2018 Orienteering World Cup

The 2018 Orienteering World Cup was the 24th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2018 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 11 individual events and 9 relay events. The events were located in Switzerland, Latvia, Norway and Czech Republic.[1] The European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland and the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Riga, Latvia were included in the World Cup.

2018 Orienteering World Cup
World Cup events
Individual11
Relay9
Men's World Cup
1st Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
2nd Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
3rd Olav Lundanes (NOR)
Most wins Matthias Kyburz (SUI) (2)
 Olav Lundanes (NOR) (2)
 Daniel Hubmann (SUI) (2)
Women's World Cup
1st Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd Karolin Ohlsson (SWE)
3rd Natalia Gemperle (RUS)
Most wins Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (6)
Team World Cup
1stSwitzerland Switzerland
2ndSweden Sweden
3rdNorway Norway
Most winsSwitzerland Switzerland (4)
2017
2019

Matthias Kyburz of Switzerland won his third consecutive overall title in the men's World Cup, his fifth title in total. Tove Alexandersson of Sweden won her fifth overall title in the women's World Cup.

Events

Men

No.VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef.
Round 1 - European Championships
1 Ticino, SwitzerlandSprint6 May Daniel Hubmann
Matthias Kyburz
none Kristian Jones[2]
2 Ticino, SwitzerlandMiddle9 May Matthias Kyburz Florian Howald Olav Lundanes[3]
3 Ticino, SwitzerlandLong13 May Olav Lundanes Matthias Kyburz Gernot Kerschbaumer[4]
Round 2 - World Championships
4 Riga, LatviaSprint (WOC)4 August Daniel Hubmann Tim Robertson Andreas Kyburz[5]
5 Riga, LatviaMiddle (WOC)7 August Eskil Kinneberg Daniel Hubmann Florian Howald[6]
6 Riga, LatviaLong (WOC)11 August Olav Lundanes Ruslan Glibov Fabian Hertner[7]
Round 3 - Norway
7 Østfold, NorwayLong31 August Gustav Bergman Olav Lundanes Matthias Kyburz[8]
8 Østfold, NorwayPrologue + Middle Pursuit1 September William Lind Gustav Bergman Frederic Tranchand[9]
Round 4 - Finals
9 Prague, Czech RepublicKnockout Sprint4 October Vojtěch Král Jonas Leandersson Gustav Bergman[10]
10 Prague, Czech RepublicMiddle6 October Miloš Nykodým Andreas Kyburz Gernot Kerschbaumer[11]
11 Prague, Czech RepublicSprint7 October Jonas Leandersson Yannick Michiels Matthias Kyburz[12]

Women

No.VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef.
Round 1 - European Championships
1 Ticino, SwitzerlandSprint6 May Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder Natalia Gemperle[2]
2 Ticino, SwitzerlandMiddle9 May Marika Teini Tove Alexandersson Simona Aebersold[3]
3 Ticino, SwitzerlandLong13 May Tove Alexandersson Natalia Gemperle Julia Gross[4]
Round 2 - World Championships
4 Riga, LatviaSprint (WOC)4 August Maja Alm Tove Alexandersson Judith Wyder[5]
5 Riga, LatviaMiddle (WOC)7 August Natalia Gemperle Marika Teini Isia Basset[6]
6 Riga, LatviaLong (WOC)11 August Tove Alexandersson Maja Alm Sabine Hauswirth[7]
Round 3 - Norway
7 Østfold, NorwayLong31 August Tove Alexandersson Kamilla Olaussen Karolin Ohlsson[8]
8 Østfold, NorwayPrologue + Middle Pursuit1 September Tove Alexandersson Karolin Ohlsson Anastasia Rudnaya[9]
Round 4 - Finals
9 Prague, Czech RepublicKnockout Sprint4 October Judith Wyder Karolin Ohlsson Tove Alexandersson[10]
10 Prague, Czech RepublicMiddle6 October Karolin Ohlsson Julia Jakob Lina Strand[11]
11 Prague, Czech RepublicSprint7 October Tove Alexandersson Maija Sianoja Judith Wyder[12]

Relay

No.VenueDistanceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef.
1 Ticino, SwitzerlandSprint Relay (EOC)10 May  Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Florian Howald
Martin Hubmann
Elena Roos
 Sweden
Lina Strand
Emil Svensk
Jonas Leandersson
Karolin Ohlsson
 Norway
Sigrid Alexandersen
Trond Einar Moen Pedersli
Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
Andrine Benjaminsen
[13]
2 Ticino, SwitzerlandWomen's relay (EOC)12 May  Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Elena Roos
Julia Gross
 Sweden
Lina Strand
Sara Hagström
Karolin Ohlsson
 Denmark
Cecilie Friberg Klysner
Ida Bobach
Maja Alm
[14]
3 Ticino, SwitzerlandMen's relay (EOC)12 May  Norway
Eskil Kinneberg
Magne Dæhli
Olav Lundanes
 Switzerland
Florian Howald
Matthias Kyburz
Daniel Hubmann
 France
Nicolas Rio
Lucas Basset
Frederic Tranchand
[14]
4 Riga, LatviaSprint Relay (WOC)5 August  Sweden
Tove Alexandersson
Emil Svensk
Jonas Leandersson
Karolin Ohlsson
 Switzerland
Elena Roos
Florian Howald
Fabian Hertner
Judith Wyder
 Denmark
Amanda Falck Weber
Tue Lassen
Jakob Edsen
Maja Alm
[15]
5 Riga, LatviaWomen's relay (WOC)9 August  Switzerland
Elena Roos
Julia Jakob
Judith Wyder
 Sweden
Helena Bergman
Karolin Ohlsson
Tove Alexandersson
 Russia
Anastasia Rudnaya
Tatyana Riabkina
Natalia Gemperle
[16]
6 Riga, LatviaMen's relay (WOC)9 August  Norway
Gaute Hallan Steiwer
Eskil Kinneberg
Magne Dæhli
 Switzerland
Florian Howald
Daniel Hubmann
Matthias Kyburz
 France
Nicolas Rio
Lucas Basset
Frederic Tranchand
[16]
7 Østfold, NorwayWomen's relay2 September  Sweden
Lina Strand
Karolin Ohlsson
Tove Alexandersson
 Norway
Silje Ekroll Jahren
Marianne Andersen
Kamilla Olaussen
 Finland
Sari Anttonen
Lotta Karhola
Henna Riikka Haikonen
[17]
8 Østfold, NorwayMen's relay2 September  Norway
Eskil Kinneberg
Olav Lundanes
Magne Dæhli
 Sweden
Albin Ridefeldt
Gustav Bergman
William Lind
 Sweden 2
Martin Regborn
Jonas Leandersson
Emil Svensk
[17]
9 Prague, Czech RepublicSprint Relay5 October  Switzerland 1
Sabine Hauswirth
Andreas Kyburz
Florian Howald
Judith Wyder
 Sweden 1
Lina Strand
Emil Svensk
Jonas Leandersson
Tove Alexandersson
 Switzerland 2
Julia Jakob
Thomas Curiger
Jonas Egger
Martina Ruch
[18]

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event were awarded points. The winner was awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 9, the eight best results counted in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 10 and WC 11), both results counted.[19]

Rank12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940
Points100806050454037353331302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321

Overall standings

This section shows the final standings after all 10 individual events.

Men

RankAthletePoints
1 Matthias Kyburz596
2 Daniel Hubmann538
3 Olav Lundanes470
4 Gustav Bergman414
5 Vojtech Kral393
6 Ruslan Glibov353
7 Frederic Tranchand310
8 Jonas Leandersson264
9 Gernot Kerschbaumer261
10 Eskil Kinneberg260

Women

RankAthletePoints
1 Tove Alexandersson851
2 Karolin Ohlsson535
3 Natalia Gemperle438
4 Marika Teini393
5 Sabine Hauswirth393
6 Judith Wyder335
7 Maija Sianoja306
8 Julia Jakob302
9 Maja Alm275
10 Lina Strand257

Relay

The table shows the final standings after all 9 relay events. All results counted in the overall standings.

RankNation1 (SR)2 (W)3 (M)4 (SR)5 (W)6 (M)7 (W)8 (M)9 (SR)Points
1 Switzerland1001008080100805045100735
2 Sweden80803010080331008080663
3 Norway605010050501008010050640
4 Czech Republic502750453345376060407
5 Finland334031354537605045376
6 Russia354540406031402633350
7 Austria453533283550453335339
8 Denmark37602860402933028315
9 France28336027600293040307
10 Great Britain40374537400273531292

Achievements

Only individual competitions.

References

External links