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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 […]