World Masters Orienteering Championships
International orienteering competition
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date | July–August |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location | various |
| Inaugurated | 1983 |
Previous event | 2025 |
Next event | 2026 |
| Organised by | International 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] The competition format now consists of: Sprint Qualification, Sprint Final, Forest Qualification, Middle Final, Long Final.
Venues
| Year | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | July 12–15 |  Lahti, Finland |
| 1986 | July 15–18 |  Mysen, Norway |
| 1988 | July 19–22 |  Åmål, Sweden |
| 1990 | August 1–5 |  Körmend, Hungary |
| 1992 | January 5–11 |  Tasmania, Australia |
| 1994 | August 1–5 |  Strathspey, United Kingdom |
| 1995 | May 29 – June 2 |  Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| 1996 | April 8–12 |  Murcia, Spain |
| 1997 | September 29 – October 4 |  Minnesota, United States[4] |
| 1998 | July 1–5 |  Nový Bor, Czech Republic[5] |
| 1999 | July 18–23 |  Aarhus, Denmark[6] |
| 2000 | January 1–7 |  Feilding, New Zealand[7] |
| 2001 | July 1–5 |  Nida, Lithuania[8] |
| 2002 | October 6–11 | Bendigo, Australia[9] |
| 2003 | July 13–17 | Halden, Norway[10] |
| 2004 | July 3–10 |  Asiago, Italy[11] |
| 2005 | July 22–31 |  Edmonton, Canada[12] |
| 2006 | July 1–8 |  Wiener Neustadt, Austria[13] |
| 2007 | July 7–14 | Kuusamo, Finland[14] |
| 2008 | June 28 – July 5 |  Marinha Grande, Portugal[15] |
| 2009 | October 10–18 | Sydney, Australia[16] |
| 2010 | July 31 – August 7 |  Neuchâtel, Switzerland[17] |
| 2011 | July 1–8 | Pécs, Hungary[18] |
| 2012 | July 1–7 |  Bad Harzburg, Germany[19] |
| 2013 | August 2–10 | Sestriere, Italy[20] |
| 2014 | November 1–8 |  Porto Alegre, Brazil[21] |
| 2015 | July 27 – August 1 | Gothenburg, Sweden[22] |
| 2016 | August 7–13 |  Tallinn, Estonia[23] |
| 2017 | April 21–30 | Auckland, New Zealand[24] |
| 2018 | July 7–13 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2019 | July 5–12 |  Riga, Latvia[25] |
| Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | August 7—13 | Velence, Hungary |
| 2022 | July 9—16 | Gargano, Italy |
| 2023 | August 11—18 |  Košice, Slovakia[26] |
| 2024 | August 2–9 | Turku, Finland[27] |
| 2025 | August 8–15 | Girona, Spain [28] |
| 2026 | August 7–14 |  Rzeszów, Poland[29] |
| 2027 | May 21—29 |  Kansai, Japan[30] |
| 2028 | October 27 - November 3 |  Antalya, Türkiye[31] |
| 2029 | TBD | Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic[32] |