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 first official World Cup was held 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
Websiteranking.orienteering.org
2019 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, Italy9 events (7 individual, 2 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 six consequite titles in 2014–2019 seasons
Hanne Staff won twice in 1998 and 2000

Women
Year 1st 2nd 3rd Notes
1986 Ellen Sofie Olsvik Jorunn Teigen Karin Rabe[2]
1988 Ragnhild Bratberg Brit Volden Jana Galikova[3]
1990 Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bratberg Katarina Borg[4]
1992 Marita Skogum Jana Cieslarova Yvette Hague[5]
1994 Marlena Jansson Yvette Hague Hanne Staff[6]
1996 Gunilla Svärd Marlena Jansson Hanne Staff[7]
1998 Hanne Staff Johanna Asklöf Katarina Borg[8]
2000 Hanne Staff (2) Simone Luder Heather Monro[9]
2002 Simone Luder Vroni König-Salmi Hanne Staff[10]
2004 Simone Niggli-Luder (2) Tatiana Ryabkina Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard[11]
2005 Simone Niggli-Luder (3) Vroni König-Salmi Anne Margrethe Hausken[12]
2006 Simone Niggli-Luder (4) Marianne Andersen Minna Kauppi[13]
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
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
1986 Kent Olsson Øyvin Thon Michael Wehlin[2]
1988 Øyvin Thon Jörgen Mårtensson Håvard Tveite[3]
1990 Håvard Tveite Niklas Löwegren Jörgen Mårtensson[4]
1992 Joakim Ingelsson Martin Johansson Petter Thoresen[5]
1994 Petter Thoresen Janne Salmi Mika Kuisma[6]
1996 Johan Ivarsson Jörgen Mårtensson Timo Karppinen[7]
1998 Chris Terkelsen Johan Ivarsson Bjørnar Valstad[8]
2000 Jani Lakanen Tore Sandvik Allan Mogensen[9]
2002 Bjørnar Valstad Michael Mamleev Mats Haldin[10]
2004 Holger Hott Johansen Andrey Khramov Øystein Kvaal Østerbø[11]
2005 Andrey Khramov Thierry Gueorgiou Daniel Hubmann[12]
2006 Thierry Gueorgiou Daniel Hubmann Valentin Novikov[13]
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

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.

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 29 October 2019

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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