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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 […]