2021 Orienteering World Cup

The 2021 Orienteering World Cup was the 26th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2021 Orienteering World Cup consisted of six individual events and four relay events. The events were located in Switzerland, Sweden, and Italy.[1] The 2021 World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic were not included in the World Cup.

2021 Orienteering World Cup
World Cup events
Individual6
Relay4
Men's World Cup
1st Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR)
2nd Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
3rd Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
Most wins Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR) (3)
Women's World Cup
1st Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd Simona Aebersold (SUI)
3rd Hanna Lundberg (SWE)
Most wins Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (4)
Team World Cup
1st Sweden
2nd  Switzerland
3rd Norway
Most wins Sweden (2)
2019
2022

Events edit

Men edit

No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 - Switzerland
1   Neuchâtel, Switzerland Knock-out sprint 15 May   Matthias Kyburz   Joey Hadorn   Kasper Harlem Fosser [2]
2 Sprint 16 May   Emil Svensk   Yannick Michiels   Gustav Bergman [3]
Round 2 - Sweden
3   Idre, Sweden Long 12 August   Kasper Harlem Fosser   Magne Dæhli   Daniel Hubmann [4]
4 Middle 14 August   Joey Hadorn   Daniel Hubmann   Simon Hector
Round 3 - Finals
5   Cansiglio, Italy Long 30 September   Kasper Harlem Fosser   Matthias Kyburz   Daniel Hubmann
6 Middle 2 October   Kasper Harlem Fosser   Matthias Kyburz   Riccardo Scalet

Women edit

No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 - Switzerland
1   Neuchâtel, Switzerland Knock-out sprint 15 May   Tove Alexandersson   Simona Aebersold   Andrine Benjaminsen [2]
2 Sprint 16 May   Tove Alexandersson   Elena Roos   Simona Aebersold [3]
Round 2 - Sweden
3   Idre, Sweden Long 12 August   Simona Aebersold   Andrine Benjaminsen   Tove Alexandersson [5]
4 Middle 14 August   Hanna Lundberg   Simona Aebersold   Natalia Gemperle
Round 3 - Finals
5   Cansiglio, Italy Long 30 September   Tove Alexandersson   Simona Aebersold   Natalia Gemperle
6 Middle 2 October   Tove Alexandersson   Simona Aebersold   Andrine Benjaminsen

Relay edit

No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
1   Neuchâtel, Switzerland Sprint relay 13 May   Switzerland
Simona Aebersold
Joey Hadorn
Matthias Kyburz
Elena Roos
  Sweden
Lina Strand
Gustav Bergman
Emil Svensk
Sara Hagström
  Norway
Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad
Eskil Kinneberg
Kasper Harlem Fosser
Andrine Benjaminsen
[6]
2   Idre, Sweden Men's relay 15 August   Sweden1
Albin Ridefelt
Simon Hector
Gustav Bergman
  Norway1
Eskil Kinneberg
Magne Dæhli
Kasper Harlem Fosser
  Switzerland1
Daniel Hubmann
Florian Howald
Matthias Kyburz
3 Women's relay 15 August   Sweden2
Emma Bjessmo
Johanna Öberg
Sara Hagström
  Sweden1
Lisa Risby
Hanna Lundberg
Karolin Ohlsson
  Russia1
Anastasia Rudnaya
Svetlana Mironova
Natalia Gemperle
4   Cansiglio, Italy Sprint Relay 3 October   Norway
Victoria Hæstad Bjørnstad
Audun Heimdal
Kasper Harlem Fosser
Andrine Benjaminsen
  Sweden
Tove Alexandersson
Isac von Krusenstierna
Emil Svensk
Sara Hagström
  Switzerland
Paula Gross
Joey Hadorn
Matthias Kyburz
Simona Aebersold
[7]

Points distribution edit

The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 7, the six best results counts in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 8 and WC 9), both results count.

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Points 100 80 60 50 45 40 37 35 33 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall standings edit

This section shows the overall standings after all events.

Team edit

The table shows the standings after all events. This was the first year where individual results counted towards the team world cup, meaning competitors contributed to the team's score in both relay and individual events.

Rank Nation Points
1   Sweden 7404
2   Switzerland 6432
3   Norway 6115
4   Finland 3774
5   Czech Republic 3451
6   Russia 2904
7   Denmark 2501
8   Austria 2235
9   France 2052
10   Poland 2020

References edit

  1. ^ "World Cup | International Orienteering Federation". orienteering.sport.
  2. ^ a b "- IOF World Ranking". ranking.orienteering.org.
  3. ^ a b "- IOF World Ranking". ranking.orienteering.org.
  4. ^ "Official results Men". Archived from the original on 2021-08-13.
  5. ^ "Official results Women". Archived from the original on 2021-08-13.
  6. ^ "IOF Eventor - Official results for Orienteering World Cup round 1 with European Orienteering Championships 2021 - Sprint Relay". eventor.orienteering.org.
  7. ^ "Live Orienteering- World Cup Finals, Sprint Relay". orienteering.sport.

External links edit