EOC 2022: All You Need To Know

The first ever forest only* European Orienteering Championships (EOC) is organized in Rakvere, Estonia from Wednesday to Sunday this week. The championships starts with Middle Qualification on Wednesday and continues witht Long distance on Thursday, Middle Final on Saturday and Relay on Sunday.

*Edit: The first forest only EOC in modern times. The first two EOCs in 1962 and 1964 were also forest only EOCs.

With most of the important international orienteering races so far this season being organized in urban areas (World Cup and World Championships), this will be the first chance for the forest specialists to show their strength. The EOC is also the second World Cup round of three rounds, with the last round being organized in Switzerland in October (also a forest only round). The races were originally planned for 2020 but had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The terrain has been kept and the planning is it to a large extent the same.

The terrain in Estonia is quite “bushy” with varied runnability and visibility, with some faster parts. See the analysis from the World Championships in Estonia back in 2017 for what you can expect from Estonian terrain.

Program

• Wednesday August 3rd: Middle Qualification
  • Men: First start 13:00 local time (12:00 CET)
  • Women: First start 13:01 local time (12:01 CET)
  • Race finished around 16:00 local time

• Thursday August 4th: Long
  • Men: First start 09:40 local time (08:40 CET). Flower ceremony expected 16:50 local time.
  • Women: First start 09:30 local time (08:30 CET). Flower ceremony expected 15:22 local time.

• Saturday August 6th: Middle Final
  • Men: First start A-final 13:10 local time (12:10 CET). Flower ceremony expected 14:40 local time.
  • Women: First start A-final 11:45 local time (10:45 CET). Flower ceremony expected 15:50 local time.
  • B-final starts after the finish of the A-final.

• Sunday August 7th: Relay
  • Men: Start 12:00 local time (11:00 CET)
  • Women: Start 10:00 local time (09:00 CET)

Links & how to follow live

Use these links to follow the championships:

• Orienteering.sports live page – here you can also follow the competitions live on WebTV with English commentary (price not yet available at time of writing)
• The TV-production is also broadcast in Norway, Sweden, Finland, France and Estonia (updated) – see TV times here.
• LIVE GPS-tracking and live results. GPS-tracking is back to GPSSeuranta after several events with TracTrac – good tracking accuracy is to be expected.
• EOC 2022 webpage & EOC 2022 Eventor page
• EOC Bulletin 4 – detailed information
• WoO results archive which includes both EOC and WOC (via WorldofO.com results archive)

Map and terrain

All competition days use different parts of the same terrain. The race venue is around 1 hours drive to the east from the capital Tallin (whereas WOC 2017 was organized in the south of the country). All competitions (Middle Q and F, Long Distance and Relay) will be held at the same Competition Centre (CC) in Põlula, 20 kilometers from Rakvere

The terrain has many typical moraine features (eskers, kames, drumlins). The height difference on the terrain is around 30 metres and 20 metres on one slope. There are many hillocks and depressions with depths and heights up to 10 metres.

Larger marshes and flat areas are situated around streams and rivers that are on the borders of the terrain. The vegetation is very varied, but most of the terrain is covered by forest. There are a lot of areas with self-sown undergrowth and high grass. Old logging areas can be overgrown. Runnability varies from the spruce forest with good runnability to overgrown logging areas, areas with storm-felled trees and a lot of areas with undergrowth, which all have poor runnability. Visibility varies from good to poor. A regular pattern of forest rides covers the terrain and there are some small roads and tracks. See an old map of part of the terrain below.

Race details

Middle Qualification

In EOC Middle each Federation shall allocate its competitors to 3 starting groups (early, middle, late) for the qualification race. The number of competitors allocated to each of the 3 groups by a Federation may not differ by more than one (e.g. if a Federation has 7 competitors, they must allo-cate 3 to one group and 2 to the other two). If a Federation fails to allocate its competitors to starting groups, the organiser shall decide the allocation. The starting order within each group will be drawn at random.

The first 20 competitors from each qualification race heat will qualify for the A final.

Long

In EOC Long, competitors who have been in the top 3 in the long distance in either of the last 2 WOCs start in starting group 1. This group is made up to 10 with the top-ranked entered runners in the World Ranking. Other competitors who have been in positions 4-6 in the long distance in either of the last 2 WOCs start in starting group 2. This group is made up to 15 with the next top-ranked entered runners in the World Ranking. Subsequent starting groups of 15 (or up to 29 for the final starting group) are filled on the basis of World Ranking positions. They are starting groups 3, 4 etc. If necessary, the order of the runners with the same World Ranking points is determined by lot. Within each group the start order is randomised.The highest numbered starting group starts first and then the others in descending order. Starting group 1 starts last of all. The starting groups for EOC Long will be determined using the World Ranking as of 2 August 2022.

Middle Final

There will be a B-final for competitors who do not qualify for the A-final. No World Cup points are awarded in the B-final but World Ranking points will be awarded according to the scale for a standard World Ranking Event. Competitors who are not placed in the qualification race may start in the B final, starting before all other competitors.

Relay

A Federation may enter 3 teams each consisting of 3 competitors in each class, but only the best-placed team will be placed in the results. Incomplete teams, and teams with runners from more than one Federation are allowed, but are not in-cluded in the official results.

Reigning champions forest races

The last European Championships in forest disciplines was held all the way back in 2018. Reigning World Champions in the forest disciplines from last year in Czech Republic are Kasper Harlem Fosser (Norway) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) in long distance and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Alexandersson in Middle distance.

Long distance WOC 2021

Middle distance WOC 2021

World Cup Standings

See below for the World Cup standings ahead of EOC 2022. See full World Cup standings here (updated after each event).

Competitors

Registered competitors are listed by World Ranking position (WRE position) below.

Men

WRE pos sprint	WRE pos	Name	Country	WRE ID
1	1	Kasper Harlem Fosser	NOR	23855
10	2	Gustav Bergman	SWE	7562
3	3	Matthias Kyburz	SUI	12305
11	5	Daniel Hubmann	SUI	10849
–	6	Magne Daehli	NOR	8654
46	7	Ruslan Glibov	UKR	9910
18	8	Emil Svensk	SWE	16905
9	9	Joey Hadorn	SUI	23033
21	11	Miika Kirmula	FIN	11767
8	12	Martin Regborn	SWE	15387
5	14	Vojtech Kral	CZE	12187
353	15	Albin Ridefelt	SWE	15472
14	16	Florian Howald	SUI	10810
57	18	Eskil Kinneberg	NOR	11757
60	19	Gernot Ymsen	AUT	11671
557	20	Timo Sild	EST	16283
846	21	Simon Imark	SWE	22867
54	22	Milos Nykodym	CZE	14322
19	23	Gaute Steiwer	NOR	16697
38	24	Isac von Krusenstierna	SWE	25180
16	27	Max Peter Bejmer	SWE	7466
1501	28	Oleksandr Kratov	UKR	12116
523	29	Olli Ojanaho	FIN	19846
101	30	Topi Syrjalainen	FIN	24296
86	31	Rudolfs Zernis	LAT	18506
43	33	Lukas Liland	NOR	27350
1308	34	Elias Kuukka	FIN	22101
34	36	Jonas Egger	SUI	18893
6	37	Ralph Street	GBR	16782
49	41	Christoph Meier	SUI	13502
34	43	Robert Merl	AUT	13549
–	46	Nicolas Rio	FRA	18921
13	48	Tomas Krivda	CZE	28597
29	50	Michal Olejnik	POL	14406
116	52	Pascal Buchs	SUI	23883
47	54	Bojan Blumenstein	GER	7741
39	55	Soren Thrane Odum	DEN	18651
794	57	Anton Johansson	SWE	20161
535	61	Jens Ronnols	SWE	22857
110	62	Noah Zbinden	SUI	18899
80	64	Mathieu Perrin	FRA	22868
549	70	Lauri Sild	EST	16281
163	73	Arturs Paulins	LAT	14704
809	75	Eetu Savolainen	FIN	19797
121	78	Bartosz Pawlak	POL	14725
62	81	Timo Suter	SUI	23936
131	82	Mathias Peter	AUT	14853
–	83	Wojciech Kowalski	POL	12068
39	84	Loic Capbern	FRA	8188
34	86	Jannis Bonek	AUT	23784
52	87	Kenny Kivikas	EST	11784
66	89	Tino Polsini	SUI	28365
92	89	Joni Hirvikallio	FIN	10663
50	91	Maxime Rauturier	FRA	20176
88	93	Elias Jonsson	NOR	23864
179	95	Aaro Aho	FIN	24285
1315	98	Samu Heiska	FIN	19423
51	99	Eirik Langedal Breivik	NOR	32770
202	105	Ole Hennseler	GER	25195
94	108	Quentin Moulet	FRA	32613
–	108	Aleksi Karppinen	FIN	21688
111	116	Fabian Aebersold	SUI	32449
160	117	Vegard Jarvis Westergard	CAN	18032
1351	119	Hans Petter Mathisen	NOR	13377
147	119	Rasmus Moeller Jess	DEN	28258
26	123	Jakob Edsen	DEN	22688
67	124	Pau Llorens Caellas	ESP	18699
375	128	Toby Scott	NZL	16048
61	134	Jonas Hubacek	CZE	20162
32	135	Algirdas Bartkevicius	LTU	18826
940	135	Heino Ollin	EST	20160
1007	139	Edgars Bertuks	LAT	7598
90	144	Jonas Soldini	SUI	33997
17	148	Aston Key	AUS	24481
68	149	Quentin Rauturier	FRA	20655
65	151	Emil Oebro	DEN	18647
1402	152	Andreas Soelberg	NOR	17000
231	155	Ben Mitchell	GBR	13706
–	158	Luis Nogueira	ESP	13880
827	160	Henrik Johannesson	SWE	22605
4	161	Yannick Michiels	BEL	13592
856	163	Artem Panchenko	UKR	14617
134	164	Sebastian Inderst	ITA	11008
186	168	Uldis Upitis	LAT	22993
238	168	Nitsan Yasur	ISR	20182
140	177	Mattia Debertolis	ITA	19153
81	179	Matthias Reiner	AUT	15405
558	180	Marc Serrallonga Arques	ESP	7117
1399	185	Peter Bray	GBR	7928
–	187	Leonas Mockunas	LTU	13744
213	200	Brodie Nankervis	AUS	14008
823	208	Viktor Svensk	SWE	33940
78	214	Jorgen Baklid	NOR	23859
148	217	Janis Tamuzs	LAT	17066
59	222	Alvaro Casado	ESP	28538
226	223	Kristo Heinmann	EST	10551
250	238	Ilgvars Caune	LAT	25964
215	241	Laurits Bidstrup Moller	DEN	21017
82	241	Francesco Mariani	ITA	37592
904	253	Joshua Dudley	GBR	9010
–	264	Vytautas Beliunas	LTU	7473
197	269	Mathias Blaise	BEL	28056
178	276	Mads Skaug	DEN	25378
216	276	Lukas Patscheider	ITA	37868
1560	280	Jakub Chupek	SVK	24933
306	292	Francois Van der Ouderaa	BEL	14543
165	293	Linus Agervig Kristiansson	DEN	37747
–	295	Csaba Gosswein	HUN	10273
593	315	Mikolaj Dutkowski	POL	9048
411	325	Antoine Becaert	FRA	37174
1720	326	Michal Krajcik	SVK	12095
188	339	Jacob Steinthal	DEN	33892
616	344	Jaagup Truusalu	EST	17389
169	370	Tomas Lima	POR	21663
–	371	Joe Woodley	GBR	18151
162	384	Vilius Aleliunas	LTU	6891
480	389	Teodor Yordanov	BUL	18286
122	422	Ats Sonajalg	EST	16991
234	422	David Rojas	ESP	33650
699	430	Uku Laur Tali	EST	17043
1904	434	Pranas Germanavicius	LTU	25395
237	445	Medard Feder	SVK	32240
415	457	Alvaro Garcia Bernabeu	ESP	42732
430	466	Itsuki Ito	JPN	25428
313	474	Ozgur Fettah	TUR	9438
458	476	Anton Silier	GER	33345
929	481	Michael Van Baelen	BEL	18542
–	491	Itay Manor	ISR	21437
884	501	Adam Jonas	SVK	34024
439	502	Simon Krekels	BEL	22591
650	504	Tiago Gingao Leal	POR	12553
654	553	Reigo Teervalt	EST	21720
242	584	Angus Haines	AUS	24499
419	600	Valentin Shishkov	BUL	23822
–	620	Wataru Teragauchi	JPN	17152
1657	637	Shunsuke Shimizu	JPN	37949
926	657	Axel Pannier	FRA	34905
48	669	Colin Kolbe	GER	25197
243	678	Alastair George	AUS	28573
–	687	Ivaylo Kamenarov	BUL	11467
127	691	Sergei Rjaboshkin	EST	15512
568	691	Raphael Masliah	FRA	33925
473	793	Vasco Mendes	POR	34134
495	885	Lok Hin MA	HKG	13085
133	938	Alexander Chepelin	GBR	8351
910	980	Daniel Pompura	SVK	29755
596	1020	Peter Molloy	GBR	33239
1497	1035	Evert Leeuws	BEL	12586
–	1065	Emils Zernis	LAT	31998
674	1167	Stanislav Polianytsia	UKR	28139
–	1174	Ryoma Nagayama	JPN	42871
272	1180	Rotem Yogev	ISR	33440
595	1413	Tadas Dementavicius	LTU	34169
1948	1572	Tristan Miller	AUS	28795
793	1668	Ho Yin Chung	HKG	36159
–	1928	Florian Kurz	AUT	22771
–	1964	Viktor Vitiuk	UKR	19099
1683	2088	Peleg Mitzafon	ISR	37585
1194	2327	Kai Yui Hubert Yam	HKG	34720
2061	–	Joshua Ho Kiu Au	HKG	38068
2373	–	Chung Yin To	HKG	37494
244	–	Ewan Shingler	AUS	35336
–	–	Andrii Marchuk	UKR	44802

Women

WRE pos sprint	WRE pos	Name	Country	WRE ID
1	1	Tove Alexandersson	SWE	65
2	2	Simona Aebersold	SUI	23032
4	4	Andrine Benjaminsen	NOR	396
9	5	Karolin Ohlsson	SWE	4277
17	6	Venla Harju	FIN	4150
102	7	Lisa Risby	SWE	4900
19	8	Sabine Hauswirth	SUI	2100
24	9	Marika Teini	FIN	5868
8	11	Sara Hagstrom	SWE	1997
6	13	Lina Strand	SWE	5654
3	14	Elena Roos	SUI	4961
54	20	Marie Olaussen	NOR	4291
402	22	Johanna Oberg	SWE	21094
35	26	Sarina Kyburz	SUI	2549
5	27	Megan Carter Davies	GBR	844
13	29	Aleksandra Hornik	POL	19685
15	30	Paula Gross	SUI	18906
52	31	Cecilie Friberg Klysner	DEN	23304
26	32	Veera Klemettinen	FIN	24311
79	32	Miri Thrane Oedum	DEN	6735
6	35	Tereza Janosikova	CZE	28127
34	37	Sandra Grosberga	LAT	1865
581	39	Andrea Svensson	SWE	20204
67	41	Evely Kaasiku	EST	2672
75	44	Ingeborg Eide	NOR	20206
47	48	Vendula Horcickova	CZE	19096
53	49	Hanna Wisniewska	POL	6443
39	51	Adela Finstrlova	CZE	2430
14	55	Victoria Haestad Bjornstad	NOR	23852
156	55	Line Cederberg	DEN	22961
137	57	Jo Shepherd	GBR	5339
77	59	Sofie Bachmann	SUI	18907
23	60	Ingrid Lundanes	NOR	25248
30	61	Martina Ruch	SUI	18903
–	63	Tone Bergerud Lye	NOR	3583
82	70	Anna Haataja	FIN	19926
163	71	Agnes Noergaard Kracht	DEN	3095
119	72	Katrin Mueller	SUI	26352
292	73	Marion Aebi	SUI	23
36	74	Grace Molloy	GBR	27559
57	77	Ida Haapala	FIN	28437
282	79	Josefin Tjernlund	SWE	19038
19	83	Cecile Calandry	FRA	33897
48	85	Caroline Gjotterup	DEN	1757
100	86	Gabija Razaityte Saunoriene	LTU	4836
31	89	Florence Hanauer	FRA	22869
676	93	Ellinor Tjernlund	SWE	5948
83	94	Anika Gassner	AUT	20213
153	96	Enni Jalava	FIN	24222
–	97	Anna Ulvensoen	NOR	6084
25	100	Ida Agervig Kristiansson	DEN	40702
106	101	Annika Simonsen	DEN	5421
116	105	Elin Carlsson	SWE	25174
49	106	Nicoline Friberg Klysner	DEN	2941
198	107	Johanna Trummer	AUT	22769
655	109	Olena Postelniak	UKR	4677
114	110	Karoliina Ukskoski	FIN	22973
148	112	Carina Polzer	AUT	4657
392	113	Miia Niittynen	FIN	4161
–	114	Sandra Pauzaite	LTU	4468
88	116	Anu Tuomisto	FIN	24228
110	119	Jasmina Gassner	AUT	25245
37	120	Ana Isabel Toledo Navarro	ESP	33644
91	125	Ausrine Kutkaite	LTU	3216
628	133	Inga Dambe	LAT	1107
32	135	Malin Agervig Kristiansson	DEN	36181
157	136	Ina Westerlund	FIN	23027
69	137	Cecilie Andersen	GBR	19077
72	138	Emma Louise Arnesen	NOR	32593
70	142	Maelle Beauvir	FRA	20207
158	143	Marianne Haug	EST	22989
194	144	Elza Kuze	LAT	33553
63	151	Kateryna Dzema	UKR	25007
85	156	Anna Nilsson Simkovics	AUT	5414
231	161	Galina Ribediuc	MDA	4779
1049	171	Judita Traubaite	LTU	24214
122	173	Hanna Mueller	GER	18908
106	174	Feia Tsyvilska	UKR	28136
39	185	Hedvig Valbjorn Gydesen	DEN	32310
111	187	Paula Starke	GER	20062
600	187	Olena Pitirimova	UKR	4616
121	193	Fiona Bunn	GBR	21903
189	203	Ems De Smul	BEL	28073
301	204	Margret Zimmermann	EST	6631
219	206	Andreya Dyaksova	BUL	20089
1304	213	Eleri Hirv	EST	2207
621	219	Chloe Dudoignon	FRA	22871
327	238	Eliska Sieglova	CZE	28598
181	256	Ida Oebro	DEN	6734
203	265	Marine Sillien	BEL	28068
480	272	Juliette Basset	FRA	24928
220	282	Olivia Sprod	AUS	5575
217	292	Signe Sirma	LAT	28386
495	299	Kika Basaran van Ham	ESP	33643
183	301	Jessica Lucchetta	ITA	28359
445	304	Martina Rizzi	ITA	39509
246	308	Lucie Arno	BEL	33074
269	311	Evangelina Dyaksova	BUL	24232
696	336	Briana Steven	NZL	28736
–	380	Kaja Winsnes Nordhagen	NOR	25262
177	389	Mariia Tymoshchuk	UKR	28137
33	400	Ane Dyrkorn	NOR	26755
566	407	Lorely Korvel	EST	37924
242	408	Evalin Brautigam	USA	642
197	496	Tina Tiefenboeck	AUT	28317
274	518	Emily Sorensen	AUS	32102
475	546	Agnieszka Cych	POL	34079
664	629	Sigrid Ruul	EST	5039
225	641	Chloe Potter	GBR	21517
485	657	Michele Dawson	AUS	1142
224	729	Marta Guijo Alonso	ESP	20222
569	758	Sanna Fast	SWE	22905
300	804	Amanda Falck Weber	DEN	6357
255	905	Caitlin Young	AUS	31027
554	956	Ying Yau Chu	HKG	968
1133	1015	Kristina Krajcikova	SVK	6075
666	1022	Katharina Linke	GER	43643
839	1029	Yi Shan Wong	HKG	6463
930	1150	Lucile Clouard	FRA	42807
1367	1255	Svitlana Kobets	UKR	28138
647	1313	Rachel Brown	GBR	37114
196	1439	Annarita Scalzotto	ITA	34014
241	1537	Mikayla Cooper	AUS	32565
–	1620	Kadri Kadakas	EST	44208
1237	–	Wing Man	HKG	38062
1363	–	Hoi Yan Lo	HKG	38063
370	–	Julia Gannon	AUS	36714
–	–	Rebecca Herna	SVK	42208
–	–	Ona Rafols Perramon	ESP	4516