World Masters Orienteering Championships

The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) (formerly the Veteran World Cup) is an annual orienteering competition organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).

World Masters Orienteering Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	July–August
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1983 (1983)
Previous event	2025
Next event	2026
Organised by	International Orienteering Federation

Participants must be 35 years of age or older. The classes of competition are divided into women and men in five-year age groups from 35 to 100+ with a total of 28 classes.

The first competition was held in 1983 in Lahti, Finland. However, the event was not sanctioned by the IOF until 1988. From 1986 to 1994, the competition was held biannually. In 1998, the event changed its name to the World Masters Orienteering Championships. ^[1]

Until 2008, the competition consisted of a long ("classic") distance race with 2 qualification runs, after which a sprint race was added to the program. ^[2] In 2018, a middle-distance race was added as well. ^[3] The competition format now consists of: Sprint Qualification, Sprint Final, Forest Qualification, Middle Final, Long Final.

Venues

Year	Date	Location
1983	July 12–15	Lahti, Finland
1986	July 15–18	Mysen, Norway
1988	July 19–22	Åmål, Sweden
1990	August 1–5	Körmend, Hungary
1992	January 5–11	Tasmania, Australia
1994	August 1–5	Strathspey, United Kingdom
1995	May 29 – June 2	Saint Petersburg, Russia
1996	April 8–12	Murcia, Spain
1997	September 29 – October 4	Minnesota, United States [4]
1998	July 1–5	Nový Bor, Czech Republic [5]
1999	July 18–23	Aarhus, Denmark [6]
2000	January 1–7	Feilding, New Zealand [7]
2001	July 1–5	Nida, Lithuania [8]
2002	October 6–11	Bendigo, Australia [9]
2003	July 13–17	Halden, Norway [10]
2004	July 3–10	Asiago, Italy [11]
2005	July 22–31	Edmonton, Canada [12]
2006	July 1–8	Wiener Neustadt, Austria [13]
2007	July 7–14	Kuusamo, Finland [14]
2008	June 28 – July 5	Marinha Grande, Portugal [15]
2009	October 10–18	Sydney, Australia [16]
2010	July 31 – August 7	Neuchâtel, Switzerland [17]
2011	July 1–8	Pécs, Hungary [18]
2012	July 1–7	Bad Harzburg, Germany [19]
2013	August 2–10	Sestriere, Italy [20]
2014	November 1–8	Porto Alegre, Brazil [21]
2015	July 27 – August 1	Gothenburg, Sweden [22]
2016	August 7–13	Tallinn, Estonia [23]
2017	April 21–30	Auckland, New Zealand [24]
2018	July 7–13	Copenhagen, Denmark
2019	July 5–12	Riga, Latvia [25]
2020	Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2021	August 7—13	Velence, Hungary
2022	July 9—16	Gargano, Italy
2023	August 11—18	Košice, Slovakia [26]
2024	August 2–9	Turku, Finland [27]
2025	August 8–15	Girona, Spain [28]
2026	August 7–14	Rzeszów, Poland
2027	May 21—29	Kansai, Japan

References

1. "WMOC Handbook". Yumpu. IOF. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
2. "WMOC 2008 Portugal" . Retrieved 2018-10-25.
3. "WMOC 2018 Copenhagen" . Retrieved 2018-10-25.
4. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1997 Minnesota, USA, 29 September – 4 October" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
5. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1998 Novy Bor, Czech Republic, 1-5 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
6. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1999 Aarhus, Denmark, 18-23 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
7. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2000 Feilding, New Zealand, 1-7 January" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
8. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2001, Nida, Lithuania, 1-5 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
9. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2002 Bendigo, Australia, 6-11 October" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
10. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2003, Halden, Norway, 13-17 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
11. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2004 Asiago, Italy, 3-10 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
12. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2005 Edmonton, Canada, 22-31 July 2005" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
13. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2006 Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 1-8 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
14. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2007 Kuusamo, Finland, 7-14 July" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
15. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2008 Marinha Grande, Portugal, 28 June – 5 July 2008" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
16. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2009, Sydney, Australia, 10-18 October 2009" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
17. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2010 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 31 July – 7 August 2010" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
18. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2011, Pecs, Hungary, July 1-8" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
19. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012, Bad Harzburg/Harz, July 1-8" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
20. "World Masters Games 2013 with WMOC 2013" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
21. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014 Porto Alegre, Brazil" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
22. "2015 World Masters Orienteering Championships" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
23. "World Masters Orienteering Championships in August 5-14, 2016 in Tallinn" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
24. "The Auckland World Masters Games 2107 featuring the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC 2017)" . Retrieved 2018-07-17.
25. "WMOC 2019 in Riga, Latvia, 5-12 July 2019" . Retrieved 2018-07-14.
26. "wmoc2023 – World Masters Orienteering Championships" . Retrieved 2023-02-10.
27. "WMOC 2024 - World Masters Orienteering Championships 2024" . Retrieved 2023-02-10.
28. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2025". WMOC 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-20.