In May 2026, between the dates May 16th and May 24th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Week event.

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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

WOD Ambassador – Tereza Janosikova

2022-04-28

Why did you start practicing orienteering? Why? Because I simply fell in love with this sport while running my first race. I had tried to do a lot of sports during my early childhood. It all started with swimming, playing floorball and mainly golf had been my occupation for a long time while I was … Continued

WOD Ambassador – Tim Robertson

2022-04-21

Why did you start practicing orienteering? I began orienteering when my older sister (Laura Robertson) started during highschool. My family were all into athletics and cross country so it didn’t take long before my father got bored waiting in the car for Laura to finish her course and decided to try a course for himself. … Continued

WOD Ambassador – Simona Aebersold

2022-04-12

Why did you start practicing orienteering? As my parents already took me to competitions when I was still a baby, I got to enjoy the sport from quite early on. I started practicing because it was a nice family activity on holidays or at the weekend for us. So I kind of slipped into the … Continued



School events, club trainings, national competitions and World Ranking Events are among the preregistered World Orienteering Week Events so far🗺️🧭
Plenty of place for more📍
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7️⃣0️⃣days to go!
It is time to start planning and register your WOW event and join the Party🎉
A lot of space for more event dots on the map📍🗺️
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