World Masters Orienteering Championships

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 event2021
Next event2022
Organised byInternational Orienteering Federation

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

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.
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