The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) is a biannual orienteering competition organized by International University Sports Federation (FISU). Entry is open to athletes aged 17 to 25 who are enrolled in university either the year of or the year before the competition (ie. can compete in the year after they finish study). Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
Format
The current championship events are: Relay – three-person teams (four-person teams until 2008) Long distance Middle distance Sprint Sprint Relay – four-person teams of two males and two females (added in 2014)
Host towns/cities
Year Date Place 1978 July 10 Jyväskylä, Finland 1980 July 16 St. Gallen, Switzerland 1982 August 10–15 Česká Lípa, Czechoslovakia 1984 August 1–4 Jönköping, Sweden 1986 August 1–3 Miskolc, Hungary 1988 July 20–22 Trondheim, Norway 1990 August 1–3 Plavinas, Soviet Union 1992 July 26–31 Aberdeen, Great Britain 1994 September 4–11 Fiesch, Switzerland 1996 July 16–21 Veszprém, Hungary 1998 August 10–15 Trondheim, Norway 2000 August 25–September 2 Roanne, France 2002 August 20–24 Varna, Bulgaria 2004 June 21–27 Plzeň, Czech Republic 2006 August 14–20 Košice, Slovakia 2008 July 29 – August 2 Tartu, Estonia 2010 July 17–24 Borlänge, Sweden 2012 July 2–7 Alicante, Spain 2014 August 12–16 Olomouc, Czech Republic 2016 July 30 – August 4 Miskolc, Hungary 2018 July 17–21 Kuortane, Finland 2022 August 17–21 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 2024 August 1–5 Bansko, Bulgaria 2026 July 28 — August 1 Vila Real, Portugal
See also International University Sports Federation (FISU)
External links 13th WUOC 2002 14th WUOC 2004 15th WUOC 2006 16th WUOC 2008 17th WUOC 2010 18th WUOC 2012 19th WUOC 2014 22nd WUOC 2022 23rd WUOC 2024 24 WOUC 2026 Hungarian orienteers on the World University Orienteering Championships 1974 International University Championships in Orienteering — Results 1986 World University Orienteering Championships — Results 1994 World University Orienteering Championships — Results 1996 World University Orienteering Championships — Results 1998 World Universities Orienteering Championships — Results 2000
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