MTBO America

MTBO World Masters/Worlds Cup (Round 2) runs June 3 - 6, 2010 in Gdańsk, Poland

The World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships start today (June 4th) in Gdansk, Poland along side Round 2 of the MTBO Worlds Cup (also known as the Polish Cup). Athletes from all over Europe and Asia (and 1 from Australia) will be competing in the Sprint, Long, Middle, and Mixed Relay distance events over the weekend and earning points towards the final Worlds Cup round in Italy in September.

For results and updates:

* World Cup Round 2 Event Website
* MTBO World Cup Gdańsk Live Internet Commentary
* IOF MTBO World Cup Results/Ranking Website

Read the rest of this entry »

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the final authority on all MTBO competition rules.

The renewed MTBO World Cup is already underway with the first round completed last weekend in Hungry. This first of four rounds, one of the largest MTBO events in the World, not only served as the Hungarian MTBO Cup but also as the opening of the international MTBO season in Central Europe. The next round will be held at the World Masters MTB Orienteering Championships in Gdansk, Poland, in June, followed by the third round during the World MTB Orienteering Championships in Montalegre, Portugal, in July. The entire 2010 World Cup series will come to its climatic conclusion in Teolo, Italy, in September 2010.
Read the rest of this entry »

The MTBO 2010 World Cup will include 14 competitions.

The 2010 World Cup will consist of 10 individual and 4 relay competitions.

1) Program

– 23–25 April Round 1 in Hungary 3 individual competitions (sprint, middle, long)
– 02–06 June Round 2 in Poland 2 individual competitions (middle, long) 1 relay competition (mixed)
– 11–17 July Round 3 (WOC in Portugal) 3 individual competitions (sprint, middle, long) 1 relay competition (women) 1 relay competition (men)
– 18–20 Sept Round 4 in Italy 2 individual competitions (sprint, middle) 1 relay competition (mixed)

Read the rest of this entry »

Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) is the newest of the orienteering disciplines administered by the IOF.

The 2009 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships (EOC) will be held in Farum, Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 22 – 28.

This is a joint event for several championships in mountain bike orienteering. The event center is located at Birkerød, in North Zealand, 20 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Many of the forests in North Zealand were once used for hunting by the kings of Denmark and still have a vast network of roads and paths suitable for MTBO.

EOC MTBO 2009 Denmark will include Sprint, Middle, Long, and Relay championship events and include the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Portugal and Ukraine.

*NOTE: The United States Orienteering Federation (USOF) has never registered a team or sent a representative to this event since it began in 2006.