2016 Orienteering World Cup

The 2016 Orienteering World Cup was the 22nd edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2016 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 10 individual events and four sprint relay events. The events were located in Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland.[1] The European Orienteering Championships in Jeseník, Czech Republic and the 2016 World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, Sweden, were included in the World Cup.

2016 Orienteering World Cup
World Cup events
Individual10
Relay4
Men's World Cup
1st Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
2nd Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
3rd Olav Lundanes (NOR)
Most wins Matthias Kyburz (SUI) (5)
Women's World Cup
1st Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd Judith Wyder (SUI)
3rd Maja Alm (DEN)
Most wins Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (4)
 Judith Wyder (SUI) (4)
Team World Cup
1stSwitzerland Switzerland
2ndDenmark Denmark
3rdSweden Sweden
Most winsSwitzerland Switzerland (2)
2015
2017

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

Events edit

Men edit

No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1
1   Wroclaw, Poland Middle 30 April   Olav Lundanes   Carl Godager Kaas   Albin Ridefeldt
2   Wroclaw, Poland Sprint 1 May   Matthias Kyburz   Daniel Hubmann   Jonas Leandersson
Round 2 - European Championships
3   Jeseník, Czech Republic Sprint (EOC) 22 May   Matthias Kyburz   Gustav Bergman   Florian Howald
4   Jeseník, Czech Republic Long (EOC) 24 May   Daniel Hubmann   Magne Dæhli   Martin Regborn
5   Jeseník, Czech Republic Middle (EOC) 27 May   Matthias Kyburz   Gustav Bergman   Lucas Basset
Round 3 - World Championships
6   Strömstad/Tanum, Sweden Sprint (WOC) 20 August   Jerker Lysell   Matthias Kyburz   Daniel Hubmann
7   Strömstad/Tanum, Sweden Middle (WOC) 23 August   Matthias Kyburz   Olav Lundanes   Daniel Hubmann
8   Strömstad/Tanum, Sweden Long (WOC) 25 August   Olav Lundanes   Thierry Gueorgiou   Daniel Hubmann
Round 4 - Finals
9   Aarau, Switzerland Long 15 October   Matthias Kyburz   Olav Lundanes   Carl Godager Kaas
10   Aarau, Switzerland Sprint 16 October   Jonas Leandersson   Matthias Kyburz   Martin Hubmann

Women edit

No. Venue Distance Date Winner Second Third Ref.
Round 1
1   Wroclaw, Poland Middle 30 April   Helena Jansson   Tove Alexandersson   Svetlana Mironova
2   Wroclaw, Poland Sprint 1 May   Judith Wyder   Maja Alm   Tove Alexandersson
  Marika Teini
  Nadiya Volynska
Round 2 - European Championships
3   Jeseník, Czech Republic Sprint (EOC) 22 May   Judith Wyder   Nadiya Volynska   Maja Alm
  Galina Vinogradova
4   Jeseník, Czech Republic Long (EOC) 24 May   Tove Alexandersson   Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg   Svetlana Mironova
5   Jeseník, Czech Republic Middle (EOC) 27 May   Tove Alexandersson   Judith Wyder   Marika Teini
Round 3 - World Championships
6   Strömstad/Tanum, Sweden Sprint (WOC) 20 August   Maja Alm   Judith Wyder   Anastasia Denisova
7   Strömstad/Tanum, Sweden Middle (WOC) 23 August   Tove Alexandersson   Heidi Østlid Bagstevold   Natalia Gemperle
8   Strömstad/Tanum, Sweden Long (WOC) 25 August   Tove Alexandersson   Natalia Gemperle   Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg
Round 4 - Finals
9   Aarau, Switzerland Long 15 October   Judith Wyder   Sabine Hauswirth   Tove Alexandersson
10   Aarau, Switzerland Sprint 16 October   Judith Wyder   Maja Alm   Tove Alexandersson

Sprint Relay edit

Venue Date Winner 2nd 3rd
1   Wroclaw, Poland 2 May   Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Andreas Kyburz
Matthias Kyburz
Rahel Friedrich
  Sweden
Tove Alexandersson
Emil Svensk
Jonas Leandersson
Helena Jansson
  Denmark
Ceciie Friberg Klysner
Tue Lassen
Søren Bobach
Maja Alm
2   Jeseník, Czech Republic (EOC) 24 May   Russia
Natalia Vinogradova
Gleb Tikhonov
Andrey Khramov
Galina Vinogradova
  Denmark
Ceciie Friberg Klysner
Tue Lassen
Søren Bobach
Maja Alm
  Switzerland
Judith Wyder
Andreas Kyburz
Martin Hubmann
Rahel Friedrich
3   Strömstad, Sweden (WOC) 21 August   Denmark
Ceciie Friberg Klysner
Tue Lassen
Søren Bobach
Maja Alm
  Switzerland
Rahel Friedrich
Florian Howald
Martin Hubmann
Judith Wyder
  Sweden
Lina Strand
Gustav Bergman
Jonas Leandersson
Helena Jansson
4   Aarau, Switzerland 14 October   Switzerland
Rahel Friedrich
Matthias Kyburz
Daniel Hubmann
Judith Wyder
  Sweden
Lina Strand
Emil Svensk
Jonas Leandersson
Helena Jansson
  Switzerland 2
Elena Roos
Andreas Kyburz
Florian Howald
Sabine Hauswirth

Points distribution edit

The 40 best runners in each event were awarded points. The winner was awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 8, the seven best results counted in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 9 and WC 10), both results counted.

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.

Men edit

Rank Athlete Points
1   Matthias Kyburz 734
2   Daniel Hubmann 427
3   Olav Lundanes 380
4   Gustav Bergman 330
5   Jonas Leandersson 316
6   Carl Godager Kaas 285
7   Magne Dæhli 276
8   Martin Regborn 267
9   Florian Howald 259
10   Lucas Basset 225

Women edit

Rank Athlete Points
1   Tove Alexandersson 660
2   Judith Wyder 627
3   Maja Alm 490
4   Sabine Hauswirth 304
5   Natalia Gemperle 290
6   Svetlana Mironova 284
7   Merja Rantanen 281
8   Julia Gross 259
9   Marika Teini 241
10   Lina Strand 232

Sprint Relay edit

The table shows the final standings after all four relay events. All results counted in the overall standings.[2]

Plass Utøver Points
1   Switzerland 280
2   Denmark 240
3   Sweden 220
4   Russia 200
5   Norway 135
6   Finland 127
7   Czech Republic 120
8   Great Britain 117
9   France 108
10   Austria 103

Achievements edit

Only individual competitions.

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Orienteering World Cup 2016". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2016 Sprint Relay World Cup in Orienteering" (PDF). International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 20 September 2018.