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, United States, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland 8 events 1988 Hong Kong, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Sweden 8 events 1990 Poland, Denmark, Norway, Canada, United States, Switzerland, France, Germany 8 events 1992 Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Canada, United States 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, 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) 2013 New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland 13 events (all individual) 2014 Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy, Switzerland 14 events (all individual) 2015 Australia, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, Switzerland 14 events (11 individual, 3 sprint relays) 2016 Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland 14 events (10 individual, 4 sprint relays) 2017 Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland 15 events (10 individual, 5 relays) 2018 Switzerland, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic 20 events (11 individual, 9 relays) 2019 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) 2021 Switzerland, Sweden, Italy 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) 2022 Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) 2023 Norway, Czech Republic, Italy 10 events (7 individual, 3 relays) 2024 Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Finland 11 events (7 individual, 4 relays) 2025 Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) 2026 Switzerland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Lithuania 12 events (8 individual, 4 relays) 2027 Sweden, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain 11 events (7 individual, 4 relays)
Scoring Source:
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. Any runner places below 40th is not awarded points. If a tie occurs, both runners are awarded the points as if they were placed in the highest of the tied positions. As of 2024, the current points distribution are as follows: +IndividualPlacePoints1st1002nd803rd604th505th456th407th378th359th3310th to 40th -n + 41* *For example, 10th place gains 31 points (-10 + 41 = 31) +KO SprintRacePlacePointsFinal 1st to 6thSame as individual places 1 to 6Semi-finals3rd354th305th276th24Quarter-finals4th205th146th8Qualification13th414th1 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 Ellen Sofie Olsvik Jorunn Teigen Karin Rabe 1988 Ragnhild Bratberg Brit Volden Jana Galíková 1990 Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bratberg Katarina Borg 1992 Marita Skogum Jana Cieslarova Yvette Hague 1994 Marlena Jansson Yvette Hague Hanne Staff 1996 Gunilla Svärd Marlena Jansson Hanne Staff 1998 Hanne Staff Johanna Asklöf Katarina Borg 2000 Hanne Staff (2) Simone Luder Heather Monro 2002 Simone Luder Vroni König-Salmi Hanne Staff 2004 Simone Niggli-Luder (2) Tatiana Ryabkina Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard 2005 Simone Niggli-Luder (3) Vroni König-Salmi Anne Margrethe Hausken 2006 Simone Niggli-Luder (4) Marianne Andersen Minna Kauppi 2007 Simone Niggli-Luder (5) Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi 2008 Anne Margrethe Hausken Minna Kauppi Helena Jansson 2009 Simone Niggli-Luder (6) Marianne Andersen Helena Jansson 2010 Simone Niggli-Luder (7) Helena Jansson Maja Alm 2011 Helena Jansson Minna Kauppi Lena Eliasson 2012 Simone Niggli-Luder (8) Minna Kauppi Tatiana Ryabkina 2013 Simone Niggli-Luder (9) Tove Alexandersson Annika Billstam 2014 Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder Maja Alm 2015 Tove Alexandersson (2) Sara Lüscher Nadiya Volynska 2016 Tove Alexandersson (3) Judith Wyder Maja Alm 2017 Tove Alexandersson (4) Natalia Gemperle Sabine Hauswirth 2018 Tove Alexandersson (5) Karolin Ohlsson Natalia Gemperle 2019 Tove Alexandersson (6) Simona Aebersold Natalia Gemperle 2020 World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 Tove Alexandersson (7) Simona Aebersold Hanna Lundberg 2022 Tove Alexandersson (8) Simona Aebersold Andrine Benjaminsen 2023 Tove Alexandersson (9) Sara Hagström Simona Aebersold 2024 Simona Aebersold (1) Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle 2025 Simona Aebersold (2) Pia Young Vik Celine Calandry
Men Year 1st 2nd 3rd Notes 1986 Kent Olsson Øyvin Thon Michael Wehlin 1988 Øyvin Thon Jörgen Mårtensson Håvard Tveite 1990 Håvard Tveite Niklas Löwegren Jörgen Mårtensson 1992 Joakim Ingelsson Martin Johansson Petter Thoresen 1994 Petter Thoresen Janne Salmi Mika Kuisma 1996 Johan Ivarsson Jörgen Mårtensson Timo Karppinen 1998 Chris Terkelsen Johan Ivarsson Bjørnar Valstad 2000 Jani Lakanen Tore Sandvik Allan Mogensen 2002 Bjørnar Valstad Michael Mamleev Mats Haldin 2004 Holger Hott Johansen Andrey Khramov Øystein Kvaal Østerbø 2005 Andrey Khramov Thierry Gueorgiou Daniel Hubmann 2006 Thierry Gueorgiou Daniel Hubmann Valentin Novikov 2007 Thierry Gueorgiou (2) Anders Nordberg Daniel Hubmann 2008 Daniel Hubmann Thierry Gueorgiou Matthias Merz 2009 Daniel Hubmann (2) Thierry Gueorgiou Peter Öberg 2010 Daniel Hubmann (3) Matthias Müller Thierry Gueorgiou 2011 Daniel Hubmann (4) Thierry Gueorgiou Matthias Merz 2012 Matthias Kyburz Olav Lundanes Matthias Merz 2013 Matthias Kyburz (2) Daniel Hubmann Fabian Hertner 2014 Daniel Hubmann (5) Fabian Hertner Matthias Kyburz 2015 Daniel Hubmann (6) Matthias Kyburz Olav Lundanes 2016 Matthias Kyburz (3) Daniel Hubmann Olav Lundanes 2017 Matthias Kyburz (4) Olav Lundanes Daniel Hubmann 2018 Matthias Kyburz (5) Daniel Hubmann Olav Lundanes 2019 Gustav Bergman Joey Hadorn Daniel Hubmann 2020 World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 Kasper Fosser Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann 2022 Kasper Fosser (2) Martin Regborn Gustav Bergman 2023 Matthias Kyburz (6) Kasper Fosser Gustav Bergman 2024 Kasper Fosser (3) Martin Regborn Eirik Langedal Breivik 2025 Max Peter Bejmer Kasper Fosser Tomas Krivda
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 Thierry Gueorgiou 2 4 1 4 Kasper Fosser 3 1 - 5 Øyvin Thon 1 1 - = Johan Ivarsson 1 1 - = Andrey Khramov 1 1 - 8 Gustav Bergman 1 - 2 9 Håvard Tveite 1 - 1 = Petter Thoresen 1 - 1 = Bjørnar Valstad 1 - 1 12 Martin Regborn - 2 -
Women No. Athlete Wins 2nd 3rd1 Tove Alexandersson 9 2 - 2 Simone Niggli 9 1 - 3 Hanne Staff 2 - 3 4 Simona Aebersold 1 3 1 5 Helena Bergman 1 1 2 6 Natalia Gemperle - 2 3 7 Ragnhild Bratberg 1 1 - = Marlena Jansson 1 1 - 9 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 Thierry Gueorgiou 29 3 Matthias Kyburz 23 4 Olav Lundanes 15 5 Emil Wingstedt 8 6 Jonas Leandersson 7 7 Kasper Harlem Fosser 5 8 Fabian Hertner 4 = Pasi Ikonen 4 = Andrey Khramov 4 = Jani Lakanen 4 = Jerker Lysell 4 = Chris Terkelsen 4 = Bjørnar Valstad 4 15 Gustav Bergman 4 = Johan Ivarsson 3 = Carl Godager Kaas 3 = Allan Mogensen 3 = Valentin Novikov 3 = Peter Öberg 3 21 Tero Föhr 2 = Holger Hott Johansen 2 = Vojtěch Král 2 = Oleksandr Kratov 2 = / Mikhail Mamleev 2 = Matthias Müller 2 = Jörgen Mårtensson 2 = Yuri Omeltchenko 2 = Rudolf Ropek 2 = Janne Salmi 2 = / Sixten Sild 2 = Audun Weltzien 2 = Yannick Michiels 2 = Joey Hadorn 2
Women Athlete Wins 1 Simone Niggli 66 2 Tove Alexandersson 41 3 Minna Kauppi 12 4 Hanne Staff 11 5 Anne Margrethe Hausken 10 6 Helena Bergman 9 = Judith Wyder 9 8 Maja Alm 5 = Gunilla Svärd 5 10 Annika Billstam 4 = Vroni König-Salmi 4 12 Ida Bobach 3 = Dana Brožková 3 = Jana Cieslarova 3 = Emma Claesson 3 = Simona Aebersold 3 17 Yvette (Hague) Baker 2 = Natalia Gemperle 2 = Linnea Gustafsson 2 = Marlena Jansson 2 = Jenny Johansson 2 = Heli Jukkola 2 = Emma Klingenberg 2 = Heather Monro 2 = Tatjana Rjabkina 2 = Marita Skogum 2 = Sara Hagström 2
See also International Orienteering Federation (IOF) World Orienteering Championships Junior World Orienteering Championships European Orienteering Championships
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