The competition format has changed several times. From the beginning in 1962, the World Championships consisted of only two competitions: an individual race and an unofficial relay. The relay event was an official event for the first time in the 1964 European Championships. EOC was not arranged from 1964 to 2000. In 2000, a sprint race (roughly 12–15 minutes winning time). In 2002, a short distance race (roughly 20–25 minutes) was added. The middle distance (roughly 30–35 minutes) replaced the short distance in 2004 On IOF's 23rd congress in Lausanne in 2012, it was decided that a sprint relay event would be added in the 2016 European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic. [1] The sprint relay are competed in urban areas and consists of four-orienteer mixed-gender teams with starting order woman-man-man-woman.
The current championship events are:
Forest EOC (even years)| Distance | Winning Time | Notes |
|---|
| Long distance | 90–100 min | Previously called classic distance |
| Middle distance | 30–35 min | Replaced short distance (20–25 min) in 2004 |
| Relay | 3 × 40 min | Three-person teams |
Urban EOC (odd years)| Distance | Winning Time | Notes |
|---|
| Sprint | 12–15 min | |
| Knock-out sprint | 5–8 min | First held in 2021 |
| Sprint relay | 4 × 12–15 min | Four-person teams, two men and two women. |
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Løten, Norway 
Le Brassus, Switzerland 
Truskavets, Ukraine 
Sümeg, Hungary 
Roskilde, Denmark 
Otepää, Estonia 
Ventspils, Latvia 
Primorsko, [2] Bulgaria 
Falun, Sweden [3] 
Palmela, Portugal 
Jeseník, Czech Republic 
Verona, Italy [5] 
Hasselt, Belgium 
Druskininkai, Lithuania [6] 
