World Cup: Fosser takes over lead after EOC, Aebersold remains on top
The just ended European Championships in Hungary didn’t just give us three exciting and tough races. We also found out who has the best chances to win the 2024 Orienteering World Cup, which will be decided in Finla...
IOF enters partnership with EBU to spread Orienteering Worldwide
The greatest international orienteering events will now be accessible to a significantly larger audience. The International Orienteering Federation, IOF, has entered a partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EB...
How to follow the Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in Switzerland
The international orienteering season is about to start and you’re invited to follow all the action from the Orienteering World Cup 2024 closely. We start in Switzerland this weekend with Round 1 – a Knock-Out Spri...
Intense sprints will kick off the new World Cup season
Exactly 230 days after Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Matthias Kyburz (SUI) crossed the finish line under Vicenza’s October sun to win both the KO Sprint titles at EOC and secure the overall 2023 Orienteering World Cup vic...
Sports for Nature
“Sports for Nature” is an initiative launched by various International Organisations[1] in collaboration with the IOC-International Olympic Committee to involve the sports communities in efforts aimed at the preservation...
27 years with World Ranking and WMOCs: David May retires from the FootO Commission
Every single week of the year, orienteering competitions are held around the world in which the IOF plays a greater or lesser role. Everything from the major international championships in the four IOF disciplines, where...
Revised IOF Transgender Policy to be effective from 1 August 2023
The IOF Council approved in its meeting during WOC 2023 a revised IOF Transgender Policy for international events. The policy will be effective from 1 August 2023....
IOF consults on new transgender policy
IOF consults on a proposal for new IOF transgender policy with the national orienteering federations and IOF athlete representatives. The proposal is in line with the new policy of World Athletics. In recent years, there...
IOF sends open letter to IOC
The International Orienteering Federation has sent an open letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in response to the recent development in recommendations from IOC related to possible inclusion of Russian an...
IOF will not implement a neutral team following member feedback
During its meeting on March 10 the IOF Council decided to not move forward with a proposal of creating an IOF Team for athletes that have emigrated from countries where the membership of the national orienteering federat...
IOF Event Advisors Clinic held in Alicante
During the weekend 12th to 14th of November IOF’s FootO Commission conducted an IOF Event Adviser Clinic in La Marina, Alicante in Spain. Many different areas was covered during the clinic, such as IOF Structure, I...
Global Development Webinars
A new series of webinars will start from October 2024 Topics, details and registration for the webinars will be published here. Webinars will be recorded. Link to the recordings can be shared upon request. Feedback and q...