2017 Orienteering World Cup

2017 Orienteering World Cup
World Cup events
Individual10
Relay7
Men's World Cup
1st Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
2nd Olav Lundanes (NOR)
3rd Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
Most wins Matthias Kyburz (SUI) (2)
 Olav Lundanes (NOR) (2)
Women's World Cup
1st Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd Natalia Gemperle (RUS)
3rd Sabine Hauswirth (SUI)
Most wins Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (5)
Team World Cup
1stSweden Sweden
2ndSwitzerland Switzerland
3rdNorway Norway
Most winsSweden Sweden (5)
2016
2018

The 2017 Orienteering World Cup was the 23rd edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2017 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 10 individual events, four relays and three sprint relay events. The events were located in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Switzerland.[1] The 2017 World Orienteering Championships in Tartu, Estonia are included in the World Cup.

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

Events

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Men

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No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 - Finland Tour
1 Finland Lohja, Finland Sprint 25 May Belgium Yannick Michiels Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Sweden Emil Svensk
2 Finland Lohja, Finland Middle 27 May Sweden Martin Regborn Norway Olav Lundanes Sweden William Lind
3 Finland Lohja, Finland Long Pursuit 28 May Norway Magne Dæhli Sweden William Lind Sweden Emil Svensk
Round 2 - World Championships
4 Estonia Tartu, Estonia Sprint (WOC) 1 July Switzerland Daniel Hubmann France Frederic Tranchand Sweden Jerker Lysell
5 Estonia Tartu, Estonia Long (WOC) 4 July Norway Olav Lundanes Russia Leonid Novikov Sweden William Lind
6 Estonia Tartu, Estonia Middle (WOC) 6 July France Thierry Gueorgiou Switzerland Fabian Hertner Ukraine Oleksandr Kratov
Round 3 - Latvia
7 Latvia Cēsis, Latvia Middle 25 August Norway Olav Lundanes Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Sweden Gustav Bergman
8 Latvia Cēsis, Latvia Sprint 28 August Czech Republic Vojtech Kral Sweden Jerker Lysell Switzerland Matthias Kyburz
Round 4 - Finals
9 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Long 29 September Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Norway Olav Lundanes Norway Magne Dæhli
10 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Middle 30 September Switzerland Matthias Kyburz Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Sweden Emil Svensk

Women

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No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1 - Finland Tour
1 Finland Lohja, Finland Sprint 25 May Denmark Maja Alm Sweden Tove Alexandersson Sweden Lina Strand
2 Finland Lohja, Finland Middle 27 May Sweden Helena Jansson Russia Natalia Gemperle Sweden Lina Strand
3 Finland Lohja, Finland Long Pursuit 28 May Sweden Tove Alexandersson Sweden Helena Jansson Denmark Maja Alm
Round 2 - World Championships
4 Estonia Tartu, Estonia Sprint (WOC) 1 July Denmark Maja Alm Russia Natalia Gemperle Russia Galina Vinogradova
5 Estonia Tartu, Estonia Long (WOC) 4 July Sweden Tove Alexandersson Denmark Maja Alm Russia Natalia Gemperle
6 Estonia Tartu, Estonia Middle (WOC) 6 July Sweden Tove Alexandersson Norway Marianne Andersen Finland Venla Harju
Round 3 - Latvia
7 Latvia Cēsis, Latvia Middle 25 August Russia Natalia Gemperle Switzerland Sabine Hauswirth Finland Marika Teini
8 Latvia Cēsis, Latvia Sprint 28 August Sweden Tove Alexandersson Russia Natalia Gemperle Switzerland Sabine Hauswirth
Round 4 - Finals
9 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Long 29 September Switzerland Elena Roos Switzerland Sabine Hauswirth Russia Natalia Gemperle
10 Switzerland Grindelwald, Switzerland Middle 30 September Sweden Tove Alexandersson Switzerland Elena Roos Russia Natalia Gemperle

Points distribution

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The 40 best runners in each event are awarded points. The winner is awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 8, the seven best results counts in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 9 and WC 10), both results counts.[2]

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

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

Men

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Rank Athlete Points
1 Switzerland Matthias Kyburz 588
2 Norway Olav Lundanes 468
3 Switzerland Daniel Hubmann 463
4 Sweden Martin Regborn 384
5 Czech Republic Vojtech Kral 361
6 Norway Eskil Kinneberg 296
7 France Frederic Tranchand 296
8 Norway Magne Dæhli 295
9 Sweden Emil Svensk 274
10 Sweden Gustav Bergman 256

Women

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Rank Athlete Points
1 Sweden Tove Alexandersson 679
2 Russia Natalia Gemperle 610
3 Switzerland Sabine Hauswirth 450
4 Sweden Helena Bergman 426
5 Denmark Maja Alm 380
6 Switzerland Elena Roos 363
7 Finland Venla Harju 334
8 Switzerland Julia Gross 249
9 Sweden Karolin Ohlsson 235
10 Finland Sari Anttonen 227

Relay

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The table shows the final standings after all 7 relay events. The six best results counts in the overall standings, which means that each team's worst results (in brackets) does not count.

Rank Nation 1 2 3 M 3 W 4 M 4 W 5 Points
1 Sweden Sweden 100 100 (60) 100 100 80 100 580
2 Switzerland Switzerland 80 60 (45) 50 80 100 60 430
3 Norway Norway 40 (37) 100 40 50 37 80 347
4 Russia Russia 50 45 (40) 80 60 50 50 335
5 Finland Finland 45 (31) 35 60 37 60 45 282
6 France France 31 (28) 80 33 40 31 35 250
7 United Kingdom Great Britain 60 40 (26) 37 33 45 30 245
8 Denmark Denmark 35 80 33 31 24 (0) 33 236
9 Czech Republic Czech Republic 37 50 (30) 35 35 35 40 232
10 Latvia Latvia (0) 29 37 45 45 40 27 223

Achievements

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Only individual competitions.

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References

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  1. ^ "Preliminary schedule for the orienteering World Cup 2017". International Orienteering Federation. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Special Rules for the 2017 World Cup in Orienteering" (PDF). International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 September 2018.