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)
2012	Sweden, 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

1st	100
2nd	80
3rd	60
4th	50
5th	45
6th	40
7th	37
8th	35
9th	33
10th to 40th	-n + 41*

*For example, 10th place gains 31 points (-10 + 41 = 31)

KO Sprint!Race!Place!Points

Final	1st to 6th	Same as individual places 1 to 6
Semi-finals	3rd	35
	4th	30
	5th	27
	6th	24
Quarter-finals	4th	20
	5th	14
	6th	8
Qualification	13th	4
	14th	1

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

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Notes
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

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Notes
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.

• Active athletes are bolded.

As of 10 October 2023

Men

No.	Athlete	Wins	2nd	3rd
1	Daniel Hubmann	6	4	5
2	Matthias Kyburz	6	2	1
3		2	4	1
4		2	1	-
5		1	1	-
=		1	1	-
=	Andrey Khramov	1	1	-
8	Gustav Bergman	1	-	2
9		1	-	1
=		1	-	1
=		1	-	1

Women

No.	Athlete	Wins	2nd	3rd
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.

• Results from the World Cup's inception in 1986 until the 1996 are incomplete.
• Active athletes are bolded.

Men

	Athlete	Wins
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

	Athlete	Wins
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

• International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
• World Orienteering Championships
• Junior World Orienteering Championships
• European Orienteering Championships

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 .