Orienteering World Cup | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | January–October |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 1983 |
Area | Europe |
Organised by | IOF |
Website | orienteering |
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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.
Year | Hosting nations | Notes |
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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, 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) |
The object of the World Cup is to collect points during the season. The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points, where the winner is awarded 100 points.[1] The current points distribution are as follows:
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 |
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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 |
The table shows all winners of the overall World Cup who achieved minimum two top 3 finishes.
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Women[edit]
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This is a list of the orienteers who have won two or more World Cup races.