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.

Hosting nations

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. The current points distribution are as follows:
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World Cup overall results

Women

Men

Records

Most overall wins

The table shows all winners of the overall World Cup who achieved minimum two top 3 finishes.
No.AthleteWins2nd3rd
1 Daniel Hubmann644
2 Matthias Kyburz511
3 Thierry Gueorgiou241
4 Øyvin Thon11-
= Johan Ivarsson11-
= Andrey Khramov11-
7 Håvard Tveite1-1
= Petter Thoresen1-1
= Bjørnar Valstad1-1

Women

Most race victories

This is a list of the orienteers who have won two or more World Cup races.
AthleteWins
1 Daniel Hubmann31
2 Thierry Gueorgiou29
3 Matthias Kyburz21
4 Olav Lundanes15
5 Emil Wingstedt8
6 Jonas Leandersson7
7 Fabian Hertner4
= Pasi Ikonen4
= Andrey Khramov4
= Jani Lakanen4
= Jerker Lysell4
= Chris Terkelsen4
= Bjørnar Valstad4
14 Gustav Bergman4
= Johan Ivarsson3
= Carl Godager Kaas3
= Allan Mogensen3
= Valentin Novikov3
= Peter Öberg3
20 Tero Föhr2
= Holger Hott Johansen2
= Vojtěch Král2
= Oleksandr Kratov2
=/ Mikhail Mamleev2
= Matthias Müller2
= Jörgen Mårtensson2
= Yuri Omeltchenko2
= Rudolf Ropek2
= Janne Salmi2
=/ Sixten Sild2
= Audun Weltzien2

Women