2012 Orienteering World Cup Explained

The 2012 Orienteering World Cup was the 18th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. It contained 13 competitions, which took place in Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Finland. The European Orienteering Championships in Falun, Sweden and the 2012 World Orienteering Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland were included in the World Cup.

Events

	Venue	Distance	Date	Winner	2nd	3rd
Round 1 – European Orienteering Championships
1	Falun	Middle (EOC)	17 May	Olav Lundanes	Valentin Novikov	Carl Waaler Kaas
2	Falun	Long (EOC)	18 May	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Merz	Valentin Novikov
3	Falun	Sprint (EOC)	19 May	Jonas Leandersson	Kiril Nikolov	Jerker Lysell
Round 2 – Switzerland
4	St. Gallen	Middle	23 June	Matthias Kyburz	Olav Lundanes	Baptiste Rollier
5	St. Gallen	Sprint	24 June	Jerker Lysell	Matthias Kyburz	Matthias Merz
Round 3 – World Orienteering Championships
6	Lausanne	Sprint (WOC)	14 July	Matthias Kyburz	Matthias Merz	Matthias Müller
7	Lausanne	Middle (WOC)	17 July	Edgars Bertuks	Valentin Novikov	Fabian Hertner
8	Lausanne	Long (WOC)	19 July	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Merz	Edgars Bertuks
Round 4 – Nordic Orienteering Tour (NORT)
9	Holmenkollen	Sprint	1 September	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Kyburz	William Lind
10	Holmenkollen	Middle	2 September	Thierry Gueorgiou	Peter Öberg	Matthias Kyburz
11	Göteborg	Knockout Sprint	4 September		Frederic Tranchand	Peter Öberg
12	Vuokatti	Sprint	7 September		Matthias Kyburz
13	Vuokatti	Middle Chasing start	7 September			Olav Lundanes

	Venue	Distance	Date	Winner	2nd	3rd
Round 1 – European Orienteering Championships^[1]
1	Falun	Middle	17 May	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Tatiana Ryabkina
2	Falun	Long	18 May	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tatiana Ryabkina	Minna Kauppi
3	Falun	Sprint	19 May	Simone Niggli-Luder	Lena Eliasson	Maja Alm
Round 2 – Switzerland
4	St. Gallen	Middle	23 June	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi Judith Wyder	none
5	St. Gallen	Sprint	24 June	Simone Niggli-Luder	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson
Round 3 – World Orienteering Championships^[2]
6	Lausanne	Sprint (WOC)	14 July	Simone Niggli-Luder	Maja Alm	Annika Billstam
7	Lausanne	Middle (WOC)	17 July	Minna Kauppi	Tove Alexandersson	Tatiana Ryabkina
8	Lausanne	Long (WOC)	19 July	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Annika Billstam
Round 4 – Nordic Orienteering Tour (NORT)^[3]
9	Holmenkollen	Sprint	1 September	Simone Niggli-Luder	Emma Klingenberg	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg
10	Holmenkollen	Middle	2 September	Simone Niggli-Luder	Judith Wyder	Tatiana Ryabkina
11	Göteborg	Knockout Sprint	4 September		Tatiana Ryabkina	Judith Wyder
12	Vuokatti	Sprint	7 September		Helena Jansson
13	Vuokatti	Middle Chasing start	7 September			Minna Kauppi

This section shows the final standings after all 13 events.^[4]

http://www.eoc2012.se/ EOC2012 Official web page
http://www.woc2012.ch/ WOC2012 Offisial Weboage
http://www.nordicorienteeringtour.com/ Nordicorienteeringtour Offisial Webpage
Web site: Offisial Resultus by IOF . 2013-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023101/http://iof.6prog.org/WC_Home.aspx?EID=2282&HI=SUI95&HOW=F . 2016-03-04 . dead .