World University Orienteering Championships

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 before the competition (ie. can compete in the year after they finish study). Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).

World University Orienteering Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	July–August
Frequency	biannual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1978
Previous event	2022
Next event	2024
Organised by	FISU, IOF

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	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
2020	Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic	Smolensk, Russia
2022	August 17–21	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2024	August 1–5	Bansko, Bulgaria

See also

• International University Sports Federation (FISU)

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
• 23rd WUOC 2024
• 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