The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) (formerly the Veteran World Cup) is an annual orienteering competition organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
Participants must be 35 years of age or older. The classes of competition are divided into women and men in five-year age groups from 35 to 100+ with a total of 28 classes.
The first competition was held in 1983 in Lahti, Finland. However, the event was not sanctioned by the IOF until 1988. From 1986 to 1994, the competition was held biannually. In 1998, the event changed its name to the World Masters Orienteering Championships.
Until 2008, the competition consisted of a long ("classic") distance race with 2 qualification runs, after which a sprint race was added to the program. In 2018, a middle-distance race was added as well. The competition format now consists of: Sprint Qualification, Sprint Final, Forest Qualification, Middle Final, Long Final.
Venues
Year Date Location 1983 July 12–15 Lahti, Finland 1986 July 15–18 Mysen, Norway 1988 July 19–22 Åmål, Sweden 1990 August 1–5 Körmend, Hungary 1992 January 5–11 Tasmania, Australia 1994 August 1–5 Strathspey, United Kingdom 1995 May 29 – June 2 Saint Petersburg, Russia 1996 April 8–12 Murcia, Spain 1997 September 29 – October 4 Minnesota, United States 1998 July 1–5 Nový Bor, Czech Republic 1999 July 18–23 Aarhus, Denmark 2000 January 1–7 Feilding, New Zealand 2001 July 1–5 Nida, Lithuania 2002 October 6–11 Bendigo, Australia 2003 July 13–17 Halden, Norway 2004 July 3–10 Asiago, Italy 2005 July 22–31 Edmonton, Canada 2006 July 1–8 Wiener Neustadt, Austria 2007 July 7–14 Kuusamo, Finland 2008 June 28 – July 5 Marinha Grande, Portugal 2009 October 10–18 Sydney, Australia 2010 July 31 – August 7 Neuchâtel, Switzerland 2011 July 1–8 Pécs, Hungary 2012 July 1–7 Bad Harzburg, Germany 2013 August 2–10 Sestriere, Italy 2014 November 1–8 Porto Alegre, Brazil 2015 July 27 – August 1 Gothenburg, Sweden2016 August 7–13 Tallinn, Estonia 2017 April 21–30 Auckland, New Zealand2018 July 7–13 Copenhagen, Denmark 2019 July 5–12 Riga, Latvia 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 August 7—13 Velence, Hungary 2022 July 9—16 Gargano, Italy 2023 August 11—18 Košice, Slovakia 2024 August 2–9 Turku, Finland 2025 August 8–15 Girona, Spain 2026 August 7–14 Rzeszów, Poland 2027 May 21—29 Kansai, Japan 2028 October 27 - November 3 Antalya, Türkiye 2029 TBD Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
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