Orienteering World Cup Explained

Orienteering World Cup
Status:Active
Genre:Sports event
Date:January–October
Frequency:Annual
Location:Various
Area:Europe
Organised:International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
Current:2024 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.

Hosting nations

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)
2012Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland 13 events (all individual)
New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland 13 events (all individual)
Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy, Switzerland 14 events (all individual)
Australia, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland 14 events (11 individual, 3 sprint relays)
Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland 14 events (10 individual, 4 sprint relays)
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland 15 events (10 individual, 5 relays)
Switzerland, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic 20 events (11 individual, 9 relays)
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)
Switzerland, Sweden, Italy 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
Norway, Czech Republic, Italy 10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Finland 11 events (7 individual, 4 relays)
Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)

Scoring[2]

Individual

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
1st100
2nd80
3rd60
4th50
5th45
6th40
7th37
8th35
9th33
10th to 40th-n + 41*
*For example, 10th place gains 31 points (-10 + 41 = 31)
KO Sprint!Race!Place!Points
Final 1st to 6thSame as individual places 1 to 6
Semi-finals3rd35
4th30
5th27
6th24
Quarter-finals4th20
5th14
6th8
Qualification13th4
14th1
Runners who are not placed in any given round are awarded points for last place in the given round.

Team

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

Women

Year1st2nd3rdNotes
1986 [4]
1988 [5]
1990 [6]
1992 [7]
1994 [8]
1996 [9]
1998 [10]
2000 Hanne Staff (2)[11]
2002 [12]
2004 Simone Niggli-Luder (2)[13]
2005 Simone Niggli-Luder (3)[14]
2006 Simone Niggli-Luder (4)[15]
2007 Simone Niggli-Luder (5)
2008
2009 Simone Niggli-Luder (6)
2010 Simone Niggli-Luder (7)
2011
Simone Niggli-Luder (8)
Simone Niggli-Luder (9)
Tove Alexandersson (2)
Tove Alexandersson (3)
Tove Alexandersson (4)
Tove Alexandersson (5)
Tove Alexandersson (6)
World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tove Alexandersson (7)
Tove Alexandersson (8)
Tove Alexandersson (9)

Men

Year1st2nd3rdNotes
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2005 Andrey Khramov
2006
2007 Thierry Gueorgiou (2)
2008
2009 Daniel Hubmann (2)
2010 Daniel Hubmann (3)
2011 Daniel Hubmann (4)
Matthias Kyburz (2)
Daniel Hubmann (5)
Daniel Hubmann (6)
Matthias Kyburz (3)
Matthias Kyburz (4)
Matthias Kyburz (5)
Gustav Bergman
World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kasper Fosser
Kasper Fosser (2)
Matthias Kyburz (6)

Records

Most overall wins

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

As of 10 October 2023

Men

No.AthleteWins2nd3rd
1 Daniel Hubmann 6 4 5
2 Matthias Kyburz 62 1
3 2 4 1
4 2 1 -
5 1 1 -
= 1 1 -
= Andrey Khramov 1 1 -
8 Gustav Bergman1 - 2
9 1 - 1
= 1 - 1
= 1 - 1

Women

No.AthleteWins2nd3rd
1 9 1 -
= Tove Alexandersson 9 1 -
3 2 - 3
4 1 1 2
5 1 1 -
= 1 1 -
7 Anne Margrethe Hausken 1 - 1

Most race victories

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

Men

AthleteWins
1 Daniel Hubmann 32
2 29
3 Matthias Kyburz 23
4 15
5 8
6 7
7 Kasper Harlem Fosser 5
8 4
= 4
= Andrey Khramov 4
= 4
= Jerker Lysell 4
= 4
= 4
15 Gustav Bergman 4
= 3
= 3
= 3
= Valentin Novikov 3
= 3
21 2
= 2
= Vojtěch Král 2
= Oleksandr Kratov 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= Yannick Michiels 2
= Joey Hadorn 2

Women

AthleteWins
1 66
2 Tove Alexandersson 41
3 12
4 11
5 Anne Margrethe Hausken 10
6 9
= Judith Wyder 9
8 5
= 5
10 4
= 4
12 3
= 3
= 3
= 3
= Simona Aebersold 3
17 2
= Natalia Gemperle 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= 2
= Tatjana Rjabkina 2
= 2
= 2

See also

References

See main article: world cups.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Cup 2000 Ukrainian Events . https://web.archive.org/web/20000901054739/http://www.orienteering.org.ua/wc2000/ . orienteering.org.ua . 2000-09-01.
  2. Web site: Rules International Orienteering Federation . 2024-06-19 . orienteering.sport . en.
  3. Web site: Special Rules for the 2019 World Cup in Orienteering. International Orienteering Federation. 21 March 2019.
  4. Web site: World Cup 1986 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  5. Web site: World Cup 1988 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  6. Web site: World Cup 1990 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  7. Web site: World Cup 1992 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  8. Web site: World Cup 1994 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  9. Web site: World Cup 1996 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  10. Web site: World Cup 1998 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  11. Web site: World Cup 2000 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  12. Web site: World Cup 2002 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  13. Web site: World Cup 2004 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  14. Web site: World Cup 2005 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .
  15. Web site: World Cup 2006 Overall . old.orienteering.org . International Orienteering Federation . 4 June 2019 .