2018 Orienteering World Cup

The 2018 Orienteering World Cup was the 24th edition of the Orienteering World Cup. The 2018 Orienteering World Cup consisted of 11 individual events and 9 relay events. The events were located in Switzerland, Latvia, Norway and Czech Republic.^[1] The European Orienteering Championships in Ticino, Switzerland and the 2018 World Orienteering Championships in Riga, Latvia were included in the World Cup.

2018 Orienteering World Cup

World Cup events
Individual	11
Relay	9
Men's World Cup
1st	Matthias Kyburz (SUI)
2nd	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)
3rd	Olav Lundanes (NOR)
Most wins	Matthias Kyburz (SUI) (2)  Olav Lundanes (NOR) (2)  Daniel Hubmann (SUI) (2)
Women's World Cup
1st	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)
2nd	Karolin Ohlsson (SWE)
3rd	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)
Most wins	Tove Alexandersson (SWE) (6)
Team World Cup
1st	Switzerland
2nd	Sweden
3rd	Norway
Most wins	Switzerland (4)
←2017 2019→

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

Events

Men

No.	Venue	Distance	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
Round 1 - European Championships
1	Ticino, Switzerland	Sprint	6 May	Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	none	Kristian Jones	[2]
2	Ticino, Switzerland	Middle	9 May	Matthias Kyburz	Florian Howald	Olav Lundanes	[3]
3	Ticino, Switzerland	Long	13 May	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Kyburz	Gernot Kerschbaumer	[4]
Round 2 - World Championships
4	Riga, Latvia	Sprint (WOC)	4 August	Daniel Hubmann	Tim Robertson	Andreas Kyburz	[5]
5	Riga, Latvia	Middle (WOC)	7 August	Eskil Kinneberg	Daniel Hubmann	Florian Howald	[6]
6	Riga, Latvia	Long (WOC)	11 August	Olav Lundanes	Ruslan Glibov	Fabian Hertner	[7]
Round 3 - Norway
7	Østfold, Norway	Long	31 August	Gustav Bergman	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Kyburz	[8]
8	Østfold, Norway	Prologue + Middle Pursuit	1 September	William Lind	Gustav Bergman	Frederic Tranchand	[9]
Round 4 - Finals
9	Prague, Czech Republic	Knockout Sprint	4 October	Vojtěch Král	Jonas Leandersson	Gustav Bergman	[10]
10	Prague, Czech Republic	Middle	6 October	Miloš Nykodým	Andreas Kyburz	Gernot Kerschbaumer	[11]
11	Prague, Czech Republic	Sprint	7 October	Jonas Leandersson	Yannick Michiels	Matthias Kyburz	[12]

Women

No.	Venue	Distance	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
Round 1 - European Championships
1	Ticino, Switzerland	Sprint	6 May	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	Natalia Gemperle	[2]
2	Ticino, Switzerland	Middle	9 May	Marika Teini	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	[3]
3	Ticino, Switzerland	Long	13 May	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Julia Gross	[4]
Round 2 - World Championships
4	Riga, Latvia	Sprint (WOC)	4 August	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	[5]
5	Riga, Latvia	Middle (WOC)	7 August	Natalia Gemperle	Marika Teini	Isia Basset	[6]
6	Riga, Latvia	Long (WOC)	11 August	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Sabine Hauswirth	[7]
Round 3 - Norway
7	Østfold, Norway	Long	31 August	Tove Alexandersson	Kamilla Olaussen	Karolin Ohlsson	[8]
8	Østfold, Norway	Prologue + Middle Pursuit	1 September	Tove Alexandersson	Karolin Ohlsson	Anastasia Rudnaya	[9]
Round 4 - Finals
9	Prague, Czech Republic	Knockout Sprint	4 October	Judith Wyder	Karolin Ohlsson	Tove Alexandersson	[10]
10	Prague, Czech Republic	Middle	6 October	Karolin Ohlsson	Julia Jakob	Lina Strand	[11]
11	Prague, Czech Republic	Sprint	7 October	Tove Alexandersson	Maija Sianoja	Judith Wyder	[12]

Relay

No.	Venue	Distance	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref.
1	Ticino, Switzerland	Sprint Relay (EOC)	10 May	Switzerland Judith Wyder Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Elena Roos	Sweden Lina Strand Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Norway Sigrid Alexandersen Trond Einar Moen Pedersli Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Andrine Benjaminsen	[13]
2	Ticino, Switzerland	Women's relay (EOC)	12 May	Switzerland Judith Wyder Elena Roos Julia Gross	Sweden Lina Strand Sara Hagström Karolin Ohlsson	Denmark Cecilie Friberg Klysner Ida Bobach Maja Alm	[14]
3	Ticino, Switzerland	Men's relay (EOC)	12 May	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Magne Dæhli Olav Lundanes	Switzerland Florian Howald Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann	France Nicolas Rio Lucas Basset Frederic Tranchand	[14]
4	Riga, Latvia	Sprint Relay (WOC)	5 August	Sweden Tove Alexandersson Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Switzerland Elena Roos Florian Howald Fabian Hertner Judith Wyder	Denmark Amanda Falck Weber Tue Lassen Jakob Edsen Maja Alm	[15]
5	Riga, Latvia	Women's relay (WOC)	9 August	Switzerland Elena Roos Julia Jakob Judith Wyder	Sweden Helena Bergman Karolin Ohlsson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Tatyana Riabkina Natalia Gemperle	[16]
6	Riga, Latvia	Men's relay (WOC)	9 August	Norway Gaute Hallan Steiwer Eskil Kinneberg Magne Dæhli	Switzerland Florian Howald Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	France Nicolas Rio Lucas Basset Frederic Tranchand	[16]
7	Østfold, Norway	Women's relay	2 September	Sweden Lina Strand Karolin Ohlsson Tove Alexandersson	Norway Silje Ekroll Jahren Marianne Andersen Kamilla Olaussen	Finland Sari Anttonen Lotta Karhola Henna Riikka Haikonen	[17]
8	Østfold, Norway	Men's relay	2 September	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	Sweden Albin Ridefeldt Gustav Bergman William Lind	Sweden 2 Martin Regborn Jonas Leandersson Emil Svensk	[17]
9	Prague, Czech Republic	Sprint Relay	5 October	Switzerland 1 Sabine Hauswirth Andreas Kyburz Florian Howald Judith Wyder	Sweden 1 Lina Strand Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Tove Alexandersson	Switzerland 2 Julia Jakob Thomas Curiger Jonas Egger Martina Ruch	[18]

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.^[19]

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

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

Men Rank Athlete Points 1 Matthias Kyburz 596 2 Daniel Hubmann 538 3 Olav Lundanes 470 4 Gustav Bergman 414 5 Vojtech Kral 393 6 Ruslan Glibov 353 7 Frederic Tranchand 310 8 Jonas Leandersson 264 9 Gernot Kerschbaumer 261 10 Eskil Kinneberg 260

Women Rank Athlete Points 1 Tove Alexandersson 851 2 Karolin Ohlsson 535 3 Natalia Gemperle 438 4 Marika Teini 393 5 Sabine Hauswirth 393 6 Judith Wyder 335 7 Maija Sianoja 306 8 Julia Jakob 302 9 Maja Alm 275 10 Lina Strand 257

Relay

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

Rank	Nation	1 (SR)	2 (W)	3 (M)	4 (SR)	5 (W)	6 (M)	7 (W)	8 (M)	9 (SR)	Points
1	Switzerland	100	100	80	80	100	80	50	45	100	735
2	Sweden	80	80	30	100	80	33	100	80	80	663
3	Norway	60	50	100	50	50	100	80	100	50	640
4	Czech Republic	50	27	50	45	33	45	37	60	60	407
5	Finland	33	40	31	35	45	37	60	50	45	376
6	Russia	35	45	40	40	60	31	40	26	33	350
7	Austria	45	35	33	28	35	50	45	33	35	339
8	Denmark	37	60	28	60	40	29	33	0	28	315
9	France	28	33	60	27	60	0	29	30	40	307
10	Great Britain	40	37	45	37	40	0	27	35	31	292

Achievements

Only individual competitions.