World Orienteering Day 2019 in figures

During 15th to 19th of May 2019 any orienteering event around the world could be registered as an WOD event. The result was amazing even this year: This years WOD figures have been collected, and the final number of participants landed at 398 712 participating in one of 2216 events organised in 85 different countries … Continued

WOD partners made it possible!

Without our seven event partners WOD had been very difficult to implement. All event partners are very much involved in orienteering and we are very happy to have the cooperation with them due it helps us to support many WOD organisers. Especially the cooperation with OCAD has made a huge different to get many new … Continued

Orienteering in new areas

During these four years WOD has been implemented in 106 countries or territories. It means there are more than 30 possible new members of IOF in the future. Schools, clubs and enthusiast all over the world made a fantastic contribution, and together managed to increase the numbers of participants. Following the idea “Be part of … Continued

World Orienteering Day 2020

It is time to start the work towards World Orienteering Day 2020. During 13-19 May 2020, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. IOF’s vision is that orienteering is the most attractive adventure-based sport for all ages. The mission is to promote the global growth of orienteering and develop competitive … Continued

Offer from Dobas

Dobas has an offer to all WOD organisers, see below;

Be inspired by Andrei Golovei, WOD Ambassador from Moldova

Maze Orienteering is a fantastic tool to develop orienteering world-wide. Andrei Golovei has taken Maze O to a new level and when WOD asked him to tell something what he is doing to develop orienteering in Moldova he got very surprised that his work is also known in other countries. Our request was one of … Continued

EMIT and WOD

What are your main concern for being a partner to World Orienteering Day? Emit wants to be a partner who is involved in developing the orienteering sport for future generations. Why did you want to be a partner to World Orienteering Day? When Göran Andersson came with this idea some years ago I immediately said … Continued

Maze is amazing!

Maze-O is a really great tool to use when you want to introduce orienteering or to promote the sport. Together with a normal O-event, outside the club hut, close to the gymnasium at school or at shopping centre you have a lot of opportunities to get people running in a maze. All of them, young … Continued

WODY-tour

Only 49 days to GO, World Orienteering Day, May 15th, 2019, and the start of the WODY-tour has started. During the annually meeting at Västergötlands Orienteering Federation, Eva Bäcklund got WODY from Göran Andersson to start the journey in Sweden. Please follow WODY’s travel on social media from now and to May 15th. Facebook: www.facebook.com/Worldorienteeringday … Continued