It is an important objective of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) to support the organisers of High Level Events in obtaining high quality in organising the events. IOF supports the organisers in different ways. The guidelines, manuals and event advising system are among the most important. The IOF Event Overview Tool will from now on contain the WOC and JWOC manuals and serve as an event management tool for:
- the event advising team (EA team)
- the event organizers
The IOF Event Overview Tool outlines a standardised set of functional areas for IOF High Level Foot Orienteering events. Including:
- The full WOC and JWOC manuals in one document as you know them
- The chapters of the two manuals shown in a table along with additional material
As of January 2022 an updated and combined WOC/World Cup Manual is available. Also the most recent JWOC manual from 2020 is available.
Manuals in single-document format:
WOC/World Cup Manual (PDF) | JWOC Manual 2023 version (PDF) |
Individual chapters of Manual (PDF)
Additional Material: 1 Planning
All: Guide in embargoing race areas and template for embargoing areas is found in the Plan and Organise an IOF Event section
All: Template for creating an event plan is found in the Plan and Organise an IOF Event section
JWOC: A number of points relevant to take into consideration when planning a JWOC are found here.
Additional Material: 4 Communication
Bulletins for WOC: An overview of contents of the 4 WOC bulletins is found in this table. Furthermore, we provide as a template file Bulletin 4 of WOC2018 in Microsoft Word Format. Most of the content can be reused, only event specific shall be changed. In this version the chapter for the relay was later updated and can be found here.
Bulletins templates for World Cup:
- Template for Bulletin_1-2.docx
- Template for Bulletin_3.docx
- Template for Bulletin_4.docx
Additional Material: 5 Administration
All: Guides in using IOF Eventor is found here.
All: Guides in creating start lists – all starting with the term “Start list” is found in the Plan and Organise an IOF Event section.
Additional Material: 14 Quarantine and Start
JWOC: Inspirational examples about building quarantine and start in JWOC is found here.
Additional Material: 16 Arena Design
JWOC: Inspirational examples as to build an arena is found here.
Additional Material: 23 Courses (WOC)
All: Guidelines for Course Planning in Foot O Forest Competitions
All: Course planning guidelines Sprint 2020 upd 2022.pdf
WOC and World Cup: Here is an Excel-Table to define the reduced number of forkings due to the limited number of course variations when offset printing. Here is an Excel-File to track all controls for all the competitions. Here is an Template file for review of a competition (map and courses). Gguidelines for these support files are currently not available.
Additional Material: 31 IT and Timing
WOC and World Cup: IOF Timing Manual for WOC and Orienteering World Cup – version 1.2.pdf
Additional IT requirements and best practices is found in the IOF IT-Commission page
Internet Acess: To secure the TV productions needs and transmission of the IOF TV stream from the arena it’s important that the organiser provide a solid internet connection. Please contact Event Presentation Manager Per Frost to get guidance regarding your event. If the stream is produced and handled by organisers, please see the requirements below.
Additional Material: 32 Arena Production
At WOC and World Cup events, all live service will be managed within the IOF LIVE Orienteering platform. For more info on the 2020 season and the management of LIVE Orienteering, see this presentation:
All: To support planning for TV production and maximizing online spectator experience for sprint, these documents can serve as inspiration. With this course in a WRE in October 2021 as example, this sheet shows how the course could be analyzed for TV coverage planning and this presentation shows a course analysis that could be made available for online viewers at the time of closing of the quarantine.
Additional Material: 33 TV
The IOF TV Manual is found here.
An introduction to TV production at an IOF Event is found here.
An introduction to IOF Event Media Service is found here.
Additional Material: 35 Ceremony
All: National Anthems are found here.
WOC: The IOF Protocol guide is found here.
Additional Material: 41 Media
The IOF WOC and World Cup Media Guideline is found here.
The IOF WOC and World Cup Photo Guideline is found here.
The IOF WOC Social Media Guideline is found here.
Additional Material: 51 Fair Play
The fair play guide for organisers is found here:
Additional Material: 52 Complaints Protest Jury
All: Jury Guides are found in the Plan and Organise an IOF Event section
Additional Material: 62 Final Reports (WOC)
Example of organiser reports from previous events: WOC 2016 and EOC 2018 ⇪
WOC Figures & Numbers:
Area | Numbers | Comments |
TV production | Electrical power: 63A/3phase 5pin CEE for the OB van16A/3phase 5pin CEE socket for SNG uplink.Internet connectivity: in order to be able to stream out the signal, we need cabled internet connection:Ideally 30Mbps symmetric.Cable covers: maximal 100m to the plugs~ 4 volunteers: capable to carry (in pairs) a cable reel of 50kg. One ATV and or quad bike |
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Additional Material: 62 Final Reports
Example of organiser reports from previous events: WOC 2016 and EOC 2018
WOC Figures & Numbers:
Area | Numbers | Comments |
VIP & Media race | Number of participants:
2018 40 Participants in |
Prevoius versions of the WOC Manual:
Edition from 2011 (PDF)