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World University Orienteering Championships
International orienteering competition
International orienteering competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | World University Orienteering Championships |
| status | active |
| genre | sporting event |
| date | July–September |
| frequency | biannual |
| location | various |
| first | 1978 |
| prev | 2024 |
| next | 2026 |
| organised | FISU, IOF |
The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) is a biannual orienteering competition organized by International University Sports Federation (FISU). Entry is open to athletes aged 17 to 25 who are enrolled in university either the year of or the year before the competition (ie. can compete in the year after they finish study). Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
Format
The current championship events are:
- Relay – three-person teams (four-person teams until 2008)
- Long distance
- Middle distance
- Sprint
- Sprint Relay – four-person teams of two males and two females (added in 2014)
Host towns/cities
| Year | Date | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | July 10 | FIN Jyväskylä, Finland | |
| 1980 | July 16 | SUI St. Gallen, Switzerland | |
| 1982 | August 10–15 | CZE Česká Lípa, Czechoslovakia | |
| 1984 | August 1–4 | SWE Jönköping, Sweden | |
| 1986 | August 1–3 | HUN Miskolc, Hungary | |
| 1988 | July 20–22 | NOR Trondheim, Norway | |
| 1990 | August 1–3 | URS Plavinas, Soviet Union | |
| 1992 | July 26–31 | GBR Aberdeen, Great Britain | |
| 1994 | September 4–11 | SUI Fiesch, Switzerland | |
| 1996 | July 16–21 | HUN Veszprém, Hungary | |
| 1998 | August 10–15 | NOR Trondheim, Norway | |
| 2000 | August 25–September 2 | FRA Roanne, France | |
| 2002 | August 20–24 | BUL Varna, Bulgaria | |
| 2004 | June 21–27 | CZE Plzeň, Czech Republic | |
| 2006 | August 14–20 | SVK Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2008 | July 29 – August 2 | EST Tartu, Estonia | |
| 2010 | July 17–24 | SWE Borlänge, Sweden | |
| 2012 | July 2–7 | ESP Alicante, Spain | |
| 2014 | August 12–16 | CZE Olomouc, Czech Republic | |
| 2016 | July 30 – August 4 | HUN Miskolc, Hungary | |
| 2018 | July 17–21 | FIN Kuortane, Finland | |
| 2022 | August 17–21 | SUI Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | |
| 2024 | August 1–5 | BUL Bansko, Bulgaria | |
| 2026 | July 28 — August 1 | POR Vila Real, Portugal |
References
References
- . ["FISU Orienteering"](https://www.fisu.net/sports/championships-world-cups-sports/orienteering).
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