assembly
Note! The meetings will be held at the Thistle Hotel (Milburn Rd, Inverness), which recently changed name to “The Inverness Hotel”. The Extraordinary General Assembly (Ex GA) and Presidents Conference starts with a Pre-meeting on Wednesday evening at 20:00 to 21:30. The pre-meeting will be focused on the Council proposal to the IOF Extraordinary General Assembly. On Thursdag […]

04.08.2015 Volynska: a historic medal
Nadiya Volynska has done something no woman from Ukraine has done earlier. “It’s great with the silver medal”, Nadiya smiles. She is the first woman from Ukraine to take a medal at WOC in foot-orienteering. In central Inverness she got the medal on Monday afternoon. Now she is looking for much more. “I will take […]

03.08.2015 The Dominican Republic is IOF member country number 80
The IOF Council has at its meeting on August 1st, 2015 accepted the application for IOF provisional membership from Federación Dominicana de Orientación. The Dominican Republic is IOF member country number 80.

03.08.2015 Leandersson: “Nervous waiting at the end”
Jonas Leandersson started as number 30 in the final. The Swede had a really exciting time in the finish zone before everything was declared. “At first I was not so nervous, but after I while become more nervous”, the Swede smiles. Twice earlier he has won the European Championship in Sprint, the first time on […]

03.08.2015 Maja Alm: “A dream of many years come true”
When Maja Alm won her second gold in a little bit less than 24 hours it was something she has been training for and seeking for a very long time. “An individual gold has been the dream all the time I have done orienteering. It’s a bit unbelievable when I now got it”, she says. […]

02.08.2015 World Orienteering Championships: Maja Alm and Jonas Leandersson are Sprint champions
Maja Alm, Denmark and Jonas Leandersson, Sweden are the new World Champions in Sprint after today’s Final in Forres, north-east Scotland. Maja Alm’s victory was by almost 40 seconds.

02.08.2015 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Simone Niggli double champion
The Long Distance Final took place near Gothenburg, Sweden yesterday, with class winners from six nations in all – France, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Simone Niggli, Switzerland was one of six athletes who won both the Sprint and Long titles.

02.08.2015 The Danes had planned the courses!
The fantastic Danish victory in the Sprint Relay was not a result of luck at all. The Danes had done their preparations. 81 seconds was the margin for the Danes in front of Norway, after the four legs in Nairn. It was four incredible races by the four in the team. That was a result […]

02.08.2015 Bertuka: “I’m a professional Mum”
Kristine Kokina Bertuka was ten seconds late for running on Sunday evening. That isn’t a big problem for the wife of one of the men that can be one of the big names at WOC. Kristine finished as the first of all at WOC in Great Britain. “Nice to be the first finisher and it […]

02.08.2015 First WOC – into Sprint Final
Giacomo Zagonei had his first WOC start on Friday evening. He felt it was a first time championship in the start, but he managed well. There will be two Italians in the Final. The 22-year-old is from Primiero, where JWOC was in 2009. At that time he was too young to take part. Last year […]

02.08.2015 World Championships Sprint Relay: emphatic victory for Denmark
Denmark led almost throughout in today’s first medal event, the Sprint Relay, and finished with an emphatic victory, 1.21 ahead of their nearest rivals, Norway. Russia took the bronze medals.

01.08.2015 Yannick is taking a day off
Sunday is the day marked in red for Yannich Michiels. Due to that he will not take part in the Sprint Relay. “I am glad I have the opportunity to not take part in the Sprint Relay. That’s an advantage before the Final”, he says. “I can concentrate on my preparations for the individual Final”. […]

01.08.2015 Positive signal for last year’s champion
Søren Bobach won the Sprint on an incredible Danish day one year ago. This year he’s aiming for a position among the six best. The Dane was number four in the group that Kris Jones had the best time in. The runner from Great Britain was 15 seconds faster. “The race gave me a positive […]

01.08.2015 Kris Jones: nervous in quarantine
Kris Jones is really wondering how amazing the final will be, with his great start to the Championships in the qualification. He was one of the three heat winners with being nine seconds faster than Øystein Kvaal Østerbø in group two. Jones is one of the big British hopes at the third WOC in Scotland. […]

01.08.2015 Judith is speeding up again
Last year Judith Wyder was the queen of international orienteering. After that she hasn’t run that well, but now the Swiss star is back on track. Judith finished with the second best in one of the qualification groups on Friday evening. Only Maja Alm had a better time in group one. 14 seconds was the […]

01.08.2015 Minna finished with a smile
She is one of the biggest athletes in orienteering history, and after the Sprint qualification Minna Kauppi had a big smile. “Now I’m smiling again”, she says. The Finnish star with an incredible 17 WOC medals has had tough years with a lot of injuries to  struggle with. It has been few races and not […]

01.08.2015 World Orienteering Championships: 25 nations represented in Sprint Final
After today’s Sprint Qualification heats, twenty-five nations will be represented in the Finals on Sunday. Five nations had all their starting runners through to the Finals: Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Great Britain and Switzerland.

30.07.2015 2016 World Mountainbike Orienteering Championship
Bulletin 2 for the 2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships has now been published and can be accessed in IOF Eventor. The Championship will be held at the cities of Águeda, Mealhada and Cantanhede, Portugal, from 23:rd to 31:st of July. This bulletin contains more detail about the program, venues and races, together with information about accommodation alternatives […]

27.07.2015 Count-down to World Championships
The 2015 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) start in five days time, this year being held in the scenic Highlands of Scotland with the Event Centre in Inverness. Fifty nations in all will be represented at the Championships, with Cameroon, Egypt, Nepal and Uganda attending for the first time.

27.07.2015 New gold medal for Simone Niggli
Athletes from ten different nations won gold medals in today’s World Masters Championships Sprint Final in Gothenburg, Sweden. One of the most well-known names in the winners’ list is Simone Niggli.

25.07.2015 World Masters Championships in Sweden
More than 3,000 competitors from 38 nations have gathered in Gothenburg, Sweden for this year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC), which take place throughout the coming week.

24.07.2015 First World University Ski Orienteering Championships
The first World University Ski Orienteering Championships will take place in Tula region in Russia 11-16 February 2016. The World University Championships is a great arena for athletes to develop from junior to senior category and a fantastic possibility to experience a top level event. In 1998 Tula Region organised the Junior World Championships in Ski Orienteering. The Orienteering Federation of Tula […]

23.07.2015 What a month – a finnish future
Our Athlete of the Month for July is junior Olli Ojanaho of Finland. 18 year old Olli earned 6 Gold medals in a 15 day time period at the European Youth Orienteering Championships and Junior World Orienteering Championships in July. Read more about Olli Ojanaho in Athlete of the month

21.07.2015 Invitation to Development seminar for mapping
The IOF and the South East European Orienteering Association (SEEOA) invites you to a Development seminar for mapping and printing sprint and urban orienteering maps. The seminar takes place on 15-18th October 2015 Sofia, Bulgaria. For more information about the seminar, please download the Invitation and don’t forget to download and fill in the entry form.  

21.07.2015 Invitation to Developing seminar for mapping
IOF and South East European Orienteering Association (SEEOA) invites you to a Developing seminar for mapping and printing sprint and urban orienteering maps. The seminar takes place on 15-18th October 2015 Sofia, Bulgaria. For more information about the seminar, please download the Invitation and don’t forget to download and fill in the entry form.  

20.07.2015 Update to IOF Protocol Guideline published
An update to the IOF Protocol Guide has been published. The main changes are related to the clarification of flowers and awards ceremonies protocol for IOF events. Link to the updated guide IOF Protocol Guide 30 June 2015

20.07.2015 Orienteering World Cup 2015 rules update
With the cancellation of the World Cup sprint competition held in Lysekil, Sweden June 6th, there is a need to clarify the rules related to the number of competitions to be counted in the overall World Cup score. The overall World Cup will be based upon the best 9 of 10 competition results, instead of […]

15.07.2015 O-Ringen Academy 2015 kicks off
The O-Ringen Academy for international development starts July 15th in connection with the 51st O-Ringen week which is being held in Borås, Sweden from July 15-24. O-Ringen Academy is an important part of the IOFs strategic plan for the international development of orienteering and is organized by the O-Ringen organization with the support of the IOF. […]

14.07.2015 Updated advice for Emit and SportIdent (for Event Advisers)
Event Advisers can now find updated versions of the two documents. The SPORTident one contains a bit more information about Air+ and the Emit one has new advice about minimum control separation. You can find the documents here: Documents for Event Advisers

10.07.2015 The best-ever Great Britain men’s result on the Long
Aidan Smith is not really used to the mountain terrain in Norway, but has experience and speed and made history during the championships. Smith finished fourth on the Long Distance, just 39 seconds from a medal. “It’s good to do so well”, he says. The result is the best ever by a runner from Great […]

10.07.2015 The best-ever Great Britain result on the Long
Aidan Smith is not really used to the mountain terrain in Norway, but has experience and speed and made history during the championships. Smith finished fourth on the Long Distance, just 39 seconds from a medal. “It’s good to do so well”, he says. The result is the best ever by a runner from Great […]

10.07.2015 Matthias Gröll: Used to hard ground, success on the soft
Matthias Gröll has grown up with quite hard ground under his feet, but he can also do very well in the soft surroundings in Norway. The marshes are a bit Nordic and the runners from the Nordic countries did very well at JWOC in Rauland in the middle of the southern part of Norway. Of […]

10.07.2015 The Finns had a plan for success
The Finns were the favourites, and they had big plans on how to get their first victory for some years in the JWOC Relay. Topi Raitanen had the first leg and already out from the start he was some metres in front of the other teams! There was no plan to escape from the other […]

10.07.2015 JWOC Relay: Almost like last year for Sara
It was a remarkable last leg in the women’s class, but at the very end it again ended with a triumph for Sara Hagström and Sweden. At the beginning of the last leg there were two Norwegian teams in front. Later, the double individual bronze medal winner Sandrine Müller from Switzerland was in front in the landscape […]

10.07.2015 JWOC Relay: favourites take gold medals
Sweden’s women and Finland’s men took the golds in the final race of the Junior World Orienteering Championships, the Relay, at Rauland, Norway today.

09.07.2015 Hagström’s biggest gold
Last year Sara Hagsröm won three golds at JWOC, but this gold in the Long Distance at JWOC in Norway is ranked higher. At these Championships, Sara is the person from whom most has been expected. She has in some way to defend last year’s success; there’s much more pressure. Sara far prefers to have […]

09.07.2015 Ojanaho had to handle pain
Olli Ojanaho won his second gold at JWOC, after having extra challenges during this last individual race in Rauland in Norway. “Great to get one more gold”, the Finn smiles. The 18-year-old athlete again ran an impressive race, but made some mistakes. “The Middle Final was a much better race”, he says. In the Long, […]

09.07.2015 JWOC Long Distance: second gold for Ojanaho
Olii Ojanaho, Finland added the Long Distance crown to his Middle Distance gold medal today, winning by a comfortable 1.15. Sweden’s Sara Hagström took the women’s gold.

07.07.2015 Olli Ojanaho – alone in the forest from 5 years of age
Olli Ojanaho is already remarkably full of experience from orienteering. And from today he is also a gold medal winner at international level. The Finn was in front from the start in the first forest final at the Junior World Championships in Rauland in Norway. The last starter in the final had a gap of […]

07.07.2015 Anine Ahlsand – success all year
In the winter, Anine Ahlsand won gold at the JWOC in ski orienteering. Now in the summer she has won gold at JWOC in orienteering. The Norwegian is definitely back in business. A very happy Norwegian ran a super Middle Distance race with almost no mistakes. And she climbed up on to the highest point […]

07.07.2015 JWOC Middle Final: gold medals to Finland and Norway
Middle Distance Champions after today’s races are Anine Ahlsand, Norway and Olli Ojanaho, Finland. Both won by a margin of 14 seconds.

07.07.2015 Successful TrailO Event Adviser Clinic in Croatia
In connection with the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2015 in Croatia the IOF Trail Orienteering Commission organised a TrailO Event Adviser Clinic.

06.07.2015 Andrea Svensson going for the top
Andrea Svensson feels familiar with the unknown terrain, and hergoal is very clear ahead of the first forest Final at JWOC. “I got bronze in the Middle Distance last year. I hope to achieve a medal again”, she says. Since last year’s Championships in Bulgaria she has raised her level quite a lot. “Earlier I have […]

06.07.2015 Winnie Oakhill: “It’s a nice challenge”
Australian athlete Winnie Oakhill is getting new experiences in what to look for and what to have under her feet at the Championships in Norway, and is showing strength. “It’s difficult. I have never been overseas before this trip to JWOC and the terrain is totally different from home”, she says. “What’s under the feet […]

06.07.2015 Brought into the sport by father and friend
William Hubsch lives in Los Angeles, but the way into the sport was quite obvious. It wasn’t so obvious for Austin Fowler, but both are taking part at JWOC. William and Austin are a part of the team from USA. William is 18, and is taking part in his third JWOC. “Why I started with […]

06.07.2015 Timothy Chambers: “Great to be taking part again”
Timothy Chambers has some extra challenges with JWOC in Norway, but he has also some advantages. The South African was 33rd in the qualification and is therefore in the B-final. “We’ve been here for two-and-a-half weeks, but this terrain is very different from home”, he says. But he is also extremely experienced. “I have taken […]

06.07.2015 JWOC Middle Qualification: Nordic & Swiss dominance
Scandinavian and Swiss athletes took all but one of the eighteen top-three placings in today’s qualification races, with Sara Hagstrom, Sweden the most impressive with a win by more than 3 minutes.

05.07.2015 Simona Aebersold: more than a dream come true
The goal was to be among the ten best, and Simona Aebersold hadn’t at all been thinking about how it ended, but the result is maybe not that big a surprise. The Sprint winner from Switzerland is just a first-year junior, but for years she has shown a very strong capacity. Both last year and […]

05.07.2015 Tim Robertson: winner on his new home ground
Tim Robertson has now managed to win a medal at the JWOC Sprint for three years in a row. The Kiwi got his second gold in his new home nation. Since the beginning of the year the final-year junior has been living in Norway. “I had planned to go to Bergen Sprint Camp at the […]

05.07.2015 Junior World Orienteering Championships: Repeat Sprint gold for Tim Robertson
Tim Robertson, New Zealand took gold in the JWOC Sprint for the second time today, but it was a close-run thing – he won by just 3 seconds. Women’s gold medallist is 17-year-old Simona Aebersold, Switzerland.

01.07.2015 Upland terrain for Junior World Championships
Almost 300 athletes from 37 nations will be competing in the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Norway throughout the coming week. All competitions apart from the Sprint will be held in forested terrain at altitudes between 700 and 1100 m.

27.06.2015 Great Day for Ukraine and Italy at WTOC
The last day of the World Trail Orienteering Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, gave two Gold medals to Ukraine and one Gold medal to Italy.

26.06.2015 Gold to Finland in TempO
Antti Rusanen, one of the best TrailO competitors in the world, won the first gold medal in this year’s World Trail Orienteering Championships.

26.06.2015 End of an era – New issue of Inside Orienteering available
History and future meet in this issue of Inside Orienteering.

26.06.2015 Very good qualification day for TempO
The qualification for World Trail Orienteering Championships TempO took place in a big park in the city of Karlovac about 50 km south of Zagreb. Yesterday’s rain and mud was forgotten; now the sunshine created some problem due to dark shadows.

25.06.2015 World Trail Orienteering Championships – Day 1 in muddy conditions
World Trail Orienteering Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, began in special conditions due to the rain that started to fall directly after the model race the day before.

24.06.2015 Largest ever World Trail Orienteering Championships in Croatia
World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) are this year organised in Zagreb, Croatia.

22.06.2015 Orienteering not shortlisted for Tokyo 2020
It has been announced today that the sports shortlisted in the application process to be added to the Olympic programme for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are baseball and softball, karate, squash, bowling, roller sports, climbing, surfing and wushu.

18.06.2015 From Canada to World Elite in orienteering
Our Athlete of June, Emily Kemp, started orienteering as 8-year-old. Now, 15 years later, she is one of the upcoming athletes in the world elite, and the leading star of the Canadian orienteering team.

16.06.2015 IOF statement – Orienteering World Cup Sprint in Sweden June 6th
As is well-known at this point in time the results of the World Cup Srint competition in Lysekil Saturday June 6th were cancelled due to problems with the punching system. The competition jury determined that the problems, and the handling of the problems during the competition, created unfair competitive conditions and the results were therefore […]

16.06.2015 Organisers handbook for Trail Orienteering Secretariat published
The IOF Trail Orienteering Commission has published a Handbook for Organisers of Trail Orienteering events.

16.06.2015 Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering continued in Lithuania
The second round of this year’s Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO), was organised last weekend in Kaunas Lithuania.

16.06.2015 Technical Description how to use IOF XML 3.0 with IOF Eventor
The IOF IT Commission has published a document which describes for event organisers and developers of sport management softwares how IOF Eventor interprets files in the IOF XML 3.0 format.

15.06.2015 The IOF applies for orienteering to be included in Tokyo 2020 Olympics
In light of the changes implied in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Agenda 2020, the host city of the olympic games may include additional events in the program. The organizers of Tokyo 2020 sent out application documents at the beginning of May 2015 to IOC recognized federations asking them if they wished to submit an […]

13.06.2015 MTBO World Cup: Emily Benham & Anton Foliforov in lead
Last year’s World Cup winners overall, Emily Benham, Great Britain and Anton Foliforov, Russia, are the two current leaders in the 2015 standings ahead of the World Championships in August, the final round.

13.06.2015 European MTBO Championships: Czech Republic wins both Relays
Teams from the Czech Republic triumphed in both the men’s and women’s classes in the Relay, the final event of the Championships in Portugal today. France took both silver medals, and bronze went to Denmark’s women and Russia’s men.

12.06.2015 European MTBO Championships Long Distance: second gold for Foliforov
Anton Foliforov, Russia is now Long Distance as well as Middle Distance Champion, winning today by a margin of 1.29. Emily Benham, Great Britain is the new Women’s Long Distance Champion with victory by 20 seconds.

10.06.2015 EMTBOC Middle race: two medals to France & Russia, one each to Sweden & Finland
Gaelle Barlet, France and Anton Foliforov, Russia are the 2015 Middle Distance Champions after today’s race in Vale das Eiras, near Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal.

10.06.2015 SportIdent statement regarding the problems at World Cup Sprint
SportIdent has issued a statement regarding the problems experienced with SI Air+ at the Orienteering World Cup Sprint race last Saturday.

09.06.2015 European MTBO Championships: Sprint golds to Czech Republic and Estonia
Martina Tichovska CZE and Lauri Malsroos EST took the gold medals in the individual Sprint held today in Portugal.

09.06.2015 Open “Technology Coffee” to be held in Inverness
The IOF IT Commission invites everyone to an open, relaxed get-together “Technology Coffee” in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland, on 5 August 2015.

09.06.2015 Alexandersson & Kyburz lead in World Cup
After the second round of the World Cup held in Norway and Sweden, Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland are the leaders in the World Cup standings.

08.06.2015 European MTBO Championships: Sprint Relay victory to France
France won the opening race of the Championships, the Mixed Sprint Relay, with a gap of 1.50 over the second-placed Czech Republic team. Third, a further 42 seconds down, was Finland.

07.06.2015 Helena Jansson’s new life
Since March, Helena Jansson has also had normal work. That gives cause for reflection for the Swedish star. In January Helena finished her studies to be a doctor. Since March she has been working as a doctor in Stockholm. “I am working two days a week. It’s 28 per cent of full work”, she says. […]

07.06.2015 Thierry Gueorgiou: “WOC Middle is a big goal”
Thierry Gueorgiou is staying in Finland for about ten days after Jukola to prepare for a race on August 4th. The French has something to follow up. Today he again won a Middle Distance race in the World Cup. His total of victories in the World Cup is now high. “How many World Cup victories […]

07.06.2015 Nadiya Volynska: “I am reading less detail”
Nadiya Volynska has changed her technique this year. The World Cup start has shown that it has been a smart choice for her. The Ukrainian took her best spot ever in the World Cup when she came second after Helena Jansson on the Middle distance today. In the past she has been in the top […]

07.06.2015 Lundanes on the way back
Olav Lundanes didn’t take part in the races in this World Cup round, but he believes he will not just be in the audience so much more. During the last week the Norwegian triple individual World Champion has been training eight–nine times. “I have been training from 30 to 45 minutes each time and that […]

07.06.2015 European MTBO Championships in Portugal
Tomorrow (Monday) is the opening day of the 2015 European MTBO Championships.

07.06.2015 World Cup Middle race: emphatic victory for Helena Jansson
Two outstanding orienteers with many notable past achievements emerged as winners today: Helena Jansson, Sweden and Thierry Gueorgiou, France. Helena Jansson’s win by 1.40 was particularly impressive.

06.06.2015 Yannick Michiels: ready to create history
Yannick Michiels had an amazing sprint race in Lysekil. The Belgian is ready to achieve a lot of top positions for Belgium. Last year he was the first from Belgium ever to be in the top third in a World Cup race. A short while ago this fast orienteer got a new personal best on […]

06.06.2015 Tove Alexandersson: “I’ve got a new Sprint sense”
Tove Alexandersson ran a very smooth and fast race in central Lysekil. That showed the Swedish star a lot. The Sprint race in Lysekil was declared void and there are no results, but Tove Alexandersson ran a very fast race even though the preparation for it just hasn’t been the best in the last month. […]

06.06.2015 World Cup Sprint declared void because of punching problem
Today’s Sprint race in the World Cup, held in Lysekil, Sweden, has been declared void after problems with the touch-free punching system being used.

05.06.2015 Helena Jansson: “I have to be careful”
At the end of the Sprint Relay in Halden there was a big smile from Helena Jansson as there very often is, but there have also been tough times over recent years. On the last leg there were three teams in front: the Swedes Helena Jansson and Emma Jansson went out together with Judith Wyder […]

05.06.2015 First round of the Sprint Relay World Cup goes to Sweden
In an exciting Sprint Relay held at Fredriksten in Halden, Norway, Sweden took an early lead in the 2015 Sprint Relay World Cup. Denmark finished second and Switzerland third.

04.06.2015 Agenda and documents for Extraordinary General Assembly published
The IOF will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly in Inverness, Scotland, 6 August 2015.

04.06.2015 WOC next year just across the fjord
The distance from the arena for the World Cup Long Distance and the arena for two of the races at next year’s World Championships is just a bit over double the longest leg on the men’s course in yesterday’s Long Distance race. This World Cup race was organised in Norway, but the distance to Sweden […]

03.06.2015 Ida Bobach: no injuries and stronger than ever
Ida Bobach won the battle with Tove Alexandersson in the first race of the World Cup’s second round with an impressive race – and with extra power! The Dane’s performance at Prestebakke in the municipality of Halden was remarkably good. “Mistakes? No. I managed to slow down my speed ahead of the controls, and didn’t […]

03.06.2015 Kyburz: now a Long Distance specialist too
Matthias Kyburz has done well at all distances for years, but the Swiss athlete has always been at his very best in the Sprint. Now he is showing that hard work is giving even better results at a different distance. “I have been doing longer training sessions, and I’ve worked to perform well in the […]

03.06.2015 Bjørgul: “I will always remember the arena passage”
Ida Marie Næss Bjørgul was looking to get good results on terrain close to her home town. Halden Skiklubb, organisers of today’s World Cup race, is one of the strongest clubs in the world. They are also very good organisers, and this World Cup race took place just twenty kilometres from the town. “But I had […]

03.06.2015 World Cup wins for Ida Bobach and Matthias Kyburz
Ida Bobach, Denmark and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland both enjoyed convincing victories in the first race of the second round of this year's World Cup, a Long Distance race held near Halden in Norway.

03.06.2015 Applications invited for IOF Ski Orienteering Events
The IOF invites all member federations to submit applications to organise Ski Orienteering World Cup 2017-2018 and World Ski Orienteering Championships 2019.

03.06.2015 Looking for Jewish orienteers for Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah Games, which are organised every four years in Israel under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, is an international Jewish multi-sport event.

02.06.2015 Follow Jukola Relay live via IOF LiveCenter
This year's Jukola relay 13-14.6. can be followed live through an international web TV broadcast.

01.06.2015 Updated MTB Orienteering Competition Rules available
A new version of the Competition Rules for IOF MTB Orienteering Events, valid from 1 June 2015, has been released.

27.05.2015 World Orienteering Championships Bulletin 3 published
It is now only just over 2 months to the start of this year’s World Orienteering Championships, to be held in the Inverness area of northern Scotland. The final advance bulletin for the Championships, Bulletin 3, has now been published.

26.05.2015 Vote for orienteering & IOF Regional Coordinator
IOF Regional Coordinator for South America, Jose Angel Nieto Poblete, has been working for years for the development of orienteering in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Cuba, to name a few.

25.05.2015 University Orienteering Championships in Egypt
The Egyptian Orienteering Federation has organised the first-ever University Orienteering Championships in Egypt in May 2015.

22.05.2015 IOF Office – Applications welcome
As announced May 13 (see related news A fresh start for the IOF Office) the restructuring of the IOF Office is under way and applications are being accepted for the various positions in the restructured organisation. Note that the Office Administrator and Sports Administrator positions will be located in Karlstad, Sweden, whereas the other positions will […]

20.05.2015 Invitation to FootO Commission seminars at WOC 2015
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission welcomes you to attend two exciting seminars to be organised during the World Championships 2015 week in Inverness, Scotland: Open Forum and Course Setting Seminar for Long and Middle distance.

20.05.2015 IOF TrailO Event Advisers’ Clinic to be organised in Croatia
The IOF Trail Orienteering and Rules Commissions will be organising an IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers' Clinic in conjunction with Round 3 of the unofficial European Cup 2015 in Trail Orienteering in Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia.

13.05.2015 A fresh start for the IOF Office – Organisation changes announced
The IOF Strategic Plan for the period 2012 – 2018 was adopted at the General Assembly  in 2012. One of the 5 five focus areas in the plan is Strong Management and Funding. Some of the Actions mentioned in the plan, and included in the Activity Plan for the 2014-2016 operating period, are strengthening of […]

12.05.2015 Updated JWOC and WRE Guidelines published
The 2015 editions of the Guidelines for Junior World Orienteering Championships and World Ranking Events are now available the IOF website.

12.05.2015 IOF President calls Extraordinary General Assembly
In accordance with the IOF statutes, Council members have asked President Brian Porteous to call all members to an Extraordinary General Assembly. The Extraordinary General Assembly will be held on August 6th, 2015, in conjuction with the World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland. The Extraordinary General Assembly is being called for member federations to discuss and decide […]

04.05.2015 Sunday’s Mixed Relay winner IOF Athlete of May
From mountain biking via orienteering to mountain bike orienteering - and Baptiste Fuchs, our Athlete of May 2015, had found his sport.

03.05.2015 MTBO World Cup: France wins Mixed Relay
France won the Mixed Relay today, the last race in Round 1 of the World Cup in Hungary, finishing 22 seconds ahead of one of the favourites, Finland. Third place went to the Czech Republic.

02.05.2015 MTBO World Cup: birthday success for Emily Benham
Emily Benham, Great Britain celebrated her birthday in the best possible way today by winning the Middle Distance race by a big margin, her second victory in two days. Baptiste Fuchs, France was also dominant in the men’s race, more than a minute ahead of yesterday’s winner Jussi Laurila.

01.05.2015 MTBO World Cup: Benham and Laurila take first wins
Emily Benham (Great Britain) and Jussi Laurila (Finland) were the two winners in the mass start Long Distance race that opened the first round of the 2015 MTBO World Cup in Hungary today.

23.04.2015 New Orienteering video available
The IOF is currently at the SportAccord Convention in Sochi, Russia, for promoting orienteering. A new orienteering video has been released during the Convention.

22.04.2015 Orienteering visits Birmingham for The World Games 2021
While the global orienteering community is focusing its efforts on the 2017 World Games in Poland; preparations for the 2021 World Games to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, USA have begun.

19.04.2015 Trail Orienteering Relay to be introduced
The IOF will introduce a new format for Trail Orienteering: Relay. There will be two classes in the relay, Open and Paralympic. Each team consists of three competitors.

17.04.2015 WOC 2018 website and embargoed areas published
World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2018 website has been launched with information about embargoed areas. The Championships will be organised in Riga and Sigulda, Latvia together with World Trail Orienteering Championships 2018.

15.04.2015 SPORTident Air+ approved for IOF Events
It is now possible to use the touchfree punching system SPORTident Air+ in all IOF Events.

10.04.2015 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 to be organised in Finland
Finland has been appointed organised of the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017.

01.04.2015 “I think that the only thing these two sports have in common is wheels!”
Our Athlete of the Month has been representing her country in two orienteering disciplines in World Championships: MTB and Trail Orienteering.

30.03.2015 World Masters Championships easy to combine with other events
The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2015 will be held between July 26 and August 1 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the competitions close to the city centre.

27.03.2015 MTBO Event Advisers’ clinic to be organised in conjunction with EMTBOC
The IOF MTB and Rules Commissions, in cooperation with the Portuguese Orienteering Federation, will be organising an IOF MTB Orienteering Event Advisers' and Organisers' Clinic in conjunction with the European MTB Orienteering Championships 2015 in Portugal.

27.03.2015 Sweden Mixed Relay Military World Champion
Ski orienteering events at the World Military Skiing Championship continued on Thursday with Mixed Relay.

26.03.2015 Follow World Military Skiing Championships Mixed Relay LIVE
Ski orienteering events at the World Military Skiing Championships 2015 continue today with Mixed Relay. You can follow it live online from 14 CET (13 GMT).

26.03.2015 Next entry deadline for World Masters approaching
The biggest IOF Event of the year, World Masters Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden will take place 25 July - 1 August. Next entry deadline is 31 March 2015.

25.03.2015 Blomgren and Kechkina Military World Champions
The ski orienteering races at the World Military Skiing Championship started off with middle distance. The race was very challenging technically, especially the first half of the course where the track network was very dense. The conditions were quite special with crusted snow and it was possible to ski almost everywhere. This invited to a lot of shortcutting and many skiers made big mistakes.

25.03.2015 Blomgren and Kechkina Military World Champions on Middle distance
World Military Skiing Championship continued with the first ski orienteering event, middle distance, today in Boden, Sweden.

25.03.2015 Follow World Military Skiing Championships, Ski Orienteering, LIVE
Ski orienteering events at the World Military Skiing Championships 2015 begin today with Middle distance. You can follow it live from 10 CET (9 GMT) online.

23.03.2015 MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 Special Rules available
The IOF Council has approved the Special Rules for MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 including the dates for each World Cup Round.

23.03.2015 Orienteering new sport at the Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah Games, which are organised every four years in Israel under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, is an international Jewish multi-sport event.

19.03.2015 Organisers for European Championships appointed
Finland has been appointed organiser of the European Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 and Switzerland organiser of the European Orienteering Championships 2018.

05.03.2015 Updated special rules for the World Orienteering Championships published
The rules for qualification and starting order for the WOC long and middle distances races have been updated and are published in the Rules section for Foot Orienteering on the IOF homepage. The most significant change is that starting order will no longer only be determined by World Rankings but will also take into consideration […]

03.03.2015 Tove Alexandersson IWGA Athlete of the Month
Tove Alexandersson, leader of both Ski Orienteering and Orienteering World Rankings, was selected Athlete of February 2015 by the International World Games Association (IWGA).

02.03.2015 Best in summer, best in winter – IOF Athlete of March 2015
When the normal space in the Athlete of the Month table is not enough for the career highlights of a 22-year-old athlete, then it is clear that we are talking about someone extraordinary.

25.02.2015 Senior Event Adviser Guidelines published
Guidelines for the work of IOF Foot Orienteering Senior Event Advisers (SEAs) are now available on the IOF website.

24.02.2015 Seminar for future European Youth Championships organisers
The European Working Group is organising a seminar for future organisers and potential future organisers of European Youth Orienteering Championships.

24.02.2015 Dates for 2016 Orienteering World Cup Round 1 changed
The opening round of the Orienteering World Cup 2016 will be held in Wroclaw, Poland. The dates have now been changed to 30 April – 2 May 2016. The events are held as Pre-World Games events. The World Games 2017 will be held in Wroclaw in August 2017.

20.02.2015 All current and future event information only in IOF Eventor
As the IOF now has started to use the new IOF Event Management Service IOF Eventor, all information about current and future events will be found there in the future.

19.02.2015 High Level Event Seminar presentations available
The presentations from the High Level Event Seminar held in Tallinn are now available on the IOF website.

19.02.2015 Czech Republic’s first skiO relay medal
The Czech Republic was the fifth team to finish on the last leg, but a lot happened and they climbed up to the third position. The anchors of both Finland and Norway were taken out of the relay on the last leg before finishing. On the second leg the Norwegian had jumped over a control, […]

19.02.2015 Finally the very best
Sergey Gorlanov has been picking a lot of medals at international level, but one thing was missing ahead of the relay that ended the Junior World Championships in Norway. Russia had an incredible team with Sergey Gorlanov and two of the JWSOC winners earlier in the week. Sergey started as number two on the second […]

19.02.2015 “We have so much fun”
The Swedish junior girls impressed a lot during JWSOC in Norway, and also after the relay their faces were like they almost always were. On the Middle Distance it was a triple for Sweden in the junior women’s class. There was no doubt about who were the favourites for the relay, but Sweden ended as […]

19.02.2015 “I can’t believe it!”
Liubov Balandia of Russia skied an incredible last leg in the women’s juior relay and finished a long time before the second best team. “It was very hard, but I tried to be the very best”, smiles Liubov. “I can’t believe we’ve got gold”. She started first and finished 2.40 before Finland. Liubov is from […]

18.02.2015 Orienteering in Cairo – Running cameraman – Orienteering exhibition – helping new SkiO nations
A new, comprehensive issue of Inside Orienteering is available!

15.02.2015 Had to emulate his friend
Aleksandr Pavlenko was missing something a friend of his had already achieved, before the last individual race at JWSOC in Norway. “I had to win”, smiles Aleksandr. “I couldn’t do less well than Vladislav”. Vladislav Kiselev won the Sprint at Budor, close to Elverum in Norway. Aleksand Pavlenko was second in the Sprint and sixth […]

15.02.2015 The best Italian junior in the winter
Italy is really speeding up among their juniors. Last summer they got their first medal. Now they have also got a girl who could step up for a prize at JWSOC. Lia Patscheider was number five on the Middle Distance, and that’s the best result of an Italian junior in a Junior World Championship in […]

15.02.2015 “I went into a good flow”
Frida Sandberg did the first leg for the Swedish team at the last race at WSOC in Norway. She hadn’t expected that. The day ended incredibly well. “Before the race I felt some nerves”, she says. Her team-mates were Tove Alexandersson and Josefine Engström, both skiing at a very high level. “When I had started […]

15.02.2015 “I’m mainly a coach now”
Eduard Khrennikov was again on the top of the podium at a World Championships. He got one more gold. “This was my 14th, and it is also some time since the last one”, he says. Kirill Veselov did a very good first leg and did better than he had done in the individual races at […]

15.02.2015 “I’m just a coach now”
Eduard Khrennikov was again on the top of the podium at a World Championships. He got one more gold. “This was my 14th, and it is also some time since last time”, he says. Kirill Veselov did a very good first leg and did better than he had done in the individual races at the […]

15.02.2015 World SkiO Championships: Relay wins for Sweden and Russia
Sweden’s women repeated their success at the European Championships by again taking gold in today’s Relay, coming to the finish 35.8 seconds ahead of Finland. Men’s European Champions Norway were disqualified today along with Finland, allowing Russia a clear victory by 52.7 seconds over Sweden.

15.02.2015 Follow World Championships Relay LIVE
2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships conclude today with Relay.

14.02.2015 Staffan Tunis: “The plan is to stop now”
Staffan Tunis is not training so much in hours than he used to, but again he has got the title World Champion. The Finn, who comes from Vaasa on the west coast of Finland, won the Middle Distance at WSOC four years ago in Sweden. Since then he has become father to small children. He […]

14.02.2015 “It’s just awesome”
When Milka Reponen started on the arena run-in she was number three. Just after finishing she didn’t know what the result was at all. “It was so close. I didn’t know if I had won”, the Finn says. At the prize-giving she went up to the top of the podium. For the first time she […]

14.02.2015 World SkiO Championships: Middle Distance domination by Finland
Domination of the Middle Distance race today by Finland was as emphatic as it was unexpected. Milka Reponen was the fastest of four Finnish women with times within 4 seconds of the winner, whilst Staffan Tunis enjoyed a clear victory in the men’s race over the Bulgarian Stanimir Belomazhev.

14.02.2015 Follow World Championships Middle Distance LIVE
2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships continue today with Middle Distance, mass start.

13.02.2015 “It’s not the honeymoon …”
Sarah-Jane and Nick Barrable are a bit keener on orienteering than most orienteers. For most of their lives they haven’t done any skiing, but now they are at the World SkiO Championships in Norway. “I spent the first few years of my life in Scotland, but there was no skiing”, Sarah-Jane says. And for Nick: […]

13.02.2015 Better and better for Aleksi Karppinen
Aleksi Karppinen didn’t feel in perfect rhythm at the start of the race, but it ended in the best way for the Finn. The 19-year-old from Muhos, a town on the coast well north in Finland, won the Junior Long Distance with a margin of 38 seconds to the winner of the Sprint, Vladislav Kiselev. “The […]

13.02.2015 Better and better for Karppinen
Aleksi Karpinen didn’t feel in perfect rhythm at the start of the race, but it ended in the best way for the Finn. The 19-year-old from Muhos, a town on the coast well north in Finland, won the Junior Long Distance with a margin of 38 seconds to the winner of the Sprint, Vladislav Kiselev. “The […]

12.02.2015 Isabel Salen stepped up to gold
At the Junior Long Distance prize-giving, Isabel Salen stepped up to the highest place. She got the medal that was missing. The Swede has also a gold from the Relay last year. Individually she took silver and bronze in Estonia last year. “I had a very good race today”, she says. The junior winner is […]

12.02.2015 Isabel stepped up to gold
At the Junior Long Distance prize-giving, Isabel Salen stepped up to the highest place. She got the medal that was missing. The Swede has also a gold from the Relay last year. Individually she took silver and bronze in Estonia last year. “I had a very good race today”, she says. The junior winner is […]

12.02.2015 A historic victory
When Lars Hol Moholdt won the Long Distance there was much more interest in the success than there normally is for a gold in ski orienteering. The Norwegian has been going hard for winning a gold for a long time, and on the Long Distance on home ground he made it. And this happened to […]

12.02.2015 “Now I have won them all”
For years Josefine Engstrom has been one of the best in the world, but she was missing one world title – the Long Distance. The Swede won today by a margin of 36 seconds to Mira Kaskinen. “My best race ever? No, I made a mistake, but it was still a very good race for […]

12.02.2015 World SkiO Championships: Long Distance golds for Engstrom and Moholdt
The Norwegian home crowd had plenty to cheer today when Lars Moholdt took the Long Distance crown by 52 seconds over pre-race favourite Andrey Lamov, Russia. In the women’s race, another gold seemed on the cards for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden but she was disqualified and victory went to her team-mate Josefine Engstrom.

12.02.2015 Follow World Championships Long Distance LIVE
2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships continue today with Sprint.

11.02.2015 Henning Sjökvist has grown up
This year Henning Sjökvist is taking part in his second European Youth Championships, and there is a difference from last time. He won the Sprint at Budor in Norway and was 1 minute and 49 seconds faster than the second one. “One year ago I also took part, but it didn’t go well at all, […]

11.02.2015 Sjövkvist has grown up
This year Henning Sjövkvist is taking part in his second European Youth Championships, and there is a difference from last time. He won the Sprint at Budor in Norway and was 1 minute and 49 seconds faster than the second one. “One year ago I also took part, but it didn’t go well at all, […]

11.02.2015 Tove has energy for top speed all year
Tove Alexandersson had an excellent start this year in the World Cup in foot orienteering. With skis on her feet she had an amazing start in the World Championships (WSOC) in Norway. The Swede start didn’t take part in the Sprint Relay, but in the individual Sprint she was really on track with an incredible […]

11.02.2015 Andrey Lamov: “Hope I’m still in shape for the Long”
Andrey Lamov took gold also on the second day of the championship in Norway. He got just what he expected. “It was a demanding course”, he smiles. “That was what I had expected”. In the last part of the Sprint course he also stopped once. “It looked like more steps than I thought it should […]

11.02.2015 Lamov: “Hope I’m still in shape for the Long”
Andrey Lamov took gold also on the second day of the championship in Norway. He got just what he expected. “It was a demanding course”, he smiles. “That was what I had expected”. In the last part of the Sprint course he also stopped once. “It looked like more steps than I thought it should […]

11.02.2015 From no training at all to gold
Anine Ahlsand had a virus last winter. This time her winter has got better and better. The Norwegian is now an individual Junior World Champion. “It’s so good to feel that the body is working again”, she smiles. “Recently it has been responding better and better”. The win on the Sprint was taken just a […]

11.02.2015 Impressive win – based on experience
Vladislav Kiselev had a gap of 45 seconds to the second best in the men’s junior class. He knows the feeling of winning from earlier. The 17-year-old is from Perm in Ural, and has already had great experience in ski orienteering. “I tried it for the first time when I was six years old. My […]

11.02.2015 World SkiO Championships: second gold medal for Lamov
Andrey Lamov, Russia won his second gold medal of the championships in Norway today, winning the individual Sprint by 4 seconds. Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, who did not compete in the Sprint Relay yesterday, won the women’s race with an impressive 48-second lead.

11.02.2015 Follow World Championships Sprint LIVE
2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships continue today with Sprint.

10.02.2015 Tarasenko: “No time for relaxing”
Iullia Tarasenko felt some stress before start, then got a good feeling in the forest, but couldn’t take it easy. In the end she and her team-mate Andrey Lamov climbed up to the highest step on the prize-giving podium. Russia got a very good start at the World Championships, being staged close to Elverum and […]

10.02.2015 World SkiO Championships: Sprint Relay win for Russia
Russia enjoyed a convincing victory in the first medal race in this year’s championships being held at Hamar and Løten, Norway. Finland finished in second place, 45 seconds down on the winners, and Sweden took the bronze medals.

10.02.2015 Follow World Championships Mixed Relay LIVE
2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships kick off today with Mixed Sprint Relay. The teams consist of one man and one woman who both ski three legs.

06.02.2015 World Masters Guidelines updated
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission has released an updated version of the Guidelines for World Masters Orienteering Championships.

06.02.2015 Norway trying establish its own international relay
Night Hawk -relay will be organised for the third time in Asker, Norway in August 2015.

06.02.2015 Invitation to O-Ringen Academy
The aim of O-Ringen Academy is to assist the development of orienteering around the world. It does this by providing selected representatives from newer orienteering countries with education and training designed to help grow the sport in the country.

03.02.2015 Record number of participants for HLES 2015!
The IOF High Level Event Seminar, also known as the “HLES”, will set a new participation record this year. The seminar, which focuses on education and experience sharing for organisers of top-level international orienteering events, will be staged 7-8 February in Tallinn, Estonia, close to Tallinn international airport. This year 77 delegates and lecturers from […]

02.02.2015 National quotas for Orienteering World Cup competitions determined
The national quotas for Orienteering World Cup 2015 competitions 4-6, and 10-11 have been determined on the basis of the Federation League standings of 1 January 2015.

02.02.2015 Skiing accident resulted in a new career and World Champion title in trail orienteering
Seven years ago, the sporting career of Swedish orienteer Michael Johansson appeared to be in ruins, following a serious skiing accident that left him unable to walk for more than a year.

28.01.2015 The IOF Competition Programme Review Project Update
At the 2014 General Assembly member federations of the IOF were advised of details of the IOF Competition Review project. This project seeks to examine the competition structure of the IOF across all disciplines of the sport.

28.01.2015 Application period for JWOC 2018 and WOC 2019 re-opened
The deadlines for applications to organise the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018 and the World Orienteering Championships 2019 have been extended.

25.01.2015 Relay gold for Norway and Sweden
At the end of two exciting relay races in which the lead changed several times, the gold medals in the European SkiO Championships Relay went to Norway’s men and Sweden’s women. The women’s race was decided in a frantic sprint finish, to the delight of the watching crowd.

25.01.2015 Keen competition in World Masters Championships
Ski orienteers aged 35 and upwards took part this week in the World Masters SkiO Championships, held in conjunction with the European SkiO Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Kyösti Jäppinen from Finland was the oldest gold medal winner, competing in the class for men aged 85 and older.

24.01.2015 Clear Middle Distance wins for Pesu and Lamov
Mervi Pesu, Finland and Andrey Lamov, Russia took the Middle distance gold medals today in the European SkiO Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland in a tough race, both physically and technically.

23.01.2015 City Race Euro Tour
To read more of this article, please click here City Race Euro Tour

23.01.2015 Presidents’ Conference & Regional meetings in August
The 2015 Presidents' Conference will be held in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland.

22.01.2015 European SkiO Championships: Sweden wins mixed sprint relay
The Swedish teams were the fastest in the mixed sprint relay today, with Sweden 1 and 2 finishing 13 seconds apart. The silver and bronze medals went to Bulgaria and Norway.

22.01.2015 The World Games 2021 to be held in USA
The International World Games Association (IWGA) has just announced that the 2021 edition of The World Games will be held in Birmingham, USA.

22.01.2015 Ski Orienteering promoted on The World Games Channel
European Ski Orienteering Championships from Lenzerheide, Switzerland, can be watched live on The World Games Channel.

22.01.2015 How to produce a school map
A manual instructing how to produce a school map has been published on the IOF Youth website

21.01.2015 European Championships wins for Oborina and Rost
The young Tatyana Oborina, Russia, taking her first international skiO medal, and the experienced Swede Erik Rost were the victors in today’s Long Distance race, which had to be shortened because of the snow conditions.

20.01.2015 European Championships Sprint victories to Tarasenko and Belomazhev
There was sunny weather and enough snow for the first competition of the European Ski Orienteering Championships, the sprint.

20.01.2015 Follow European Ski Orienteering Championships Sprint LIVE
European Ski Orienteering Championships begin today with Sprint distance from the biathlon arena in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

19.01.2015 FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic to be organized in Prostejov
The IOF Foot Orienteerig Commission will be organising an IOF Event Advisers' Clinic in cooperation with the Czech Orienteering Federation in Prostejov, Czech Republic in March.

18.01.2015 Switzerland welcomes elite ski orienteers
This week the European Ski Orienteering Championships (ESOC) and the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships will be taking place in the ski resort of Lenzerheide in Switzerland. All five ESOC races will have live video and GPS tracking and a live results service viewable on the internet.

17.01.2015 SFR Punching System provisionally approved for FootO World Ranking Events
The IOF Council has decided to grant provisional approval for the use of SFR Punching System in Foot Orienteering World Ranking Events.

17.01.2015 IOF Event organisers and dates approved
Several organisers for IOF Events have been appointed at the Council meeting this weekend.

17.01.2015 Christer Rolf new member of IOF Medical Commission
The IOF Council has appointed Christer Rolf (SWE) member of the IOF Medical Commission.

17.01.2015 Egypt IOF member no. 79
The IOF Council has approved the membership application from Egyptian Orienteering Federation.

14.01.2015 IOF Map Commission questionnaire: colour deficiency issues
The IOF Map Commission is looking for feedback on colour deficiency issues in orienteering maps. If you are an orienteer and have a colour related handicap, please fill in our form at http://goo.gl/forms/g9cnLo0Ky3 by the 31 January 2015.

14.01.2015 The IOF Map Commission questionnaire: colour deficiency issues
The IOF Map Commission is looking for feedback on colour deficiency issues in orienteering maps. If you are an orienteer and have a colour related handicap, please fill in our form at http://goo.gl/forms/g9cnLo0Ky3 by the 31 January 2015.

10.01.2015 World Cup standings: Alexandersson supreme and joint Swiss lead
Three wins for Tove Alexandersson give her a lead of 115 points over second-placed Sara Lüscher, and Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann share an 85-point lead over Olav Lundanes, after the first round in Tasmania.

10.01.2015 Incredible World Cup start for Alexandersson – third victory in a row
Tove Alexandersson made it a hat-trick of victories in Tasmania with an emphatic win in the IOF World Cup orienteering long distance race at St Helens, Tasmania today.

09.01.2015 Preview of final race of the World Cup Round 1
The final race in the opening round of the 2015 IOF World Cup, Long Distance, will be conducted tomorrow, January 10.

08.01.2015 Second win for Alexandersson in Orienteering World Cup
In overcast conditions Swedish world number 1 Tove Alexandersson put in another dominating performance in the 4 km Middle Distance race of Round 1 of the IOF World Cup to take victory by a resounding margin of 2.38 from Norway’s Mari Fasting.

07.01.2015 Orienteering World Cup continues with Middle Distance
The second race in the opening round of the 2015 IOF World Cup will be conducted tomorrow, January 8, at Coles Bay in the technically demanding Middle Distance format adjacent to the very scenic Freycinet National Park

07.01.2015 Orienteering World Cup coninues with Middle Distance
The second race in the opening round of the 2015 IOF World Cup will be conducted tomorrow, January 8, at Coles Bay in the technically demanding Middle Distance format adjacent to the very scenic Freycinet National Park

04.01.2015 Our Athlete of the Month – big favourite at European and World Championships
Athlete of January 2015, Andrey Lamov has come a long way from watching as 15-year-old the world ski orienteering elite compete in his home country at the World Cup final in 2001.

03.01.2015 World Cup: clear Sprint wins for Alexandersson and Kyburz
Tove Alexandersson and Matthias Kyburz were clear winners of the Sprint Final held on the University of Tasmania campus in Launceston in hot and windy conditions today. Alexandersson finished with a lead of 1.02 over Judith Wyder, whilst Kyburz’s winning margin over compatriot Daniel Hubmann was 33 seconds.

02.01.2015 World Cup in Tasmania: strong start for Swiss
Swiss runners dominated the top positions in today’s Sprint Qualification, with 4 women and 4 men occupying top-three places in the heats.

30.12.2014 Live coverage from Tasmania
All the World Cup races taking place in Tasmania, Australia in the next few days can be followed live on the internet – go to http://oceania2015.com/world-cup-live/. There will be live radio split and final times from all four races, live audio commentary from all but the Long Distance competition, and a live camera feed from the Sprint Final.

29.12.2014 2015 World Cup begins in Tasmanian summer
The World Cup in 2015 consists of 11 competitions in all, including the Oceania Championships in Australia, races in Norway and Sweden, the World Championships in Scotland and the World Cup Final races in Switzerland. The first three competitions take place in Tasmania immediately after New Year.

23.12.2014 All national federations encouraged to use IOF Eventor now
It is now important that all national federations start using IOF Eventor.

19.12.2014 Updated FootO, MTBO and TrailO Competition Rules published
Updated Competition Rules for IOF Foot, MTB and Trail Orienteering Events, valid from 1 Jan 2015, are now available.

19.12.2014 Orienteering World 2014 available
2014 edition of the annual magazine Orienteering World is now available online. In this issue you can read about development projects around the world - IOF embassador Jose Angel Nieto Poblete in South America, US MTB Orienteering Tour, new multi-sports games and more.

17.12.2014 Updated Ski Orienteering Competition Rules available
The Competition Rules for IOF Ski Orienteering Events valid from 1 Jan 2015 are now available.

16.12.2014 Håkan Blomgren new chair of the IOF IT Commission
Håkan Blomgren, leader of the IOF IT Services project, has been appointed new chairman of the IOF IT Commission.

15.12.2014 SkiO Event Advisers’ clinic to be organised in Hamar
The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission will organise an IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers' Clinic in conjunction with the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2015 in Hamar, Norway.

15.12.2014 Vote for Orienteering Achievement of the Year
Read about the fantastic achievements of 14 athletes and 2 teams who are nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2014 by World of O. Then post your votes for your favourites.

11.12.2014 International Specification for Ski Orienteering Maps updated
The International Specification for Ski Orienteering Maps has been updated and the new version, valid from 1 December 2014, is now available on the IOF website.

11.12.2014 All athletes need an IOF Eventor user account
All athletes participating in World Ranking Events or IOF Major Events in any of the orienteering disciplines need to create themselves a user account in IOF Eventor before taking part in the event.

04.12.2014 Application forms for European events available
The following European events in the years 2017-2018 are now up for bidding: European Orienteering Championships 2018, European Youth Orienteering Championships 2017, European MTB Orienteering Championships 2017, European Ski Orienteering Championships 2017, European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships 2017, European Trail Orienteering Championships 2018.

02.12.2014 Hana chose Ski Orienteering over Cross-Country Skiing
Our Athlete of December, Ski Orienteering European Champion 2014, was a promising national team cross-country skier ten years ago, but she chose to concentrate on ski orienteering.

02.12.2014 IOF Eventor now open
The new IOF Event Management Service, IOF Eventor, has been opened.

28.11.2014 Registration for the IOF High Level Event Seminar 2015 now open
Registration for HLES 2015 is now open! Read more about the seminar in the HLES 2015 invitation.

25.11.2014 Applications invited for IOF major events 2017-2019
The IOF invites all member federations to submit applications to organise IOF major events in the years 2017–2019.

24.11.2014 Jørn Sundby appointed Senior Event Adviser for World Orienteering Championships
Jørn Sundby has been appointed IOF Senior Event Adviser for the World Orienteering Championships 2015-2018.

21.11.2014 IOF Commissions for 2015-2016
The Commissions for 2015-2016 have now been published.

20.11.2014 World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 to be organised in Russia
The IOF Council has appointed Russia organiser of the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017. The Championships will be held in Krasnoyarsk 5 - 13 March 2017.

19.11.2014 Agenda 2020 suits orienteering
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach revealed yesterday the 40 proposals that make up Olympic Agenda 2020, a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement.

18.11.2014 Season 2015 MTBO World Ranking Events published
The MTB Orienteering World Ranking Event calendar for season 2015 is now available.

14.11.2014 Special Rules for Sprint Relay World Cup 2015
Special Rules for Sprint Relay World Cup 2015 have now been published on the Foot Orienteering rules section of the IOF website.

10.11.2014 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Gold for 12 nations in Long final
Athletes from 12 different nations won gold medals in the Long Distance final held at Canela, Brazil at the weekend. Nine athletes won gold medals in both the Sprint and the Long races.

10.11.2014 Inside Orienteering 5/2014 now available
In this issue:

Meet Tom Hollowell, new IOF CEO
Bengt Saltin
North South East West: Costa Rica
X-mas 5 Days in Sydney
World University Championships 2014
News in brief

07.11.2014 WOC 2015 Sprint qualification moved to Friday 31st July
IOF Council has approved the organiser's request to move the World Orienteering Championships 2015 Sprint qualification race to the evening of Friday 31 July in order to allow each federation to use their best athletes in both Sprint relay and individual Sprint competitions.

05.11.2014 First medal ceremony took place in Brazil
The medal winners at the World Masters Orienteering Championships Sprint got their medals yesterday evening in a theater full of orienteers.

04.11.2014 Gold medals to 11 countries at World Masters Championships Sprint
At the first ever IOF Event in South America, the World Masters Orienteering Championships, the first winners have been crowned.

03.11.2014 Commission structures to be confirmed shortly
The IOF Council discussed at its recent meeting the future compositions of the IOF Commissions. The national federations have now been, or will be during this week, contacted regarding their members in the Commissions. After that, the new compositions will be published on the IOF website.

01.11.2014 From New Zealand to the top – in two disciplines!
Our Athlete of November reached the top this year in two disciplines: foot and mountain bike orienteering. He became Junior World Champion in Sprint in foot orienteering, and on Middle distance in MTB orienteering.

30.10.2014 New milestones for orienteering in Chinese Taipei
People may still remember the successful World Games 2009 and Deaflympics 2009 in Chinese Taipei. The Chinese Taipei Orienteering Association (CTOA) now announces that the Asian orienteering working group has appointed Chinese Taipei organiser of the Asian Orienteering Championships 2016.

29.10.2014 Tom Hollowell appointed IOF CEO
Tom Hollowell has been appointed CEO of the International Orienteering Federation. He succeeds Barbro Rönnberg as Secretary General, when she retires from the post at the end of 2014.

29.10.2014 Welcome to Greenland!
GO to Greenland Greenland has three orienteering clubs whose names are Ilulissat (with 50 members), Nuuk (with 35 orienteers) and Aasiaat which is the newest and have about 15 members. They are growing all the time. Orienteers from many countries have traveled to see the nature in Greenland but the locals are wishing for more […]

27.10.2014 Mistake in the WTOC 2014 results
The organiser of the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2014 had mistakenly recorded one wrong answer for Inga Gunnarsson (Sweden) on the second day of the Championships.

25.10.2014 Sports Director Björn Persson leaves the IOF
IOF Sports Director Björn Persson announced earlier this month that he will not be renewing his contract at the end of this year.

24.10.2014 Embargoed areas updated for World Championships 2015
For the World Orienteering Championships 2015 in Scotland, the rule not allowing the use of orienteering maps in the towns of Elgin, Nairn and Forres has been amended.

24.10.2014 William Lind new coordinator for Foot Orienteering Athletes’ Commission
Coordinator for IOF Foot Orienteering Athletes' Commission, Matthias Merz (SUI), has decided to step down after having quitted his elite orienteering career earlier this year.

24.10.2014 Final standings for Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering
After the last round of the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO), held in Czech Republic, the final standings can now be published.

17.10.2014 IOF High Level Event Seminar 2015 to be organised in Tallinn
IOF High Level Event Seminar 2015 will be held in Tallinn, Estonia during 6-8 February 2015.

14.10.2014 User instructions for Emit Touch Free System available
Emit has published user instructions for the Emit Touch Free System. The punching system is currently approved for all IOF ski orienteering events as well as World Ranking Events in foot orienteering.

14.10.2014 North American Championships ended with Sprint competitions
In the final individual competition of the North American Orienteering Championships, Sprint, around the town of Arnprior, Damian Konotopetz (CAN) won the men's race by just two seconds from Will Critchley (CAN).

13.10.2014 MTBO World Cup 2015 Special Rules published
The IOF Council has approved the Special Rules for MTB Orienteering World Cup 2015. Next year's World Cup will be held in three countries - Hungary, Portugal and the Czech Republic - and the program will consist of eight individual races and three relays.

13.10.2014 Long distance winners from USA and Canada
The North American Orienteering Championships in Arnprior, Canada, continued on Sunday with an excellent long distance race.

12.10.2014 North American Championships opened with middle distance
The North American Orienteering Championships began with Middle Distance on Saturday.

10.10.2014 New cover photos for IOF website
We are looking for new photos to replace the current discipline photos, as well as the cover photo on the website www.orienteering.org.

08.10.2014 Discussion paper on prior information & orienteering
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission has released an open discussion paper on the question of orienteering and prior information in an era of modern technology.

08.10.2014 Appointment of Ski Orienteering Sports Director postponed
The appointment of Ski Orienteering Sports Director has been postponed to a later date.

08.10.2014 Video from 9th World University Orienteering Championships 2014
The International University Sports Federation FISU has published a video from the 9th World University Orienteering Championships held in Czech Republic in August 2014.

06.10.2014 Matthias Niggli: an end to coaching, but not leaving the sport
For Matthias Niggli it was the end of a nine year long period as national coach with the final of the World Cup. Now he is ready to bring the World Cup a step or three further. He and his wife and former top star Simone Niggli have put forward plans to increase the standard […]

06.10.2014 Ines Brodman: “Good to get the sponsors involved too”
On the first day of the World Cup weekend in Switzerland there was also a race where representatives from the sponsors co-operated with the best Swiss orienteers. Ines Brodmann and Thomas Schneider ran together. Ines was World Champion in the relay in 2012, whilst Thomas is in charge of the military garrison in Liestal where […]

06.10.2014 Emma Klingenberg: “I moved for new experiences”
Emma Klingenberg has had some great years in Aarhus, but she wanted something new. In August she settled down in Stockholm. That has already given results. When Emma finished third in the Middle Distance race in the World Cup on Saturday, that was the first time the JWOC champion from 2008 has been at the […]

06.10.2014 Yannick Michiels: looking forward to 2015
Yannick Michiels has reached a very high level in orienteering, but he still has a desire to do better. In the last race of the World Cup in the centre of Liestal, Yannick finished sixth. Earlier this season he was third in the World Cup race in Imatra in Finland. At WOC in Venice he […]

05.10.2014 Daniel Hubmann: “I’m not 20 years old any longer”
Daniel Hubmann is one of the most successful athletes in the orienteering world, but do you think he sees an end to his career? An injury stop has had an influence on his route choices. Now he has finished one more World Cup season, and won the last two races. In total in the World […]

05.10.2014 Preparations gave pay-back
Tove Alexandersson likes the unexpected best, but the Swede also likes to make the most of upcoming challenges. Before the last World Cup race, Tove was very eager to have the best possible end to the season. She has been looking forward a lot to being in Liestal city, the place for the last race. […]

05.10.2014 Switzerland best nation in 2014 World Cup
The final standings in the 2014 World Cup show 5 Swiss women in the top 12 and 7 Swiss men in the top 15. Next best nation is Sweden with 3 representatives in each of the top 6 women and top 8 men.

05.10.2014 World Cup winners celebrate in style!
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland, already crowned overall winners of the 2014 World Cup, both took victory in the final Sprint in Liestal, Switzerland.

05.10.2014 Daniel Hubmann – a really great year
Daniel Hubmann wanted to do well in the World Cup race today even though he became the overall winner of the World Cup this year before the race. Hubmann has won the World Cup overall before. He has showed strength in all the disciplines. “It feels good to be back again after two years of […]

05.10.2014 Ida Bobach – a new step forward
Ida Bobach wasn’t that sure about her shape before the Middle Distance race, but she achieved a new high point in her career. Ida Bobach has two silver medals from Middle Distance at WOC. The first one was taken as a final-year junior in 2011. As a third-year senior she repeated the silver at WOC […]

05.10.2014 Tove didn’t smile that much
Today Tove Alexandersson achieved something she hasn’t had at all earlier, but the Swede wasn’t that satisfied after the race. The Swede ended seventh in the second-last World Cup race this season, and with that there is no long any more doubt about who will be the female winner of the World Cup overall this […]

05.10.2014 Julia Gross: “I am ready for more of this”
Julia Gross didn’t know she was the real winner when she finished, but the Swiss girl could step up to the top of podium at the prize-giving with a lot of new experiences. Switzerland performed really well in the last Sprint Relay in the unofficial World Cup this season with both first and third place, […]

05.10.2014 “It’s good to have a second team!”
When Stine Bagger Hagner passed the arena after half of the last leg in the Sprint Relay on Friday she got to know that she was really more than just the last leg runner in the second team. “I understood I had to pass Lea Vercelotti in the French team,” she says. The reason for […]

04.10.2014 World Cup Middle Distance: classy Hubmann well in front
Daniel Hubmann, already clear World Cup winner overall this year, finished the forest series of events in style today with a win by 1.45. In form Ida Bobach, Denmark achieved her first win in a World Cup race.

03.10.2014 Tove Alexandersson: “My knee is tender”
Tove Alexanedrsson together with Kids-OL participants and Judith Wyder. Photo: Erik Borg Tove Alexandersson didn’t take part in the sprint relay in Basel today. That wasn’t what was originally planned; the World Cup leader wanted to take part. Last year skipped Tove the second last race in the World Cup in order to do the […]

03.10.2014 Judith Wyder: “I have had some luck”
Since August, it is only for the last three weeks that Judith Wyder has been training well; the woman champion of the year really feels she has had some luck. It was in a race 2,900 metres above sea level that she had an accident during the Swiss Six-days. She fell down a cliff that […]

03.10.2014 Matthias Kyburz: “We’ll see how my strength is during the weekend”
Matthias Kyburz wanted to take part, and he took part, in the final sprint relay in Basel. He didn’t save his strength for the weekend. He is one of the men fighting for the second place in the overall World Cup standings. Daniel Hubmann has already won. These two races will give the total result. […]

03.10.2014 Sprint Relay: series win for Denmark by smallest possible margin
Denmark is tonight toasting its second team, which clinched overall victory by finishing fourth in today’s final race in Basel, Switzerland, winning a sprint finish with France by 1 second after Denmark’s first team had been disqualified.

03.10.2014 IOF is now on Instagram
Following the IOF accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, we have now also joined Instagram, just in time for the Orienteering World Cup Final in Switzerland!

03.10.2014 World Orienteering Championships highlights now in YouTube
All highlights from the recent World Orienteering Championships held in Italy have now been added to the IOF YouTube Channel.

02.10.2014 GPS tracking from World Cup Final in LiveCenter
The IOF LiveCenter offers live GPS tracking from the Orienteering World Cup Final (two races) that will be held this weekend in Liestal, Switzerland.

01.10.2014 World Cup Final weekend in Switzerland
The final of the unofficial Sprint Relay World Cup on Friday will act as a curtain raiser for the two last 2014 World Cup races, to be staged at Liestal, SE of Basel in Switzerland: a Middle Distance race on Saturday and the traditional final Sprint on Sunday.

01.10.2014 Presentations from ICOM available
Presentations from the International Conference on Orienteering Mapping have been published.

01.10.2014 World Champion that does not count training hours
Svetlana Mironova, our Athlete of October, says she has never counted her training hours or kilometres. Clearly she is training well and enough: this summer she became the long distance World Champion in Lavarone, Italy!

01.10.2014 Word Champion that does not count training hours
Svetlana Mironova, our Athlete of October, says she has never counted her training hours or kilometres. Clearly she is training well and enough: this summer she became the long distance World Champion in Lavarone, Italy!

30.09.2014 2015 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods published
Following approval by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Executive Committee on 20 September, the 2015 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is now available.

17.09.2014 European Ski Orienteering Championships 2016 awarded to Austria
The European Working Group, mandated by the Orienteering federations in Europe, has appointed Austria as the organiser of European Ski Orienteering Championships and European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships in 2016.

16.09.2014 Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering 2015
The programme and rules for the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO) 2015 have been published.

16.09.2014 Bengt Saltin passed away
It is with great sadness that the IOF has learned of the death of the former IOF President Bengt Saltin (SWE), at the age of 79.

12.09.2014 Minutes from the meeting of the European federations published
The minutes from the annual meeting of the orienteering federations in Europe are now available.

09.09.2014 MTB Orienteering Tour in the USA
The IOF is organising together with Orienteering USA a Mountain Bike Orienteering Tour through the USA.

05.09.2014 New material published on the Youth website
Some new material on how to teach orienteering in schools has been published on the Youth website in the "Materials' overview" section of the website.

04.09.2014 World Ranking Scheme Rules updated with SkiO
A new version of the IOF World Ranking Scheme Rules has been made available on the IOF website. The changes include the addition of ski orienteering rules and clarifications to some of the existing rules points.

03.09.2014 Nokian Tyres new sponsor of the IOF
The IOF has signed a three-year sponsorship contract with Nokian Tyres. Nokian Tyres is a Finland-based tyre company that focuses on customer needs in Northern conditions.

03.09.2014 Ski Orienteering World Ranking now available
Ski Orienteering World Ranking lists can now be found on the IOF World Ranking website.

01.09.2014 World Cup winner featured for the second time in Athlete of the Month
For the first time, we return to ask questions from an athlete that has already been featured as IOF Athlete of the Month!

30.08.2014 MTBO World Cup: overall victories for Benham and Foliforov
On the top rung of the ladder at the end of an exciting World Cup season are Emily Benham, Great Britain and Anton Foliforov, Russia. Overall victory is by 15 points for Emily and 77 points for Anton.

30.08.2014 WMTBOC Relay: gold for Russia and Estonia
Neither team was top favourite for victory today, but it was Russia first to the finish in the women’s relay and Estonia in the men’s. Finland took the silver medals in both races, and bronze medallists were Czech Republic (women) and France.

29.08.2014 Russian double in MTBO Long Distance
Gold medallists in the World MTB Orienteering Championships Long Distance race in Supraśl, Poland today were the Russian riders Olga Vinogradova and Anton Foliforov. The bronze medal went to Denmark in the women’s race and France had two top-six placings in the men’s.

29.08.2014 Military World Championships: Estonia and Switzerland win relays
The CISM Championships being held in Austria concluded today with the relays. The Estonian military team was the surprise winner of the women’s relay, beating the very strong Russian team by almost 2 minutes. The Swiss team, favourites for the men’s title, duly won with Russia again in second place.

27.08.2014 Military World Championships: double gold for Matthias Kyburz
Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland has won both of the two individual races in the Military World Championships being held in Austria this week. Two Russians, Yulia Novikova and Natalia Efimova, won the gold medals in the women’s races.

27.08.2014 Middle Distance MTBO golds to Sweden and Russia
New World Champions at Middle Distance in MTB Orienteering are Cecilia Thomasson, Sweden and Ruslan Gritsan, Russia after today’s race on hilly and varied terrain at Jurowce in Poland.

26.08.2014 Highlight videos from World Orienteering Championships now in YouTube
The IOF has published highlight videos from World Orienteering Championships 2014 Sprint and Middle distance in YouTube.

26.08.2014 World MTB Orienteering Championships: double gold in men’s Sprint
Hans Jørgen Kvåle, Norway and Anton Foliforov, Russia both clocked the fastest time in the men’s Sprint today, 21.46. The women’s gold medal was won by Marika Hara, Finland.

25.08.2014 World MTB Orienteering Championships: Russia wins mixed sprint relay
The first event in this year’s MTBO Championships in Poland was a non-medal race – a mixed sprint relay, won by Russia by a convincing margin of 1 minute and 15 seconds over France.

21.08.2014 Season climax for MTBO this coming week
Mountain bike orienteers of all ages – Juniors and Masters as well as the Elite – will gather in Poland this weekend to take part in the annual World Championships. The European Youth Championships will also be held here. Around 30 nations in all will be represented.

21.08.2014 Unofficial Sprint Relay World Cup: Denmark in the lead
Denmark remains in the lead of the unofficial Sprint Relay World Cup 2014 after three out of four rounds with a total of 260 points.

20.08.2014 IOF Regional Coordinators bring orienteering to new countries
Orienteering is a sport that can be practised anywhere. Our Regional Coordinator Jose Angel Nieto Poblete is an expert in bringing knowledge of the sport to new places and new people.

19.08.2014 Inside Orienteering 4/2014 now available
Inside Orienteering is back after the successful World Orienteering Championships in Italy! In this edition of Inside Orienteering you can read more about the World Champs - and also about the upcoming World MTBO Champs.

18.08.2014 MTBO Event Advisers clinic to be organised in Prague
The IOF MTB Orienteering and Rules Commissions will be organising an IOF Event Advisers' and Organisers' Clinic in Prague, Czech Republic during the weekend of 18-19 October 2014.

18.08.2014 MTBO WRE application form available
The application form for season 2015 MTB Orienteering World Ranking Events has been published. All national federations have the possibility to apply to host two MTBO World Ranking Events to be organized during season 2015.

14.08.2014 SkiO WRE application form published
The application form for season 2014-2015 ski orienteering World Ranking Events is now available. During the coming season, each national federation will have the possibility to host a total of four World Ranking Events.

13.08.2014 Patrick Desbrest new member of the Ski Orienteering Commission
The IOF Council has appointed Patrick Desbrest, France, corresponding member of the IOF Ski Orienteering Commission.

13.08.2014 Presentations from IOF Sprint Relay Seminar available
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission organised a successful Sprint Relay Seminar in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships 2014 in Italy.

12.08.2014 The IOF seeks a part-time Sports Director for Ski Orienteering
The IOF is seeking a part-time Sports Director for ski orienteering for the years 2015-2016.

11.08.2014 2015 World Orienteering Championships Bulletin 2
Bulletin 2 for the 2015 World Orienteering Championships, to be held at Inverness in Scotland from 1st to  7th August inclusive, has now been published and can be accessed on the website www.woc2015.org.

04.08.2014 Emily Benham new member in MTBO Athletes’ Commission
Current Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup leader, Emily Benham (GBR), has been appointed member of the IOF MTB Orienteering Athletes' Commission.

01.08.2014 “Tricked” into orienteering – now TempO World Champion
Current leader of the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering, Martin Jullum (NOR), is also the new World Champion in TempO. In our Athlete of the Month you can read what he thinks about the future of the sport, and of himself, and how he reached the world elite level in trail orienteering.

31.07.2014 Deadline for WTOC 2017 applications extended
The deadline for World Trail Orienteering Championships 2017 applications has been extended to 31 August 2014.

31.07.2014 World Military Orienteering Championships World Ranking Events
The World Military Orienteering Championships individual races will be part of the IOF World Ranking.

30.07.2014 Novel chair-lift warm-up routine at Canadian Championships
Competitors taking part in the Canadian Championships Long Distance race this weekend are being offered a novel warm-up activity on their way to the start. As they travel by chair-lift up the slopes of Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler, BC, they will use a map of the terrain they can see below them to solve seven trailO problems – with, of course, a fixed time limit for each one!

30.07.2014 Two ECTO competitions during O-Ringen – Martin Jullum winner in both
During this years’ O-Ringen, competitions 7 and 8 of the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering were arranged. It was on the second and fourth day of O-Ringen that ECTO was arranged. It was in two very different terrains, but anyhow it was no problem for Martin Jullum, who was in splendid shape during the O-Ringen […]

30.07.2014 Call for ESOC and EYSOC 2016 applications
The application process for European Ski Orienteering Championships and European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships 2016 has been reopened. The new deadline for applications will be 31 August 2014.

30.07.2014 Organisers for season 2015-2016 ski orienteering events appointed
The IOF Council has appointed Germany as organiser of World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships 2016 and Austria as organiser of Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships in the same year. Ski Orienteering World Cup Rounds 2 and 3 will be held in conjunction with these two events while the season will begin with Round 1 in Lapland, Finland.

28.07.2014 Hanny Allston back at JWOC
Hanny Allston ran at WOC in Italy, and has been coaching at JWOC. The Australian World Champion from 2006 will continue with both. She has big ambitions. “How is it to be a coach? I love it”, Hanny smiles. The Australian has been head coach for the JWOC team, and especially the Aussie boys have […]

28.07.2014 Getting to know what to do
For the Swedish juniors there is a very important camp in Norway in two weeks’ time. The promising runners will get to know what they need to do to get success at JWOC in the coming year. A lot of Swedish juniors – also some who are outside the national team for juniors – are […]

28.07.2014 Three seconds from a full haul of golds!
When Sara Hagström, Sweden also had the strongest legs at the end of the Relay, she could be crowned without any doubt the ‘queen of Borovets’. Sara and Mathilde Rundhaug, Norway were close together with about one km of the four km last leg remaining. The Norwegian and the Swede had seen each other quite […]

27.07.2014 JWOC Relay: Sweden supreme!
Sweden, already the most successful nation at the Junior World Championships, had a dream day in the Relay with both women’s and men’s teams taking the gold medals. Both races ended with exciting sprint finishes.

27.07.2014 Split feelings for the first ever Italian medal
Italy has won a medal at JWOC for the first time ever. But Riccardo Scalet has split feelings after the historic race in Bulgaria. The 18-year-old Italian ran quite slowly to the first control to get good contact with the map in this difficult terrain with so many details. It was a good tactic, and […]

26.07.2014 Kirmula: not exactly sixth the third time!
Photo: Erik Borg Miika Kirmula finished sixth in both Sprint and Long, and he expected the same on Middle Distance when he was finishing. The Finn lost half a minute on one control, and about 10–15 seconds on three others. “I didn’t think about winning since I had made the mistakes, but the three smallest […]

26.07.2014 Tommer: careful navigation the key to success
Photo: Erik Borg Sina Tommer was thinking that a place among the fifteen best would be possible. After the last individual race at JWOC she is a world champion. “Mistakes? I wouldn’t say so”. – Not a second? “Well a second here and there, maybe”, smiles the Swiss. She started as number six of the […]

26.07.2014 Hagström: happy to share gold with hotel friend
Photo: Erik Borg How do you think Sara Hagström thinks about her second and shared gold at JWOC Italy? Does the Swede wish she had been faster in the last metres? First Hägström won the Sprint. Then she was just three seconds from gold on the Long Distance. The last individual distance ended with gold […]

26.07.2014 JWOC Middle Distance Final: three gold medal winners!
A technically challenging Middle Distance Final in the Junior World Championships in Bulgaria ended today with two women gold medallists: Sina Tommer, Switzerland and Sara Hagström, Sweden recorded exactly the same time for the 3.1 km course. The men’s title went to Miika Kirmula, Finland.

25.07.2014 JWOC Middle A-Final: twenty-five nations represented
Twenty nations in the women’s final; twenty-four in the men’s, twenty-five overall. Those are the statistics after the qualification races today. Only three nations have a full complement of women or men through: Denmark and Sweden in the women’s and Finland in the men’s.

25.07.2014 Seven weeks navigating in Europe
Michael Laraia (left), Isabel Bryant and Ethan Childs are navigating around Europe this summer. Photo: Erik Borg For weeks, some very keen juniors from the USA have been travelling in Europe to experience terrain and controls in different countries. Now they are ready for the final races: the Middle Distance Final and the Relay at JWOC […]

25.07.2014 Home cheering but not home terrain
The A-finalists from Bulgaria: Martina Dzhulieva, Stefan Mikhaylov (left), Martin Ponev and Apostol Atanasov are ready for good runs in the last individual race of JWOC. Photo: Erik Borg When the Bulgarians arrive at the arena they really feel that they are in their own country, but in the forest it isn’t just like that. “We […]

25.07.2014 Challenging courses in JWOC Middle Qualification
It was back in action today for runners in the Junior World Orienteering Championships, with up to six women and six men from each nation taking part in the Middle Distance qualification races. There were 3 women’s and 3 men’s heats, with the top 20 from each heat going through to tomorrow’s final.

24.07.2014 Johansson – learning from the world’s best
Anton Johansson is very often training with, and learning from, a medallist in the two last World Championships. His father is also a former star. On the Long Distance at JWOC, the young Swede himself wrote his name in the history books of orienteering. For Johansson it was in some ways “finally the gold”. Last […]

24.07.2014 Høydal: thinking about winning for one year
Since JWOC last year, Gunvor Hov Høydal has been thinking daily about how to be at her very best in the forest races in Bulgaria. The Long Distance ended just as she wanted. When Gunvor started the first forest race at JWOC this year, she also knew a lot about what to do. With her […]

23.07.2014 Gold for Norway and Sweden in JWOC Long Distance
Gunvor Hov Høydal, Norway and Anton Johansson, Sweden, were the winners of the Long Distance race in the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria today. Johansson, who won the bronze medal in the Sprint yesterday and the silver at Middle Distance a year ago, won his race by more than one minute.

22.07.2014 Tim Robertson: one year, one goal, success achieved
Tim Robertson is taking part in his fourth JWOC and has been at three senior World Championships too. What a talent he has; his goal of a Sprint gold medal has also been very high on his list for a long time. The Kiwi was third in the JWOC Sprint last year. Now he stepped […]

22.07.2014 Sara Hagström: “I took some seconds extra”
When Sara Hagström passed the arena on the Sprint one year ago in silver position, it didn’t end that well. This year she again passed the arena in a good position, and this time it was a happy ending. “It gives something extra to win after what happened last year”, Sara says. In Hradec Kralove […]

22.07.2014 “My hair is no problem!”
Raquel Fernandes de Lima is a special person – a person with hair styled in a way unlike anyone else’s at JWOC in Bulgaria. For the first time Brazil is present at JWOC, with a team of two men and one woman. “My goal? I want to have good races and enjoy myself”, Raquel Fernandes […]

22.07.2014 Junior World Orienteering Championships: Sprint golds to New Zealand and Sweden
The first race of the Championships, the Sprint, was held today in urban and park terrain in the town of Samokov in Bulgaria. The men’s title was taken by Tim Robertson, New Zealand, bronze medallist in the corresponding race last year, and the women’s went to Sara Hagström, Sweden who beat last year’s champion Heidi Mårtensson (Norway) by 5 seconds.

22.07.2014 Standings of the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering updated
The Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO) continues this week in O-Ringen, Sweden.

22.07.2014 The IOF seeks a Secretary General / Chief Executive Officer
The IOF is seeking to appoint a new Secretary General / Chief Executive Officer to succeed Barbro Rönnberg who will retire from the post at the end of 2014.

21.07.2014 Belgians at JWOC: “Sprint can be a bit like poker”
Four Belgian boys are ready to do their very best at the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Bulgaria this week. They are running with the inspiration of Yannick Michiels’ results at the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Italy. JWOC starts on Tuesday with the Sprint, and the Belgian team are experienced and know a […]

21.07.2014 MTB Orienteering World Cup standings – Benham and Foliforov lead
The second round of the MTB Orienteering World Cup is now over, and the final round points will be awarded based on the results in the MTB Orienteering World Championships in Poland in late August.

21.07.2014 Junior World Orienteering Championships 2017 awarded to Finland
IOF Council has taken the decision to appoint Finland organiser of the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2017.

20.07.2014 MTB Orienteering World Cup: clean sweep for Benham
Three races, three victories: that is Emily Benham’s haul from this weekend’s World Cup races in Skåne, Sweden. The Great Britain rider has proved herself to be master of all three formats – Sprint, Middle and Long. Russia’s Anton Foliforov had a second win in the Long Distance race today – he also won the Middle race.

19.07.2014 Thirty-six nations entered for Junior World Orienteering Championships
The spotlight is turning now from the World Orienteering Championships in Italy to the Junior equivalent, where the host nation for the coming week is Bulgaria. The Event Centre is the tourist resort of Borovets, close to Rila Mountain and Bulgaria’s capital Sofia.

19.07.2014 MTB Orienteering World Cup: second win for Emily Benham
Great Britain rider Emily Benham is on a roll! Today she won a World Cup race for the second day in succession, this time the Sprint by the close margin of 3 seconds. Lauri Malsroos, Estonia was the winner of the men’s race with a 30-second lead.

18.07.2014 MTB Orienteering World Cup: Middle distance wins for Benham and Foliforov
The second round of this year’s MTBO World Cup is being held as part of the O-Ringen event in Skåne, Sweden. Athletes from 22 nations are taking part. The first races over Middle distance were won by Emily Benham, Great Britain and Anton Foliforov, Russia.

18.07.2014 Emit Touch Free Punching approved for World Ranking Events
The IOF Council has now granted Final Approval for use of Emit Touch Free Punching (version 2013 and onwards) at World Ranking Events.

18.07.2014 Orienteering on Universal Sports Network
The IOF has received the information that the 30 minutes highlight packages from the World Orienteering Championships in Italy is aired this week on Universal Sports Network.

17.07.2014 Presentations from Open IT Meeting 2014 published
The presentations from the Open IT Meeting held on 10 July 2014 in Lavarone, Italy, are now available on the IOF website.

17.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships: promotion and relegation outcomes
From this year onwards, qualification for the Long and Middle races at a World Orienteering Championships (WOC) is by a points system based on results at the previous two World Championships. Federations are placed into three men’s divisions and three women’s divisions. For WOC 2015 and onwards, a promotion and relegation system comes into effect.

16.07.2014 Aron Less new chair of the Foot Orienteering Commission
As the former chairperson of the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission, Mikko Salonen (FIN) was elected to the IOF Council at the XXVII General Assembly, the Council appointed Aron Less (HUN) new chair of the Commission.

16.07.2014 World Cup Special Rules 2015 published
The Special Rules for Orienteering World Cup 2015 have been published.

15.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships: Switzerland heads medals table
Switzerland was the most successful competing nation in Italy last week, winning three gold and four silver medals and one bronze medal. There were seven medal-winning nations in all.

15.07.2014 New members to IOF Trail Orienteering Athletes’ Commission
The IOF Trail Orienteering Athletes' Commission has appointed four new members this July, a decision that was noted in the IOF Council meeting minutes on 13 July.

14.07.2014 Barbro Rönnberg: “I have decided to leave the IOF”
Barbro Rönnberg, Secretary General of the International Orienteering Federation, has announced that she does intend to retire from her post at the end of 2014.

13.07.2014 Judith Wyder – the new queen
Judith Wyder hasn’t been present at all big races this year. The reason was to do well at the World Championships, and she has had fantastic results. It ended with three golds. On the relay she started the last leg a bit more than two minutes after Tove Alexandersson from Sweden and Maja Alm from […]

13.07.2014 Bergman – “I felt so strong”
With a Viking helmet on his head, Gustav Bergman finished the relay together with his team-mates and did just the same as at the European Championships a couple of months ago. Matthias Kyburz from Switzerland was the first one to start on the last leg, but just after him started Gustav Bergman, Sweden, and Thierry […]

13.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships: Relay golds for Switzerland and Sweden
Switzerland won the women’s relay and Sweden the men’s, but in both races the lead changed several times as the runners made errors in the testing Italian terrain.

12.07.2014 MTB Orienteering World Cup programme 2016
IOF Council has decided on the IOF Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup programme for 2016.

12.07.2014 World Trail Orienteering Championships: PreO Champions are Michael Johansson and Guntars Mankus
Michael Johansson, Sweden won the Paralympic Class in the PreO competition in the World Trail Orienteering Championships. The Open Class was won by Guntars Mankus from Latvia.

12.07.2014 Annika Billstam – woman for the big occasion
From time to time Annika Billstam is asked if she’s coming close to retirement from sport at high level. The Swede has made very big changes in her life, but is still a woman for the big occasion. When the Swede won the Middle she got her second individual gold. She also won the Long […]

12.07.2014 Lundanes: “I didn’t expect the gold”
Olav Lundanes sprinting towards the finish. Photo: newspower.it   Olav Lundanes had hoped to feel better for the Long Distance on Wednesday. He didn’t feel that good on Friday either, but there was a big difference. The Middle Distance race was on higher ground and there were some really steep hills. “I felt really tired, […]

11.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships Middle race: gold for Billstam and Lundanes
World Champions 2014 at Middle distance are Annika Billstam, Sweden and Olav Lundanes, Norway. On a fine day in a delightfully scenic setting in the limestone Dolomites, a large crowd watched the two races unfold to exciting conclusions in both cases.

10.07.2014 World Trail Orienteering Championships: Johansson and Cereser lead in PreO
Michael Johansson, Sweden and Elvio Cereser, Italy are the leaders in the Paralympic and Open classes respectively at the end of the first day of PreO in the World Trail Orienteering Championships.

10.07.2014 Gueorgiou was prepared to quit the Long
Thierry Gueorgiou had been thinking about stopping in the Long Distance race, but he didn’t have to do that. The “Middle Distance phantom” is really going hard for the Middle Distance in these Championships. That is his number one distance and he had been talking about not taking part in the Long, but when the […]

10.07.2014 Svetlana Mironova – historic winner
When Svetlana Mironova went up the highest point of the podium at the Awards Ceremony after the Long Distance, it was something that had never happened before. First of all, it was her first international individual title. Secondly, she’s the first-ever Russian female to win an individual World Orienteering Championship race. “It was unexpected and […]

10.07.2014 IOF General Assembly decisions
The 2014 IOF General Assembly was held today in Lavarone, Italy. Delegates from thirty-six voting member nations were present together with a number of observers and media personnel. Several important decisions were taken.

09.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships Long Distance: Gueorgiou retains his title
Thierry Gueorgiou, France retained his Long distance title in the forests near Lavarone, northern Italy today ahead of two former champions, Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland and Olav Lundanes, Norway. The women’s race was won by Svetlana Mironova, Russia, with Tove Alexandersson, Sweden in silver medal position and Judith Wyder, Switzerland taking the bronze.

09.07.2014 IOF signed MOU with the World Cup 16-20 group
The IOF signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding with the group that aims to create a new concept for the IOF Orienteering World Cup. The partners’ intention is to achieve, by the autumn of 2014, a proof of concept that can fulfil the IOF’s requirements. This shall be contingent on the IOF determining whether it […]

09.07.2014 IOF signed MOA with the World Cup 16-20 group
The IOF signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding with the group that aims to create a new concept for the IOF Orienteering World Cup. The IOF Competition Programme Review Group will have the World Cup issue as one of its tasks during the upcoming two years.

09.07.2014 IOF Pre-General Assembly meeting
A meeting for delegates from national federations and observers was held today, where items to be debated at the IOF General Assembly tomorrow were presented in more detail and there was the opportunity for discussion.

09.07.2014 Buy your LiveCenter pass to follow the World Championships
You can follow the World Orienteering Championships GPS tracking, web TV and arena speaker via IOF LiveCenter.

08.07.2014 Rahel Friederich – “Good to have a mixed team”
Swiss celebrations after their victory. Photo: Erik Borg Rahel Friedrich started the golden relay for Switzerland. She likes to compete together with men and now has got her first international medal. The 28-year-old athlete, who lives in Winterthur, close to Zurich, had a good first leg in Trento and was followed up by good team-mates. […]

08.07.2014 Martin Jullum takes TempO crown
Martin Jullum, Norway became TempO World Champion on the first day of the World Trail Orienteering Championships, with Finland showing strength in depth in taking the next three places.

07.07.2014 Switzerland wins first-ever Sprint Relay at World Orienteering Championships
Sprint relay with two men and two women has been in The World Games programme since 2001, but was now introduced for the first time at the World Orienteering Championships.

07.07.2014 The Danes: this is only the start!
Lars Lindstöm (left) has achieved his goal already. Sweden’s head coach Håkan Carlsson has still more to get. Sweden has one medal so far; their goal is six medals, and two of these shall be gold.  Photo: Erik Borg   Denmark had a fantastic start to the World Championships. In a period of just one […]

07.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships: 34 teams in Sprint Relay
A record 54 nations have entered athletes for this year’s World Orienteering Championships being held in northern Italy, and 34 of these have entered 4-person teams (2 women, 2 men) for today’s Sprint Relay which takes place in Trento with the mass start at 17.30 local time.

06.07.2014 Historic World Masters Championships approaching
The IOF goes for the first time to South America with an IOF Major Event, when the World Masters Orienteering Championships will be staged in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in November 2014.

06.07.2014 Soren Bobach practiced running on flights of stairs
Just how to cross the bridges in Venice as fast as possible has been a part of Søren Bobach’s training during recent weeks. For some it was a bit surprising that Søren Bobach was the winner. He wasn’t among the favourites, but with number bib 17 of 45 he finished with a time that no […]

06.07.2014 This time Wyder will remember the result!
For Judith Wyder, it was a remarkable difference in her Sprint performance at the World Championships (WOC) compared with the three previous years. Now she could really smile. The Sprint distance started the Championships in Italy. Judith won the shortest distance just as at the European Orienteering Championships a little more than two months ago. […]

06.07.2014 LiveCenter up and running – if you have problems, check here
IOF LiveCenter was first tested at competition yesterday during World Orienteering Championships Sprint in Venice, Italy. The LiveCenter offered live GPS tracking and web-TV. Speaker sound was not working well yesterday, but hopefully it will in the future events. The address is livecenter.orienteering.org. Some users experienced problems with logging in to the LiveCenter after buying […]

05.07.2014 World Championships Sprint in Venice
The historic centre of Venice provided the perfect scene for a historic World Championships sprint race.

05.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships Sprint qualifications in Burano
The qualification race for the World Orienteering Championships Sprint took place in Burano, Italy, this morning. 15 best of all heats made their way to the final, which will take place this afternoon in Venice. Leading results: Women A 1) Emma Klingenberg DEN 12:57 2) Judith Wyder SUI 13:03 3) Nadiya Volynska UKR 13:55 Women […]

04.07.2014 FootO WRE application form published
The application form for season 2015 World Ranking Events in foot orienteering is now available.

04.07.2014 Youth orienteering page opened
The IOF wants to make youth.orienteering.org a point where you can find ideas for introducing orienteering to the youth, and for youth trainings.

04.07.2014 World Championships start with Sprint races
The World Orienteering Championships, this year being held in Italy, start tomorrow (Saturday) with the Sprint Qualification at Burano and the Final in the city of Venice, with the finish arena for the Final on the Venice waterfront. The Opening Ceremony will be held on Sunday and the Mixed Sprint Relay on Monday.

03.07.2014 Buy your LiveCenter pass to follow GPS tracking from World Championships
To guarantee that you can see the GPS tracking from the beginning of the World Orienteering Championships, please buy your week pass in advance.

02.07.2014 Test IOF LiveCenter – and use it during the World Championships
The IOF is at the moment developing a LiveCenter service, which will be the entry point for people wanting to follow IOF Events live or re-live. In the first instance, the service will provide and guarantee high quality GPS tracking from IOF events.

01.07.2014 Drawing route choices the key to success?
Our Athlete of July is aiming to get a medal in Italy, in Sprint relay. Because of previous years’ injuries, Søren Bobach has decided to focus mainly on Sprint this year, to slowly make his way back.

30.06.2014 Spotlight on Italy: count down to World Championships
The count-down to this year’s World Orienteering Championships (WOC) and World Trail Orienteering Championships in Italy is now well under way, with the first WOC races, the Sprint Qualification and Final, on this coming Saturday and the final race, the Relay, a week later.

17.06.2014 A special mapping issue of Scientific Journal of Orienteering published
A new new issue of Scientific Journal of Orienteering, focusing on mapping, has been published by the visiting editor Laszlo Zentai.

13.06.2014 Poland and Switzerland appointed World Cup 2016 organisers
The IOF Council has appointed Poland and Switzerland as organizers of Orienteering World Cup 2016 rounds 2 and 4. The overall program for World Cup 2016 was also confirmed.

12.06.2014 Denmark wins exciting mixed sprint relay
This new race format, being introduced for the first time at the World Championships next month, was trialled in Imatra, Finland today, the second occasion of its kind this year, by many of the world’s best teams. The outcome didn’t come clear until well into the final leg, but Denmark finished clear winners ahead of two Swedish teams and then Switzerland.

11.06.2014 World Cup wins for Wyder and Leandersson
Judith Wyder, Switzerland and Jonas Leandersson, Sweden were the winners of the final in the World Cup Sprint in Imatra, Finland today, in a race with very tight margins – 2 seconds in the women’s race and 4 seconds in the men’s. Both are current European Champions and both won their qualification races this morning.

10.06.2014 Orienteering in Cuba – new issue of Inside Orienteering is available
Inside Orienteering 3/2014 tells about the development of orienteering in Cuba, and about the man behind many development projects in South America, José Angel Nieto Poblete. In addition, we report from the European Trail Orienteering Championships and interview the first-ever European Champion in TempO, Antti Rusanen, Finland.

08.06.2014 Kratov – “I’m not experienced in this kind of terrain”
Oleksandr Kratov didn’t feel very comfortable with the terrain in the Long distance World Cup race in Norway, but on the podium he stepped to the top. The Ukrainian had a very good race, but he didn’t take the smartest route choices all the way. On one of the long legs he lost about two […]

08.06.2014 Kratov – “I’m not an expert at all”
Oleksandr Kratov didn’t really feel very comfortable with the terrain in the Long distance World Cup race in Norway, but on the podium he stepped to the top. The Ukrainian had a very good race, but he didn’t take the smartest route choices all the way. On one of the long legs he lost about […]

08.06.2014 Ida Bobach had to have a break from running
Last autumn Ida Bobach didn’t run at all for some time, and she still isn’t running how she would like to, but she’s still among the very best in the world. As a junior she won seven gold medals in Junior World Championships, and as a last-year junior she won a medal on the very […]

08.06.2014 World Cup, Norway: Alexandersson and Kratov win Long distance
Tove Alexandersson made it two big wins in two days; today in the Long distance race she had a lead at the finish of more than two minutes. Oleksandr Kratov, Ukraine continued his good form this season, taking the men’s race by 21 seconds.

07.06.2014 Tove A. – “I’ll be even better at WOC”
Tove Alexandersson got her third World Cup victory within a month on the Middle distance in Norway today, but this is not something she is thinking about. “I had an almost perfect race”, smiles Tove. She won with a margin of 1.58 minutes ahead of her team-mate Helena Jansson. “It’s going well. It feels better […]

07.06.2014 Lundanes’ first victory since 2012
Olav Lundanes was once again the very best today, but he thinks that his shape has to be better for success in Italy. “I felt it was hard physically”, he says. The Norwegian won just in front of Pasi Ikonen. He ran an almost perfect race technically in the forests around Kongsberg, just 100 kilometres […]

07.06.2014 Pasi Ikonen – better than ever
Pasi Ikonen just missed winning by five seconds, but the Finn is very glad for the good place. The World Champion from 2001 is really back. “Problems? Yes, I have had most of them”, Pasi considers. It has been a bit up and down for some years even though he has had a lot of […]

07.06.2014 World Cup Middle distance: big win for Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, enjoyed one of her best ever World Cup victories today in Kongsberg, Norway, winning the first of the two races this weekend by a margin of almost 2 minutes on the 4.58 km course. Olav Lundanes was a popular home winner in the men’s race by just 5 seconds over Finland’s Pasi Ikonen.

06.06.2014 Norway and Finland host World Cup Round 3
A Middle and a Long distance race in Norway and a city Sprint in Finland make up the third round of the 2014 World Cup starting tomorrow, with competitors from 20 nations taking part.

06.06.2014 TrailO Event Advisers clinic at O-Ringen
The IOF Trail Orienteering and Rules Commissions, in cooperation with O-Ringen 2014, will be organising an IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers' Clinic in Skåne, Sweden between 22-23 July 2014.

05.06.2014 Record number of countries entered for the World Championships
The World Orienteering Championships and World Trail Orienteering Championships are attracting a record number of countries to Italy this summer.

05.06.2014 Record number of countries entered to the World Championships
The World Orienteering Championships and World Trail Orienteering Championships are attracting a record number of countries to Italy this summer.

03.06.2014 Junior World Championships Development Project
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission (FOC) was asked earlier this year by the IOF Council to further develop the programme of the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC). The project group's report should be presented to the Council by October 2014. Introduction of a possible new programme should take place by 2018 at the latest.

02.06.2014 Athlete of June aims for the best possible race
Catherine Taylor took a surprise bronze medal to Great Britain in the European Championships long distance race. She has been close to the top before, but this was her first international medal.

02.06.2014 Orienteering software list back on the IOF website
The Software for Orienteering section is again available on the IOF website. In this section we have listed commonly used orienteering software for different purposes ranging from event administration to training.

23.05.2014 New MTBO World Ranking Rules published
The IOF World Ranking Scheme Rules valid from 1 January 2014 have now been supplemented with details regarding MTB Orienteering World Ranking Events.

19.05.2014 Ski Orienteering on the programme of the 53rd Military World Ski Championships
Following the successful ski orienteering event at the the 52nd Military World Ski Championships, the IOF has now received formal information from CISM that ski orienteering will be on the programme of the 53rd Military World Ski Championships as well.

18.05.2014 MTBO World Cup: favourites win mixed relay
Finland’s first team, favourites to win the mixed relay, came into the finish today in the anticipated first place with a good margin down to second-placed France. Czech Republic took third position.

18.05.2014 Long distance race ended in sprint finish
Long distance with mass start, the second event in this year's MTB Orienteering World Cup, was exciting from the start to the finish.

16.05.2014 Hara and Foliforov strongest at World Cup opening
Mountain bike orienteering World Cup kicked off today in North Zealand, Denmark, with a sprint race. Women's Word Ranking leader Marika Hara, Finland, showed that she is at least as strong this year as she was in 2013.

16.05.2014 FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Zermatt
The IOF Rules Commission will organise an IOF Foot Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic in Zermatt, Switzerland in conjunction with Swiss Orienteering Week on Wednesday 23 July 2014.

16.05.2014 16th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping
The 16th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM) will be organised in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships 2014 in Lavarone, Italy.

15.05.2014 Junior World Championships now World Ranking Events
Since the IOF renewed its World Ranking rules for all disciplines, all Junior World Championships A finals also count for the World Ranking.

15.05.2014 Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup kicks off in Denmark
World Cup in Mountain Bike Orienteering begins with Sprint on Friday 16 May in North Zealand, Denmark.

15.05.2014 Review of the IOF Competition Programme Project
The IOF is embarking on a project to review the competition programme across the four disciplines.

14.05.2014 Technology in Orienteering – open meeting
The IOF IT Commission organises an open meeting "Technology in Orienteering" in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Italy, on 10 July 2014.

13.05.2014 Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering opened in Finland
Round 1 of the Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO) 2014 was held last weekend in Tuusula and Nurmijärvi in Finland, in  conjunction with FinTrailO, a weekend with two PreO and one TempO competition.

07.05.2014 IOF XXVII General Assembly
The IOF XXVII Ordinary General Assembly will be held on 10 July 2014 in Lavarone, Italy.

06.05.2014 Proposals to IOF General Assembly
By the deadline of 10 March 2014, two proposals from member federations had been submitted to the IOF General Assembly. Later on, one of these proposals, namely the one from the Nordic countries concerning the IOF competition calendar in all the disciplines, was withdrawn. The IOF Council submits two proposals to the General Assembly regarding Statutes changes.

06.05.2014 Eleven nominations to IOF Council
The IOF Council for 2014-2016 will be elected at the IOF General Assembly on 10 July 2014 in Lavarone, Italy. Member federations were called to nominate candidates for the Council.

01.05.2014 Athlete of the Month aiming for World Championships gold
Our Athlete of May, Susanna Laurila, is 25-year-old mountain bike orienteer with World Champion titles both from Junior and Senior World Championships. This year she aims to get at least one more gold medal from the World Championships in Poland.

28.04.2014 MTB Orienteering World Ranking now online
The new IOF World Ranking Site now also shows the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Ranking and World Cup.

25.04.2014 IOF on YouTube
The two orienteering videos from SportAccord Convention have been published on the new IOF Orienteering YouTube channel.

25.04.2014 Foot Orienteering Commission chair on Event Quality
The IOF organises yearly World Cup, World Championships, Junior World Championships and World Masters Championships. This year's European Orienteering Championships raised the question about how to ensure event quality in all IOF Events.

24.04.2014 6th CISM World Games in South Korea
Orienteering will be part of the 6th CISM Military World Games in South Korea in 2015. The competition programme has now been decided on.

24.04.2014 All WRE participants need an IOF ID
All athletes need a World Ranking (WR) ID when they enter to World Ranking Events. If you are planning to participate in an World Ranking Event, but do not yet have a WR ID, please apply for one as soon as possible.

22.04.2014 Invitation to Sprint Relay Seminar in Italy
IOF Foot Orienteering Commission welcomes you to the International Seminar on Planning for Sprint Relay that will take place in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Trentino - Veneto in Italy.

22.04.2014 Two orienteering videos published
The IOF video that was used to promote orienteering at the SportAccord Convention is now available for watching on the IOF website. On the same page, also a video promoting ski orienteering can be watched.

22.04.2014 New IOF IT Service System will be up and running in November 2014
The IOF Council has taken the decision to sign a contract with the Swedish Orienteering Federation to create a new IOF IT Service System. The new system willl be based on the Eventor software owned by the Swedish federation and currently being used in Sweden, Norway, and Australia.

17.04.2014 More success for Volynska after The World Games
Nadiya Volynska in the European Championships relay. Photo: Erik Borg In the European Championships Sprint Nadiya Volynska won her first European or World Championships medal, but it was not her first international medal. “I got a medal at the middle distance at The World Games in Colombia last year. That was very big for my […]

17.04.2014 A good combination of old and new – Czech Republic
The Czech team after the relay. Photo: Erik Borg Two years ago Czech Republic won men’s World Championships relay in Switzerland. In the European Championships relay in Portugal the Czech were really satisfied with silver. “We have almost a completely new team. I am the only “old one” – the other two are the new […]

17.04.2014 Wyder got self-confidence
The victorious Swiss relay team at the finish line. Photo: Erik Borg After the first qualication races at the European Championships Judith Wyder started to perform very well. At the end, the Swiss became the most successful athlete of the Championships in Portugal. “It has been an incredible week”, she smiles.  In the relay she […]

17.04.2014 Bergman was strongest
Swedish joy at the finish. Photo: Erik Borg There was a huge battle for the victory on the last leg of the men’s relay, but one man was strongest of them all: Gustav Bergman. He saw Jan Prochazka from Czech Republic just behind him for the last kilometres.  “But he didn’t seem to come closer”, […]

16.04.2014 Antti Rusanen European Champion in TempO
TempO was for the first time an official format at the European Trail Orienteering Championships this year.

16.04.2014 Switzerland and Sweden win relays
The European Orienteering Championships relays took place today in sunny Palmela.

15.04.2014 Overnight leaders are TrailO champions
Jari Turto, Finland and Michael Johansson, Sweden are the Open and Paralympic class champions respectively at the end of Day 2 of the PreO competition in the European Trail Orienteering Championships.

15.04.2014 Hubmann: “I realised I had to concentrate”
After Daniel Hubmann had found the fourth control he changed his behaviour in the forest. And at the prize-giving he could climb to the highest position. The Swiss phantom lost about one minute in a mistake at the fourth control. “Then I realised I had to concentrate”, he says. The rest of the race was […]

15.04.2014 Lundanes back on track
Last season Olav Lundanes wasn’t very visible on the international scene. But in the Long distance today the Norwegian was just 25 seconds behind the gold winner. “It was a good race. I can’t really remember any mistakes except maybe some seconds and maybe a not so good route choice”, he says. The 26-year-old Norwegian […]

15.04.2014 Mironova: “I see I can be among the very best”
Svetlana Mironova has never done so well in an individual international race as on the Long distance today, but there is something that counts even more for her. “The victory at the relay at the European Championships two years ago counts more”, Svetlana says. But as an individual athlete today’s race was a step forward. […]

15.04.2014 Cat Taylor: “It’s a shock!”
Cat Taylor in the long distance race in Portugal. Photo: Erik Borg Catherine Taylor was running for being among the ten best, but the 24-year-old athlete achieved her biggest sports moment so far. She just wanted to perform well and she really did that. The very long course of 13.2 kilometres was finished in a […]

15.04.2014 Cath Taylor: “It’s a shock!”
Catherine Taylor was running for being among the ten best, but the 24-year-old athlete achieved her biggest sports moment so far. She just wanted to perform well and she really did that. The very long course of 13.2 kilometres was finished in a great way. “I don’t really know what to say! It’s of course […]

15.04.2014 Azerbaijan – “we’re just on the way”
Azerbaijan is taking part in the European Championships for the first time. The country’s “old and new” sport is on the way up. “At the World Championships we will have a big team”, Mirali Kazimov says. He is President of the orienteering federation in the country, and very keen and active in the work to […]

15.04.2014 Olympic Champion has found a new sport
42 years ago Jüri Tarmak high-jumped into the history of international sport, but now the Estonian’s main sport is with map and compass. “Orienteering is number one and athletics number two”, Jüri says. In Münich in 1972 the Estonian became Olympic Champion in high jump – as a member of the Soviet Union team. 42 […]

15.04.2014 Long distance final: second golds for Wyder and Hubmann
The European Championships Long distance final produced wins for Switzerland’s Judith Wyder (already Sprint champion) and Daniel Hubmann (Middle distance champion). Wyder won by more than 1½ minutes, whilst Hubmann’s victory was tighter – 25 seconds.

15.04.2014 Follow Long Distance final LIVE from 9 GMT – note the time!
European Orienteering Championships Long Distance final will take place today from 9 GMT on.

14.04.2014 Tight at the top in TrailO Championships
Full points and just 1 second difference at the timed controls; that was the situation at the top of the results board for the Open class after the first day of PreO today. Jari Turto, Finland has the smallest of advantages overnight over his fellow countryman Antti Rusanen. Michael Johansson, Sweden, leads the Paralympic class by a slightly bigger margin: 3 seconds!

14.04.2014 Payback time for Hubmann
In 2012 Daniel Hubmann missed the World Championships (WOC) on home ground due to injuries and surgery. Now he feels he is getting back to the good old level. In the Middle distance final today the Swiss star ran very fast and navigated perfectly. “It was a lot about running and pushing hard. The navigation […]

14.04.2014 Signe Søes: “not sure about the World Championships yet”
In the Middle distance final at the European Championships (EOC) Signe Søes had her biggest day as an orienteer so far, but whether she will be at the World Championships (WOC) this year is not decided for the young mother. The start list in the Middle final was based on the World Ranking, and Signe […]

14.04.2014 European Championships Middle distance final: great day for Danes and Swiss
Gold and silver for Denmark in the women’s race and for Switzerland in the men’s; Signe Søes and Daniel Hubmann both emerged victorious by 16 seconds at the end of two thrilling races.

14.04.2014 JWOC Guidelines updated
IOF Foot Orienteering Commission has updated the Guidelines for Junior World Orienteering Championships organisers.

14.04.2014 Fog delays first day of Trail Orienteering Championships
The TempO qualification competition of the European Trail Orienteering Championships on Sunday was delayed because of fog; it was simply not possible to see the controls from the viewing points

14.04.2014 The champion wasn’t sure he could start
Jonas Leandersson, European Sprint Orienteering Champion in 2012 and 2014. Photo: Erik Borg Jonas Leandersson got an illness in his throat on Tuesday. He had to skip the Middle distance qualification, but gave the Sprint qualification a try and got to the final. “I started in the Sprint qualification and my health didn’t get worse. […]

14.04.2014 Judith Wyder: “It’s good to have the extra pressure”
Judith Wyder after the victory in Sprint. Photo: Erik Borg For Judith Wyder it’s kind of a new world this season. The Swiss athlete is happy to be more responsible for her results. “Of course there is a change for us others in the team now that Simone (Niggli) has stopped her career”, Judith says. […]

13.04.2014 European sprint champions are Wyder and Leandersson
Judith Wyder, Switzerland and Jonas Leandersson, Sweden are the two new Sprint champions after closely-fought races in Portugal today. Wyder was fastest by just 2 seconds, whilst Leandersson had a more comfortable victory by 9 seconds in retaining his European Sprint title from 2012.

12.04.2014 Nicholas Simonin: “I had to move away”
Already as a youngster, Nicholas Simonin spent a year away from home. Now he has been living abroad for five years, just to do very well with map and compass. He’s the only one from Ireland who is in the Sprint or the Long final at the European Championships in Portugal. In the Middle distance, […]

12.04.2014 “This helps the sport to be better known”
João Figueiredo is happy to have all the best orienteers in the world on home ground, and that’s not only for getting tough competition. João has the Sprint as his main distance, and the fast Portuguese was number eight in one of the three heats and secured a safe place in the A-final. “I had […]

12.04.2014 Keren Ziv – making history
There is a new nation represented among the finalists in the women’s classes at the European Championships: an Israeli who likes to work hard over a long period, and that’s for sure a plus in the long final. “I have reached my goal. Now I will have a good final”, Keren Ziv says. She is […]

12.04.2014 Ursula Kadan – going for three times top 20
Ursula Kadan is better prepared than ever. The Austrian is hoping for new international steps forward in the coming days. “I want to be among the 20 best in all the three finals”, Ursula says. First it is the Sprint on Sunday evening in Pamela. Monday is the Middle distance day, and the last individual […]

12.04.2014 Italian team: important races on the route to home ground
For the Italians there’s no doubt what’s most important this year, but the World Cup and European Championships in Portugal is very important too. “There’s still time to make some changes resulting from what happens here”, Carlotta Scalet says. The Italian was 17th on the Long qualification and just got into Tuesday’s final. – What’s […]

12.04.2014 Swiss dominance in Sprint qualification
Swiss runners won four out of the six Sprint qualifying heats in the European Championships run today, and also took two second places in the women’s heats by just 2 seconds in each case.

11.04.2014 Emily Kemp: big decision ahead
Two years ago Emily Kemp became the first Canadian with a medal in the Junior World Championships. This year she is aiming for a new personal best as a senior, and an important decision is on the way. The 22-year-old Canadian is currently taking part in the World Cup in Portugal. Today she qualified for […]

11.04.2014 Even Alexandersson can get tired!
Tove Alexandersson is the “super-woman” who appears to be on top form the whole year, but even this Swede can have times when it’s a bit tougher. During the winter the 21-year-old athlete became both European Champion in ski orienteering and second-best overall in the World Cup. It’s just a month ago that the winter […]

11.04.2014 Second wins for Søes and Kerschbaumer
Signe Søes, Denmark and Gernot Kerschbaumer, Austria, won their qualification heats today in the European Orienteering Championships for the second day in succession. The Long distance qualification races took runners through forest with very varied runnability in the Palmela region of Portugal.

11.04.2014 Second wins for Søes and Gerschbaumer
Signe Søes, Denmark and Gernot Kerschbaumer, Austria, won their qualification heats today in the European Orienteering Championships for the second day in succession. The Long distance qualification races took runners through forest with very varied runnability in the Palmela region of Portugal.

11.04.2014 Correction: All start in Middle Distance final
After yesterday's European Orienteering Championships Middle distance qualification race there were several complaints about the controls.

11.04.2014 All men in Middle Distance final
After yesterday's European Orienteering Championships Middle distance qualification race there were several complaints about the controls.

10.04.2014 Middle distance qualification the first race at the European Championships
The European Orienteering Championships started with Middle Distance qualification in Portugal today.

10.04.2014 “You’re not going to stop!”
Thierry Gueorgiou is pretty sure that this European Championships will be his last as an athlete. But his team-mates are not so sure! The European Championships in Portugal, which also include the World Cup, started with the Middle distance qualification race. The race was organised close to the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 kilometres south of […]

10.04.2014 Jansson – “I have never given up hope”
For more than a year, Helena Jansson has spent much more time in water pools than in the forest. After the first race of the European Championships the Swede was smiling and very happy. “It’s so incredible to be back again”, Jansson says. “I love to take part and be in the team”. She has […]

09.04.2014 IOF and FISU signed the Collaboration Convention
The IOF and the International University Sports Federation (FISU) signed a Collaboration Convention today at the SportAccord Convention in Belek, Turkey.

09.04.2014 30 nations represented at European Championships
Competitors from 30 nations will be taking part in the European Orienteering Championships starting this week in Palmela, Portugal. 19 nations are represented at the European Trail Orienteering Championships being held at the same time and venue. These will be the most prestigious orienteering events ever held in Portugal.

09.04.2014 The World Games video channel
The International World Games Association (IWGA) has launched a video channel under the tag "Discover the World of Sports."

08.04.2014 Inside Orienteering 2/2014 now available
Second issue of this year's Inside Orienteering is available!

07.04.2014 Orienteering will be part of The World Games 2017
The International World Games Association just announced the sports that will be part of the official programme of The World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.

06.04.2014 World Cup, Spain: Middle distance wins for Eliasson and Kratov
Lena Eliasson, Sweden and Oleksandr Kratov, Ukraine were the winners of the third World Cup race of the season held in Murcia, Spain.

05.04.2014 Hana Dolezalova: “I don’t have time to feel pressure at the ETOC”
Hana Dolezalova returns to the country where, in 2010, she suffered a serious accident during the World MTB Orienteering Championships. She was back then injured for life and had no chance to come back to mountain bike orienteering. But now she is back. Always with the colours of the Czech Republic, her main goals seem to be to finish the race and say: “I'm satisfied!”

05.04.2014 Orienteering World Cup continues in Spain
Orienteering World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson took a convincing victory in the second race of the World Cup 2014.

04.04.2014 Procedure for WMTBOC Long distance start slot allocation published
The IOF Council has approved the revised procedure for allocating World MTB Orienteering Championships Long distance start slots.

04.04.2014 World Cup races in Spain this weekend
Spain is in the spotlight this weekend when two World Cup races will be held near Cehegín in the Murcia region of the country. Athletes from 23 nations will compete in a Long and a Middle Distance race.

02.04.2014 Check athlete information before first World Ranking Event
All athletes need a World Ranking (WR) ID when they enter to World Ranking Events. If you are planning to participate in an World Ranking Event, but do not yet have a WR ID, please apply for one as soon as possible.

01.04.2014 “Always good at orienteering but never good at running”
Our Athlete of April is an Orienteering World Champion, who, as he himself puts it "was always good at orienteering but never good at running". Last time he competed in foot orienteering was at the age of sixteen, since the courses started then to get longer and playing football started to take a lot of his time. So how come he is a multiple World Champion now?

30.03.2014 IOF World Ranking page up and running
The IOF World Ranking site is now launched!

28.03.2014 Uganda and Nepal new members of the IOF
Nepal Orienteering Federation and Uganda Orienteering Federation have been approved as new provisional IOF members at the IOF Council meeting in Helsinki today.

26.03.2014 Challenging race at the World Military Ski Orienteering Championships
Ski Orienteering had the priviledge to be part of the 52nd CISM World Military Ski Championships in Sodankylä, Finland. Countries had sent their best teams, and there were several world champions on the middle distance starting line.

25.03.2014 Athletes’ feedback from first Sprint Relay World Cup
The IOF Foot Orienteering Athletes' Commission collected  feedback from the athletes regarding the first-ever Sprint Relay World Cup race.

21.03.2014 IOF policy regarding Council members’ travels
The IOF Council members are nominated by their national federations and elected at the IOF General Assembly to serve a two-year period in the Council. The IOF policy is not to cover the meeting travel, accommodation, and meal costs of the IOF Council and Commission members, except for Athletes’ Commission members when invited to a […]

20.03.2014 IOF FootO Event Advisers’ clinic in Ottawa, Canada in April
The IOF Rules Commission will be organising an IOF Foot Orienteering Event Advisers' clinic in Ottawa, Canada in conjunction with NAOC 2014 Take Control Weekend.

20.03.2014 World Ranking Event Guidelines updated
The 2014 version of the IOF Guidelines for Orienteering World Ranking Events is now available on the IOF website.

20.03.2014 Growing interest in orienteering TV broadcasts
The Russian Orienteering Federation is the latest of our federations to confirm that they want to buy a full TV rights package of the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Italy in July, including the live coverage of all five finals.

19.03.2014 CISM World Military Ski Orienteering Championships coming up
The 52nd World Military Skiing Championships take place in Finland next week.

18.03.2014 Orienteering in Singapore – watch the video!
Orienteering is developing rapidly in Singapore, and we are looking forward to soon having a Singapore federation as an IOF member. For now, you can yourself take a look at one orienteering event organised in Singapore last year, Pulau Ubin Score O 2013: http://youtu.be/ycJS0pLlMhw

17.03.2014 Latvia a candidate to organise World Orienteering Championships 2018
The deadline for applications to organise World Orienteering Championships and World Trail Orienteering Championships 2018 was 15 March 2014. By the deadline, the IOF received an application from Latvia.

14.03.2014 Russian victories in Ski Orienteering World Cup final
Ski Orienteering World Cup 2013-2014 ended today with ultra long distance mass start event in Tyumen, Russia.

14.03.2014 Rules for new Orienteering World Ranking Scheme published
The IOF Council made a decision last October to change the IOF Orienteering World Ranking Scheme for season 2014. The rules for the new scheme, valid as of 1 January 2014, are now available on the IOF website.

14.03.2014 Follow Ski Orienteering World Cup Final live
IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup Final event, ultra long distance with mass start, takes place today in Tyumen, Russia. Follow the results and tracking live here: http://esoc2014.ru/live/

13.03.2014 The first ever EYMTBOC to be held in Portugal
The European Working Group (EWG) has appointed Portugal as the organiser of the first ever European Youth MTB Orienteering Championships (EYMTBOC) in 2015.

12.03.2014 Relay golds to Finland and Norway
European Ski Orienteering Championships ended today with Relay.

12.03.2014 Special thanks to Tyumen Region for excellent European Championships
IOF President Brian Porteous, Vladimir Yakushev, Governor of Tyumen Region, and Alexander Bliznevsky, Vice President of the Russian Orienteering Federation  IOF President Brian Porteous met with Vladimir Yakushev, Governor of Tyumen Region, yesterday to thank him for his Region’s major sponsorship of the European Ski Orienteering Championships and World Cup competitions held at the region’s […]

12.03.2014 Follow European Championships Relay LIVE from 7:30 GMT
European Ski Orienteering Championships in Tyumen, Russia, continue with Relay today. The mass starts take place at 7:35 GMT (8:35 CET) and 8:45 GMT.

11.03.2014 Alexandersson wins in summer and in winter – first gold to Barchukov
Tove Alexandersson has recovered from her bad day on Sunday, and what a recovery! She took a clear victory on the European Ski Orienteering championships Middle distance in Tyumen, Russia today. This makes her a World Cup event winner in both foot and ski orienteering - this year! She won earlier the Orienteering World Cup Opening Round in Turkey.

11.03.2014 European Championships Middle Distance today from 6:50 GMT
The competitions in Tyumen, Russia, continue today with Middle distance.

09.03.2014 Pesu and Belomazhev best on long distance
The European Ski Orienteering Championships Long Distance mass start race was dramatic to the end.

09.03.2014 Follow European Championships Long Distance LIVE from 5:00 GMT
European Ski Orienteering Championships in Tyumen, Russia, continue with Sprint today.

08.03.2014 Lamov and Hancikova Sprint European Champions
He has been on, or very near, the podium the whole season. Yesterday's race did not go according to the plans, so today was his turn to show at home what he can: Andrei Lamov dominated the men's Sprint race and took a victory by 5 seconds before the Finn Ville-Petteri Saarela.

08.03.2014 Follow European Championships Sprint LIVE from 8:20 GMT
European Ski Orienteering Championships in Tyumen, Russia, continue with Sprint today.

07.03.2014 European Ski Orienteering Championships: home victory in Mixed Sprint Relay
The Russian team of Vladimir Barchukov and Yuliya Tarasenko won the first event of the Championships being held near Tyumen in Russia, an exceptionally close-fought race in which 14 teams finished within 2 minutes. Bulgaria took silver and Sweden bronze.

07.03.2014 Tyumen is ready!
European Ski Orienteering Championships kick off today with Mixed Relay. The events can be followed live online on the ESOC website, and with either English or Russian commentary: http://esoc2014.ru/live/ When arriving to Tyumen, the athletes were surprised to find the huge and spectacular ski stadium, Pearl of Siberia. The hotels where the teams stay has […]

06.03.2014 Follow European Championships LIVE online!
The European Ski Orienteering Championships kick off with Mixed Relay on Friday in Tyumen, Russia. The organisers have secured high quality live TV broadcast from the events with English (and Russian, if you like) commentary.

05.03.2014 Portugal O’Meeting: almost 1700 participants
With almost 1700 participants, the Portugal O’ Meeting 2014 is over. On the only Long Distance course of the event week, Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou were the first to start… and the first to finish! The 19th edition of the Portugal O ‘Meeting, the most important event of the national regular calendar of Foot […]

05.03.2014 Climax of Ski Orienteering season in Russia
The European Ski Orienteering Championships, the pinnacle of this ski orienteering season, takes place near Tyumen in Russia starting on Friday and continuing throughout next week. 106 competitors from 17 nations will be taking part.

04.03.2014 Portugal O’ Meeting 2014: Maria’s Day!
Maria Magnusson was best on the super difficult middle distance course. Photo: Joaquim Margarido On a day where the sun, although lightly, visited Gouveia and the Portugal O ‘Meeting 2014, Maria Magnusson was the brightest star of the third stage of the event, interrupting a blistering series of triumphs of Simone Niggli. In the Men […]

03.03.2014 Evaluation of Sprint Relay in Turkey
The IOF Athletes’ Commission asks for feedback after the first Sprint Relay event in the Unofficial Sprint Relay World Cup 2014. All participants (athletes, coaches, officials) of the Sprint Relay in Antalya, Turkey, please fill in your feedback on this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FJH2g8WYjC8h87TmGKcea286LUZX1kXpW5Z24heNitk/viewform?edit_requested=true

03.03.2014 POM winners on Sunday: Gueorgiou, Niggli, Guerra and Madella
Remo Madella (to the right) was winner of Sunday’s trail orienteering event. Photo: Joaquim Margarido With the victories of Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou in today’s stage, came to the end the first half of the Portugal O ‘Meeting 2014. In the stage of Trail orienteering, Julio Guerra and Remo Madella were the big winners. […]

02.03.2014 Sweden victorious in Mixed Sprint Relay
The first race in the new unofficial World Cup in Sprint took place today, a Mixed Sprint Relay held in the town of Kemer, south of Antalya on the Turkish Mediterranean coast. The winning team was from Sweden with a 19-second lead over Denmark at the finish.

02.03.2014 Portugal O’ Meeting 2014: Gueorgiou and Niggli start best
It's now very difficult to find a title for the orienteering events in Portugal which does not include the names of Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou.

01.03.2014 Swiss and Swedish dominance in first World Cup round
The Swiss men and Swedish women were at the forefront in yesterday’s qualification races in the first World Cup event of the new season in Turkey, and their dominance was emphasised again today. In the top six, four of the men were Swiss and three of the women were Swedish. The winners were Daniel Hubmann and Tove Alexandersson.

01.03.2014 Athlete of March on the way to the top
From the junior who "ran faster than the map" to the senior who runs faster than everybody else - an amazing story of how the Spanish orienteer Andreu Blanes climbs to the top of the orienteering world!

28.02.2014 World Cup Opening Round in Turkey: qualification race
Orienteering World Cup 2014 kicked off in Antalya, Turkey today.

28.02.2014 6th CISM Military World Games in Korea in 2015
The 6th edition of the CISM Military World Games will take place in October 2015 in Mungyeong, Korea. The orienteering department of CISM has visited the site, and the reports from the visits, as well as many interesting photos, can be found on the CISM Orienteering page: http://cism-orienteering.com/?page_id=20

27.02.2014 Ski orienteering on TV in Turkey
Orienteering is in a strong tail wind in Turkey! The country hosts its first major IOF Event this weekend, when the Orienteering World Cup Round 1 takes place in Antalya. In addition, the first-ever Turkish Ski Orienteering World Ranking Events were held a couple of weeks ago. Now ski orienteering has even made it on TV in Turkey.

26.02.2014 Turkey hosts World Cup opener
A new landmark in the growth of orienteering in Turkey will be set this weekend with the country hosting its first-ever World Cup event in any discipline. Twenty nations will be represented in a two-day World Cup Middle distance Qualification and Final competition, followed on Sunday by a Mixed Sprint Relay, the first race in the unofficial Sprint World Cup.

25.02.2014 Webinar: The Future of International Federations’ Media Rights Strategies
IOF President Brian Porteous will be one of the speakers at a webinar organised by the SportAccord Convention and SportBusiness this afternoon at 15 GMT.

24.02.2014 World Masters in ski orienteering
The World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships were held alongside the Junior World and European Youth Championships in Estonia last week.

24.02.2014 Gueorgiou and Niggli winners of the long distance WRE in Portugal
Held last weekend in the municipalities of Satão and Aguiar da Beira, in the central part of Portugal, the third edition of the Mediterranean Championships in Orienteering, and Orienteering World Ranking Event competitions, finished in the best way. In the final stage, a top level Long Distance World Ranking Event (WRE), Simone Niggli and Thierry […]

24.02.2014 Gueorgiou and Niggli winners of 3rd Mediterranean Championships in Orienteering
Held laste weekend in the municipalities of Satão and Aguiar da Beira, in the central part of Portugal, the third edition of the Mediterranean Championships in Orienteering finished in the best way. In the final stage, a top level Long Distance World Ranking Event (WRE), Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou won again, repeating the victories […]

23.02.2014 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: relay golds for Sweden and Finland
The strong favourites Sweden won the women’s relay today by a margin of almost 5 minutes, whilst the men’s relay was won by Finland by an even bigger margin, more than 7½ minutes. The Finns showed strength in depth, with their second team finishing second in the race.

22.02.2014 Mediterranean Championships Sprint
The third edition of the Mediterranean Championships in Orienteering proceeded yesterday in Aguiar da Beira. In the Sprint course, the Spanish fury was well present, with the “bomb kids”, Andreu Blanes and Antonio Martinez, who took the top two positions. In the women’s elite class,  Galina Vinogradova was the winner. After two stages, the Spain […]

22.02.2014 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: double Russian gold in Sprint
Russian athletes were placed first in both women’s and men’s classes in the Sprint today, the winners being Liubov Balandina and Sergey Shalin. In the European Youth Championships, Russians again took both gold medals.

20.02.2014 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: repeat win for Finland’s Tuomala
The second competition day of the Championships featured the Long distance race, in three loops with a mass start. Misa Tuomala, Finland won the men’s race for the second year in succession, but by only 3 seconds in a thrilling finish. In the women’s race it was success for Evelina Wickbom, Sweden who enjoyed a comfortable victory over her compatriot Frida Sandberg.

19.02.2014 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: good start for Frida Sandberg
Last year in Latvia, Frida Sandberg from Sweden won all the individual women’s gold medals in the Junior World SkiO Championships. This year, still a junior, she has set her stall out again with a clear win at Middle distance, the first race in the 2014 Championships in Estonia. Jonas Madslien Bakken, Norway, second at this distance last year, won the men’s gold.

18.02.2014 First deadline for World Masters (Brazil) entries approaching
The early bird dealine for entries to the World Masters Orienteering Championships to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1-8 November, is 20 February.

14.02.2014 First ever Ski Orienteering World Ranking Event in Turkey
The first ever Turkish Ski Orienteering World Ranking Event was held yesterday at a new ski resort Ergan at Erzincan, Turkey.

14.02.2014 World Cup Special Rules updated
The information about overall World Cup prize money was missing in the World Cup Special Rules, and it has now been added there.

14.02.2014 New terrains for Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships in Estonia
As there is unfortunately no snow in Põlva, Estonia, the organising committee of the Junior World Championships and World Masters Championships has decided to move the competitions to Pannjärve, in Ida-Virumaa county, approx. 180 km from Põlva.

14.02.2014 Inside Orienteering 1/2014: World Masters terrains in Brazil, TV production of Ski Orienteering, and more!
This year's first issue of Inside Orienteering has been published. Senior Event Adviser Oivind Holt tells about the Brazilian terrains that wait for the World Masters, and you can read more about the huge work the Russian organisers of European Ski Orienteering Championships are doing to guarantee top-quality TV broadcast from the events in Tyumen in March.

13.02.2014 Deadline for WOC, WSOC and WTOC applications extended
The IOF Council has decided to extend the deadline for World Orienteering Championships 2018, World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 and World Trail Orienteering Championships 2017 and 2018 applications.

06.02.2014 WMTBOC Long distance qualification system under revision
The IOF is currently revising the qualification system for the World MTB Orienteering Championship Long distance final. The main motivation for the revision is that the old system does not allow the flexibility to allocate start slots to quickly developing overseas nations that are unable to take part in the World Championships every year.

05.02.2014 Start lists for WREs in early 2014 based on season 2013 final standings
The IOF is in the process of developing a new World Ranking system. In the meanwhile, all Foot Orienteering World Ranking Events will use the official IOF World Ranking List as at 31 December 2013 as the basis for start lists.

05.02.2014 Provisional approval for Emit Touch Free Punching System in MTBO
The IOF Council has decided to grant provisional approval for the use of Emit Touch Free Punching System in MTB Orienteering World Ranking Events.

04.02.2014 Team sizes not limited to 7+7 at the WOC 2014
Due to the IOF Council's decision in October 2013 to remove the limitations for team sizes (number of athletes) for World Orienteering Championships, which has subsequently been implemented into the updated IOF Competition Rules valid from 1 Jan 2014, the WOC 2014 organiser has decided to accept entries in excess of the 7+7, a limit which was stated in Bulletin 2.

04.02.2014 World Masters Orienteering Championships first entry deadline approaching
The early bird deadline for the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014 to be held 1-8 November in Porto Alegre, Brazil, is 20 February.

01.02.2014 Athlete of February aiming for a perfect race
Daisy Kudre, our Athlete of February 2014, is a 20-year-old ski orienteer who won the first ever Estonian individual medal at the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships last year.

31.01.2014 Six on the podium in the World Championships and some small other updates to the Protocol Guide
As announced at the Joint Meeting of the IOF Council and Commissions, and consequently on the IOF Twitter and Facebook pages, the IOF Council has decided, after listening to the IOF Athletes' Commissions, to go back to having six athletes on the podium in most medal ceremonies.

30.01.2014 Guidelines for World Masters Orienteering Championships updated
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission has published an updated version of the Guidelines for World Masters Orienteering Championships document.

29.01.2014 Official Sprint Relay World Cup in 2015
The IOF Council has decided to make Sprint Relay an official part of World Cup 2015 in their recent meeting in Helsinki. The overall programme  for World Cup 2015 was also confirmed.

28.01.2014 Updated Technical Guidelines for Elite Trail Orienteering published
The IOF Trail Orienteering Commission has published an updated version of the IOF Technical Guidelines for Elite Trail Orienteering. The first version of the Guidelines was published in 2009.

28.01.2014 Several applications to host IOF major events
The IOF has received several major event applications for the 1 January 2014 deadline.

27.01.2014 First version of Guidelines for Course Planning published
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission has published a first version of Guidelines for Course Planning - World Class Events. This document addresses the challenges of course planning in the modern environment and gives guidance on how to create best possible courses by listening to the needs of the most important customers: athletes, coaches, spectators and media.

27.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Rvacheva and Alexandersson in tight battle
It’s tight at the top of the women’s World Cup standings at the end of the second round: Tatyana Rvacheva, Russia leads Tove Alexandersson, Sweden by just 5 points. The battle between these two will be resumed at the European Championships – the World Cup’s third round – in Russia in March.

26.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: double Swedish success in Long distance
It was Sweden first and second in both the women’s and men’s races over Long distance, the final races of this World Cup round. Winners were Tove Alexandersson by 1.08 and Erik Rost by 25 seconds.

25.01.2014 Vote for an orienteer – the best athlete of The World Games 2013
The International World Games Association hasan online voting to find the best athlete of The World Games 2013 held in Cali, Colombia. They have shortlisted 10 athletes, amongst them one orienteer: the triple World Games winner Matthias Kyburz (SUI).

25.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Relay wins for Russia and Sweden
In two well-fought relay races at Orsa Grönklitt in Sweden, Russia won the women’s race, 38 seconds ahead of Sweden at the finish. The order was reversed in the men’s relay with Russia behind Sweden by 56 seconds.

23.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Bulgarian victory after chasing start
Today’s race was in two parts: a Sprint prologue in the morning followed by a chasing start shortened Middle distance in the afternoon. In the men’s race this afternoon Stanimir Belomazhev, Bulgaria came through from eighth position and 25 seconds down to take the win in a thrilling sprint finish. Tove Alexandersson was able to hang on to her lead to win the women’s race.

23.01.2014 Alexandersson and Lamov lead after Sprint prologue
Fastest in the Sprint prologue this morning were Tove Alexandersson SWE, with an impressive 35-second lead over Sonja Mörsky FIN, and Andrey Lamov RUS, who was 9 seconds faster than his compatriot Kirill Veselov.

22.01.2014 IOF FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Tallinn, Estonia
The IOF Rules Commission will be organise an IOF Event Advisers’ Clinic in Tallinn, Estonia during 22-23 March 2014. The clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers.

22.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Lamov continues in winning form
It was a Russian double in the first World Cup race over Middle distance at Orsa Grönklitt, Sweden today. Tatyana Rvacheva got the better of home athlete Tove Alexandersson with a 56-second victory in the women’s race, whilst in the men’s it was another win for Andrey Lamov, this time by 30 seconds over Hans Jørgen Kvåle, Norway.

21.01.2014 IOF MTBO Event Advisers clinic in Bornholm, Denmark
The IOF MTB Orienteering Commission will be organising an IOF Event Advisers' and Organisers' Clinic in Bornholm, Denmark during 13-14 April 2014, in conjunction with the Danish MTBO Camp. The clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed MTB Orienteering Event Advisers and the education of MTBO organisers.

21.01.2014 Buy live TV broadcast from European Ski Orienteering Championships
There will be live TV broadcasting from the  European Ski Orienteering Championships in Tyumen, Russia. The races to be broadcast are: Mixed Relay on March 7, Sprint on March 8, Long Distance on March 9 and Relay on March 12.

19.01.2014 Rvacheva and Lamov head World Cup standings
After 5 of the 12 individual races in this season’s Ski Orienteering World Cup, Tatyana Rvacheva, Russia continues to lead the standings despite being beaten in both of the races in Norway this weekend. She is ahead of Tove Alexandersson by 20 points. There is then a big gap of 70 points down to third-placed […]

19.01.2014 Tove – “One more winter of SkiO”
Tove Alexandersson has now found her flow with map and skis, and won both World Cup races in Norway. The remarkable Swede, who tops the ranking lists in both winter and summer, has foot orienteering as her main sport, but she wants to continue competing the whole year. “At least I want to go for […]

19.01.2014 “At ESOC I hope to be in better shape”
Andrey Lamov won both races in Norway, and showed impressive speed in the forests close to where WSOC will be next winter. – Can you do better than this at ESOC later in the winter – at home in Russia? “Yes, I hope so”, Lamov smiles. Now he has four more important races this week. […]

19.01.2014 “We will not take all at ESOC!”
Four of the six podium places were occupied by Russians in the fifth individual race of the World Cup. But they are not at all complacent ahead of the European Championships on home ground later this winter. Head coach Alexander Bliznevsky was of course very satisfied with the results in Norway, but when he is […]

19.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: repeat wins for Alexandersson and Lamov
In today’s Sprint race at Hamar, Norway, Tove Alexandersson and Andrey Lamov took victory for the second day in succession. Alexandersson showed strength and accuracy in the latter part of the course to come up to win by 9 seconds, whilst Lamov, fastest throughout, won by 14 seconds.

18.01.2014 Lamov in front of everyone
Andrey Lamov had a super race in the first of the two World Cup races in Norway this weekend. “I felt in very good shape”, the Russian smiles. There were three loops in this Middle distance mass start race. Already at the first of the two map exchanges the Russian was in the lead. “I […]

18.01.2014 “I try to avoid hearing messages”
Tove Alexandersson was well down on the lead when passing the finish arena, after almost half the course of the fourth individual race in this year’s World Cup, but the Swede could smile at the end. After 3.7 km of the 8.2 kilometre course with mass start at Gåsbu, close to Hamar, in Norway, Tove […]

18.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: first win for Alexandersson, second for Lamov
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden enjoyed her first success in this season’s World Cup in the mass start Middle distance race today, the first race in the Cup’s second round. The Russian Andrey Lamov, leader in the World Cup standings, won the men’s race after being in front throughout.

17.01.2014 Ski Orienteering European and World Masters Championships to Switzerland
The IOF Council has awarded the European Ski Orienteering Championships and the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships 2015 to Switzerland.

17.01.2014 Live TV from World Orienteering Championships 2014
There will be live TV coverage of all - or almost all - the 2014 World Orienteering Championships finals in July in Italy. The broadcasts will be produced by Gearbox Production Company with the renowned Czech TV producer Karel Jonak.

16.01.2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup: upcoming races in Norway and Sweden
The second round of the 2013-2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup uses two venues – Hamar in Norway, where the World Ski Orienteering Championships will be held in 2015, and Orsa Grönklitt in Sweden. There are six races in all, two in Norway and four in Sweden.

14.01.2014 New World Ranking: gender equity, world wide awareness, high level events
The World Ranking scheme for foot orienteering was changed for 2014. Read about the background here!

10.01.2014 Olympic medal hope designed WUOC medals
There are 213 days remaining before the World University Orienteering Championships 2014 in the Czech Republic will be officially opened. It is still quite a long time, but some activities need to be prepared in advance. One of these activities is designing the medals that will be awarded to the best competitors in the five […]

08.01.2014 SkiO World Cup Events 7 and 8 to be moved to Orsa Grönklitt
The organiser of Ski Orienteering World Cup Round 2 events in Sweden has decided to move events 7 and 8 from Mora to Orsa Grönklitt due to the lack of snow. All Swedish events will now be held in Orsa Grönklitt. The organiser has confirmed that the event programme will stay similar to the one published in bulletin 3.

08.01.2014 Vote for the best athlete of The World Games
The International World Games Association has opened an online voting to find the best athlete of The World Games 2013 held in Cali, Colombia. They have shortlisted 10 athletes, amongst them one orienteer: the triple World Games winner Matthias Kyburz (SUI).

07.01.2014 Updated WADA Prohibited List
The 2014 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods took effect on January 1, 2014.

06.01.2014 Big interest for the IOF High Level Event Seminar in Sweden
The IOF High Level Event Seminar, also known as the “HLES”, will set a new participation record this year.

03.01.2014 IOF World Ranking system
The IOF is in the process of commissioning a new service provider for the IOF World Rankings in all disciplines.

02.01.2014 National quotas for Orienteering World Cup 2014
The national quotas for Orienteering World Cup 2014 competitions 1-3, 7-9 and 13 have been determined. The federations getting eight places in the men's class will be Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic and Great Britain. The federations with 8 places in women's class will be Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Czech Republic and Russia.

01.01.2014 Dedicated to becoming the best in the World
Our Athlete of January, Hans Jørgen Kvåle, is an extraordinary athlete in many ways. Despite his young age he has managed both to establish his position in the top of the ski orienteering world, and lead the IOF Ski Orienteering Athletes' Commission successfully.

30.12.2013 Special Rules regarding WOC qualification published
Special Rules regarding World Orienteering Championships Middle and Long distance qualification and the point calculations related to the World Orienteering Championships 2014 team allocations are now available.

20.12.2013 Mozambique, World Masters in Brazil – Inside Orienteering 6/2013 is published
The last issue of this year's Inside Orienteering has been published.

19.12.2013 IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic to be organised in Mora
The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission will be organising an IOF Ski Orienteering Event Advisers' and organisers' clinic in Mora, Sweden on 21-23 January in conjunction with Ski Orienteering World Cup Round 2.

19.12.2013 Orienteering World 2013: Simone’s story and much more
This year's edition of the IOF magazine Orienteering World is now available online. Read Sverker Tirén's in-depth article about the Queen of Orienteering, Simone Niggli, and find a photo of her that has never before been published!

09.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Russians top points tables
The Russians Tatyana Rvacheva and Andrei Lamov head the individual standings at the end of the first round of the World Cup. Russia is also the strongest team overall in the Nations competition.

08.12.2013 The Orienteering Achievement of 2013
13 athletes and 3 teams - from 13 different countries - are nominated for the annual poll to find the most impressive achievements in international orienteering.

08.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Norwegian triumph in men’s Sprint
One second was the margin for Lars Moholdt, Norway in victory over Andrey Lamov, Russia in the men’s Sprint, the final competition of the World Cup first round at Ylläs, Finland. In the women’s class it was a clean sweep in all individual distances for Russia’s Tatyana Rvacheva; her win today was by two seconds ahead of Tove Alexandersson, Sweden.

07.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: Rvacheva victorious again
Tatyana Rvacheva, Russia tasted victory for the second time in two days when she won the replacement Middle distance race today by the impressive margin of 37 seconds. Her compatriot Andrey Lamov won the men’s race by 21 seconds.

06.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: second win for Tunis
Home athlete Staffan Tunis gained his second win of the World Cup round in the mass start Long distance race at Ylläs, Finland today, but took the lead only in the last kilometre of the 24.0 km course. The women’s race was won by Tatyana Rvacheva, Russia who led throughout.

05.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: home win in Mixed Sprint Relay
The first relay event of the 2013-14 World Cup, being held at Ylläs, Finland, ended with a convincing victory for the Finnish team of Milka Leppäsalmi and Steffan Tunis. They finished 13 seconds in front of Sweden, with Russia third.

05.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: A replacement Middle distance event to be organised on Saturday
The organisers of the Ski Orienteering World Cup 2013-2014 Round 1 in Ylläs, Finland will be staging a replacement Middle distance event on Saturday 7 December, after the results of the Tuesday event had to be declared void.

05.12.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup: First individual race declared void
A serious problem with the batch of electronic punching devices used by competitors in the first World Cup race at Ylläs, Finland, an individual race over Middle distance, resulted in the race being declared void.

02.12.2013 “In orienteering there is no limit to how much you can improve”
Our Athlete of December is a mountain bike orienteer with a short but impressive career so far - and with so much more to come in the next years!

01.12.2013 Early start for Ski Orienteering World Cup
The first round of the 2013-2014 Ski Orienteering World Cup, consisting of four races at the ski resort Ylläs in the Kolari region of Finland, starts on Wednesday 4th December.

28.11.2013 Reminder: The IOF seeks a service provider for web-based IT service for managing events
Several national federations have developed web-based IT services for managing events, entries, results and reporting. These services have made competition organising more efficient and of better quality.

The IOF has decided to investigate the possibility to purchase similar services, based on the requirements identified by the IOF.

27.11.2013 Embargoed areas for World Orienteering Championships 2017 published
The Estonian Orienteering Federation has published the embargoed areas for the World Orienteering Championships 2017.

26.11.2013 Two new members to Ski Orienteering Athletes’ Commission
As Eduard Khrennikov (RUS) has decided to retire from the IOF Ski Orienteering Athletes' Commission, the Commission has appointed two new members to replace him: Tatiana Rvacheva (née Kozlova), Russia, and Klaus Csucs, Romania.

22.11.2013 MTBO World Ranking Event calendar 2014 published
The calendar of MTB Orienteering World Ranking Events to be organised in the year 2014 is now available.

21.11.2013 Ski Orienteering Special Rules published
The IOF Council has approved Special Rules for Ski Orienteering World Ranking Events and the start allocation method to be used at World Ski Orienteering Championships, Regional Ski Orienteering Championships and Ski Orienteering World Cup.

15.11.2013 Follow the IOF on Twitter
The IOF can now be followed, in addition to the RSS feed from the website, and Facebook, also on Twitter.

15.11.2013 New World Anti-Doping Code approved
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board has at its meeting this morning approved the new World Anti-Doping Code.

12.11.2013 Applications invited for IOF foot, MTB and trail orienteering events 2016-2018
The IOF invites all member federations to submit applications to organise IOF foot, MTB and trail orienteering events in the years 2016–2018. The applications must reach the IOF Office by 1 January 2014.

12.11.2013 Ski Orienteering in Winter Universiade 2019
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has awarded the Winter Universiade 2019 to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and at the same time confirmed that ski orienteering will be one of the sports in Krasnoyarsk.

07.11.2013 World Cup 2014 Special Rules available
The IOF Council has approved the Special Rules for World Cup 2014. The main change in the Special Rules is that all competitions will count for the overall World Cup standings. World Cup 2014 will consist of 14 competitions and 5 rounds.

06.11.2013 Invitation to IOF High Level Event Seminar 2014 published
The IOF, in cooperation with the Swedish Orienteering Federation, is pleased to invite you to the IOF High Level Event Seminar 2014 to be held 1-2 February in Gothenburg, Sweden.

05.11.2013 Provisional approval for SportIdent Air+ punching system
The IOF has decided to provisionally approve the use of SportIdent Air+ punching system at foot, MTB and ski orienteering World Ranking Events.

05.11.2013 SkiO World Ranking Event calendar published
The calendar of Ski Orienteering World Ranking Events for season 2013-2014 is now available.

04.11.2013 No more “zero points” World Ranking Events
As the new World Ranking system comes into effect on January 1, 2014, one of the major changes is that there will no longer be any races where the competitors do not score points.

01.11.2013 The IOF seeks a service provider for web-based IT service for managing events
Several national federations have developed web-based IT services for managing events, entries, results and reporting. These services have made competition organising more efficient and of better quality. The IOF has decided to investigate the possibility to purchase similar services, based on the requirements identified by the IOF.

01.11.2013 Orienteering World Ranking system will change in 2014
The IOF Council has decided to change the World Ranking system for foot orienteering from the beginning of 2014.

01.11.2013 With four coaches to the Ski Orienteering top
Who is Tatiana Rvacheva? is the first question for many people reading this article.

Well, she is the reigning European Ski Orienteering Champion in Sprint and Long distance, as well as in Relay. And our Athlete of November.

31.10.2013 New Competition Rules published
New editions of the IOF Competition Rules for all four disciplines are now available. The new rules for ski orienteering will be valid from 1 December 2013 while the rules for foot, MTB and trail orienteering will be valid from 1 January 2014.

31.10.2013 Elite Coaching Clinic in December in Hong Kong
The IOF and the Orienteering Association of Hong Kong organise an IOF Elite Coaching Clinic for Asia Region on 6-9 December 2013.

31.10.2013 Applications invited for IOF ski orienteering events 2015-2017
The IOF invites all member federations to submit applications to organise the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017, Ski Orienteering World Cup 2015-2016, Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2016 and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships 2016.

29.10.2013 IOF High Level Event Seminar to be held in Sweden
The IOF, in cooperation with the Swedish Orienteering Federation, is pleased to announce the IOF High Level Event Seminar to be held 1-2 February in Gothenburg, Sweden.

28.10.2013 European Youth Orienteering Championships in sunny Portugal
The European Youth Orienteering Championships took place in Portugal 24-27 October. Altogether 362 athletes from 32 countries participated in the events in classes W/M 16 and 18.

25.10.2013 Asian Junior Orienteering Camp 2013
In 2008, the 1st Asian Orienteering Junior Training Camp was successfully held in Hong Kong. Over 30 junior orienteers from China, Japan and Hong Kong took part. Following this success, an orienteering training camp intended for Asian juniors is scheduled to be held in Hong Kong from 24 to 28 December 2013.

19.10.2013 MTB Orienteering organisers appointed
The Council has appointed Portugal organiser of World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships and Junior World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2016, and World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships 2015.

19.10.2013 Estonia appointed organiser of World Orienteering Championships 2017
World Orienteering Championships 2017 have been awarded to Estonia. This is the first time ever Estonia organises World Orienteering Championships.

18.10.2013 Iran IOF member nr 76
The IOF Council has at its meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, this morning approved Iran as an IOF member.

15.10.2013 Matthias’ final World Cup race
Since 2004 Matthias Merz has been one of the very best orienteers in the world. From now on, however, he is no longer aiming at individual international success.

14.10.2013 Annika Billstam’s next route choice
Last week was special for Annika Billstam in several ways: She was again among the three best in the Orienteering World Cup overall – but she also started to work full time! The 37-year-old Swede became World Champion on the long distance in 2011. This weekend she finished a new great international season with being […]

14.10.2013 Return for relay in World Cup
For some years now there haven’t been any relays in the Orienteering World Cup, but next year this will change. Mixed sprint relay races will be organised in conjunction with many of the World Cup events, and of course at the World Orienteering Championships.  “It will be a unofficial World Cup”, Göran Andersson from the […]

13.10.2013 MTB Orienteering World Cup: Czech Republic wins mixed relay, Finland takes overall crown
The Czech Republic was a convincing winner of the final race in the 2013 World Cup – a mixed relay for teams of three riders in semi-urban terrain. Last leg rider Kryštof Bogar came to the finish 3.54 ahead of the second-placed team, Russia. Finland, with a team placed third in the race today, takes victory in the overall standings.

12.10.2013 MTB Orienteering World Cup: overall wins for Hara and Foliforov
Today’s Long distance race was the last individual race in the World Cup calendar, and it was a success day in particular for Anton Foliforov, Russia and Marika Hara, Finland, both of whom did well enough today to claim overall victory, even though neither of them was victorious on the day.

11.10.2013 MTB Orienteering World Cup: Russian double in Middle race
Olga Vinogradova and Anton Foliforov from Russia were the winners of today’s Middle distance race in the final round of the MTBO World Cup on a warm and sunny day at Grândola in south-west Portugal.

11.10.2013 Nadiya Volynska aims even higher
Nadiya Volynska finished third in the World Cup Final. Photo: Erik Borg Nadiya Volynska has had a great autumn. First she got a bronze medal at The World Games. Then she was third in the second last race in the World Cup.  The Ukraine has got the taste for podium places now.  “Now I want […]

11.10.2013 Nataliya Volynska aims even higher
Nadiya Volynska finished third in the World Cup Final. Photo: Erik Borg Nadia Volynska has had a great autumn. First she got a bronze medal at The World Games. Then she was third in the second last race in the World Cup.  The Ukraine has got the taste for podium places now.  “Now I want […]

11.10.2013 It is not all over for Simone yet
Simone Niggli finishing her last World Cup race. Photo: Erik Borg It was a special moment in the centre of Baden, Switzerland. For years the smiling Swiss girl has been the brightest star in international orienteering. And now it was all over. Or was it? All the female athletes met up in the finish field after Simone […]

11.10.2013 Estonia applies to organise World Orienteering Championships 2017
The Estonian Orienteering Federation submitted an application to organise the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2017.

10.10.2013 Tove is looking forward to Italy 2014
Tove Alexandersson did not succeed in holding the first place in the overall World Cup to the end. Now she is preparing herself for new goals. From the World Cup Final in Switzerland the Swedish star travelled directly to Italy. On holiday perhaps? Not at all. Tove is looking forward to the upcoming World Championships […]

10.10.2013 Mountain bike elite gather in Portugal
The third and final round of the MTB Orienteering World Cup takes place this weekend in the Alentejana Region in the south-west of Portugal. Riders from 19 nations will compete in Middle and Long distance individual races and a mixed relay. The World Masters Championships will also be held here.

10.10.2013 Bertuks’ exciting autumn
Edgars Bertuks at the World Cup Final in Baden, Switzerland. Photo: Erik Borg Edgars Bertuks is next year heading for the goal he didn’t manage to reach this year. But before that, something big is coming up for the Latvian. Edgars finished the World Cup as number 41 totally, but he had not taken part […]

09.10.2013 Draft rules and instructions for PreO Relay published
The IOF Trail Orienteering Commission has published a document that cointains instructions on how to organise a PreO relay, and draft rules for a PreO relay.

09.10.2013 An interview with Morihiro Horie
Morihiro Horie has been the leading ski orienteer in Japan for 11 consecutive years, but he is also concurrently working full-time for Arc Communications. This interview has been first published on Arc Communications’ homepage. Arc Communications president and CEO Mariko Ohsato is also a ski orienteer –with an even longer experience than Mr. Horie– and […]

09.10.2013 Council meeting coming up
The IOF Council will meet in Prague, Czech Republic, next week.

09.10.2013 Lars Jakob Waaler winner of the unofficial European Cup in TrailO 2013
The last two events of the unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO) took place in a rainy Plitvička Jezera, Croatia. Lars Jakob Waaler from Norway was in a clear lead before these two competitions. The only one who could threaten him was his compatriot Martin Jullum. To win the overall Cup Jullum would have to win both competitions in Croatia, and Lars Jakob would have to finish 7th or worse.

08.10.2013 Minnas’ decision about the future
For Minna Kauppi the World Orienteering Championships on homeground were the main goal for the season. In the last World Cup races she didn’t perform as well as earlier. What will happen now? Will she have the motivation to continue another year? The nine-fold World Champion had planned to get to celebrate gold at the […]

06.10.2013 Kyburz: “Great to win again”
Matthias Kyburz won the World Cup overall for the second year in a row. He has stayed in top shape for the whole year, but maybe not at his best in some important weeks. “I felt hard competition from Daniel Hubmann and it is great to achieve it again”, he says. Last year he got […]

06.10.2013 Simone honoured by Swiss President
The three best in the Women’s Overall World Cup: 2. Tove Alexandersson, 1. Simone Niggli, and 3. Annika Billstam. Photo: Erik Borg Simone Niggli is one of the biggest sports names in Switzerland. The country’s President came to her last competition on the international scene. In the centre of Baden, 30 kilometres north-west of Zurich, […]

06.10.2013 Simone honoured by the President
Simone Niggli is one of the biggest sports names in Switzerland. The country’s President came to her last competition on the international scene. In the centre of Baden, 30 kilometres north-west of Zurich, it ended as it very often has ended since 2001 in international orienteering. Simone won, and smiled. With this victory in the […]

06.10.2013 World Cup: Niggli and Kyburz take final honours
Simone Niggli achieved her season’s final goal today – winning the Sprint in Baden and also the World Cup overall. Tove Alexandersson, who needed to finish second to remain ahead if Simone won, could only manage fourth place. Matthias Kyburz, leader in the men’s standings before today, rounded off a superb season in style with a resounding victory.

05.10.2013 Daniel Hubmann – “I have no plans for stopping”
Three of Switzerland’s stars with map and compass are stopping their orienteering careers this autumn, but there is one who has no plans for quitting. Daniel Hubmann is simply looking ahead. On the Middle distance he showed great strength and won a fresh World Cup victory. After a couple of years with injuries he is now […]

05.10.2013 Simone Niggli stops – but another Niggli carries on
Just a few days ago, Simone Niggli wrote on her website that she will not continue her career at top level. But her choice differs from that of husband Matthias. “I will go on for one more year”, says Matthias Niggli, who is Head Coach for the national team. “I feel satisfied with my choice. […]

05.10.2013 World Cup: another fine victory for Simone!
Simone Niggli achieved today what she wanted – a clear win in her final forest race at elite level. She was 1 minute and 37 seconds faster than her nearest rival on the day, Annika Billstam. The men’s race was dominated by the Swiss team who took the first five places, Daniel Hubmann winning by 26 seconds.

02.10.2013 WADA 2014 Prohibited List published
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2014 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods.

01.10.2013 From marathon runner to Sprint Orienteering World Champion
"I had never been so well prepared for an orienteering Championships before. For over a year before WOC I had orienteering fully in focus", says our Athlete of October, Mårten Boström, Finland. Focusing paid off, and he became the only Finn taking a gold medal at the home World Championships in Vuokatti this summer.

01.10.2013 World Cup final round this weekend
The fourth and final round of the World Cup takes place this weekend in and around Baden, Switzerland. There are two races, a Middle distance finishing in the town and the World Cup Final, a Sprint in the old town with its parks and castle which will be televised live on Swiss TV.

26.09.2013 Trail Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic in Portugal in October 2013
An IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic will be organised in Palmela, Portugal, 19-20 October 2013. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates.  

23.09.2013 Programme for the Unofficial European Cup in TrailO 2014
The Trail Orienteering Commission has decided on the programme for next year's unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering.

17.09.2013 Croatia to host the World Trail Orienteering Championships 2015
The IOF Council has appointed Croatia as the organiser of the 2015 World Trail Orienteering Championships. The competitions are planned to be held in the capital city, Zagreb.

12.09.2013 New categories and prizes in IOF World Cup starting from season 2014
The IOF Council has revised the categories and prizes for IOF World Cup. Changes will be implemented already for season 2014.

10.09.2013 IOF MTB Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic in Portugal in October
The IOF MTB Orienteering and Rules Commissions will be organising an IOF MTB Orienteering Event Advisers' and Organisers' Clinic in Grândola, Portugal, in conjuntion with MTB Orienteering World Cup and World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships 2013.

02.09.2013 MTB Orienteering World Cup standings: Thomasson and Erm hold narrow leads
With one round to go in the MTB Orienteering World Cup, the final outcome is very open in both women’s and men’s classes. Following last week’s World Championships, Cecilia Thomasson, Sweden leads the women’s standings and Tõnis Erm, Estonia the men’s.

02.09.2013 Winner in wheelchair – our Athlete of September
A vein that burst, the compression, some major nerve segments irreversibly damaged and the lower body getting paralysed. A new life in a wheelchair has just begun.

31.08.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships: Long distance titles to Finland and Czech Republic
Marika Hara, Finland won her third gold medal in successive races today, taking the Long distance title with a ride 2 minutes 53 seconds faster than her compatriot Susanna Laurila. The young Czech Krystof Bogar, riding in his first senior World Championships, won the men’s race by more than 3 minutes with Samuli Saarela, Finland in the silver medal position. Cedric Beill, France ended the week with 4 gold medals in the Junior Championships.

30.08.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships: Czech Republic’s first-ever relay victory
The always-strong Czech Republic team at last achieved a first-ever World Championship relay victory today, taking the men’s title ahead of Finland and Estonia with Russia in 4th place. The strong favourites for the women’s title, Finland, won comfortably in the end but got into the lead only on the last leg.

30.08.2013 CISM World Championships in Sweden
The CISM World Military Orienteering Championships take place in Eksjö, Sweden. The two individual distances, middle and long, have gathered an impressive startfield of 193 men and 58 women.

28.08.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships – second gold for Tõnis Erm
Home rider Tõnis Erm has clearly hit top form at just the right time; today he won his second gold medal in two days, winning the Middle distance race at Mõedaka in Estonia by 5 seconds. The very experienced Marika Hara, Finland, second in the IOF World Rankings before these Championships, took the women’s title.

27.08.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships: home victory in men’s sprint
Tõnis Erm was a popular winner of the first race of the championships, the sprint, held in Estonia today. His compatriot Lauri Malsroos also excelled himself by gaining the silver medal. Cecilia Thomasson, Sweden, won her first World Championships gold – she won the European Championships Long distance race earlier in the season.

27.08.2013 World MTBO Championships: home victory in men’s sprint
Tõnis Erm was a popular winner of the first race of the championships, the sprint, held in Estonia today. His compatriot Lauri Malsroos also excelled himself by gaining the silver medal. Cecilia Thomasson, Sweden, won her first World Championships gold – she won the European Championships Long distance race earlier in the season.

23.08.2013 Mountain bike orienteers head for Estonia
The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships at both senior and junior level take place this coming week in Estonia. 261 athletes from 26 nations will be taking part in the three individual races and the relay. Furthest travellers are from Australia, Japan and USA.

23.08.2013 Minutes from the annual meeting for orienteering federations in Europe
Minutes from the annual meeting for orienteering federations in Europe has been published on the Europe page on the IOF website.

21.08.2013 Unofficial Sprint Relay World Cup to be introduced in 2014
The IOF Council has approved the IOF Foot Orienteering Commission's proposal to introduce an unofficial Sprint Relay World Cup series in the year 2014. Sprint Relay will be part of the World Orienteering Championships programme for the first time in Italy next year and the new event format was decided to be tested in advance in conjunction with World Cup 2014.

20.08.2013 Orienteering World Cup Final sprint to be broadcast live
The sprint race of the Orienteering World Cup Final on 6 October 2013 in Baden, Switzerland, will be broadcast live by Swiss national TV, with the same production team as at the World Orienteering Championships 2012.

11.08.2013 World Masters Orienteering Championships: seven win double gold
Seven of the Sprint gold medallists from earlier in the week, three women and four men, repeated the feat in the Long distance finals held on a hot day in Sagna Longa in the Italian Alps. One of these was M35 Petteri Muukkonen, Finland who achieved the same results in 2012 as well.

08.08.2013 Ski orienteering special rules documents published
Special rules for Ski Orienteering World Cup 2013-2014 and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships 2014 are now available.

08.08.2013 The unbeatable feeling – Athlete of August
Cecilia Thomasson got her break through in MTB orienteering in June, when she became European Champion in long distance. But who is she, and where did she come from to the MTBO world? Find out this and more in Athlete of the Month!

06.08.2013 First WMOC medals decided in the urban Sprint in Sestriere
The first final of the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2013, Sprint, took place yesterday in Italy at the heart of the Olympic Mountains. The competitors fought over medals in the narrow streets and small parks of Sestriere village located 2000 m above sea level and only 17 km from the French boarder.

05.08.2013 Press release from WOC 2015 organiser
"We are pleased to announce that subject to final agreements with landowners and other bodies that Darnaway and Glen Affric will be used to stage Long, Middle and Relay World Orienteering Championships races in 2015. Forres and Nairn will be used to stage the Sprint Relay, Sprint Qualifiers and Sprint Final. [...]"

05.08.2013 Impressive gold for Switzerland – Kyburz King of the Games
As the first orienteer ever, Matthias Kyburz has won three World Games champion titles in one year. The last one he got with the help of his team mates – but he was without a doubt contributing a lot to the victory.

04.08.2013 Follow the mixed sprint relay live
The World Games orienteering events conclude today with Sprint relay. The running order in the relay is man-woman-man-woman.

04.08.2013 Tove’s “not so good day” resulted in silver
Tove Alexandersson on her way to the last control, followed by Maja Alm and Ida Bobach, Denmark. Photo: Anna Jacobson Tove Alexandersson did not have the best day on Friday in the sprint race. The beginning went well, but after the spectator control she started to run towards a wrong control. After that she lost [...]

04.08.2013 Safe race brought victory
Second victory in a row for Matthias Kyburz! Photo: Anna Jacobson Matthias Kyburz, yesterday’s sprint winner, says he wasn’t especially tired after the sprint race. His legs felt good today as well, and “the speed seems to be good enough”. He had to fight a bit harder in the middle of the race, but the [...]

04.08.2013 Bronze for Lithuania! – Vilius Aleliunas
You’d think that when an orienteer for the first time reaches an international medal, he would have had the race of his life. But that is not the case for Vilius Aleliunas, today’s bronze medallist on The World Games middle distance.

03.08.2013 Kyburz and Kauppi mastered the middle distance
Matthias Kyburz took another convincing victory at The World Games in Cali, Colombia, today. An amazing 1:37 min gap on the middle distance to the silver medallist Daniel Hubmann was a surprise event to the winner himself.

03.08.2013 Annika had to fight hard
Annika Billstam, The World Games Sprint Champion, says she did not make any mistakes on the course. Her biggest challenge was to start in a pace that she could keep up until the finish. “I really had to fight hard halfway through the course to be able to keep up the speed”, Annika says. “The [...]

03.08.2013 Three seconds from an American medal
Alison was able to run fast today, and that resulted in a fifth place. Photo: Anna Jacobson Before the race, Alison Crocker had thought that it would be really good if she was amongst the ten best in sprint. She finished fifth – just three seconds from bronze medal! “I had a technically solid run, [...]

03.08.2013 The British are coming!
Murray Strain and Scott Fraser discussing the race with Andrey Khramov, Russia. Photo: Anna Jacobson The British team has been training sprint – and it can be seen! In the men’s class, Murray Strain and Scott Fraser finished 6th and 7th, and in the women’s class Tessa Hill 9th and Catherine Taylor 19th. And there [...]

03.08.2013 The World Games motivated to train – Andrey Khramov
You all saw it at The World Games sprint today: Andrey Khramov came “from nowhere”, and ran to a second place, beating World Championships medallists and other tough names. What happened, and where has he been the rest of the season? We decided to find out!

02.08.2013 Live chat with Annika Billstam, Andrey Khramov and Alison Crocker now!
To chat with the athletes, please go to: www.orienteering.org/the-world-games-chat

02.08.2013 Billstam and Kyburz fastest at The World Games
The World Games sprint was held in the popular park El Ingenio in Cali, Colombia. Annika Billstam, Sweden, and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland, were the clear winners on the long but fast sprint courses.

02.08.2013 President Brian Porteous opened the orienteering events
The World Games orienteering events have been opened. IOF President Brian Porteous thanked the organisers, the local organising committee, the International World Games Association, and all the athletes participating.

02.08.2013 Provisional approval for the use of Emit touch free punching system
The IOF Council has decided to provisionally approve the use of the 2013 version of the Emit touch free punching system at foot orienteering World Ranking Event level.

02.08.2013 Photos from The World Games available
Photos from The World Games have been added to the IOF Photo Gallery. To make the photos bigger, click on “full size”.

02.08.2013 Heat and sprint suit Kiril well
"Tomorrow's sprint seems to be a lot about running", Kiril Nikolov says, and continues: "that suits me well - but that suits many others as well. Still, I am aiming to get a medal."

02.08.2013 Favourite for a medal or two – Scott Fraser
Scott Fraser is most likely ending his competition season on Sunday. Before that he is favourite to win one, if not two, medals at The World Games.

02.08.2013 Follow The World Games sprint live!
The women start at 10 AM Colombian time, and men at 11 AM Colombian time for the first orienteering competition at The World Games in Cali, Colombia.

01.08.2013 World Masters Orienteering Championships first start on Sunday
Masters competitors will soon arrive in Sestriere, Italy for the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) to be held in conjunction with the World Masters Games (WMG) multisport event. This year's championships will have participants from a total of 45 countries including ARG, BRA, CHN, HKG, IND, ISR, KAZ, MDA, SRB, RSA and URU.

01.08.2013 The World Games course setter’s thoughts
"To maintain high speed and intensity, and to avoid mistakes, however minimal" - these are according to The World Games course setter, Mike Dowling, the biggest challenges for the athletes in the Sprint race, that takes place on Friday 2 August.

01.08.2013 Live athlete interviews on The World Games chat today
The first live athlete interviews from The World Games 2013 will be on today, Thursday, after the model events at Parque Multicentro. Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (NOR), Matthias Kyburz (SUI) and Maja Alm (DEN) will be answering your questions starting at 1pm local time (8pm CET).

01.08.2013 Mapping in Colombia – Paul Pacque
Paul Pacqué is the man behind The World Games orienteering maps.

01.08.2013 Mapping in Colombia
Paul Pacqué is the man behind The World Games orienteering maps.

31.07.2013 New issue of Inside Orienteering available
Read the latest about orienteering on TV (an article written by the English language commentator for the broadcasts in USA!), about the new WOC qualification model, and the latest about development in South Eastern Europe - this time Montenegro. This and more in the newest Inside Orienteering.

29.07.2013 Who wins The World Games relay? “Sweden for sure!”
In 4 days The World Games orienteering events kick off in Cali, Colombia. We asked the world top orienteers what their goal is at The Games – and who they think will be the winner of sprint, middle, and mixed sprint relay. Today you’ll hear the thoughts of Daniel Hubmann and Jerker Lysell.

29.07.2013 Orienteering at Deaflympics in Sofia
The 22nd Summer Deaflympics take place in Sofia, Bulgaria at the moment. Orienteering is one of the 20 sports at the Games.

26.07.2013 One week to The World Games – many favourites for medals
In 7 days The World Games orienteering events kick off in Cali, Colombia. We asked the world top orienteers what their goal is at The Games – and who they think will be the winner of sprint, middle, and mixed sprint relay. Today you'll hear the thoughts of Matthias Kyburz, Mingyue Zhu, and Edgars Bertuks.

24.07.2013 9 days to The World Games: “Anything can happen in the relay!”
In 9 days The World Games orienteering events kick off in Cali, Colombia. We have asked the world top orienteers what their goal is at The Games – and who they think will be the winner of sprint, middle, and mixed sprint relay.

23.07.2013 The World Games gathers more than 4500 participants from 101 nations in Cali, Colombia
On Thursday 25 July, the 9th edition of The World Games in Cali, Colombia, will begin with a spectacular opening ceremony in the Pascual Guerrero stadium in front of more than 35.000 spectators.

22.07.2013 11 days to The World Games – who will be the big winner in Cali?
In 11 days The World Games orienteering events kick off in Cali, Colombia. We have asked the world top orienteers what their goal is at The Games - and who they think will be the winner of sprint, middle, and mixed sprint relay.

19.07.2013 Sweden appointed organiser of Orienteering World Cup 2015 Round 2
IOF Council has appointed Sweden as the organiser of Orienteering World Cup 2015 Round 2. This Pre-WOC round will be held on both sides of the Swedish-Norwegian border in Bohuslän (Strönstad/Tanum) and Halden.

19.07.2013 World Orienteering elite meets in Colombia in two weeks
The countdown to The World Games has started! In 14 days, the top orienteers of the world will fight for medals in Sprint, Middle distance and Sprint relay in Cali, Colombia.

17.07.2013 Successful IOF Development Clinic in Vuokatti
For a third time the IOF and the World Orienteering Championships organisers held a development clinic for the newer IOF countries in order to help them develop the sport in their country, and to participate in the World Orienteering Championships.

17.07.2013 Qualification for World Orienteering Championships 2014, nation slots
For the World Orienteering Championships 2014 in Italy, the following countries will have three nation start slots in the middle and long distance finals:

17.07.2013 WOC qualification model from 2014 onwards
The qualification model for the World Orienteering Championships is now ready.

15.07.2013 Valentin Novikov – a dream come true
For years, Valentin Novikov has been dreaming about getting a gold in the relay together with his younger brother, but Leonid Novikov hasn’t had such dreams. Valentin ran the second leg on the relay in the men’s class. Just before him ran Leonid. Both ran well and gave final-leg runner Dmitry Tsvetkov a good position. [...]

15.07.2013 Norway back in business
The final competition in the World Championships ended with the Norwegian national anthem at the prize-giving. “In the relay you have to run well”, Mari M. Fasting says. She ran the second leg and gave Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg a gap of 99 seconds in front of Denmark out on the last leg. “And I [...]

13.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Relay: victories for Norway and Russia
Norway’s women and Russia’s men came through victorious in the final races of the World Championships, the relays, today in Vuokatti in Finland. Technical terrain made for some dramatic situations as the story of each race unfolded.

13.07.2013 Simone on top form
Simone Niggli on her way to ther third gold at these Championships. Photo: Erik Borg Simone Niggli has reached her highest ever level of performance, and there could still be one more World Championships for the Swiss phantom. “Do you know how many golds you have achieved”, the interviewer asked at the press conference after [...]

12.07.2013 World Trail Orienteering Championships, TempO event: Pinja Mäkinen has clear victory
Young Pinja Mäkinen, Finland was the clear winner of the TempO final this afternoon, beating another young woman, Sweden’s Marit Wiksell by a time difference of 70 seconds. The bronze medallist was the very experienced Finn Lauri Kontkanen.

12.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Middle distance final: clean sweep for Niggli, men’s gold to Russia
Simone Niggli achieved her dream result today – a third individual gold medal on the technically difficult and rocky terrain west of Vuokatti in Finland. The men’s gold medal went to Russia’s Leonid Novikov, who here won his first major race at top international level.

12.07.2013 Constructive meeting of representatives of Orienteering Federations in Europe
The Assembly of the Orienteering Federations in Europe met in Sokos Hotel in Vuokatti, Finland on Tuesday 9th July, after the World Orienteering Championships 2013 Long distance race.

12.07.2013 Watching parties all around the USA
The WOC events can be followed live on the Universal Sports website in the United States, and in addition, the finals are sent on four consecutive evenings at 6:00 on TV.

11.07.2013 “Next year I will be in the final”
Azerbaijan is taking part in the World Championships for the first time and the runners are very eager to do well. They also look forward to making fast progress. There was nobody from the Asian country that managed to get to the Middle final, but the runners aren’t that experienced. “I have been orienteering for [...]

11.07.2013 “Almost like home”
Charlotte Bouchet fought hard and got a good eighth spot in the qualification in the Middle distance. She is beginning to feel at home. “Well it’s maybe not exactly the same in the way the terrain looks, but there is a lot of similarity in the navigation”, she says. The 26-year-old French woman is taking [...]

11.07.2013 World Trail Orienteering Championships: Jana Kostova and Jari Turto are World Champions
The leaders from Day 1, Jana Kostova (Czech Republic) and Jari Turto (Finland) both managed to keep their leads on Day 2 to be crowned as World Champions. In Kostova’s case it was with an impressive 3-point lead, and for Turto it was a much closer affair with time difference only separating first from second.

11.07.2013 IOF’s Olympic journey
President Brian Porteous announced at an IOF Press Conference this afternoon that the Council has been considering the future of the Olympic vision for orienteering, and taking soundings from within the IOC.

11.07.2013 Hosts announced for 2016 Junior World and World Masters Championships
At an IOF Press Conference this afternoon it has been announced that the 2016 Junior World Orienteering Championships has been awarded to Switzerland, and that the World Masters Orienteering Championships the same year will be held in Estonia.

11.07.2013 75th member for the IOF!
The IOF Council has accepted the application from Association Sportive D'Orientation du Cameroun to become a member of the IOF.

11.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, men’s Middle qualification: two Swiss heat winners
Swiss stars Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann both won their heats today, with Kalvis Mihailovs from Latvia winning the third. Twenty-four nations have runners in the final, and seven of these have three finalists – Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

11.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Middle qualification: 22 nations in women’s final
Twenty-two nations will be represented in the women’s final tomorrow afternoon, including Japan with a runner in a final for the first time this year.

11.07.2013 Bulletin 1 for 2015 World Championships now published
Bulletin 1 for the 2015 World Championships, to be held from 1st to 8th August 2015 in Scotland, has been published and can be downloaded from the event website www.woc2015.org.

11.07.2013 IOF Press Conference today
The International Orienteering Federation will announce the appointment of the organisers for the World Masters Orienteering Championships and Junior World Orienteering Championships in 2016 on 11 July 2013 at 16:00 at Sokos Hotel Vuokatti, Sotkamo, Finland. In addition, two further announcements will be made.

10.07.2013 World Trail Orienteering Championships: Kostova and Turto lead after Day 1
Jana Kostova, Czech Republic and Jari Turto, Finland are the leaders in the Paralympic and Open classes respectively after the first day of competition in Vuokatti, Finland.

10.07.2013 Crocker records best ever American finish at World Orienteering Championships
Alison Crocker, a University of Toledo-based astrophysicist continues her strong performance at the World Orienteering Championships. Today she recorded an 18th place finish in the women’s long race.  The best finish ever for any American at any foot World Orienteering Championship.

09.07.2013 Gueorgiou – looking forward to Middle distance
Thierry Gueorgiou pushed hard from the start and got his second gold in Long distance, but didn’t like the long race so much. There is a distance he looks forward to much more. The first forest final was mostly in pine forest with good visibility and not so many details. There was a lot of [...]

09.07.2013 Simone – ‘woke up in great shape’
Simone Niggli has been a bit unsure about making both the sprint and the Long distance at WOC because of the tight schedule. “When I woke up in the morning before the Long distance I felt very well”, she says. The evening before, she won the sprint with a great race in the centre of [...]

09.07.2013 What a come-back!
It was six years ago that Mårten Boström last time took part in a World Championships. What a come-back it was at the baseball stadium in the little Finnish town of Sotkamo. On his home page it is written that his sports career as an orienteer started at the age of four. Now he is [...]

09.07.2013 Sickness didn’t hamper Annika
Just in the last few days before WOC Annika Billstam became sick, but she ran an incredible race on the sprint in Sotkamo. It was one medal colour better than last year. She was only 8.1 seconds after winner Simone Niggli. Influenza had affected her voice a bit, yet she is OK again, but it [...]

09.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance final: another gold for Niggli and Gueorgiou
Simone Niggli won World Championships gold medal number 22 in today’s Long distance final, running 13.4 km in 1:20:02 to win by 1 second under 3 minutes. Thierry Gueorgiou, France was a clear winner of the men’s race, his sublime technique and fitness earning him victory by 1 minute 18 seconds over home favourite Jani Lakanen.

08.07.2013 Niggli – overcame all challenges
For the 21st time, Simone “Gold” Niggli achieved the best position possible in the Sprint final. She had no serious problem with all the new challenges. The little town of Sotkamo was ‘rebuilt’ on the sprint day. 57 new fences were built to make it more challenging to sort out the routes between the controls, [...]

08.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Sprint final: 21st gold for Simone Niggli, 1st for Boström
The Sprint finals with the start and finish in a packed baseball stadium in Sotkamo, Finland this evening were won by Simone Niggli, Switzerland and Mårten Boström from the home country. Niggli’s win was by 8.1 seconds whilst Boström’s was even more convincing, 17.1 seconds.

08.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Sprint final: 21st gold for Simone Niggli
The Sprint finals with the start and finish in a packed baseball stadium in Sotkamo, Finland this evening were won by Simone Niggli, Switzerland and Mårten Boström from the home country. Niggli’s win was by 8.1 seconds whilst Boström’s was even more convincing, 17.1 seconds.

08.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, men’s sprint qualification: defending champion safely through
Defending sprint world champion Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland qualified easily for this evening’s final, finishing 2 seconds down on the Swedish sprint star Jerker Lysell in his heat. The other heat winners were Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Denmark and Öystein Kvaal Österbö, Norway, who both had clear victories.

08.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, women’s sprint qualification: win again for Simone Niggli
Defending Sprint World Champion Simone Niggli, Switzerland won her heat in the qualification this morning, by the big margin of 35 seconds. The other heat winners, and therefore last starters in the final this evening, are Galina Vinogradova, Russia and Maja Alm, Denmark.

07.07.2013 Gueorgiou – year without injury
Last year it was clear only just before the WOC started that Thierry Gueorgiou could take part, since he had had a lot of injuries. This year there is no doubt that he can run and do very well. The ‘French phantom’ was second in his qualification group, 40 seconds behind the Finn Jani Lakanen. [...]

07.07.2013 You can’t ring Minna!
Minna Kauppi is one of those orienteers who has become a national star in her home country. That has given the whole WOC a lot of extra publicity and interest. In just the last couple of months, the Finnish Federation has had four–five requests for an interview with Minna Kauppi every week. 60 Finnish journalists [...]

07.07.2013 Norway and Finland to organise World Cup 2014 Round 3
The IOF Council has appointed Norway and Finland as organisers of Orienteering World Cup 2014 Round 3.

07.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships, Long distance qualification: 28 nations in finals
Twenty-three nations in the women’s final and twenty-four in the men’s. Those are the bare statistics from a warm and dry race-day in Vuokatti, Finland, where the first race has taken place today.

07.07.2013 What a day for the Czechs!
Also among the men it was a win for the Czech Team in the relay at JWOC on home ground. Adam Choupek ran especially well. Adam started as number seven on the second leg. When he finished the gap was 2.10 minutes to Sweden in second place and he was by far the fastest on [...]

07.07.2013 A surprise gold for the Czech!
Lenka Knapova (left), Vendula Horcickova and Katerina Chroma from the Czech Republic won the women’s relay at JWOC in Hradec Králové. Photo: Erik Borg When Vendula Horcickova finished the relay she and the rest of her team didn’t know that they were going to be Junior World Champions. “We will cry at the prize-giving”, said [...]

07.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Double Czech gold in relay
Women’s and men’s teams from the Czech Republic were winners of the last race of the championships, the relay. Finland and Sweden took silver and bronze in the women’s race, and in the men’s race Sweden took silver and Russia bronze.

06.07.2013 Orienteering on TV also online in the USA
The World Orienteering Championships will be broadcast in the USA for the first time in history. Please make sure everybody knows the updated schedule per Universal Sports.com.

05.07.2013 The girl with the famous father
32 years ago, Jörgen Mårtensson won his first individual WOC gold as a senior. Today it was his daughter Heidi Mårtensson’s turn to win an international title. “This is incredible! This is my biggest achievement as a junior”, smiles the Norwegian. She is a very fast runner and is also training hard for track and [...]

05.07.2013 “I hadn’t thought the dream could come true”
Florian Schneider has dreamt about being a winner at JWOC, and the dream came true today. A little bit unexpected, according to himself. But the 20-year-old athlete has really done well during the championships. He was second on the Long distance after leading for a long time. “I was satisfied with the silver, Piotr was [...]

05.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Sprint golds for Norway and Switzerland
Newly-crowned Sprint Junior World Champions are Heidi Mårtensson, Norway and Florian Schneider, Switzerland. The medals were divided between six different nations, including a bronze for Belarus.

04.07.2013 Runners from St. Etienne – always prepared to help!
When he heard a runner screaming for help, there was no doubt in the mind of Remi Baudot. The Frenchman stopped of course, and helped even though he was running for a ticket to the final. On the Middle qualification he was on his way between a couple of controls in the forest when he [...]

04.07.2013 World elite foot and trail orienteers gather in Finland
The final countdown has begun to the start of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) and World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC), both of which take place around the Finland town of Vuokatti during the coming week.

04.07.2013 A Dane had the winning trick
Just a few days after Miri Thrane Ødum became 18 years old she ran a really well-planned race in the Middle distance final in the Junior World Championships – and won gold. The Middle distance was a really tricky one. Almost every leg between the controls needed very careful map reading with a huge number [...]

04.07.2013 “We’re used to careful navigating and rough terrain”
All the medallists from Sweden in the men’s class have been pupils at orienteering high schools, and they think that a big reason for the incredible Swedish day in the men’s class on the Middle distance is, that this race was in conditions they are used to. “We are used to fighting”, smiles Emil. “At [...]

04.07.2013 “I haven’t time to be nervous”
What a rush everything is for Tim Robertson right now. The 17-year-old from New Zealand can’t take part in the JWOC banquet this year – just as last year. Just as one year ago, the young Kiwi will take part in both JWOC and WOC. Last summer he impressed a lot. On a Friday last [...]

04.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships to be an international messenger for clean sport
Things will heat up in the forests of Vuokatti on 6–14 July, when orienteers compete in the World Orienteering Championships. The message of clean sport will be on display at the event, symbolised by the Golden Baton which travels around to international sporting events organised in Finland. The event organisers, the International Orienteering Federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA and the Finnish Antidoping Agency FINADA are working together to bring forth the message of clean sport.

03.07.2013 Junior World Championships, men’s Middle distance final: Sweden power show
Sweden took all the medals in the men’s Middle distance final, with Emil Svensk winning the gold by just 1 second from Anton Johansson. Bronze medallist, 9 seconds down on the winner, was Jens Wängdahl.

03.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Danish winner in women’s Middle distance
Gold medal in the women’s Middle distance final has gone to Miri Thrane Ødum, Denmark, who won by 31 seconds on a technically demanding course in the Czech Republic today. Silver medallist is Lisa Risby, who won gold at Long distance earlier in the week, and Norway’s Mathilde Rundhaug takes the bronze.

02.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Middle qualification – six heats, winners from six nations
The fastest in today’s Middle distance qualification heats were from six nations: Denmark, France, Great Britain, Latvia, Norway and Sweden.

02.07.2013 The Ukrainian with a big passion for orienteering
Oleksandr Kratov is aiming to get a medal at the upcoming World Orienteering Championships in Finland. Still, he says his only "talent" is his passion for orienteering. Read in Athlete of the Month the achievements the talent has given him so far, and why it has taken him to Sweden!

02.07.2013 “A big step forward”
Do you remember the results of Lisa Risby at the Junior World Championships (JWOC) last year? No, probably not – and she’s for sure forgotten them herself too. The first woman champion at JWOC has had a tremendous year and has taken a big step forward from her standard in JWOC in Slovakia last year. [...]

02.07.2013 “This gold is even bigger!”
Two years ago Piotr Parfianowicz won gold on home ground at JWOC. Itself very creditable, but the 19-year-old has achieved a new peak in this year’s Long distance. It was in the relay that he became a World Champion in 2011. “It was very special to do that on home ground. But I got the [...]

02.07.2013 US television schedule for WOC confirmed
The World Orienteering Championships will be broadcast on US television for the first time in history, and the schedule has now been confirmed.

01.07.2013 Finally a Polish gold at the Junior World Championships again
The long distance race for junior men was 9.9 kilometres long with 620 metres of climbing. The fastest of all was Piotr Parfianowicz, Poland, who won with the time 69:21.

01.07.2013 First individual Polish gold at the Junior World Championships
The long distance race for junior men was 9.9 kilometres long with 620 metres of climbing. The fastest of all was Piotr Parfianowicz, Poland, who won with the time 69:21.

01.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Junior women’s gold to Sweden
Lisa Risby from Sweden became the first winner of the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2013. She won the junior women's long distance race in Odolov, Czech Republic today.

01.07.2013 World University Ski Orienteering Championships will be reality
The IOF delegation presented ski orienteering at the meeting of the Executive Committee of FISU (World University Sports Federation) today in Kazan, Russia.

01.07.2013 World University Ski Orienteering Championships likely to be reality
The IOF delegation presented ski orienteering at the meeting of the Executive Committee of FISU (World University Sports Federation) today in Kazan, Russia.

01.07.2013 IOF at FISU Executive Committee meeting today
IOF President Brian Porteous and the Chair of the Ski Orienteering Athletes' Commission Hans Jorgen Kvåle are meeting today with the Executive Committee of the World University Sports Federation FISU to make the case for a biennial World Universities Ski Orienteering Championships.

28.06.2013 Last entry deadline for WMOC 2013 approaching
The World Masters Orienteering Championships 2013 in Sestriere, Italy, are getting closer and the last deadline for entries is this Sunday, 30 June. A total of 2857 participants have registered so far for the championships, the biggest IOF event of the year.

27.06.2013 Unofficial European Cup in TrailO: Norwegian victory in Italy
The fifth and sixths events of this year's Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering were arranged at the Italian Championships in TrailO last weekend (22-23 June) in Folgaria, Italy.

26.06.2013 Czech Republic ready to welcome world’s juniors
This weekend sees the start of the 2013 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC). The Event Centre is in the Czech town of Hradec Králové, and competitors will be encountering some of the most exciting orienteering terrain that the Czech Republic has to offer.

25.06.2013 Old issues of Orienteering World available
Interested in old issues of Orienteering World? Read more here!

24.06.2013 JWSOC and WMSOC 2014 to be held in Estonia
Estonia has been appointed organiser of the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships 2014.

24.06.2013 World Orienteering Championships on TV in USA
The World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti, Finland, 6-14 July, will be broadcasted live by YLE , and shown on TV at least in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Latvia. But now there is one more country that will be able to watch the Championships on TV: the United States of America.

22.06.2013 European MTBO Championships: mixed sprint relay win for Finland
The final race of the European Championships in Poland, the mixed sprint relay, ended in a comfortable victory for the Finnish team of Marika Hara and Jussi Laurila. Russia took the silver medals and Switzerland the bronze.

21.06.2013 European MTBO Championships, Long race: six medals, six different nations
The mass start Long distance race today ended with victories for Cecilia Thomasson, Sweden, and Jussi Laurila, Finland. This was Laurila’s second gold medal of the Championships, whilst Thomasson had won a silver medal earlier in the week. The six medals were shared between six different nations.

20.06.2013 European MTBO Championships: Marika Hara supreme in sprint
The very experienced Finnish rider Marika Hara took victory in the re-run women’s urban sprint today by the very impressive margin of 2 minutes and 24 seconds. The silver medal went to Switzerland, their first medal of the Championships.

19.06.2013 European MTBO Championships: favourites Finland win relays
The Finnish teams, with both men and women favourites to win their respective classes, held their form in the forests around Zamosc, Poland today and ran out comfortable winners over Russia and the Czech Republic (men) and Russia and Slovakia (women).

19.06.2013 Few days left to enter to the World Masters Championships
From the 2nd to the 11th of August 2013 the World Master Orienteering Championships (WMOC 2013) take place in Sestriere and the Olympic Mountains of Torino 2006.

19.06.2013 The World Orienteering Championships are a celebration of clean sport
The World Championship competition is one of the top summer sporting events in Finland and also a grand celebration of fair play. The championships have declared themselves an international clean sporting event. The direction is clear: clean athletes deserve all the glory!

18.06.2013 European MTBO Championships: Middle golds for Great Britain and Russia
It was first-time gold medals at this level of competition for both of today’s winners: Emily Benham from Great Britain, IOF World Ranked number 9, and Valeriy Glukhov from Russia who is 11th in the rankings. Both had quite convincing victories over their nearest rivals.

17.06.2013 European MTBO Championships: Finnish victory in urban sprint
Jussi Laurila ensured the best possible start for the strong Finnish team in the first race of the European Championships in Poland today, taking the men's gold medal in the urban sprint.

15.06.2013 Follow the biggest orienteering relay in the world online
Finnish broadcasting company YLE will broadcast both Venla and Jukola relays live on TV today. The programmes can be follow online on YLE Areena.

14.06.2013 Successful week at SportAccord Convention
The IOF had for the first time a booth at the SportAccord Convention exhibition area this year.

14.06.2013 Natalia Tomilova suspended for 2 years
Natalia Tomilova (Russia) has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the IOF Anti-Doping Rules and the CISM Anti-Doping Rules (presence of a Prohibited Substance in an athlete’s sample).

13.06.2013 Mountain Bike Orienteering stars head for Poland
The best mountain bike orienteers in Europe, 64 men and 47 women from 20 different nations, are converging on Poland for the European Championships, the first round of this year’s World Cup, which starts on Monday.

12.06.2013 Alexandersson and Kyburz head World Cup standings
At the end of the second round of this year’s World Cup, Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland hold strong leads in the standings. Alexandersson has a 91-point lead over Simone Niggli, and Kyburz leads his compatriot Daniel Hubmann by 100 points.

10.06.2013 IOF brochure published online
The IOF prepared a new brochure about orienteering just in time for the SportAccord Convention that was held in St Petersburg, Russia. The brochure can now be found online on the IOF website.

08.06.2013 Daniel Hubmann back at his best
Overall winners of the Nordic Tour, at the end of the chasing start long distance race today, were Simone Niggli and Daniel Hubmann. The Swiss pair both produced first-class performances to secure victory, Niggli extending her lead by nearly 2 minutes and Hubmann overtaking Matthias Kyburz and coming to the finish 1.22 ahead.

07.06.2013 Swiss double in Turku sprint
Winners of the Nordic Tour sprint race in Turku this afternoon were favourites Simone Niggli and Matthias Kyburz. Niggli had a 16-second advantage over Emma Klingenberg, whilst Kyburz’s win was by 1 second over joint second-placed Daniel Hubmann and Jerker Lysell.

07.06.2013 Nordic Tour moves on to Finland
Finland is in focus today and tomorrow with the last two events of the Nordic Tour (second round of the 2013 World Cup) taking place in and around Turku. Several of the teams taking part will also be attending training camps and holding selection races prior to the World Championships to be held in Finland next month.

05.06.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013 long distance start slots published
Start slots for the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013 long distance final have now been allocated. On top of the federations’ slots, the reigning Junior and Senior Long Distance World Champions will have personal start slots.

04.06.2013 1-second victory margins in knock-out sprint
As anticipated, the knock-out sprint in Sigtuna today was thrilling to the last, with the lead changing several times in the Final and at the end one-second victories for Emma Klingenberg, Denmark and Fabian Hertner, Switzerland.

04.06.2013 Promotional orienteering event at the Mediterranean Games 2013
Turkey will be hosting the XVII Mediterranean Games at the end of this month in Mersin. This time orienteering will also be present at the Mediterranean Games as a promotional event titled 'Sprint Orienteering - Race to the Olympics'.

02.06.2013 Kaas – forced to stop training
When Carl Godager Kaas came home from the first round of the World Cup he soon had to take a two-month-long break from training. Today, though, he won in Oslo. “I have reached such a good level faster than expected”, he says. – Were you surprised by the victory? “I felt I was doing well [...]

02.06.2013 Thoresen ready for a change
Petter Thoresen has achieved a lot of success both as athlete and coach, but after this season it looks as though he will not be so visible at the big races. Thoresen will end his work as head coach after this season. “This is my fifth year as head coach for Norway. Before that I [...]

02.06.2013 Hubmann – back among the very best
Daniel Hubmann’s season last year stopped with the European Championships in Sweden. He became injured just before finishing his leg in the relay. Now is he back, near to his best. He was second and sixth in the first two races of the Nordic Tour. “It’s going well”, he says, “and I hope I can [...]

02.06.2013 Niggli – 3 good months of training
Since March Simone Niggli has done very well in training. So top results as usual when the Swiss star began her World Cup season. The mother of three won the sprint and the middle distance in the first World Cup races she took part in this season. Niggli didn’t go to New Zealand in January [...]

02.06.2013 Too old for JWOC – “a pity!”
Every weekend since the start of the year, Tove Alexandersson has either been to a training camp or taking part in races, but do you think that makes the Swedish athlete tired? No way! Much has happened in Tove’s sporting life so far this year. In January the first-year senior impressed a lot in New [...]

02.06.2013 Nordic Tour: second win for Simone
Several less well-known names figured on the podium in today’s middle distance race, but Simone Niggli was again in a class of her own, winning the women’s race in wet conditions in Oslo today by more than 1½ minutes. The men’s race was won by home runner Carl Godager Kaas.

01.06.2013 Lundanes needs time out
The Norwegian double World Champion Olav Lundanes is not present at the races in the Nordic Tour. He is tired. On Monday this week Lundanes was selected for the Norwegian team for the first two races in NORT. Two days later the decision was taken that he won’t take part at all. “He needs to [...]

01.06.2013 “Traditional sport in new & exciting format”
The Norwegian Minister of Health Jonas Gahr Støre followed the World Cup race in Oslo and also handed out the prizes. He liked what he saw. “It was interesting to follow the race just like it is with other sports at high level”, he says. He talked to some of the athletes and could watch [...]

01.06.2013 Kyburz: “Good to see I have the level”
With a margin of 16 seconds, Matthias Kyburz won the fourth World Cup race this season and showed that he is really back in business. “I have been a bit unsure of myself recently”, says the World Champion in sprint in Lausanne. When he took part in Silva League events in Sweden some weeks ago [...]

01.06.2013 Nordic Tour: Swiss favourites win first sprint
Twenty seconds and sixteen seconds: convincing victories for respectively Simone Niggli and Matthias Kyburz, the pre-race favourites for today’s sprint in Oslo, the first race of this year’s Nordic Tour and the fourth race of the World Cup series.

01.06.2013 Minna Kauppi on the way to Vuokatti
Our Athlete of the Month is the big home favourite at the upcoming World Orienteering Championships. Whole Finland, and several other countries, will be following her every step in the terrains in Vuokatti, Finland, in July. But what is the story behind Minna? Who is she, what does she do, and how does she train? Find out that and more in Athlete of the Month!

31.05.2013 Live streaming from World Cup events in Norway this weekend
Orienteering World Cup 2013 Round 2, Nordic Tour, will kick off this weekend, 1-2 June, in Oslo, Norway. Live streaming from the Sprint and Middle distance events will be provided by the the Norwegian broadcasting company NRK.

31.05.2013 Marius Vizer new President of the SportAccord
The SportAccord General Assembly has just elected Marius Vizer (President of the International Judo Federation) new President of SportAccord. Vizer succeeds Hein Verbruggen, who decided to step down as President.

28.05.2013 World University Orienteering Championships 2014 programme confirmed
The event dates for the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) 2014 in Olomouc, Czech Republic, have been confirmed as 12-17 August.

27.05.2013 IWGA, ARISF, and IMGA General Meetings
Several associations held their annual meetings today at SportAccord Convention in St Petersburg, Russia.

27.05.2013 The IOF stand ready for SportAccord
The 11th edition of sport’s most important annual gathering has gotten underway with a series of General Assemblies  and Annual Meetings today and tomorrow before the SportAccord Convention opening ceremony tomorrow evening kicks off two days of conference sessions.

26.05.2013 Orienteering at SportAccord Convention
The IOF is for the first time as an exhibitor in the centre of the sports world - at the SportAccord Convention.

23.05.2013 ISOM revision – second call for comments from member federations
The first draft of the revised IOF International Specification for Orienteering Maps (ISOM) has been distributed to member federations for consideration and commenting as part of the process to create an improved map specification.

22.05.2013 IOF Foot Orienteering Athletes’ Commission appointed
Six athletes have been appointed members of the IOF Foot Orienteering Athletes' Commission.

22.05.2013 Unofficial European Cup in TrailO – second weekend
The new unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering kicked off in Norway four weeks ago. The second round took place in Kokemäki, Finland, about 80 km north of Turku on Saturday and in Nousiainen about 20 km from Turku on Sunday.

20.05.2013 Registration for IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic in Folgaria has started
The IOF Trail and Rules Commissions in cooperation with the World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC) 2014 organiser will be organising an IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers' Clinic in Folgaria, Italy, during 20-21 June 2013. The clinic will take place in conjunction with the Italian PreO Championships, and clinic participants will have free entrance to the official Pre-WTOC training camp.

15.05.2013 IOF Foot Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic in Italy
The IOF Rules Commission will be organising an IOF Foot Orienteering Event Advisers' Clinic in conjunction with the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2013 in Sestriere, Italy. The more specific clinic date is 6 August which is a rest day for the World Masters competitors.

14.05.2013 New Foot Orienteering Athletes’ Commission chair
Matthias Merz, Switzerland, will be the coordinator of the new IOF Foot Orienteering Athletes' Commission.

13.05.2013 Huge promotion event for orienteering in Poland
3rd edition of "Poland runs with map" - the biggest orienteering event in Poland - was held on Saturday 11 May 2013. Polish Orienteering Federation organised free and easy orienteering events in 18 cities all over the country.

10.05.2013 Inside Orienteering 3-2013 published
This year's third issue of Inside Orienteering is now available. Read about Edgars Bertuks' thoughts about The World Games; the development of orienteering - all four disciplines - in Turkey; and why the reigning European Champion is willing to spend his time working for the Athletes' Commission in ski orienteering.

07.05.2013 Ski orienteering in the 52nd World Military Ski Championships
Ski Orienteering will be part of the 52nd World Military Ski Championships to be held in 2014 in Sodankylä, Finland.

06.05.2013 Already 2639 entries to World Masters Championships
World Masters Orienteering Championships will be held in Sestriere, Italy, 2-10 August, in conjunction with the World Masters Games. So far the organisers have received 2639 entries to the events.

03.05.2013 WRE status to CISM and FISU orienteering events
The IOF Council has decided in its meeting last weekend that CISM and FISU orienteering events shall have World Ranking Event status in the future. The decision applies more specifically to CISM World Military Orienteering Championships and FISU World University Orienteering Championships as well as the orienteering events part of CISM Military World Games and CISM Winter Military World Games.

03.05.2013 Evaluation of the 2012 major MTBO IOF Events
The IOF Mountain Bike Orienteering Commission asked athletes and coaches to evaluate major IOF events in 2012.

01.05.2013 “Trail Orienteering brought me back to life and back to being a proper part of society”, says TrailO World Champion 2005
Trail orienteering is an elite orienteering discipline as any other. But for some, it can have a special meaning beyond that. One of them is Evaldas Butrimas, our Athlete of May, who is trail orienteering World Champion from 2005.

29.04.2013 EWG’s proposals for OFE Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of orienteering federations in Europe (OFE) will take place on Tuesday 9th July 2013, 19.00 – 22.00 in Sokos Hotel in Vuokatti, Finland, in conjunction with the the World Orienteering Championships.

29.04.2013 Three event days in future WMSOC programme
The IOF Council has decided in its meeting last weekend to add a third event day to the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships programme. The championships will continue to be a multi-day event with the modification that medals will be determined on the basis of the combined results of the two best races for each athlete.

27.04.2013 Council meeting, Day Two
The IOF Council meeting in Edinburgh continued today.

27.04.2013 Orienteering World Cup 2015 organisers appointed
The IOF Council has appointed Australia and Switzerland as organisers of Orienteering World Cup 2015. Round 3 will be part of the World Orienteering Championships in Scotland, Great Britain. Appointment of Round 2 organisers has been postponed.

26.04.2013 Council discussed WOC qualification model
The IOF Council discussed the WOC qualification model today. You can find background information on the process on the WOC in the Future page.

26.04.2013 IOF Council meets in Edinburgh
The IOF Council meets this weekend in Edinburgh, Scotland.

26.04.2013 IOF MTB Orienteering Event Advisers Clinic at O-Ringen 2013
The IOF MTB Orienteering Commission will be organising a MTB Orienteering Event Advisers' and Organisers' Clinic in conjuntion with O-Ringen in Boden, Sweden, on 24 July 2013.

23.04.2013 Unofficial European Cup in trail orienteering
An unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO) is organised for the first time this year. The first two competitions were held last weekend in Southern Norway.

19.04.2013 World Schools Orienteering Championships Long Race
Markus Larsson, Eskjö Gymnasium, Sweden won his second gold medal in the Schools M1 class in today’s Long Distance race. England, Slovakia and Sweden all had two winners today.

18.04.2013 Ski Orienteering World Cup 2013-2014 and JWSOC 2015 organisers appointed
The IOF Council has appointed Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia as organisers of Ski Orienteering World Cup 2013-2014 and Norway as the organiser of Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships 2015.

17.04.2013 World Schools Orienteering Championships Middle race
Today the first race was held in this year’s World Schools Championships, being staged this week on the Algarve coast in Portugal.

16.04.2013 World Schools Orienteering Championships in Portugal
This week the World Schools Orienteering Championships take place beside the Algarve coast in Portugal. The two main races are at Middle Distance on Wednesday and Long Distance on Friday. The event has attracted participants from twenty countries, including an African country, Mozambique, for the first time.

16.04.2013 IOC Trophy for Danish Orienteering Federation
A very successful development initiative mounted by the Danish Orienteering Federation (DOF) has resulted in the award of the IOC Trophy - Sport and Sustainable Development to the Federation. It was presented by Denmark’s IOC member Crown Prince Frederik at one of 43 events held in Denmark on Saturday to introduce newcomers to orienteering, in which more than 3,000 people in all took part.

10.04.2013 Nations’ views on the WOC qualification and starting order
The IOF member federations took the decision at the 2012 IOF General Assembly to remove the qualification races for the Middle and Long finals of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2014 and onwards. Now they have commented the IOF Council's proposal on how to handle the question of how many runners a nation can have on the starting line.

10.04.2013 Live TV broadcast from Junior World Championships 2013
Czech Orienteering Federation, together with Sport Department of Czech Television, will broadcast live two events from the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Hradec Králov, Czech Republic.

09.04.2013 Nordic Orienteering Tour 2014 and 2015 cancelled
The Nordic Orienteering Tour steering group informed the IOF  that they are not going to organise the Tour in 2014 and 2015.

03.04.2013 EOC and ETOC 2016 application forms published
Application forms for European Orienteering Championships and European Trail Orienteering Championships 2016 are now available. Applicants are asked to send their applications to the IOF Office by 19 May 2013.

01.04.2013 “When I set my goals, I like to achieve them”
Our Athlete of April, Davide Machado, is one of the upcoming stars in mountain bike orienteering. He trains with the High Performance Group in Portugal; a special group of elite athletes from various sports who are subsidised by the Portuguese government, to help improve their performance and ensure yet more excellent results.

28.03.2013 Old issues of Orienteering World
Interested in old Orienteering World magazines? Check out this offer!

28.03.2013 Scientific Journal of Orienteering – 2013
A new issue of the Scientific Journal of Orienteering has been published.

27.03.2013 CISM Winter World Games: Russia wins men’s relay – France women’s
The CISM Winter World Games continued today, and for ski orienteers it was time to ski relay. Men's winner was, not too unexcpected, Russia, before Norway and Finland.

26.03.2013 CISM World Winter Games: Victory to Khrennikov and Tomilova
The ski orienteering events in the CISM World Winter Games kicked off today with middle distance. The biggest favourites were best even in the extremely difficult conditions with 10-30 meter visibility in the fog. Eduard Khrennikov, 7-fold World Champion, and Natalia Tomilova brought the victories to Russia in the men's and women's class.

25.03.2013 Inside Orienteering 2/2013 reports from all around the world
The man behind the success in South East Europe, the newest member of the IOF: Azerbaijan, reports from Portugal O-Meeting and Portugal O-Meeting/TrailO, the Spanish Bomb Kids, A success story on school orienteering in Tasmania -

- this and much more, in the newest issue of Inside Orienteering!

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