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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 […]