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The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2026 is the premier international orienteering event for young athletes (under 21), held in Karlskrona, Sweden, from June 29 to July 4, 2026. The Junior World Orienteering Championships features Sprint, Middle, Long, Sprint Relay, and Forest Relay races in challenging terrains of the World Heritage city and surrounding terrains. This prestigious competition tests navigation skills, bringing together top junior orienteering talents from around the globe for intense competition, training camps and social life.
The event is organised in cooperation between Swedish Orienteering Events, OK Orion and the Municipality of Karlskrona.
SPECTACOR RACES:
We would like to invite fans, spectators, JWOC participant families and the sporting public to participate in the accompanying JWOC O-Tour races. We will offer competitions with full class categories (competition classes for Men and Women from ages 10-85) as well as open classes with varying length and difficulty each day.
Five races will be available from Tuesday the 30th June to Sunday the 5th July, including a rest day on the 2nd July. All races will be in the JWOC-terrains or directly nearby the JWOC terrains, so everybody can experience the beautiful and challenging Blekinge-terrains. Planning of the spectator races will be made so there is suitable both regarding transports and times to both run spectator races and be a spectator at the JWOC races.
https://www.jwoc2026.se
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Karlskrona Sweden, Karlskrona, Sweden
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