International mountain bike competitions
World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships Status active Genre sports competition Date July–August Frequency annual Location various Inaugurated 2002 (2002 ) Organised by IOF
TheWorld Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles inmountain bike orienteering . The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020.[ 1] 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 [ edit ] 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.
Year Date Place # Countries Notes 2002 1–6 July Fontainebleau , France29 [ 2] 2004 19–23 October Ballarat , Australia26 [ 3] 2005 5–11 September Banská Bystrica , Slovakia26 [ 4] 2006 (in conjunction with TrailOWTOC 2006 ) 9–13 July Joensuu , Finland25 [ 5] 2007 5–12 August Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic22 [ 6] 2008 24–31 August Ostróda , Poland26 [ 7] 2009 9–16 August Ben Shemen , Israel20 [ 8] 2010 11–17 July Montalegre , Portugal25 [ 9] 2011 20–28 August Vicenza , Italy27 [ 10] 2012 20–25 August Veszprém , Hungary30 [ 11] 2013 26–31 August Rakvere , Estonia26 [ 12] 2014 24–31 August Białystok , Poland27 [ 13] 2015 14–23 August Liberec , Czech Republic28 [ 14] 2016 24–30 July Águeda , Portugal22 [ 15] 2017 19–27 August Vilnius , Lithuania23 [ 16] 2018 5–12 August Zwettl , Austria27 [ 17] 2019 28 July–3 August Viborg , Denmark24 [ 18] 2020 17–22 August* Jeseník , Czech Republiccancelled 2021 10–18 June Kuortane , Finland16 [ 19] 2022 15–20 July Falun , Sweden25 [ 20]
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 France Czech Republic Finland2004 Finland Czech Republic Australia2005 Finland France Switzerland2006 Finland Russia Switzerland2007 France Czech Republic Denmark2008 Denmark Russia Czech Republic2009 Russia Czech Republic Finland2010 Russia Denmark Czech Republic2011 Denmark Czech Republic Finland2012 Finland Russia Austria2013 Czech Republic Finland Estonia2014 Estonia Finland France2015 Austria Russia Finland2016 Czech Republic Russia France2017 Czech Republic Finland Russia2018 Russia Sweden Czech Republic2019 Russia Czech Republic Finland2021 Finland Neutral* Switzerland*Neutral team from Russia
Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Finland France Czech Republic2004 Finland Austria Australia2005 Germany Czech Republic France2006 Russia Finland Czech Republic2007 Finland Russia Austria2008 Finland Russia Austria2009 Austria Switzerland Russia2010 Denmark Finland Czech Republic2011 Switzerland Lituania Slovakia2012 Finland Switzerland Slovakia2013 Finland Denmark Switzerland2014 Russia Finland Czech Republic2015 Finland Russia Czech Republic2016 Finland Russia Czech Republic2017 Finland France Russia2018 Czech Republic Russia Finland2019 Russia Finland Sweden2021 Denmark Finland Neutral**Neutral team from Russia
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