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What we are preparing for 2021 The year 2021 is in full swing and it is time to remind all the important information, dates and contexts that the organizers of the World Orienteering Championships 2021 are preparing. Euromeeting The Euromeeting which has been postponed twice should take place on March […]

We wish you a good start into the year 2021. It will be interesting one with WOC in wonderful terrains of Czechia. Be ready, be there with us!  

Czech Ergonomics Associaton, an important partner of the World Orienteering Championships 2021, tested (with our small organizing help) the effectiveness of Denisa Kosová and Vojtěch Král running performance. Denisa was recently awarded as the best Czech O-Runner of 2020 and Vojtěch was second so we believe we started testing with […]

The WOC organiser has received the approval of the National Sports Agency of the Czech Republic, allowing all foreign teams and individual athletes an exemption from the currently valid entry restrictions to the Czech Republic. This exemption means that it is possible for teams and athletes to travel to the […]

  The IOF WOC Clinic offers talented athletes from IOF member federations which cannot afford to send a team to the WOC to participate in the WOC by providing them accommodation, local transport and high-level coaching. The clinic also focuses on learning of orienteering skills and exchange of knowledge and […]

  Euromeeting in March 2021 Euromeeting, which was to take place from 28 October to 1 November 2020, had to be canceled for epidemiological reasons. The organizers had long discussion about the appropriate date with nature protection authorities and in the end the only alternative is March 12 – 14, […]

The second wave of applications for the WOC Tour will start on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 8:00 PM. The capacity will be increased by 1000 competitors. Registration will take place again via ORIS as in the first wave, it is still possible to register only for all stages. If […]

Update: October 30th, 2020 The IOF and WOC 2021 organisers have agreed on a freezing of all official training activities for WOC 2021 due to fairness reasons associated with new travel restrictions in the Czech Republic. Updated terrain embargoes have been published in IOF Eventor. All official WOC forest training […]