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.

Orienteering World Cup
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)January–October
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1983 (1983)
AreaEurope
Organised byIOF
Websiteorienteering.sport/worldcup-page/
2023 Orienteering World Cup

Hosting nations
YearHosting nationsNotes
1986Norway, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland8 events
1988Hong Kong, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Sweden8 events
1990Poland, Denmark, Norway, Canada, USA, Switzerland, France, Germany8 events
1992Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Canada, USA8 events
1994New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
1996Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, France10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
1998Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland13 events (10 individual, 3 relays).
2000Japan, Australia, Ukraine, Finland, Portugal12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2002Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic17 events (13 individual, 4 relays).
2004Denmark, Sweden, Germany12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2005Great Britain, Japan, Italy12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2006Estonia, Denmark, France12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2007Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland10 events (all individual)
2008Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland13 events (all individual)
2009Finland, Norway, Hungary, Switzerland9 events (all individual)
2010Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Switzerland12 events (all individual)
2011Czech Republic, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland10 events (all individual)
2012Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland13 events (all individual)
2013New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland13 events (all individual)
2014Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy, Switzerland14 events (all individual)
2015Australia, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland14 events (11 individual, 3 sprint relays)
2016Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland14 events (10 individual, 4 sprint relays)
2017Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland15 events (10 individual, 5 relays)
2018Switzerland, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic20 events (11 individual, 9 relays)
2019Finland, Norway, Switzerland, China13 events (9 individual, 4 relays)
2020Switzerland, Estonia, Italy (Events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)9 events (7 individual, 2 relays)
2021Switzerland, Sweden, Italy9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
2022Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
2023Norway, Czech Republic, Italy10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
2024Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Finland11 events (7 individual, 4 relays)

Points distribution

The object of the World Cup is to collect points during the season. The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points, where the winner is awarded 100 points.[1] The current points distribution are as follows:

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

World Cup overall results
Simone Niggli-Luder, nine-time winner
Tove Alexandersson won nine consequtive titles in 2014–2023 seasons
Hanne Staff won twice in 1998 and 2000

Women
Year 1st 2nd 3rd Notes
1986Norway Ellen Sofie OlsvikNorway Jorunn TeigenSweden Karin Rabe[2]
1988Norway Ragnhild BratbergNorway Brit VoldenCzech Republic Jana Galikova[3]
1990Norway Ragnhild Bente AndersenNorway Ragnhild BratbergSweden Katarina Borg[4]
1992Sweden Marita SkogumCzech Republic Jana CieslarovaUnited Kingdom Yvette Hague[5]
1994Sweden Marlena JanssonUnited Kingdom Yvette HagueNorway Hanne Staff[6]
1996Sweden Gunilla SvärdSweden Marlena JanssonNorway Hanne Staff[7]
1998Norway Hanne StaffFinland Johanna AsklöfSweden Katarina Borg[8]
2000Norway Hanne Staff (2)Switzerland Simone LuderUnited Kingdom Heather Monro[9]
2002Switzerland Simone LuderSwitzerland Vroni König-SalmiNorway Hanne Staff[10]
2004Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (2)Russia Tatiana RyabkinaSweden Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard[11]
2005Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (3)Switzerland Vroni König-SalmiNorway Anne Margrethe Hausken[12]
2006Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (4)Norway Marianne AndersenFinland Minna Kauppi[13]
2007Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (5)Finland Heli JukkolaFinland Minna Kauppi
2008Norway Anne Margrethe HauskenFinland Minna KauppiSweden Helena Jansson
2009Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (6)Norway Marianne AndersenSweden Helena Jansson
2010Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (7)Sweden Helena JanssonDenmark Maja Alm
2011Sweden Helena JanssonFinland Minna KauppiSweden Lena Eliasson
2012Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (8)Finland Minna KauppiRussia Tatiana Ryabkina
2013Switzerland Simone Niggli-Luder (9)Sweden Tove AlexanderssonSweden Annika Billstam
2014Sweden Tove AlexanderssonSwitzerland Judith WyderDenmark Maja Alm
2015Sweden Tove Alexandersson (2)Switzerland Sara LüscherUkraine Nadiya Volynska
2016Sweden Tove Alexandersson (3)Switzerland Judith WyderDenmark Maja Alm
2017Sweden Tove Alexandersson (4)Russia Natalia GemperleSwitzerland Sabine Hauswirth
2018Sweden Tove Alexandersson (5)Sweden Karolin OhlssonRussia Natalia Gemperle
2019Sweden Tove Alexandersson (6)Switzerland Simona AebersoldRussia Natalia Gemperle
2020World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021Sweden Tove Alexandersson (7)Switzerland Simona AebersoldSweden Hanna Lundberg
2022Sweden Tove Alexandersson (8)Switzerland Simona AebersoldNorway Andrine Benjaminsen
2023Sweden Tove Alexandersson (9)Sweden Sara HagströmSwitzerland Simona Aebersold
Daniel Hubmann, a six-time winner
Matthias Kyburz won the title five times
Thierry Gueorgiou, winner twice in 2006 and 2007

Men
Year 1st 2nd 3rd Notes
1986Sweden Kent OlssonNorway Øyvin ThonSweden Michael Wehlin[2]
1988Norway Øyvin ThonSweden Jörgen MårtenssonNorway Håvard Tveite[3]
1990Norway Håvard TveiteSweden Niklas LöwegrenSweden Jörgen Mårtensson[4]
1992Sweden Joakim IngelssonSweden Martin JohanssonNorway Petter Thoresen[5]
1994Norway Petter ThoresenFinland Janne SalmiFinland Mika Kuisma[6]
1996Sweden Johan IvarssonSweden Jörgen MårtenssonFinland Timo Karppinen[7]
1998Denmark Chris TerkelsenSweden Johan IvarssonNorway Bjørnar Valstad[8]
2000Finland Jani LakanenNorway Tore SandvikDenmark Allan Mogensen[9]
2002Norway Bjørnar ValstadRussia Michael MamleevFinland Mats Haldin[10]
2004Norway Holger Hott JohansenRussia Andrey KhramovNorway Øystein Kvaal Østerbø[11]
2005Russia Andrey KhramovFrance Thierry GueorgiouSwitzerland Daniel Hubmann[12]
2006France Thierry GueorgiouSwitzerland Daniel HubmannRussia Valentin Novikov[13]
2007France Thierry Gueorgiou (2)Norway Anders NordbergSwitzerland Daniel Hubmann
2008Switzerland Daniel HubmannFrance Thierry GueorgiouSwitzerland Matthias Merz
2009Switzerland Daniel Hubmann (2)France Thierry GueorgiouSweden Peter Öberg
2010Switzerland Daniel Hubmann (3)Switzerland Matthias MüllerFrance Thierry Gueorgiou
2011Switzerland Daniel Hubmann (4)France Thierry GueorgiouSwitzerland Matthias Merz
2012Switzerland Matthias KyburzNorway Olav LundanesSwitzerland Matthias Merz
2013Switzerland Matthias Kyburz (2)Switzerland Daniel HubmannSwitzerland Fabian Hertner
2014Switzerland Daniel Hubmann (5)Switzerland Fabian HertnerSwitzerland Matthias Kyburz
2015Switzerland Daniel Hubmann (6)Switzerland Matthias KyburzNorway Olav Lundanes
2016Switzerland Matthias Kyburz (3)Switzerland Daniel HubmannNorway Olav Lundanes
2017Switzerland Matthias Kyburz (4)Norway Olav LundanesSwitzerland Daniel Hubmann
2018Switzerland Matthias Kyburz (5)Switzerland Daniel HubmannNorway Olav Lundanes
2019Sweden Gustav Bergman Switzerland Joey HadornSwitzerland Daniel Hubmann
2020World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021Norway Kasper Fosser Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Switzerland Daniel Hubmann
2022Norway Kasper Fosser (2)Sweden Martin RegbornSweden Gustav Bergman
2023Switzerland Matthias Kyburz (6)Norway Kasper FosserSweden Gustav Bergman

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

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.
As of 3 October 2022

See also

References
  1. "Special Rules for the 2019 World Cup in Orienteering" (PDF). International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. "World Cup 1986 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. "World Cup 1988 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. "World Cup 1990 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  5. "World Cup 1992 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  6. "World Cup 1994 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. "World Cup 1996 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  8. "World Cup 1998 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  9. "World Cup 2000 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  10. "World Cup 2002 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  11. "World Cup 2004 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  12. "World Cup 2005 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  13. "World Cup 2006 Overall". old.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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