Heading towars the Orienteering World Championships

Experiences from the World Cup pave the way towards next summer

The 2024 Orienteering World Cup finals are over and it is time to say thank you. We want to thank every participant, competitor, spectator, partner, volunteers, land owners and each and everyone who helped to make the event a success!

In Nilsiä’s Lastulahti, There were top orienteers from all over the world, national level competitors as well as recreational orienteers. A total of 294 orienteers from 32 different countries registered for the World Cup competitions. The competition was successfully completed.

– The athletes have been satisfied with the end of the orienteering season. The arena audience got what they had come to see – and in the very best environment, with the arc of drama maintaining interest until the last moments of the event, stated event director Jari Kymäläinen. We learned a lot during the past week, so it is definitely good to continue from here towards next summer, Kymäläinen continued.

Sweat and tears of happiness
We saw amazing performances and successes during the competion days. The races started on Thursday Sept 26 with the long distance. On Friday we enjoyed the surroundings each on our own way and also with the Metsäareena partner event. On Saturday, Sept 29 we saw some tight races on the middle distance and the whole event culminated in an exciting relay on Sunday ending the World Cup 2024 as a whole.

You can still get in on the competition atmosphere afterwards from Yle Areena and through the official results service. The links can be found in the end of this page. Our photographers will be gathering photos on the organizer’s website in the near future as well. The official image bank can be found on the pages of the Finnish Orienteering Federation, for which the link can be found in the end of this page.

Valuable experiences gained for the World Championships

– This has been a very good competition, everything went according to plan from the quarantine to the finish line, stated Ivar Maalen, the supervisor appointed by the International Orienteering Federation for the World Cup.

Preparations for next year’s World Orienteering Championships are already well underway. In 2025, the program of the World Championships organized at the beginning of July includes middle distance, long distance and relay. In connection with the World Championships, a Fin5 orienteering week is also organized, in which 4000–5000 competitors are expected to participate.

Registration for the WOC Tour 2025 orientation week is already open, and you can register here.

The World Orienteering Championships will be held on July 7-12, 2025 in Kuopio – the competition locations in Tahko, Puijo and Neulamäki areas.

A big thank you for everyone, see you next year!

You can get into the atmosphere of the World Cup from YLE Areena, the official results service and photo galleries.

Long distance https://areena.yle.fi/1-71699840

Middle distance https://areena.yle.fi/1-71699841

Relay https://areena.yle.fi/1-71699839

Eventor – Official results and start lists
Photo gallery
Official photos in FOF

Remember to follow us on social media and on the webpages of the event: www.woc2025.fi .

WOC Tour 2025: https://fin5.woc2025.fi/