1. Strategic Planning of the IOF FootO calendar 2018-2025
Maria Krafft Helgesson & Aron Less
IOF Foot Orienteering Commission

2. Why do we need this?
IOF ExGA 2015 & GA 2016: Competition Review Project
WOC split from 2019: „Sprint WOC” (even years) & „WOC” (odd years)
Annual EOC, also split from 2020 (opposite cycles from WOC)
New World Cup concept from 2020
showing potential applicants what we expect from them
demand from Federations to plan their national calendars

3. What is new in this system?
Sprint and forest years like (Northern hemisphere) school years
EOC moves to autumn to start the sporting year
World Cup in June as a dress rehearsal for the respective WOC
WOC is the end of the sprint / forest sporting year
Bonus: O-Ringen – World Cup all 5 days
Designated international & national periods in the IOF calendar

4. International periods
Month
Week
Global TV-events
IOF elite events
Intl O-events
Other major intl FootO
National
Apr 14 15 16 17
Tiomila
May 18 19
National period 20 21
Intl period 1 World Cup
May/Jun 22
CISM
Jun 23 24
FIFA/UEFA
Jukola 25
Jun/Jul 26
FIFA/UEFA/TdF
JWOC WMOC
Jul 27
Intl period 2 WOC
Other multi-day 28
TdF/World Games 29
World Games 30
Olympics/World Games
Intl period 3 World Cup
O-Ringen
Aug 31
Olympics
WUOC 32
WUOC / WMOC 33 34
Intl period 4 World Cup / EOC
Aug/Sep 35
Sep 36 37 38 39
Intl period 5 World Cup / EOC
Oct 40 41 42 43
International periods

5. WOC in the future
WOC relatively early in the summer – otherwise athletes just skip earlier events (e.g. O-Ringen)
WOC preferably in weeks 27 or 28 (might not be possible in Southern hemisphere – WOC Brazil was proposed for October)
WOC is now 5 days only – easier and cheaper to organise!
Everyone should be able to run all competitions!
(Forest) WOC with fixed programme: D1: MQ; D2: Long; D3: rest day; D4: MF; D5: Relay. Preferably only 2 arenas!
Sprint WOC: no fixed programme. Rest day after each competition day recommended. One possibility: D1: SQ & SF; D2: rest day; D3: SR; D4: rest day; D5: #3rdsprint

6. EOC in the future
Opposite cycles to WOC. If WOC has sprint formats, EOC has forest formats. WOC 2021 is forest, EOC 2021 is sprint.
Date for EOC is either end of August (week 34-35) or late September – early October (week )
EOC programme is the same as WOC, but no fixed order of competitions. Long qualification system already tested in
EOC organisers are hard to find, so IOF is investigating ways of how to make EOC more attractive to organise
For example risk of TV-income will be with the IOF in the new model, so the organiser only has the fixed Sanction fee (21T EUR)

7. World Cup 2020 and onwards From 2020 onwards 3 fixed rounds
One round is O-Ringen – always week 30 (WOC cannot be 1-4 weeks after O-Ringen): all 5 competitions count
One round is ”Swiss Cup” round – 3-4 competitions in Switzerland or in neighbouring countries
One round is the IOF round. Ideally this is EOC, but not necessarily. This round may be staged outside of Europe (e.g. pre-WOC). It may also be a round in Europe but not EOC.

8. Other international events
JWOC: ideally moves to mid-July (after WOC), but not fixed (can also be before WOC – see 2020)
WMOC: ideally just before WOC or just after WOC, but August is also possible (date clash must be avoided with O-Ringen, Scottish 6 Days, Swiss O Week)
(World University Orienteering Championships – even years)
(CISM: needs coordination with other events, when in Europe)
Regional championships outside of Europe: this is up to the regions to decide – no preferences from IOF
EYOC: not mentioned in this system

9. International periods
Month
Week
Global TV-events
IOF elite events
Intl O-events
Other major intl FootO
National
Apr 14 15 16 17
Tiomila
May 18 19
National period 20 21
Intl period 1 World Cup
May/Jun 22
CISM
Jun 23 24
FIFA/UEFA
Jukola 25
Jun/Jul 26
FIFA/UEFA/TdF
JWOC WMOC
Jul 27
Intl period 2 WOC
Other multi-day 28
TdF/World Games 29
World Games 30
Olympics/World Games
Intl period 3 World Cup
O-Ringen
Aug 31
Olympics
WUOC 32
WUOC / WMOC 33 34
Intl period 4 World Cup / EOC
Aug/Sep 35
Sep 36 37 38 39
Intl period 5 World Cup / EOC
Oct 40 41 42 43
International periods

10. Any questions?
Please note that one of the groupwork sessions will also focus on the Strategic Calendar Planning…

11. Thank You for your attention!