In May 2025, between the dates May 17th and May 25th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Week event.

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Norway is preparing for World Orienteering Day 2023

2023-02-28

The Norweigan Orienteering Federation has since 2020 been working with a project called “school- and recruitment” with the purpose that children and young people across the country are physically active in their local area and learn how to use maps through play-based activities in school and free time. In this they have activiely promoted the … Continued

World MAZE Race and World Orienteering Day

2023-02-28

World Orienteering Day have for 2023 a cooperation with World MAZE Race. This means that you will be able to register your maze orienteering event as a World Orienteering Day event. World MAZE Race is both an easy way for organiser to arrange and easy for participants to understand. On the 14th of February Göran … Continued

World Orienteering Day preparations in Portugal, Great Britian and Czechia

2023-02-28

The first inspiration for WOD event is from a small town orienteering team in Portugal that has prereigstered two World Orienteering Day events already for 2023 for development and visibilty of orienteering in the area. There will be events togheter with schools and also an open day training during the weekend with exercise on a … Continued

Webinar “Maze Orienteering: Orienteering for everyone”

2023-02-13

Tomorrow, on the 14th of February Göran Andersson will tell us all more about the many ways to utilize maze orienteering. Read more and register on the page for webinars organised by IOF’s Global Development Commission here: https://orienteering.sport/…/global-development-webinars/ You can read more about maze orienteering here: https://orienteering.sport/iof/global-development/maze-o/

Global Development Webinars

2022-11-07

From November 8 and once every month until February, you will have a unique opportunity to get insights on orienteering development all over the world. IOF’s Global Development Commission hosts webinars every first Tuesday of the month with interesting presenters and input from federations and orienteering initiatives. The first webinar has the title “Recreational orienteering … Continued


The final invitation for the open meeting "Technology in Orienteering" on November 9 is now available. Find it here and register in advance: https://orienteering.sport/open-meeting-technology-in-orienteering-on-9-november-2025/

We talk about the 2025 international season in the latest episode of th IOF Podcast with IOF TV Expert Commentator Jonas Merz. Interviews with Max Peter Bejmer 🇸🇪 and Cécile Calandry 🇫🇷. Find "The IOF Podcast" in your favourite podcast player or at orienteering.sport

Post season blues? Here's chance to relive the 2025 international orienteering season with overall World Cup Winner Max Peter Bejmer, European KO Sprint Champion Cécile Calandry and IOF TV Expert Commentator Jonas Merz.