World Cup Final Switzerland: All you need to know!

Jan Kocbach October 4, 2013 Orienteering News 3 Comments

[Sprint Relay from Friday 15:00 CET / Middle Saturday 12:00 CET / Sprint Sunday 13:20 CET] In the World Cup final this weekend there will be a fight for the overall World Cup victory – but just as important is the good bye to three big Swiss stars: Simone Niggli, Matthias Merz and Matthias Leonhardt (formerly Müller) will end their international elite career this weekend- together they have taken an impressive 43 World Championships medals – and been a very big part of the Swiss success story of the last 10 years.

The World Cup final consists of a middle distance race on Saturday and a sprint race on Sunday. Sunday’s sprint race is restricted for the best 40 placed runners in the overall World Cup. In addition there is a sprint relay Friday – set up as a test for the mixed sprint relay WOC next year – testing touchfree punching with SportIdent Air+. Old maps of the area are available here – above the most interesting part of the old maps of the area is shown (but the courses might very well not get into this area – we will know for sure on Saturday).

Update Sunday: Links to live services Sunday: WebTV, live results women, live results men, GPS-tracking.

Live coverage:

Live TV: [Update: Live stream of the middle distance Saturday here] The World Cup final will be broadcast live on Swiss TV SRF (note that the SRF broadcast is region restricted – if you are outside Switzerland there should be a link on the World Cup webpage at the start of the event – Sunday’s event will also be available in SVT play – thanks for the tip, Tim).
Live Results: Results should be available via this direct link or from the competition page.
GPS tracking: GPS tracking will be used on both middle and sprint and will be available from here.
No live coverage from the sprint relay

Post by WorldofO.com.

Program Saturday (Middle distance):

– First Start approx. 12.00

– Last Start women 14.00

– Last Start men 14.30

– First Start approx. 12.00
– Last Start women 14.00
– Last Start men 14.30

Course and start information:

Women 5.1 km, 210 m , 21 controls, winning time 35’
Men 6.2 km, 290 m , 25 controls, winning time 35’

Program Sunday (Sprint distance):

– First Start women 13.21
– First Start men 14.31
– Last Start men 15.11

Course and start information:

Women 2.5 km, 80 m , 17 controls, winning time 14min,
Men 2.8 km, 100 m , 19 controls, winning time 14min,
The starting order in the sprint will be as following, based on the World Cup standings after event 12: 40-20-39-19-38-18-37-17-36-16-35-15-34-14-33-13-32-12-31-11-30-10-29-9-28-8-27-7-26-6-25-5-24-4-23-3-22-2-21-1 (hence the World Cup leader starts last).

Useful links

Overall World Cup: Thriller finish between Niggli and Alexandersson

The fight for the overall World Cup will be a thriller between Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Simone Niggli in the women’s class. Alexandersson has a big advantage with her 736 points and 51 point lead – Niggli will need some help to take the overall World Cup. Still it will be a very interesting fight.. In third is Annika Billstam with 491 points – too far behind to fight for the overall victory.

Update: The following rules are important for the overall calculations:

In the competition 13 (World Cup Final) the runners finishing the race get double points. The winner gets 200 points down to 2 points for the 40th place.
Total is calculated as the sum of all scores from competitions 1 to 8 plus the best 2 scores from competitions 9 to 12 and the score from competition 13 (last race)

1	736	Tove Alexandersson	SWE	30	100	100	60	60	28	38	160	–	80	80	–	–
2	685	Simone Niggli	SUI	–	–	–	75	75	60	75	200	100	100	100	–	–
3	491	Annika Billstam	SWE	45	80	24	20	28	9	45	120	80	–	40	–	–
4	439	Tatyana Riabkina	RUS	60	37	50	34	20	34	22	100	–	45	37	–	–
5	414	Ida Bobach	DEN	80	35	40	45	12	24	28	90	–	30	30	–	–
6	323	Lina Strand	SWE	37	17	33	45	26	18	24	80	29	–	14	–	–
7	278	Emma Klingenberg	DEN	15	25	–	30	0	75	60	36	37	–	–	–	–
8	272	Tone Wigemyr	NOR	50	45	–	26	24	15	0	56	–	33	23	–	–
9	269	Judith Wyder	SUI	21	33	31	0	15	45	30	66	–	–	28	–	–
10	243	Venla Niemi	FIN	40	31	29	7	7	0	–	42	60	–	27	–	–
11	211	Ines Brodmann	SUI	28	26	18	6	11	14	20	70	–	18	–	–	–
=12	201	Mari Fasting	NOR	33	15	27	24	45	–	–	–	–	35	22	–	–
=12	201	Sara Lüscher	SUI	27	50	28	5	34	12	–	–	–	26	19	–	–
=12	201	Galina Vinogradova	RUS	–	–	–	18	13	38	34	58	40	–	–	–	–
15	200	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	NOR	31	25	80	0	0	–	–	–	31	–	33	–	–
16	194	Tessa Hill	GBR	27	27	21	15	0	22	15	18	45	–	4	–	–
17	167	Helena Jansson	SWE	100	30	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	160	Minna Kauppi	FIN	–	–	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	50	50	–	–
19	153	Emma Johansson	SWE	–	–	–	9	18	13	16	60	–	37	–	–	–
20	149	Sarina Jenzer	SUI	–	–	–	28	38	0	14	48	–	21	–	–	–

Men’s class: 231 points down to Sweden

In the men’s class Matthias Kyburz has a big advantage. With 635 points there is 113 points down to Daniel Hubmann in second and another 30 points down to Fabian Hertner in third. The best non-Swiss runner is Gustav Bergman (Sweden) in fourth – with 231(!) points up to Kyburz.

1	635	Matthias Kyburz	SUI	24	100	35	75	26	45	75	160	45	–	50	–	–
2	522	Daniel Hubmann	SUI	23	33	12	60	30	22	60	200	–	37	45	–	–
3	492	Fabian Hertner	SUI	100	31	45	5	15	75	26	100	50	–	45	–	–
4	404	Gustav Bergman	SWE	35	20	31	28	60	26	–	120	24	–	60	–	–
5	365	Jerker Lysell	SWE	60	80	100	6	–	24	60	–	35	–	–	–	–
6	363	Matthias Merz	SUI	50	60	50	34	0	13	26	90	–	40	–	–	–
7	279	Tue Lassen	DEN	31	40	29	45	0	20	–	60	–	35	19	–	–
8	277	Jonas Leandersson	SWE	28	30	24	14	5	38	38	40	60	–	–	–	–
9	251	Martin Hubmann	SUI	17	27	30	24	0	34	20	80	19	–	–	–	–
10	231	Mårten B. Boström	FIN	–	10	16	0	0	28	15	62	100	–	–	–	–
11	221	Andreas Kyburz	SUI	27	35	19	26	38	0	6	40	30	–	–	–	–
12	215	Matthias Leonhardt	SUI	37	50	23	18	0	13	16	58	–	–	–	–	–
13	211	Jan Procházka (PGP8407)	CZE	20	19	20	0	12	14	9	66	31	–	20	–	–
14	210	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	NOR	–	16	17	0	0	60	10	70	37	–	–	–	–
15	209	Carl Waaler Kaas	NOR	33	–	27	10	75	7	–	–	20	–	37	–	–
16	196	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	DEN	21	18	21	30	0	0	34	16	40	–	16	–	–
17	180	Thierry Gueorgiou	FRA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	100	80	–	–
18	177	Johan Runesson	SWE	80	–	6	0	24	0	–	38	–	2	27	–	–
19	164	William Lind	SWE	45	25	40	16	0	8	–	30	–	–	–	–	–
20	159	Marius Thrane Ødum	DEN	29	29	22	0	22	5	–	52	–	–	–	–	–

3 comments

Tim
October 4, 2013 at 7:26

The final will be live also in SVT play: http://www.svtplay.se/video/1494688/orientering-varldscupen-i-schweiz
Mathematician
October 4, 2013 at 20:08

Is the last race worth extra or double points etc?
- Jan Kocbach
  October 4, 2013 at 20:12
  
  Yes!
  1. In the competition 13 (World Cup Final) the runners finishing the race get double points. The winner gets 200 points down to 2 points for the 40th place.
  2. Total is calculated as the sum of all scores from competitions 1 to 8 plus the best 2 scores from competitions 9 to 12 and the score from competition 13 (last race)
  
  http://iof.6prog.org/IOF_Documents/Footo/World-Cup-2013-Special-Rules_amended-April-2013.pdf