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

Year	Hosting nations	Notes
1986	Norway, Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland	8 events
1988	Hong Kong, Australia, Great Britain, Finland, Checkoslovakia, 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, 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, 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
2008	Latvia, Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland	13 events
2009	Finland, Norway, Hungary, Switzerland	9 events
2010	Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Switzerland	12 events
2011	Czech Republic, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland	10 events

World Cup overall results

Simone Niggli-Luder, winner 2002-2007

Anne Margrethe Hausken, winner 2008

Women

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Notes
1986	Ellen Sofie Olsvik	Jorunn Teigen	Karin Rabe
1988	Ragnhild Bratberg	Brit Volden	Jana Galikova
1990	Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Ragnhild Bratberg	Katarina Borg
1992	Marita Skogum	Jana Cieslarova	Yvette Hague
1994	Marlena Jansson	Yvette Hague	Hanne Staff
1996	Gunilla Svärd	Marlena Jansson	Hanne Staff
1998	Hanne Staff	Johanna Asklöf	Katarina Borg
2000	Hanne Staff	Simone Luder	Heather Monro
2002	Simone Luder	Vroni König-Salmi	Hanne Staff
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tatiana Ryabkina	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Vroni König-Salmi	Anne Margrethe Hausken
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Minna Kauppi
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Minna Kauppi	Helena Jansson
2009	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Helena Jansson
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Helena Jansson	Maja Alm
2011	Helena Jansson	Minna Kauppi	Lena Eliasson

Andrey Khramov, winner 2005

Thierry Gueorgiou, winner 2006 and 2007, 2009-2010

Men

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	Notes
1986	Kent Olsson	Øyvin Thon	Michael Wehlin
1988	Øyvin Thon	Jörgen Mårtensson	Håvard Tveite
1990	Håvard Tveite	Niklas Löwegren	Jörgen Mårtensson
1992	Joakim Ingelsson	Martin Johansson	Petter Thoresen
1994	Petter Thoresen	Janne Salmi	Mika Kuisma
1996	Johan Ivarsson	Jörgen Mårtensson	Timo Karppinen
1998	Chris Terkelsen	Johan Ivarsson	Bjørnar Valstad
2000	Jani Lakanen	Tore Sandvik	Allan Mogensen
2002	Bjørnar Valstad	Michael Mamleev	Mats Haldin
2004	Holger Hott Johansen	Andrey Khramov	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
2005	Andrey Khramov	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann
2006	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Valentin Novikov
2007	Thierry Gueorgiou	Anders Nordberg	Daniel Hubmann
2008	Daniel Hubmann	Thierry Gueorgiou	Matthias Merz
2009	Daniel Hubmann	Thierry Gueorgiou	Peter Öberg
2010	Daniel Hubmann	Matthias Muller	Thierry Gueorgiou
2011	Daniel Hubmann	Thierry Gueorgiou	Matthias Merz

See also

• International Orienteering Federation (IOF)
• World Orienteering Championships
• Junior World Orienteering Championships
• European Orienteering Championships

References