Winter Universiade 2021 postponed
FISU and the organisers of the 2021 Winter Universiade in Lucerne Switzerland have decided to postpone the games: “FISU, together with the Organising Committee and Swiss University Sports, have unanimously agreed t...
European Ski Orienteering Championships 2021 cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns
The Bulgarian Orienteering Federation has informed the IOF that they are unable to organise the European Ski Orienteering Championships (ESOC) and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships (WMSOC) scheduled for Februa...
World Ranking Rules and System updated
The IOF FootO Commission have done a thorough review of points allocation for World Ranking Events (WREs) compared with Major Events. The report stated that the mean of points allocated to WREs had been significantly low...
WRE period prolonged due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The IOF Council has decided to extend the period that counts towards the ‘top 5’ World Ranking Events that make up an athlete’s World Ranking score. All IOF World Ranking Events were cancelled from the 17th of March due ...
World Ranking Events allowed from August 1, 2020
At its meeting on Thursday July 9th the IOF Council discussed the organisation of World Rankings Events (WRE). The possibility to organise WREs had been suspended from March 17, 2020 until July 31, 2020 due to restrictio...