| Numindividualevents: | 7 |
| Numrelayevents: | 3 |
| Menmostwins: | (2) (2) |
| Womenmostwins: | (4) |
| Teamfirst: |  Sweden |
| Teamsecond: |  Norway |
| Teamthird: |  Switzerland |
| Teammostwins: | Sweden(2) Switzerland(2) |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous: | 2023 |
| Next: | 2025 |
The 2024 Orienteering World Cup is the 29th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. It consists of seven individual events and three relay events. These are split over four rounds taking place in Switzerland, Italy, Hungary and Finland.[1] The World Cup was broadcast on public television in Sweden (SVT)[2] Finland (YLE) and Switzerland (SRF)[3]
This edition of the World Cup started with Sprint races[4] in Switzerland[5] [6] and Italy. In Switzerland, Joey Hadorn and Tove Alexandersson won the first race of the first round,[7] held in Knock-out sprint format. The second race was a sprint won by Natalia Gemperle[8] and Emil Svensk.[9] The second round was the first time the World Cup had been in Genoa, and was held in Voltri and Nervi.[10] Kasper Harlem Fosser and Simona Aebersold won the sprint race, and the next day the Sprint relay was won by Switzerland.[11]
The third round of the World Cup was held in Hungary, and was characterized by hot conditions.[12] The world cup round was combined with the European Orienteering Championships. The first race was won by Eirik Langedal Breivik and Simona Aebersold[13] In the long distance the next day, Kasper Fosser and Tove Alexandersson were the victors.[14] The relay event was won by Switzerland and Norway.[15]
| Venue | Distance | Date | Winner | Second | Third | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 – Switzerland | |||||||
| 1 | Olten, Switzerland | Knock-out sprint | 25 May | [16] | |||
| 2 | Sprint | 26 May | [17] | ||||
| Round 2 – Italy | |||||||
| 3 |  Genoa, Italy | Sprint | 1 June | [18] | |||
| Round 3 – Hungary | |||||||
| 4 |  Mór, Hungary | Middle | 17 August | [19] | |||
| 5 | Long | 18 August | |||||
| Round 4 – Finland | |||||||
| 6 |  Kuopio, Finland | Long | 26 September | ||||
| 7 | Middle | 28 September | |||||
| Venue | Distance | Date | Winner | Second | Third | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 – Switzerland | |||||||
| 1 | Olten, Switzerland | Knock-out sprint | 25 May | ||||
| 2 | Sprint | 26 May | | ||||
| Round 2 – Italy | |||||||
| 3 | Genoa, Italy | Sprint | 1 June | ||||
| Round 3 – Hungary | |||||||
| 4 | Mór, Hungary | Middle | 17 August | ||||
| 5 | Long | 18 August | |||||
| Round 4 – Finland | |||||||
| 6 | Kuopio, Finland | Long | 26 September | ||||
| 7 | Middle | 28 September | |||||
| Venue | Distance | Date | Winner | Second | Third | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genoa, Italy | Sprint relay | 2 June | [20] | |||
| 2 | Mór, Hungary | Men's relay | 20 August | ||||
| 3 | Women's relay | 20 August | |||||
| 4 | Kuopio, Finland | Men's relay | 29 September | ||||
| 5 | Women's relay | 29 September |
This section shows the standings after the events in Finland.[21]
The table shows the standings after the final stage in Finland.[22]
| Rank | Nation | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | 5887 | ||
| 2 | align=left | 5525 | ||
| 3 | align=left | 4938 | ||
| 4 | align=left | 3735 | ||
| 5 | align=left | 2330 | ||
| 6 | align=left |  France | 2086 | |
| 7 | align=left | 1673 | ||
| 8 | align=left | 1609 | ||
| 9 | align=left | 1461 | ||
| 10 | align=left | 1453 |