The final battle for the World Cup titles takes place in Switzerland, where the town of Uster is the venue for the last international orienteering competitions in 2025.
On Friday at noon, the races in Switzerland begin with the individual Sprint, on Saturday there is a Sprint Relay before the World Cup final ends with a Knock-Out Sprint on Sunday.
227 athletes from 32 countries are participating in the third and decisive World Cup round of 2025 and can expect flat and fast terrain for the sprint competitions this weekend.
Aebersold favourite to reclaim World Cup title
Defending women’s champion Simona Aebersold (SUI) is in a good position to take the title again this year. She has collected 330 points so far, while the closest pursuer is the newly crowned European champion in the Knock-Out Sprint, Cécile Calandry (258 points).
Just 16 points further down is the newly crowned European champion in the Sprint, Pia Young Vik (NOR), who also took silver behind Calandry in the KO Sprint.
Another Swiss, Natalia Gemperle, is only five points behind the Norwegian, while Inka Nurminen (FIN) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) make up the rest of the top 6.
Bejmer leads men’s standings
In the men’s standings, Max Peter Bejmer (SWE) is in the lead with 250 points – a full 40 points ahead of the title holder, Kasper Fosser (NOR).
Behind him, sprint world champion Martin Regborn (SWE) is just 8 points further down, while Tomáš Křivda (CZE) is in fourth place with a total of 183 points.
European Sprint Champion Mathias Barros-Vallet (FRA) jumped to fifth place after his gold medal in Belgium, and Fabian Aebersold holds sixth place before the races on homeground begin.
The Team World Cup standings are led by Sweden ahead of Norway and Switzerland.
Don’t miss the races
All three competitions are easy to follow from the arena in Uster as well as from home. IOF TV will broadcast all races with English commentary by Katherine Bett and Jonas Merz.
The price of a ticket is 9/25 EUR for one/all races.
The races are also broadcast on public broadcasters in Switzerland (SRG), Sweden (SVT) and Finland (YLE), and Norwegian customers at langrenn.com can follow the World Final with Norwegian commentary.
As always, IOF LIVE is your friend when it comes to start times, live results and GPS tracking in the competitions.
2025 World Cup Final
Times: CEST (UTC +2)
Friday, 26 September
Sprint
13:15 First start
15:00 – 17:30 TV Broadcast
Saturday, 27 September
Sprint Relay
17:00 – 18:30 TV Broadcast
17:15 Relay start
Sunday, 28 September
Knock-Out Sprint
11:00 First Quarterfinal start
13:00 – 15:00 TV Broadcast
13:09 First Semi final start
14:27 Women’s final start
14:42 Men’s final start