| World University Orienteering Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date(s) | July–August |
| Frequency | biannual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1978 |
| Previous event | 2018 |
| Next event | 2022 |
| Organised by | 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 after the competition. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).[1]
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 |  Jyväskylä, Finland |
| 1980 | July 16 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 1982 | August 10–15 |  Česká Lípa, Czechoslovakia |
| 1984 | August 1–4 |  Jönköping, Sweden |
| 1986 | August 1–3 |  Miskolc, Hungary |
| 1988 | July 20–22 |  Trondheim, Norway |
| 1990 | August 1–3 |  Plavinas, USSR-Latvia |
| 1992 | July 26–31 |  Aberdeen, Great Britain |
| 1994 | September 4–11 | Fiesch, Switzerland |
| 1996 | July 16–21 | Veszprém, Hungary |
| 1998 | August 10–15 | Trondheim, Norway |
| 2000 | August 25–September 2 |  Roanne, France |
| 2002 | August 20–24 |  Varna, Bulgaria |
| 2004 | June 21–27 | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| 2006 | August 14–20 |  Košice, Slovakia |
| 2008 | July 29 – August 2 |  Tartu, Estonia |
| 2010 | July 17–24 | Borlänge, Sweden |
| 2012 | July 2–7 |  Alicante, Spain |
| 2014 | August 12–16 | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| 2016 | July 30 – August 4 | Miskolc, Hungary |
| 2018 | July 17–21 | Kuortane, Finland |
| cancelled |  | |
| 2022 | August 17–21 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland |
See also
External links
- 13th WUOC 2002
- 14th WUOC 2004
- 15th WUOC 2006
- 16th WUOC 2008 Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- 17th WUOC 2010
- 18th WUOC 2012
- 19th WUOC 2014
- 22nd WUOC 2022
- Hungarian orienteers on the World University Orienteering Championships Archived 2011-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
- 1974 International University Championships in Orienteering Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine — Results
- 1986 World University Orienteering Championships Archived 2008-07-28 at the Wayback Machine — Results
- 1994 World University Orienteering Championships Archived 2008-07-28 at the Wayback Machine — Results
- 1996 World University Orienteering Championships Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine — Results
- 1998 World Universities Orienteering Championships Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine — Results
- 2000
References
- ↑ "FISU Orienteering". International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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