Junior World Orienteering Championships

JWOC 2029

Otautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
November - December 2029.

More details to come.

The first Junior World Orienteering Championships in New Zealand.

The terrain

Four kinds of orienteering inside ninety minutes of one city.

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Alpine tussock

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Native forest

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Coastal dune

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City sprints

Where things stand

Orienteering New Zealand is forming the organising committee. Until it is appointed, this page is the official source for JWOC 2029 information, and the embargo is the one thing that already applies.

  • 2026: IOF Council awards JWOC 2029 to New Zealand.
  • 2026: Embargo declared. Organising committee forming.
  • 2027: Committee and IOF Senior Event Adviser appointed.
  • 2028: Bulletin 1. Accommodation and travel information.
  • 2029: Entries open. JWOC, November-December.

Dates are indicative only.

Embargoed areas are in force

Seven areas across Canterbury are embargoed. If you may compete at JWOC 2029, or you coach, support, or train with someone who might, this applies to you. For official details, read the embargo.

Read the embargo