2019 Orienteering World Cup Explained

Numindividualevents:9
Numrelayevents:4
Menmostwins: (3)
Womenmostwins: (8)
Teamfirst: Sweden
Teamsecond: Switzerland
Teamthird: Finland
Teammostwins: Sweden (3)
Ongoing:no
Previous:2018
Next:2021

The 2019 Orienteering World Cup was the 25th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2019 Orienteering World Cup consisted of nine individual events and four relay events. The events are located in Finland, Norway, Switzerland and China.[1] The 2019 World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, Norway are included in the World Cup.

Events

Men

VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThird
Round 1 - Finland
1 Helsinki, FinlandMiddle8 June Gustav Bergman Frédéric Tranchand Olav Lundanes[2]
2Pursuit 9 June Gustav Bergman Frédéric Tranchand Magne Dæhli[3]
Round 2 - World Championships
3 Østfold, NorwayLong (WOC)14 August Olav Lundanes Kasper Fosser Daniel Hubmann
4Middle (WOC)16 August Olav Lundanes Gustav Bergman Magne Dæhli
Round 3 - Switzerland
5 Laufen, SwitzerlandMiddle27 September Joey Hadorn Daniel Hubmann Martin Regborn
6Knockout Sprint28 September Vojtech Kral Joey Hadorn Ralph Street
7Sprint29 September Yannick Michiels Kristian Jones Matthias Kyburz
Round 4 - Finals
8 Guangzhou, ChinaMiddle26 October Gustav Bergman Joey Hadorn Lucas Basset
9Sprint29 October Yannick Michiels Maxime Rauturier Li ZhouYe

Women

VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThird
Round 1 - Finland
1 Helsinki, FinlandMiddle8 June Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Marika Teini
2Long Pursuit 9 June Tove Alexandersson Marika Teini Kamilla Olaussen
Round 2 - World Championships
3 Østfold, NorwayLong (WOC)14 August Tove Alexandersson Lina Strand Simona Aebersold
4Middle (WOC)16 August Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold Natalia Gemperle
Venla Harju
Round 3 - Switzerland
5 Laufen, SwitzerlandMiddle27 September Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold Sabine Hauswirth
6Knockout Sprint28 September Tove Alexandersson Tereza Janosikova Elena Roos
7Sprint29 September Tove Alexandersson Elena Roos Simona Aebersold
Round 4 - Finals
8 Guangzhou, ChinaMiddle26 October Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Julia Jakob
9Sprint29 October Shuangyan Hao Simona Aebersold Sara Hagström

The results of the last round (sprint) were contested after excellent performances by Chinese competitors, leading to a delay of the official results. The International Orienteering Federation deemed that the results stood in March 2020 following a review, stating that "none of the alleged elements of the cheating claims occurred or can be substantiated", and that "analyses show that those who produced the best results are shown and known to be capable of such running speeds".[4] [5] The review was requested after the 2019 Military World Games, also held in China, in which Chinese competitors were disqualified from the middle race.[6] This decision was upheld by the ethics committee (i.e the competitors remain disqualified).[7] [8]

Relay

VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThird
1 Helsinki, FinlandSprint Relay11 June[9]
2 Østfold, NorwayWomen's relay (WOC)17 August
3Men's relay (WOC)17 August
4 Guangzhou, ChinaSprint Relay27 October

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 7, the six best results counts in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 8 and WC 9), both results counts.[1]

Overall standings

This section shows the overall standings after all nine individual events.

Relay

The table shows the standings after all four relay events.[10] All results count in the overall standings.

Rank Nation 1 2 3 4 (SR) Points
1 align=left 100 100 100 80 380
2 align=left 80 80 40 100 300
3 align=left 40 40 80 50 210
4 align=left 50 50 45 60 205
5 align=left 60 45 50 45 200
6 align=left 45 60 29 29 163
7 align=left 31 31 37 33 132
8 align=left 37 33 24 35 129
9 align=left 33 35 28 30 126
10 align=left 35 25 25 40 125

References

  1. Web site: Special Rules for the 2019 World Cup in Orienteering. International Orienteering Federation. 21 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Official results WC Round 1 Middle. International Orienteering Federation. 8 June 2019. 25 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Official results WC Round 1 Chase start. International Orienteering Federation. 9 June 2019. 25 June 2019.
  4. Web site: IOF Ethics China WC Final.PDF - Microsoft Word Online.
  5. Web site: Ethics Panel decisions published from China events | International Orienteering Federation.
  6. Web site: IOF claim cheating by China in orienteering at World Military Games. 22 October 2019 .
  7. Web site: Ethics Panel decisions published from China events | International Orienteering Federation.
  8. Web site: IOF Ethics China CISM MWG.PDF - Microsoft Word Online.
  9. Web site: Official results WC Round 1 Sprint Relay. International Orienteering Federation. 11 June 2019. 25 June 2019.
  10. Web site: 2019 Team World Cup in Orienteering. International Orienteering Federation. 2019-08-18.

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