2017 Orienteering World Cup

The 2017 Orienteering World Cup was the 23rd edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2017 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 10 individual events, four relays and three sprint relay events. The events were located in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Switzerland.[1] The 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia are included in the World Cup.

2017 Orienteering World Cup
World Cup events
Individual10
Relay7
Men's World Cup
1st Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
2nd Olav Lundanes (NOR)
3rd Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
Most wins Matthias Kyburz (SUI) (2)
 Olav Lundanes (NOR) (2)
Women's World Cup
1st Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd Natalia Gemperle (RUS)
3rd Sabine Hauswirth (SUI)
Most wins Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (5)
Team World Cup
1stSweden Sweden
2ndSwitzerland Switzerland
3rdNorway Norway
Most winsSweden Sweden (5)
2016
2018

Matthias Kyburz of Switzerland won his second consecutive overall title in the men's World Cup, his fourth title in total. Tove Alexandersson of Sweden won her fourth consecutive overall title in the women's World Cup.

Events

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No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 - Finland Tour
1   Lohja, Finland Sprint 25 May   Yannick Michiels   Matthias Kyburz   Emil Svensk
2   Lohja, Finland Middle 27 May   Martin Regborn   Olav Lundanes   William Lind
3   Lohja, Finland Long Pursuit 28 May   Magne Dæhli   William Lind   Emil Svensk
Round 2 - World Championships
4   Tartu, Estonia Sprint (WOC) 1 July   Daniel Hubmann   Frederic Tranchand   Jerker Lysell
5   Tartu, Estonia Long (WOC) 4 July   Olav Lundanes   Leonid Novikov   William Lind
6   Tartu, Estonia Middle (WOC) 6 July   Thierry Gueorgiou   Fabian Hertner   Oleksandr Kratov
Round 3 - Latvia
7   Cēsis, Latvia Middle 25 August   Olav Lundanes   Matthias Kyburz   Gustav Bergman
8   Cēsis, Latvia Sprint 28 August   Vojtech Kral   Jerker Lysell   Matthias Kyburz
Round 4 - Finals
9   Grindelwald, Switzerland Long 29 September   Matthias Kyburz   Olav Lundanes   Magne Dæhli
10   Grindelwald, Switzerland Middle 30 September   Matthias Kyburz   Daniel Hubmann   Emil Svensk

Women

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No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 - Finland Tour
1   Lohja, Finland Sprint 25 May   Maja Alm   Tove Alexandersson   Lina Strand
2   Lohja, Finland Middle 27 May   Helena Jansson   Natalia Gemperle   Lina Strand
3   Lohja, Finland Long Pursuit 28 May   Tove Alexandersson   Helena Jansson   Maja Alm
Round 2 - World Championships
4   Tartu, Estonia Sprint (WOC) 1 July   Maja Alm   Natalia Gemperle   Galina Vinogradova
5   Tartu, Estonia Long (WOC) 4 July   Tove Alexandersson   Maja Alm   Natalia Gemperle
6   Tartu, Estonia Middle (WOC) 6 July   Tove Alexandersson   Marianne Andersen   Venla Harju
Round 3 - Latvia
7   Cēsis, Latvia Middle 25 August   Natalia Gemperle   Sabine Hauswirth   Marika Teini
8   Cēsis, Latvia Sprint 28 August   Tove Alexandersson   Natalia Gemperle   Sabine Hauswirth
Round 4 - Finals
9   Grindelwald, Switzerland Long 29 September   Elena Roos   Sabine Hauswirth   Natalia Gemperle
10   Grindelwald, Switzerland Middle 30 September   Tove Alexandersson   Elena Roos   Natalia Gemperle

Points distribution

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The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 8, the seven best results counts in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 9 and WC 10), both results counts.[2]

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Points 100 80 60 50 45 40 37 35 33 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall standings

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This section shows the final standings after all 10 individual events.

Rank Athlete Points
1   Matthias Kyburz 588
2   Olav Lundanes 468
3   Daniel Hubmann 463
4   Martin Regborn 384
5   Vojtech Kral 361
6   Eskil Kinneberg 296
7   Frederic Tranchand 296
8   Magne Dæhli 295
9   Emil Svensk 274
10   Gustav Bergman 256

Women

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Rank Athlete Points
1   Tove Alexandersson 679
2   Natalia Gemperle 610
3   Sabine Hauswirth 450
4   Helena Bergman 426
5   Maja Alm 380
6   Elena Roos 363
7   Venla Harju 334
8   Julia Gross 249
9   Karolin Ohlsson 235
10   Sari Anttonen 227

Relay

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The table shows the final standings after all 7 relay events. The six best results counts in the overall standings, which means that each team's worst results (in brackets) does not count.

Rank Nation 1 2 3 M 3 W 4 M 4 W 5 Points
1   Sweden 100 100 (60) 100 100 80 100 580
2   Switzerland 80 60 (45) 50 80 100 60 430
3   Norway 40 (37) 100 40 50 37 80 347
4   Russia 50 45 (40) 80 60 50 50 335
5   Finland 45 (31) 35 60 37 60 45 282
6   France 31 (28) 80 33 40 31 35 250
7   Great Britain 60 40 (26) 37 33 45 30 245
8   Denmark 35 80 33 31 24 (0) 33 236
9   Czech Republic 37 50 (30) 35 35 35 40 232
10   Latvia (0) 29 37 45 45 40 27 223

Achievements

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Only individual competitions.

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References

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  1. ^ "Preliminary schedule for the orienteering World Cup 2017". International Orienteering Federation. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Special Rules for the 2017 World Cup in Orienteering" (PDF). International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 September 2018.