Be part of something Bigger
– Colour the World!
In May 2020, between May 13th and May 19th, any activity held can be registered as a World Orienteering Day event.
Our Vision
The International Orienteering Federation´s goals regarding the organisation of this annual event are as follows:
Increasing the visibility and accessibility of orienteering to young people, increasing the number of participants both in the schools’ activities, as well and in the clubs’ activities in all countries of National Federations, helping teachers to implement orienteering in a fun and educational way and and to get more new countries to take part in orienteering.
Visionary course of action
Each club of all national Orienteering Federations gets in touch with at least one school. As teachers might need help to implement orienteering so the lessons are a fun and exciting experience, the IOF is working on providing teaching materials in different languages. The Regional Development and Youth Commission of the IOF coordinates and links interested Orienteering people from its national federations together in a school orienteering network in order to exchange materials and experiences. After the event, the students get to keep their maps to take home and show to their friends and family.
WOD 2019
Between the 15th and May 21st, 2019, World Orienteering Days took place at 2216 registered events in 85 registered regions or countries with 398 712 participants.
WOD 2018
On Wednesday May 23rd 2018, the third World Orienteering Day took place. It was an even greater success than the previous years, with 349 052 participants all around the world taking part in an orienteering event.