2017 Orienteering World Cup Explained

Numindividualevents:10
Numrelayevents:7
Menmostwins: (2)
(2)
Teamfirst: Sweden
Teamsecond: Switzerland
Teamthird: Norway
Teammostwins: Sweden (5)
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 Orienteering World Cup was the 23rd edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2017 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 10 individual events, four relays and three sprint relay events. The events were located in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Switzerland.[1] The 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia are included in the World Cup.

Matthias Kyburz of Switzerland won his second consecutive overall title in the men's World Cup, his fourth title in total. Tove Alexandersson of Sweden won her fourth consecutive overall title in the women's World Cup.

Events

Men

VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThird
Round 1 - Finland Tour
1 Lohja, FinlandSprint25 May Yannick Michiels Matthias Kyburz Emil Svensk
2 Lohja, FinlandMiddle 27 May Martin Regborn Olav Lundanes William Lind
3 Lohja, FinlandLong Pursuit28 May Magne Dæhli William Lind Emil Svensk
Round 2 - World Championships
4 Tartu, EstoniaSprint (WOC)1 July Daniel Hubmann Frederic Tranchand Jerker Lysell
5 Tartu, EstoniaLong (WOC)4 July Olav Lundanes Leonid Novikov William Lind
6 Tartu, EstoniaMiddle (WOC)6 July Thierry Gueorgiou Fabian Hertner Oleksandr Kratov
Round 3 - Latvia
7 Cēsis, LatviaMiddle25 August Olav Lundanes Matthias Kyburz Gustav Bergman
8 Cēsis, LatviaSprint28 August Vojtech Kral Jerker Lysell Matthias Kyburz
Round 4 - Finals
9 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandLong29 September Matthias Kyburz Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli
10 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandMiddle30 September Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann Emil Svensk

Women

VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThird
Round 1 - Finland Tour
1 Lohja, FinlandSprint25 May Maja Alm Tove Alexandersson Lina Strand
2 Lohja, FinlandMiddle 27 May Helena Jansson Natalia Gemperle Lina Strand
3 Lohja, FinlandLong Pursuit28 May Tove Alexandersson Helena Jansson Maja Alm
Round 2 - World Championships
4 Tartu, EstoniaSprint (WOC)1 July Maja Alm Natalia Gemperle Galina Vinogradova
5 Tartu, EstoniaLong (WOC)4 July Tove Alexandersson Maja Alm Natalia Gemperle
6 Tartu, EstoniaMiddle (WOC)6 July Tove Alexandersson Marianne Andersen Venla Harju
Round 3 - Latvia
7 Cēsis, LatviaMiddle25 August Natalia Gemperle Sabine Hauswirth Marika Teini
8 Cēsis, LatviaSprint28 August Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Sabine Hauswirth
Round 4 - Finals
9 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandLong29 September Elena Roos Sabine Hauswirth Natalia Gemperle
10 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandMiddle30 September Tove Alexandersson Elena Roos Natalia Gemperle

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 8, the seven best results counts in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 9 and WC 10), both results counts.[2]

Overall standings

This section shows the final standings after all 10 individual events.

Men

Rank Athlete Points
1 588
2 468
3 463
4 384
5 361
6 296
7 296
8 295
9 274
10 256

Women

Rank Athlete Points
1 679
2 610
3 450
4 426
5 380
6 363
7 334
8 249
9 235
10 227

Relay

The table shows the final standings after all 7 relay events. The six best results counts in the overall standings, which means that each team's worst results (in brackets) does not count.

Rank Nation 1 2 3 3 4 M 4 W 5 Points
1 100 100 (60) 100 100 80 100 580
2 80 60 (45) 50 80 100 60 430
3 40 (37) 100 40 50 37 80 347
4 50 45 (40) 80 60 50 50 335
5 45 (31) 35 60 37 60 45 282
6 31 (28) 80 33 40 31 35 250
7 60 40 (26) 37 33 45 30 245
8 35 80 33 31 24 (0) 33 236
9 37 50 (30) 35 35 35 40 232
10 (0) 29 37 45 45 40 27 223

Achievements

Only individual competitions.

External links

References

  1. Web site: Preliminary schedule for the orienteering World Cup 2017. International Orienteering Federation. 14 September 2015. 14 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170612104851/http://orienteering.org/preliminary-schedule-for-the-orienteering-world-cup-2017/. 12 June 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Special Rules for the 2017 World Cup in Orienteering. International Orienteering Federation. 14 September 2018.