Orienteering World Cup
{{Short description|International orienteering competitions}}
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| current = 2024 Orienteering World Cup
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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
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! Year !! Hosting nations !! Notes | ||
1986 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada, {{flagicon|USA}} United States, {{flagicon|FRA}} France, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czechoslovakia, {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 8 events |
1988 | {{flagicon|HKG}} Hong Kong, {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia, {{flagicon|UK}} Great Britain, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czechoslovakia, {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden | 8 events |
1990 | {{flagicon|POL}} Poland, {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada, {{flagicon|USA}} United States, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|FRA}} France, {{flagicon|GER}} Germany | 8 events |
1992 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia, {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary, {{flagicon|AUT}} Austria, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy, {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada, {{flagicon|USA}} United States | 8 events |
1994 | {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand, {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark, {{flagicon|GER}} Germany, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic | 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) |
1996 | {{flagicon|LIT}} Lithuania, {{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|FRA}} France | 10 events (7 individual, 3 relays) |
1998 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Ireland, {{flagicon|UK}} Great Britain, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|POL}} Poland, {{flagicon|SVK}} Slovakia, {{flagicon|EST}} Estonia, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland | 13 events (10 individual, 3 relays). |
2000 | {{flagicon|JAP}} Japan, {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia, {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|POR}} Portugal | 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays) |
2002 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic | 17 events (13 individual, 4 relays). |
2004 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|GER}} Germany | 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays) |
2005 | {{flagicon|UK}} Great Britain, {{flagicon|JAP}} Japan, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy | 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays) |
2006 | {{flagicon|EST}} Estonia, {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark, {{flagicon|FRA}} France | 12 events (9 individual, 3 relays) |
2007 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 10 events (all individual) |
2008 | {{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 13 events (all individual) |
2009 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 9 events (all individual) |
2010 | {{flagicon|BUL}} Bulgaria, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|FRA}} France, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 12 events (all individual) |
2011 | {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|FRA}} France, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 10 events (all individual) |
2012 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland | 13 events (all individual) |
2013 | {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 13 events (all individual) |
2014 | {{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey, {{flagicon|SPA}} Spain, {{flagicon|POR}} Portugal, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 14 events (all individual) |
2015 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|UK}} Great Britain, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 14 events (11 individual, 3 sprint relays) |
2016 | {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic, {{flagicon|POL}} Poland, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 14 events (10 individual, 4 sprint relays) |
2017 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|EST}} Estonia, {{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 15 events (10 individual, 5 relays) |
2018 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|LAT}} Latvia, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic | 20 events (11 individual, 9 relays) |
2019 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland, {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|CHN}} China | 13 events (9 individual, 4 relays) |
2020 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|EST}} Estonia, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy (Events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) | 9 events (7 individual, 2 relays) |
2021 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy | 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) |
2022 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|EST}} Estonia, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) |
2023 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway, {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy | 10 events (7 individual, 3 relays) |
2024 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland, {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy, {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary, {{flagicon|FIN}} Finland | 11 events (7 individual, 4 relays) |
2025 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden, {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium, {{flagicon|CHE}} Switzerland | 9 events (6 individual, 3 relays) |
Scoring
= Individual =
The object of the World Cup is to collect points during the season. The total score for an individual is the sum of all points scored in each competition. The 40 best runners in each individual event are awarded points, where the winner is awarded 100 points.{{Cite web|url=https://ranking.orienteering.org/Documents/World-Cup-2019-special-rules-final_26112018.pdf|title=Special Rules for the 2019 World Cup in Orienteering|work=International Orienteering Federation|access-date=21 March 2019}} Any runner places below 40th is not awarded points. If a tie occurs, both runners are awarded the points as if they were placed in the highest of the tied positions.
As of 2024, the current points distribution are as follows:
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|+Individual !Place !Points |
1st
|100 |
2nd
|80 |
3rd
|60 |
4th
|50 |
5th
|45 |
6th
|40 |
7th
|37 |
8th
|35 |
9th
|33 |
10th to 40th
| -n + 41* |
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|+KO Sprint !Race !Place !Points |
Final
|1st to 6th |Same as individual places 1 to 6 |
rowspan="4" |Semi-finals
|3rd |35 |
4th
|30 |
5th
|27 |
6th
|24 |
rowspan="3" |Quarter-finals
|4th |20 |
5th
|14 |
6th
|8 |
rowspan="2" |Qualification
|13th |4 |
14th
|1 |
Runners who are not placed in any given round are awarded points for last place in the given round.
= Team =
The total team score is the sum of scores from both individual and relay events.
For individual races: the sum of the four best places runners, both men and women.
Relay: The individual table * 10.
Sprint relay: The table above * 20.
World Cup overall results
= Women =
Image:Daniel Hubmann WOC2008 long final.jpg
= Men =
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! Year ! 1st ! 2nd ! 3rd ! Notes | ||||
| 1986 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Kent Olsson | {{flagicon|NOR}} Øyvin Thon | {{flagicon|SWE}} Michael Wehlin | |
| 1988 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Øyvin Thon | {{flagicon|SWE}} Jörgen Mårtensson | {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvard Tveite | |
| 1990 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvard Tveite | {{flagicon|SWE}} Niklas Löwegren | {{flagicon|SWE}} Jörgen Mårtensson | |
| 1992 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Ingelsson | {{flagicon|SWE}} Martin Johansson | {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Thoresen | |
| 1994 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Thoresen | {{flagicon|FIN}} Janne Salmi | {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kuisma | |
| 1996 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Ivarsson | {{flagicon|SWE}} Jörgen Mårtensson | {{flagicon|FIN}} Timo Karppinen | |
| 1998 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Chris Terkelsen | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Ivarsson | {{flagicon|NOR}} Bjørnar Valstad | |
| 2000 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Jani Lakanen | {{flagicon|NOR}} Tore Sandvik | {{flagicon|DEN}} Allan Mogensen | |
| 2002 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Bjørnar Valstad | {{flagicon|RUS}} Michael Mamleev | {{flagicon|FIN}} Mats Haldin | |
| 2004 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Holger Hott Johansen | {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Khramov | {{flagicon|NOR}} Øystein Kvaal Østerbø | |
| 2005 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Khramov | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | |
| 2006 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | {{flagicon|RUS}} Valentin Novikov | |
| 2007 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou (2) | {{flagicon|NOR}} Anders Nordberg | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | |
| 2008 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Merz | |
| 2009 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann (2) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Öberg | |
| 2010 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann (3) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Müller | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | |
| 2011 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann (4) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Merz | |
| 2012 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz | {{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Lundanes | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Merz | |
| 2013 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz (2) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | {{flagicon|SUI}} Fabian Hertner | |
| 2014 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann (5) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Fabian Hertner | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz | |
| 2015 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann (6) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz | {{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Lundanes | |
| 2016 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz (3) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | {{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Lundanes | |
| 2017 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz (4) | {{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Lundanes | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | |
| 2018 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz (5) | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | {{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Lundanes | |
| 2019 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Bergman | {{flagicon|SUI}} Joey Hadorn | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | |
2020 | colspan="4" | World Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
| 2021 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Kasper Fosser | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz | {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | |
| 2022 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Kasper Fosser (2) | {{flagicon|SWE}} Martin Regborn | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Bergman | |
| 2023 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz (6) | {{flagicon|NOR}} Kasper Fosser | {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Bergman | |
| 2024 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Kasper Fosser (3) | {{flagicon|SWE}} Martin Regborn | {{flagicon|NOR}} Eirik Langedal Breivik |
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
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== Men ==
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! No. ! Athlete ! Wins ! 2nd ! 3rd | ||||
| 1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kasper Fosser | 3 | 1 | - |
| 5 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Øyvin Thon | 1 | 1 | - |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Ivarsson | 1 | 1 | - |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Khramov | 1 | 1 | - |
| 8 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Bergman | 1 | - | 2 |
| 9 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvard Tveite | 1 | - | 1 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Thoresen | 1 | - | 1 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Bjørnar Valstad | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Martin Regborn | - | 2 | |
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== Women ==
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! No. ! Athlete ! Wins ! 2nd ! 3rd | ||||
|1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tove Alexandersson | 9 | 2 | - |
| 2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Simone Niggli | 9 | 1 | - |
| 3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Hanne Staff | 2 | - | 3 |
| 4 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Simona Aebersold | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Helena Bergman | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Natalia Gemperle | - | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Ragnhild Bratberg | 1 | 1 | - |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Marlena Jansson | 1 | 1 | - |
| 9 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Anne Margrethe Hausken | 1 | - | 1 |
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= 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.
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== Men ==
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! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Athlete ! Wins | ||
| 1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Hubmann | 32 |
| 2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Gueorgiou | 29 |
| 3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Kyburz | 23 |
| 4 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Olav Lundanes | 15 |
| 5 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Emil Wingstedt | 8 |
| 6 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Leandersson | 7 |
| 7 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Kasper Harlem Fosser | 5 |
| 8 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Fabian Hertner | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Pasi Ikonen | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Khramov | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jani Lakanen | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jerker Lysell | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Chris Terkelsen | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Bjørnar Valstad | 4 |
| 15 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Bergman | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Ivarsson | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Carl Godager Kaas | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Allan Mogensen | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Valentin Novikov | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Öberg | 3 |
| 21 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Tero Föhr | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Holger Hott Johansen | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Vojtěch Král | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kratov | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|ITA}} Mikhail Mamleev | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Matthias Müller | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jörgen Mårtensson | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|UKR}} Yuri Omeltchenko | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Rudolf Ropek | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Janne Salmi | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|USSR}}/{{flagicon|EST}} Sixten Sild | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Audun Weltzien | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Yannick Michiels | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Joey Hadorn | 2 |
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== Women ==
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! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Athlete ! Wins | ||
| 1 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Simone Niggli | 66 |
| 2 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tove Alexandersson | 41 |
| 3 | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Minna Kauppi | 12 |
| 4 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Hanne Staff | 11 |
| 5 | align="left"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Anne Margrethe Hausken | 10 |
| 6 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Helena Bergman | 9 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Judith Wyder | 9 |
| 8 | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Maja Alm | 5 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gunilla Svärd | 5 |
| 10 | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Billstam | 4 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Vroni König-Salmi | 4 |
| 12 | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Ida Bobach | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Dana Brožková | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Cieslarova | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Emma Claesson | 3 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Simona Aebersold | 3 |
| 17 | align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Yvette (Hague) Baker | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalia Gemperle | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Linnea Gustafsson | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Marlena Jansson | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jenny Johansson | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Heli Jukkola | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Emma Klingenberg | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Monro | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Tatjana Rjabkina | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Marita Skogum | 2 |
| = | align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Sara Hagström | 2 |
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See also
References
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{{Orienteering World Cup}}
{{Main world cups}}
{{Orienteering|type=events}}