Orienteering World Cup

Orienteering World Cup
Orienteering World Cup
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	January–October
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1983
Area	Europe
Organised by	IOF
Website	orienteering.sport/worldcup-page/
	2023 Orienteering World Cup

Last updated February 01, 2024

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.

Hosting nations

Year	Hosting nations	Notes
1986	Norway, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland	8 events
1988	Hong Kong, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Sweden	8 events
1990	Poland, Denmark, Norway, Canada, USA, Switzerland, France, Germany	8 events
1992	Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Canada, USA	8 events
1994	New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic	9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
1996	Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, France	10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
1998	Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Finland	13 events (10 individual, 3 relays).
2000	Japan, Australia, Ukraine,^[1] Finland, Portugal	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2002	Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic	17 events (13 individual, 4 relays).
2004	Denmark, Sweden, Germany	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2005	Great Britain, Japan, Italy	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2006	Estonia, Denmark, France	12 events (9 individual, 3 relays)
2007	Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, Switzerland	10 events (all individual)
2008	Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland	13 events (all individual)
2009	Finland, Norway, Hungary, Switzerland	9 events (all individual)
2010	Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Switzerland	12 events (all individual)
2011	Czech Republic, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland	10 events (all individual)
2012	Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland	13 events (all individual)
2013	New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland	13 events (all individual)
2014	Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Italy, Switzerland	14 events (all individual)
2015	Australia, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland	14 events (11 individual, 3 sprint relays)
2016	Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland	14 events (10 individual, 4 sprint relays)
2017	Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Switzerland	15 events (10 individual, 5 relays)
2018	Switzerland, Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic	20 events (11 individual, 9 relays)
2019	Finland, Norway, Switzerland, China	13 events (9 individual, 4 relays)
2020	Switzerland, Estonia, Italy^{(Events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)}	9 events (7 individual, 2 relays)
2021	Switzerland, Sweden, Italy	9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
2022	Sweden, Estonia, Switzerland	9 events (6 individual, 3 relays)
2023	Norway, Czech Republic, Italy	10 events (7 individual, 3 relays)
2024	Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Finland	11 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.^[2] 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

Women

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Notes
1986	Ellen Sofie Olsvik	Jorunn Teigen	Karin Rabe	^[3]
1988	Ragnhild Bratberg	Brit Volden	Jana Galikova	^[4]
1990	Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Ragnhild Bratberg	Katarina Borg	^[5]
1992	Marita Skogum	Jana Cieslarova	Yvette Hague	^[6]
1994	Marlena Jansson	Yvette Hague	Hanne Staff	^[7]
1996	Gunilla Svärd	Marlena Jansson	Hanne Staff	^[8]
1998	Hanne Staff	Johanna Asklöf	Katarina Borg	^[9]
2000	Hanne Staff (2)	Simone Luder	Heather Monro	^[10]
2002	Simone Luder	Vroni König-Salmi	Hanne Staff	^[11]
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder (2)	Tatiana Ryabkina	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	^[12]
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder (3)	Vroni König-Salmi	Anne Margrethe Hausken	^[13]
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder (4)	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	^[14]
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
2020	World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	Tove Alexandersson (7)	Simona Aebersold	Hanna Lundberg
2022	Tove Alexandersson (8)	Simona Aebersold	Andrine Benjaminsen
2023	Tove Alexandersson (9)	Sara Hagström	Simona Aebersold

Men

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Notes
1986	Kent Olsson	Øyvin Thon	Michael Wehlin	^[3]
1988	Øyvin Thon	Jörgen Mårtensson	Håvard Tveite	^[4]
1990	Håvard Tveite	Niklas Löwegren	Jörgen Mårtensson	^[5]
1992	Joakim Ingelsson	Martin Johansson	Petter Thoresen	^[6]
1994	Petter Thoresen	Janne Salmi	Mika Kuisma	^[7]
1996	Johan Ivarsson	Jörgen Mårtensson	Timo Karppinen	^[8]
1998	Chris Terkelsen	Johan Ivarsson	Bjørnar Valstad	^[9]
2000	Jani Lakanen	Tore Sandvik	Allan Mogensen	^[10]
2002	Bjørnar Valstad	Michael Mamleev	Mats Haldin	^[11]
2004	Holger Hott Johansen	Andrey Khramov	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	^[12]
2005	Andrey Khramov	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	^[13]
2006	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Valentin Novikov	^[14]
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
2020	World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	Kasper Fosser	Matthias Kyburz	Daniel Hubmann
2022	Kasper Fosser (2)	Martin Regborn	Gustav Bergman
2023	Matthias Kyburz (6)	Kasper Fosser	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

Men

No.	Athlete	Wins	2nd	3rd
1	Daniel Hubmann	6	4	5
2	Matthias Kyburz	6	2	1
3	Thierry Gueorgiou	2	4	1
4	Kasper Fosser	2	1	-
5	Øyvin Thon	1	1	-
=	Johan Ivarsson	1	1	-
=	Andrey Khramov	1	1	-
8	Gustav Bergman	1	-	2
9	Håvard Tveite	1	-	1
=	Petter Thoresen	1	-	1
=	Bjørnar Valstad	1	-	1

Women

No.	Athlete	Wins	2nd	3rd
1	Simone Niggli	9	1	-
=	Tove Alexandersson	9	1	-
3	Hanne Staff	2	-	3
4	Helena Bergman	1	1	2
5	Ragnhild Bratberg	1	1	-
=	Marlena Jansson	1	1	-
7	Anne Margrethe Hausken	1	-	1

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

Men

No.	Athlete	Wins
1	Daniel Hubmann	32
2	Thierry Gueorgiou	29
3	Matthias Kyburz	23
4	Olav Lundanes	15
5	Emil Wingstedt	8
6	Jonas Leandersson	7
7	Kasper Harlem Fosser	5
8	Fabian Hertner	4
=	Pasi Ikonen	4
=	Andrey Khramov	4
=	Jani Lakanen	4
=	Jerker Lysell	4
=	Chris Terkelsen	4
=	Bjørnar Valstad	4
15	Gustav Bergman	4
=	Johan Ivarsson	3
=	Carl Godager Kaas	3
=	Allan Mogensen	3
=	Valentin Novikov	3
=	Peter Öberg	3
21	Tero Föhr	2
=	Holger Hott Johansen	2
=	Vojtěch Král	2
=	Oleksandr Kratov	2
=	/ Mikhail Mamleev	2
=	Matthias Müller	2
=	Jörgen Mårtensson	2
=	Yuri Omeltchenko	2
=	Rudolf Ropek	2
=	Janne Salmi	2
=	/ Sixten Sild	2
=	Audun Weltzien	2
=	Yannick Michiels	2
=	Joey Hadorn	2

Women

No.	Athlete	Wins
1	Simone Niggli	66
2	Tove Alexandersson	41
3	Minna Kauppi	12
4	Hanne Staff	11
5	Anne Margrethe Hausken	10
6	Helena Bergman	9
=	Judith Wyder	9
8	Maja Alm	5
=	Gunilla Svärd	5
10	Annika Billstam	4
=	Vroni König-Salmi	4
12	Ida Bobach	3
=	Dana Brožková	3
=	Jana Cieslarova	3
=	Emma Claesson	3
=	Simona Aebersold	3
17	Yvette (Hague) Baker	2
=	Natalia Gemperle	2
=	Linnea Gustafsson	2
=	Marlena Jansson	2
=	Jenny Johansson	2
=	Heli Jukkola	2
=	Emma Klingenberg	2
=	Heather Monro	2
=	Tatjana Rjabkina	2
=	Marita Skogum	2
=	Sara Hagström	2

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Orienteering World Cup

Contents

Hosting nations

Points distribution

World Cup overall results

Women

Men

Records

Most overall wins

Men

Women

Most race victories

Men

Women

See also

Related Research Articles

References