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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End – Of – Year offer from SPORTident 

2024-12-05

Start the next year with a new SPORTident School and Training Set! Whether in the forest, in the city, or in the gym, the set contains all equipment to get started: Organise a fun-packed indoor training or go for the full orienteering outdoors adventure. In addition to 30 control cards and 14 stations the set … Continued

WOW Webinar

2024-12-05

The first WOW Webinar for the autumn has been carried out. The topic of the webinar was How to make a successful and yet manageable WOW event in schools. During the webinar Henning Bratland Carlsen from the Norwegian Orienteering Federation and Vilius Aleliunas from the Lithuanian Orienteering Federation gave their experience on School events. Henning … Continued

WOW – a chance to entice newcomers to orienteering

2024-05-07

The club Southern Highlands Orienteering or SHOO as it is affectionately known was formed in 1986. Southern Highlands Orienteering promotes Orienteering in the Macarthur and Liverpool area of Sydney as well as the Southern Highlands. The club hosts both urban and bush events. One series that is held is the Highland Forest Series (HFS). This series … Continued

Progress of orienteering in India

2024-05-07

I would love to give you more information regarding our work to spread the game of Orienteering in India.  Gaurav Singh, the President of Dhyan Chand Foundation, a non-profit Foundation, works for children and sports and to devise ways and means to integrate the development of a child through sports. Mr Singh came across Orienteering whilst … Continued

Aims for most nationalities at a single WOW event

2024-05-07

Luxembourg Orienteering Club will be part of the World Orienteering Week 2024, but it will be very low key – a small event with two or three courses, with a focus on what we call “Family and Friends”, where people can walk round a simple course. Our target audience is club members with young families, … Continued


We are pleased to announce the new Gold WRE status, which will debut in 2026 and will help elevate elite orienteering events and create benefits for both organisers and athletes.

We are ready with our next webinar: "Navigating the Mind: Exploring Wellbeing and Specific Mental Challenges in Orienteering" with high performance psychology coach Rachel Collins on 3 December 20:00 - 21:00 CET (UTC +1) The webinar is designed to raise awareness around personal wellbeing, explore the mental challenges specific to orienteering, and the relationship between the two. It will cover ways to support both wellbeing and the specific mental challenges, to help enhance performance. Register for the webinar here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fd892826-0243-4d50-88e7-dcbe5f8806bb@a9dcd984-57e3-45e0-aca0-9bbe4d0a2c8b

Looking for a present 🎁 ? We have got an easy one to wrap for you: The 2026 VIP Pass for IOF TV, which gives access to all the big international races in 2026. Find all the details at tv.orienteering.sport