The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in
mountain bike orienteering
Mountain bike orienteering (MTB-O or MTBO) is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike where navigation is done along trails and tracks. Compared with foot orienteering, competitors usually are not permitted to leave the trail ...
. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020.
The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start (unofficial in 2016 and official from 2017), and a Relay for both men and women.
Host towns and cities
Below is a list of towns and cities that have hosted World Championships in mountain bike orienteering. Year, date, place and number of participating countries are shown.
Long distance
Men
Women
Middle distance
Men
Women
Sprint
Men
Women
Mass Start
Men
Women
Relay
Men
Women
References
{{Main world championships
Orienteering competitions
MTB
Mountain biking events
Recurring sporting events established in 2002