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 after the competition. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).[1]
| World University Orienteering Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sporting event |
| Date(s) | July–August |
| Frequency | biannual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1978 |
| Previous event | 2019 |
| Next event | 2021 |
| 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 |  |
| 1980 | July 16 |  |
| 1982 | August 10–15 |  |
| 1984 | August 1–4 |  |
| 1986 | August 1–3 |  |
| 1988 | July 20–22 |  |
| 1990 | August 1–3 |  |
| 1992 | July 26–31 |  |
| 1994 | September 4–11 | |
| 1996 | July 16–21 | |
| 1998 | August 10–15 | |
| 2000 | August 25–September 2 |  |
| 2002 | August 20–24 |  |
| 2004 | June 21–27 | |
| 2006 | August 14–20 |  |
| 2008 | July 29 – August 2 |  |
| 2010 | July 17–24 | |
| 2012 | July 2–7 |  |
| 2014 | August 12–16 | |
| 2016 | July 30 – August 4 | |
| 2018 | July 17–21 | |
| cancelled |  | |
| 2022 | TBA | |
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External links
- 13th WUOC 2002
- 14th WUOC 2004
- 15th WUOC 2006
- 16th WUOC 2008
- 17th WUOC 2010
- 18th WUOC 2012
- 19th WUOC 2014
- Hungarian orienteers on the World University Orienteering Championships
- 1974 International University Championships in Orienteering — Results
- 1986 World University Orienteering Championships — Results
- 1994 World University Orienteering Championships — Results
- 1996 World University Orienteering Championships — Results
- 1998 World Universities Orienteering Championships — Results
References
- "FISU Orienteering". International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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