INTERNATIONAL ORIENTEERING FEDERATION
IOF WORLD MASTERS MOUNTAIN BIKE
ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(WMMTBOC)
Application for the year 2018
To be filled in and signed by the national orienteering federation. The application shall reach the IOF Office by
1 January 2016.
Federation
Federation:
Name of responsible Englishspeaking contact person:
Function within Federation:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Signature:
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Local Applicant
Name of Local Applicant:
Name of responsible Englishspeaking contact person:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
The (local) applicant’s
experience in organising
major orienteering events:
Event date
Preferred dates
or period*:
Reason for proposing
this period*:
Other suitable dates or
period:
Impossible dates or period:
* dates cannot overlap with the dates of the following event:
 WMTBOC early August 2018, Austria
 WOC 2018 early August Riga, Latvia
*IOF preferred dates or period:
 See MTBO International calendar section
The International MTBO calendar and formats
The International MTBO calendar
The IOF MTB Orienteering Commission proposes the following structure of international events for season
2016 and onwards:
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odd years
May/June
July/August
September/October
World Cup round 1
EMTBOC
World Cup round 2
WMTBOC + JWMTBOC
World Cup round 3
Final
WMMTBOC preferably with World Cup round 3 (Final) or 1 (EMTBOC)
World Cup round 1
even years
World Cup round 2
WMTBOC + JWMTBOC
World Cup round 3
Final
WMMTBOC with World Cup round 3 (preferably) or 1
There should be at least 6 weeks between two World Cup rounds.
Formats
World Masters Championship consists of 3 competitions: sprint, middle and long. Masters should be
combined with another IOF Event (EMTBOC, World Cup or WMTBOC).
Public and combined Events
Is the Event intended to be combined with another event? If yes, which event?
Venue & Distances
District:
Town of Event Centre:
Distances between Event Centre and
planned accommodation (km and
minutes):
Competition
Distances between Event Centre and planned competition areas (km and
minutes):
Sprint
Middle
Long
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Name
Means of transport to
Event Centre
Distance (km) and time
(minutes) of transport
to Event Centre
Nearest international
airport
Nearest domestic
airport
Nearest railway station
Accommodation
Description of planned accommodation for teams, media representatives, IOF
officials and spectators
What facilities (at the accommodation, Event Centre or town) are provided to
enable contacts amongst participants outside of the competitions?
Terrain and Maps
Climate
Description of terrains and vegetation
Do previous orienteering maps of the planned competition areas exist?
Map name/area
Map discipline
Map year
Other map details
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Information about relevant major events (orienteering and non-orienteering) held in
the planned competition areas within the last 5 years
Event
Year
Event details (size; venue; arenas; media; organiser etc.)
Planned accreditation and entry fees
Information about planned fees to be paid by the participants (Short version)
Information about planned fees to be paid by the participants (Extended version)
Name
Fee (EUR)
Comment
Accreditation fee (incl. compulsory transport)
Entry fee –Sprint
Entry fee –Middle
Entry fee –Long
Typical accommodation + full board for 8 nights – type “A”
Typical accommodation + full board for 8 nights – type “B”
Typical accommodation + breakfast for 8 nights – type “C”
Typical fee for one training map
Comment on
Area permissions (permissions obtained from landowners and/or relevant
authorities?)
Agreements with local authorities
Agreement with sponsors
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Agreements with media
Special arrangement to attract non-orienteering spectators
Further comments
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The application must be accompanied by the following
enclosures:

Overview map showing the event Centre, accommodation sites, competition areas, airports, railway
station, and main roads. Either add paste it into the application document or enclose as a PDF
document.

If orienteering maps of the planned competition areas exist, please provide scanned versions (PDF)
of the latest edition of each map.

If the planned competition areas are not covered by any orienteering map, the best available map of
the areas together with a foot orienteering map of a similar terrain (PDF).
Sanction fee to be paid for the organising rights

In accordance with the Competition Rules for IOF MTB Orienteering Events, the IOF Council has
taken the decision to impose a levy on the Event. The fee applicable to the WMMTBOC in the year
2018 is 1000 EUR + 12 EUR per participant. This compulsory sanction fee shall be paid to the IOF to
obtain the organising rights for the event. The fee also includes limited rights to sell advertisement
space to local sponsors.

The IOF sanction fee shall be paid by the due date. An interest of 10 % will be added to all sanction
fees that remain unpaid after this date. The IOF Council also reserves the right to impose restrictions
on the IOF membership privileges of the respective national federation (e.g. the right to organise IOF
events or to enter teams to IOF competitions) should the sanction fee not be paid. Questions related
to the payment of the sanction fee can be addressed to the IOF Office.
Application format, dates and timelines

The application and the appropriate attachments must reach the IOF Office Sports Administrator
(david.wastlund@orienteering.org) by 1 Jan 2016

The preferred application format is a scanned PDF copy of the application that is emailed to IOF
Office. Attachment documents should also be in PDF format.

The application will be processed by IOF and decided upon at the latest August 2016
Further information and advice
If you have any questions regarding the Applications please contact IOF.
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Matter
Contact
Email
TV rights, contracts, etc.
Tom Hollowell, IOF CEO
tom.hollowell@orienteering.org
Practical administration matters
Orienteering-related
matters*
MTBO
David Wästlund, IOF Sports
Administrator
Sandor Talas, MTBO
Commission Chair
*terrains, arenas, technical requirements, etc.
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david.wastlund@orienteering.org
sandor.talas@gmail.com