Junior World Championships participation and other decisions from the IOF Council meeting
The IOF Council met via Teams on Friday September 25th. One of the items on the agenda was the potential participation of junior athletes born in year 2000 at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2021 (JWOC) and t...
Coping with Covid-19 – a varied picture around the world
New initiatives and changed venues, alongside tight event guidelines and some postponements and cancellations; the world’s Orienteering federations are working hard to enable our sport to continue, despite some setbacks....
Clarification regarding organising of World Ranking Events for the season 2021
IOF Office has received questions from several federations and organisers regarding the WRE application process for 2021 due to COVID-19 and the impact on organising events. Therefore the IOF have made below clarificatio...
Call for volunteers in the areas of IT and Global Development
The IOF is seeking volunteers who are interested in working with the development of international orienteering. IT and digitalisation continues to take an increasingly important role in orienteering development, and espe...
Cancellation of EMTBOC and WMMTBOC in Finland (UPDATED)
[Updated 2020-08-31 with additional info about the new program] [Updated 2020-08-24 with new program and WRE information] The progress of the Covid-19 situation and particularly the changes in restrictions applied by the...