Rules

The complete rules for the World Cup  consists of;

• Orienteering competition rules.
• World Cup special rules.

The rules are published here.

Scoring System

The Individual World Cup consist, in 2023, of seven competition. The total score is simply the sum of the scores of each competition. The scoring system per competition is as follows;

• 1^st place: 100 points
• 2^nd place: 80 points
• 3^rd place: 60 points
• 4^th place: 50 points
• 5^th place: 45 points
• 6^th place: 40 points
• 7^th place: 37 points
• 8^th place: 35 points
• 9^th place: 33 points
• For places 10 – 40: 31, 30, 29….
• Place 40: 1 point

In the case of a tie, the tied runners each receive the same points as if they had each been placed in the highest of the tied positions. Runners who are not placed among top 40 receive no points.

The Knock-out Sprint is an exception, where points are rewarded as follows;

• Final: as for places 1-6 above.
• Semi-finals: 3^rd place 35 points, 4^th place 30 points, 5^th place 27 points, 6^th place 24 points.
• Quarterfinals: 4^th place 20 points, 5^th place 14 points, 6^th place 8 points.
• Qualification race: 13^th place in each heat 4 points, 14^th place 1 point.

Runners who are not placed in any Knock-Out round receive the points for last place in that round.

Team World Cup Scoring System

The teams World Cup is defined as the sum of all scores from both relay and individual competitions according to the following principle:

• Individual races: The sum of the four best runners per team (nation), both Men and Women
• Relay: The table above * 10
• Sprint Relay: The table above * 20

National Quotas

The allocations for each federation can be found in the document “National Quota for Sprint WOC & World Cup 2022”. The document can be found here.

The national quotas are based on the total points of the leading 10 athletes from each Federation as shown in the IOF World Federation League Tables (link) published on 1^st January 2022. Separate quotas will apply for men and women.

The allocations for competitions will be:

• The top 6 Federations get 8 places.
• The next 8 Federations get 6 places.
• The host Federation gets 8 places, irrespective of its standing in the IOF Federation League Table.
• All other Federations get 4 places.

Reigning World Champions are given a start place out of counting above.

Prize Money

All prizes are in Euro.