The World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) (formerly the Veteran World Cup) is an annual orienteering competition organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).

World Masters Orienteering Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)July–August
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1983 (1983)
Previous event2023
Next event2024
Organised byInternational Orienteering Federation

Participants must be 35 years of age or older. The classes of competition are divided into women and men in five-year age groups from 35 to 100+ with a total of 28 classes.

The first competition was held in 1983 in Lahti, Finland. However, the event was not sanctioned by the IOF until 1988. From 1986 to 1994, the competition was held biannually. In 1998, the event changed its name to the World Masters Orienteering Championships.[1]

Until 2008, the competition consisted of a long ("classic") distance race with 2 qualification runs, after which a sprint race was added to the program.[2] In 2018, a middle-distance race was added as well.[3]

Venues

Year Date Location
1983July 12-15Finland Lahti, Finland
1986July 15-18Norway Mysen, Norway
1988July 19-22Sweden Åmål, Sweden
1990August 1-5Hungary Körmend, Hungary
1992January 5-11Australia Tasmania, Australia
1994August 1-5United Kingdom Strathspey, United Kingdom
1995May 29 - June 2Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia
1996April 8–12Spain Murcia, Spain
1997September 29 – October 4United States Minnesota, United States[4]
1998July 1–5Czech Republic Novy Bor, Czech Republic[5]
1999July 18–23Denmark Aarhus, Denmark[6]
2000January 1–7New Zealand Feilding, New Zealand[7]
2001July 1–5Lithuania Nida, Lithuania[8]
2002October 6–11Australia Bendigo, Australia[9]
2003July 13–17Norway Halden, Norway[10]
2004July 3–10Italy Asiago, Italy[11]
2005July 22–31Canada Edmonton, Canada[12]
2006July 1–8Austria Wiener Neustadt, Austria[13]
2007July 7–14Finland Kuusamo, Finland[14]
2008June 28 – July 5Portugal Marinha Grande, Portugal[15]
2009October 10–18Australia Sydney, Australia[16]
2010July 31 – August 7Switzerland Neuchâtel, Switzerland[17]
2011July 1–8Hungary Pécs, Hungary[18]
2012July 1–7Germany Bad Harzburg, Germany[19]
2013August 2–10Italy Sestriere, Italy[20]
2014November 1–8Brazil Porto Alegre, Brazil[21]
2015July 27 – August 1Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden[22]
2016August 7–13Estonia Tallinn, Estonia[23]
2017April 21–30New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand[24]
2018July 7–13Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
2019July 5–12Latvia Riga, Latvia[25]
2020postponed until 2023Slovakia Košice, Slovakia
2021August 7—13Hungary Velence, Hungary
2022July 9—16Italy Gargano, Italy
2023August 11—18Slovakia Košice, Slovakia[26]
2024August 2–9Finland Turku, Finland[27]
2025August 8–15Spain Girona, Spain

References

  1. ↑ "WMOC Handbook". Yumpu. IOF. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "WMOC 2008 Portugal". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  3. ↑ "WMOC 2018 Copenhagen". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  4. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1997 Minnesota, USA, 29 September – 4 October". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1998 Novy Bor, Czech Republic, 1-5 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  6. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1999 Aarhus, Denmark, 18-23 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  7. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2000 Feilding, New Zealand, 1-7 January". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  8. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2001, Nida, Lithuania, 1-5 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  9. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2002 Bendigo, Australia, 6-11 October". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  10. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2003, Halden, Norway, 13-17 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  11. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2004 Asiago, Italy, 3-10 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  12. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2005 Edmonton, Canada, 22-31 July 2005". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  13. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2006 Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 1-8 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  14. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2007 Kuusamo, Finland, 7-14 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  15. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2008 Marinha Grande, Portugal, 28 June – 5 July 2008". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  16. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2009, Sydney, Australia, 10-18 October 2009". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  17. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2010 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 31 July – 7 August 2010". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  18. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2011, Pecs, Hungary, July 1-8". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  19. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012, Bad Harzburg/Harz, July 1-8". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  20. ↑ "World Masters Games 2013 with WMOC 2013". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  21. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014 Porto Alegre, Brazil". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  22. ↑ "2015 World Masters Orienteering Championships". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  23. ↑ "World Masters Orienteering Championships in August 5-14, 2016 in Tallinn". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  24. ↑ "The Auckland World Masters Games 2107 featuring the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC 2017)". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  25. ↑ "WMOC 2019 in Riga, Latvia, 5-12 July 2019". Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  26. ↑ "wmoc2023 – World Masters Orienteering Championships". Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  27. ↑ "WMOC 2024 - World Masters Orienteering Championships 2024". Retrieved 2023-02-10.
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