The 2018 Orienteering World Cup was the 24th edition of the

Orienteering World Cup The Orienteering World Cup is a series of orienteering competitions organized annually by the International Orienteering Federation. Two unofficial cups were organized in 1983 and 1984. The official World Cup was held first in 1986, and then ever ...

. The 2018 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 11 individual events and 9 relay events. The events were located in

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and

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. The

European Orienteering Championships The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years. Format T ...

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

, Switzerland and the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in

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, Latvia were included in the World Cup.

Matthias Kyburz Matthias Kyburz (born 5 March 1990) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, junior world champion, European champion and multiple world champion. On 16 April 2020, Kyburz attained the world record in quickest time reaching 50km on a treadmill, in a t ...

of Switzerland won his third consecutive overall title in the men's World Cup, his fifth title in total.

Tove Alexandersson Tove Alexandersson (born 7 September 1992) is a Swedish orienteer, ski orienteer, skyrunner and ski mountaineer. She has won a total of 17 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and 10 gold medals at the World Ski Orienteering Champ ...

of Sweden won her fifth overall title in the women's World Cup.

Events

Men

Women

Relay

Points distribution

The 40 best runners in each event were awarded points. The winner was awarded 100 points. In WC events 1 to 9, the eight best results counted in the overall classification. In the finals (WC 10 and WC 11), both results counted.

Overall standings

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

Relay

The table shows the final standings after all 9 relay events. All results counted in the overall standings.

Achievements

Only individual competitions.

References

External links

World Cup Ranking
- IOF
2018 Team World Cup Results
- IOF {{Orienteering World Cup Orienteering World Cup seasons Orienteering competitions