2023 Orienteering World Cup

The 2023 Orienteering World Cup is the 28th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2023 Orienteering World Cup consists of seven individual events and three relay events. The events are located in Norway, the Czech Republic, and Italy.[1] The 2023 World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland are not included in the World Cup, but the European Orienteering Championships in Italy[2] are part of the World Cup program. Non-European Orienteers can hence participate in the European Championships as well. Russian and Belarusian competitors are still banned, but this season saw Natalia Gemperle returning to the world cup, now competing for Switzerland.[3]

2023 Orienteering World Cup
World Cup events
Individual7
Relay3
Men's World Cup
1st Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
2nd Kasper Fosser (NOR)
3rd Gustav Bergman (SWE)
Most wins Kasper Fosser (NOR) (3)
Women's World Cup
1st Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd Sara Hagström (SWE)
3rd Simona Aebersold (SUI)
Most wins Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (5)
Team World Cup
1st Sweden
2nd  Switzerland
3rd Norway
Most wins Sweden (3)
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The season started in Østfold, Norway, with a long distance race won by reigning champions Tove Alexandersson[4] and Kasper Harlem Fosser. Fosser also won the middle distance[5][6] but Alexandersson finished in second place, ten seconds behind teammate Sara Hagström. Both the relays were won by Swedish teams.[7]

When the season continued in Česká Lípa all individual women's races were won by Tove Alexandersson, giving her a 130 point lead ahead of Sara Hagström in the world cup. Almost securing her ninth total world cup win. On the men's side the races where won by Ralph Street, Jannis Bonek and Kasper Fosser. The relay was won by the Swiss team before the Czech and Swedish teams.

Events

Men
No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 – Norway
1 Norway Østfold, Norway Long 27 April  Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR)  Emil Svensk (SWE)  Martin Regborn (SWE) [8]
2 Middle 29 April  Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR)  Matthias Kyburz (SUI)  Gustav Bergman (SWE) [9]
Round 2 – Czech Republic
3 Czech Republic Česká Lípa, Czech Republic Sprint 2 August  Ralph Street (GBR)  Gustav Bergman (SWE)  Yannick Michiels (BEL)
4 Middle 5 August  Jannis Bonek (AUT)  Albin Ridefelt (SWE)  Matthias Kyburz (SUI) [10]
5 Long 6 August  Kasper Fosser (NOR)  Matthias Kyburz (SUI)  Gustav Bergman (SWE) [11]
Round 3 – Italy
6 Italy Verona, Italy Sprint 4 October  Matthias Kyburz (SUI)  Kasper Fosser (NOR)  Tuomas Heikkila (FIN) [12]
7 Italy Vicenza, Italy Knock-Out sprint 8 October  Matthias Kyburz (SUI)  Jonatan Gustafsson (SWE)  Emil Svensk (SWE) [13] />

Women
No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 – Norway
1 Norway Østfold, Norway Long 26 April  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Sara Hagström (SWE)  Marie Olaussen (NOR) [8]
2 Middle 28 April  Sara Hagström (SWE)  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Natalia Gemperle (SUI) [9]
Round 2 – Czech Republic
3 Czech Republic Česká Lípa, Czech Republic Sprint 2 August  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Natalia Gemperle (SUI)  Sara Hagström (SWE)
4 Middle 5 August  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Simona Aebersold (SUI)  Sanna Fast (SWE) [14]
5 Long 6 August  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Simona Aebersold (SUI)  Sara Hagström (SWE) [11]
Round 3 – Finals
6 Italy Verona, Italy Sprint 4 October  Sara Hagström (SWE)  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Simona Aebersold (SUI) [12]
7 Italy Vicenza, Italy Knock-Out sprint 8 October  Tove Alexandersson (SWE)  Elena Roos (SUI)  Natalia Gemperle (SUI) [13]

Relay
No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
1 Norway Østfold, Norway Men's relay 30 April  Sweden 1
Martin Regborn
Emil Svensk
Gustav Bergman
  Finland 1
Topi Syrjalainen
Olli Ojanaho
Miika Kirmula
  Norway 2
Gaute Steiwer
Eirik Langedal Breivik
Havard Sandstad Eidsmo
 [15]
2 Women's relay 30 April  Sweden 2
Karolin Ohlsson
Elin Månsson
Lisa Risby
   Switzerland 1
Elena Roos
Natalia Gemperle
Simona Aebersold
  Norway 1
Marianne Andersen
Tone Bergerud Lye
Andrine Benjaminsen
 [15]
3 Czech Republic Česká Lípa, Czech Republic Sprint relay 3 August   Switzerland 1
Simona Aebersold
Joey Hadorn
Matthias Kyburz
Elena Roos
  Czech Republic 1
Denisa Kosová
Jakub Glonek
Tomáš Křivda
Tereza Janošíková
  Sweden 1
Sara Hagström
Jonatan Gustafsson
Gustav Bergman
Emma Bjessmo
 [16]
4 Italy Soave, Italy Sprint relay 6 October

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 7, the six best results count in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 8 and WC 9), both results count.

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Points 100 80 60 50 45 40 37 35 33 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall standings

This section shows the standings after the events in Česká Lípa.[17]

Men

Rank Athlete Points
1  Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR) 373
2  Matthias Kyburz (SUI) 320
3  Gustav Bergman (SWE) 270
4  Jannis Bonek (AUT) 176
5  Emil Svensk (SWE) 165
6  Martin Regborn (SWE) 157
7  Daniel Hubmann (SUI) 151
8  Olli Ojanaho (FIN) 145
9  Albin Ridefelt (SWE) 144
10  Ralph Street (GBR) 143

Women

Rank Athlete Points
1  Tove Alexandersson (SWE) 480
2  Sara Hagström (SWE) 350
3  Simona Aebersold (SUI) 277
4  Natalia Gemperle (SUI) 255
5  Marie Olaussen (NOR) 170
6  Andrea Svensson (SWE) 145
7  Elin Månsson (SWE) 143
8  Andrine Benjaminsen (NOR) 142
9  Lisa Risby (SWE) 134
10  Elena Roos (SUI) 133

Team

The table shows the standings after the first stage in Østfold.[17]

RankNationPoints
1Sweden Sweden2889
2Switzerland Switzerland2132
3Norway Norway1840
4Finland Finland1450
5Denmark Denmark947
6Czech Republic Czech Republic906
7Estonia Estonia846
8France France832
9Poland Poland731
10Latvia Latvia672

References
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  2. "EOC 2023". Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. "Gemperles lang ersehnte Premiere im Schweizer Dress" (in German). SRF. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. "Tove Alexandersson bäst i rafflande svenskduell – vann världscuppremiären". SVT. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. "Fosser vant i verdenscupåpningen" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. "Fosser vant etter fantomavslutning". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. "Ny svensk världscupseger i orientering: "Skönt"" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  8. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 1 - Long". International Orienteering Federation.
  9. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 1 - Middle"". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  10. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 2 - Middle". Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  11. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 2 - Long". Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2023 - Sprint final". Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  13. "Preliminary results for Orienteering World Cup Round 3 with European Orienteering Championships 2023 - Knock-Out Sprint". Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  14. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 2 - Middle". Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  15. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 1 - Final - Relay". International Orienteering Federation.
  16. "Official results for Orienteering World Cup Round 2 - Sprint relay". Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. "Standings, Orienteering World Cup 2023". International Orienteering Federation.
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