Orienteering World Cup

The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then every second year up to 2004. From 2004 the World Cup has been held annually.

Orienteering World Cup
StatusActive
GenreSports event
Date(s)January–October
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1983 (1983)
AreaEurope
Organised byInternational Orienteering Federation (IOF)
Websiteorienteering.sport/worldcup-page/ Edit this at Wikidata
2024 Orienteering World Cup

Hosting nations

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Year Hosting nations Notes
1986 Norway, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland 8 events
1988 Hong Kong, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Sweden 8 events
1990 Poland, Denmark, Norway, Canada, USA, Switzerland, France, Germany 8 events
1992 Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Canada, USA 8 events
1994 New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
1996 Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, France 10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
1998 Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland 13 events (10 individual, 3 relays).
2000 Japan, Australia, Ukraine,[1] Finland, Portugal 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2002 Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic 17 events (13 individual, 4 relays).
2004 Denmark, Sweden, Germany 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2005 Great Britain, Japan, Italy 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2006 Estonia, Denmark, France 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2007 Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland 10 events (all individual)
2008 Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland 13 events (all individual)
2009 Finland, Norway, Hungary, Switzerland 9 events (all individual)
2010 Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Switzerland 12 events (all individual)
2011 Czech Republic, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland 10 events (all individual)
2012 Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland 13 events (all individual)
2013 New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland 13 events (all individual)
2014 Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy, Switzerland 14 events (all individual)
2015 Australia, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland 14 events (11 individual, 3 sprint relays)
2016 Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland 14 events (10 individual, 4 sprint relays)
2017 Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland 15 events (10 individual, 5 relays)
2018 Switzerland, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic 20 events (11 individual, 9 relays)
2019 Finland, Norway, Switzerland, China 13 events (9 individual, 4 relays)
2020 Switzerland, Estonia, Italy (Events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) 9 events (7 individual, 2 relays)
2021 Switzerland, Sweden, Italy 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
2022 Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
2023 Norway, Czech Republic, Italy 10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
2024 Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Finland 11 events (7 individual, 4 relays)
2025 Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)

Scoring[2]

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Individual

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The object of the World Cup is to collect points during the season. The total score for an individual is the sum of all points scored in each competition. The 40 best runners in each individual event are awarded points, where the winner is awarded 100 points.[3] Any runner places below 40th is not awarded points. If a tie occurs, both runners are awared the points as if they were placed in the highest of the tied positions. As of 2024, the current points distribution are as follows:

Individual
Place Points
1st 100
2nd 80
3rd 60
4th 50
5th 45
6th 40
7th 37
8th 35
9th 33
10th to 40th -n + 41*

*For example, 10th place gains 31 points (-10 + 41 = 31)

KO Sprint
Race Place Points
Final 1st to 6th Same as individual places 1 to 6
Semi-finals 3rd 35
4th 30
5th 27
6th 24
Quarter-finals 4th 20
5th 14
6th 8
Qualification 13th 4
14th 1

Runners who are not placed in any given round are awarded points for last place in the given round.

Team

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The total team score is the sum of scores from both individual and relay events.

For individual races: the sum of the four best places runners, both men and women.

Relay: The individual table * 10.

Sprint relay: The table above * 20.

World Cup overall results

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Simone Niggli-Luder, nine-time winner
 
Tove Alexandersson won nine consequtive titles in 2014–2023 seasons
 
Hanne Staff won twice in 1998 and 2000

Women

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd Notes
1986   Ellen Sofie Olsvik   Jorunn Teigen   Karin Rabe [4]
1988   Ragnhild Bratberg   Brit Volden   Jana Galikova [5]
1990   Ragnhild Bente Andersen   Ragnhild Bratberg   Katarina Borg [6]
1992   Marita Skogum   Jana Cieslarova   Yvette Hague [7]
1994   Marlena Jansson   Yvette Hague   Hanne Staff [8]
1996   Gunilla Svärd   Marlena Jansson   Hanne Staff [9]
1998   Hanne Staff   Johanna Asklöf   Katarina Borg [10]
2000   Hanne Staff (2)   Simone Luder   Heather Monro [11]
2002   Simone Luder   Vroni König-Salmi   Hanne Staff [12]
2004   Simone Niggli-Luder (2)   Tatiana Ryabkina   Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard [13]
2005   Simone Niggli-Luder (3)   Vroni König-Salmi   Anne Margrethe Hausken [14]
2006   Simone Niggli-Luder (4)   Marianne Andersen   Minna Kauppi [15]
2007   Simone Niggli-Luder (5)   Heli Jukkola   Minna Kauppi
2008   Anne Margrethe Hausken   Minna Kauppi   Helena Jansson
2009   Simone Niggli-Luder (6)   Marianne Andersen   Helena Jansson
2010   Simone Niggli-Luder (7)   Helena Jansson   Maja Alm
2011   Helena Jansson   Minna Kauppi   Lena Eliasson
2012   Simone Niggli-Luder (8)   Minna Kauppi   Tatiana Ryabkina
2013   Simone Niggli-Luder (9)   Tove Alexandersson   Annika Billstam
2014   Tove Alexandersson   Judith Wyder   Maja Alm
2015   Tove Alexandersson (2)   Sara Lüscher   Nadiya Volynska
2016   Tove Alexandersson (3)   Judith Wyder   Maja Alm
2017   Tove Alexandersson (4)   Natalia Gemperle   Sabine Hauswirth
2018   Tove Alexandersson (5)   Karolin Ohlsson   Natalia Gemperle
2019   Tove Alexandersson (6)   Simona Aebersold   Natalia Gemperle
2020 World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021   Tove Alexandersson (7)   Simona Aebersold   Hanna Lundberg
2022   Tove Alexandersson (8)   Simona Aebersold   Andrine Benjaminsen
2023   Tove Alexandersson (9)   Sara Hagström   Simona Aebersold
 
Daniel Hubmann, a six-time winner
 
Matthias Kyburz won the title five times
 
Thierry Gueorgiou, winner twice in 2006 and 2007
Year 1st 2nd 3rd Notes
1986   Kent Olsson   Øyvin Thon   Michael Wehlin [4]
1988   Øyvin Thon   Jörgen Mårtensson   Håvard Tveite [5]
1990   Håvard Tveite   Niklas Löwegren   Jörgen Mårtensson [6]
1992   Joakim Ingelsson   Martin Johansson   Petter Thoresen [7]
1994   Petter Thoresen   Janne Salmi   Mika Kuisma [8]
1996   Johan Ivarsson   Jörgen Mårtensson   Timo Karppinen [9]
1998   Chris Terkelsen   Johan Ivarsson   Bjørnar Valstad [10]
2000   Jani Lakanen   Tore Sandvik   Allan Mogensen [11]
2002   Bjørnar Valstad   Michael Mamleev   Mats Haldin [12]
2004   Holger Hott Johansen   Andrey Khramov   Øystein Kvaal Østerbø [13]
2005   Andrey Khramov   Thierry Gueorgiou   Daniel Hubmann [14]
2006   Thierry Gueorgiou   Daniel Hubmann   Valentin Novikov [15]
2007   Thierry Gueorgiou (2)   Anders Nordberg   Daniel Hubmann
2008   Daniel Hubmann   Thierry Gueorgiou   Matthias Merz
2009   Daniel Hubmann (2)   Thierry Gueorgiou   Peter Öberg
2010   Daniel Hubmann (3)   Matthias Müller   Thierry Gueorgiou
2011   Daniel Hubmann (4)   Thierry Gueorgiou   Matthias Merz
2012   Matthias Kyburz   Olav Lundanes   Matthias Merz
2013   Matthias Kyburz (2)   Daniel Hubmann   Fabian Hertner
2014   Daniel Hubmann (5)   Fabian Hertner   Matthias Kyburz
2015   Daniel Hubmann (6)   Matthias Kyburz   Olav Lundanes
2016   Matthias Kyburz (3)   Daniel Hubmann   Olav Lundanes
2017   Matthias Kyburz (4)   Olav Lundanes   Daniel Hubmann
2018   Matthias Kyburz (5)   Daniel Hubmann   Olav Lundanes
2019   Gustav Bergman   Joey Hadorn   Daniel Hubmann
2020 World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021   Kasper Fosser   Matthias Kyburz   Daniel Hubmann
2022   Kasper Fosser (2)   Martin Regborn   Gustav Bergman
2023   Matthias Kyburz (6)   Kasper Fosser   Gustav Bergman

Records

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Most overall wins

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The table shows all winners of the overall World Cup who achieved minimum two top 3 finishes.

  • Active athletes are bolded.
As of 10 October 2023

Most race victories

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This is a list of the orienteers who have won two or more World Cup races.

  • Results from the World Cup's inception in 1986 until the 1996 are incomplete.
  • Active athletes are bolded.
As of 3 October 2022

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Cup 2000 Ukrainian Events". orienteering.org.ua. Archived from the original on 2000-09-01.
  2. ^ "Rules | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  3. ^ "Special Rules for the 2019 World Cup in Orienteering" (PDF). International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "World Cup 1986 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "World Cup 1988 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b "World Cup 1990 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b "World Cup 1992 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b "World Cup 1994 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ a b "World Cup 1996 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ a b "World Cup 1998 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ a b "World Cup 2000 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ a b "World Cup 2002 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ a b "World Cup 2004 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ a b "World Cup 2005 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ a b "World Cup 2006 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]