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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 […]