Orienteering World Cup
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 | International Orienteering Federation (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.
Hosting nations
[edit]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,[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) |
Individual
[edit]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:
Place | Points |
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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)
Race | Place | Points |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Simone_Niggli-Luder_orienteering1.jpg/240px-Simone_Niggli-Luder_orienteering1.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/WOC_Middle_Distance_Tove_Alexandresson_3.jpg/240px-WOC_Middle_Distance_Tove_Alexandresson_3.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hanne_Staff_WOC_2010.jpg/240px-Hanne_Staff_WOC_2010.jpg)
Women
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Daniel_Hubmann_WOC2008_long_final.jpg/220px-Daniel_Hubmann_WOC2008_long_final.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Matthias_Kyburz_JWOC_2010.jpg/220px-Matthias_Kyburz_JWOC_2010.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Thierry_Gueorgiou_2007.jpg/220px-Thierry_Gueorgiou_2007.jpg)
Men
[edit]Records
[edit]Most overall wins
[edit]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
Men[edit]
| Women[edit]
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Most race victories
[edit]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
[edit]- International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
- World Orienteering Championships
- Junior World Orienteering Championships
- European Orienteering Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "World Cup 2000 Ukrainian Events". orienteering.org.ua. Archived from the original on 2000-09-01.
- ^ "Rules | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Special Rules for the 2019 World Cup in Orienteering" (PDF). International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b "World Cup 1986 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 1988 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 1990 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 1992 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 1994 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 1996 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 1998 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 2000 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 2002 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 2004 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 2005 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "World Cup 2006 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]