2017 Orienteering World Cup – Wikipedia

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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.

Men[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Relay[edit]

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.

Achievements[edit]

Only individual competitions.

External links[edit]

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