Watch European Orienteering Championship LIVE

5 days to go!

On Sunday 6th May, the European Orienteering Championships will kick-off in Ticino, Switzerland.

A tough competition week awaits the athletes. The altitude of the race areas is between 300 and 1100 m above sea level, sometimes with steep slopes and variable runnability in the forest.

More than 170 men and 140 women from 33 countries are entered for EOC2018.

The first races of the championships – Sprint Qualification and Final – will be held on Sunday in Bellinzona and Mendrisio.

EOC2018 will also be the IOF Orienteering World Cup Round 1.

All finals will be live streamed on the Live Orienteering.

Event webpage: www.eoc2018.ch

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Program and Live Broadcasts

All competitions, except Long distance, will be broadcasted on TV in Switzerland (SRF/RSI) and Finland (Yle TV2).

Check programme of each broadcaster!

Also, all medal races will be available live on LIVE Orienteering (except in Switzerland).

All broadcasts on LIVE Orienteering will have live stream with English speaking commentators, GPS tracking and live results.

The broadcast from the Long distance on Sunday 13th May will be limited quality (with reduced number of cameras).

Therefore, the broadcast from this race will be available for a lower fee.

Sunday 6th May – SPRINT, Mendrisio

·       Women first start: 16:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Women: 16:50

·       Men first start: 17:10 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Men: 18:00

·       Women GPS tracking starts at 16:00, Men – at 17:10. (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       LIVE Orienteering Broadcast starts at 15:50 and ends at 18:20 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Quality: Full TV-Broadcast with commentators Kathrine Bett and Jonas Merz

·       Day ticket: 6 EUR

Wednesday 9th May – MIDDLE, Serpiano

·       Women first start: 10:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Women: 11:40

·       Men first start: 11:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Men: 12:40

·       Women GPS tracking starts at 10:00, Men – at 11:00. (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       LIVE Orienteering Broadcast starts at 9:50 and ends at 13:40 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Quality: Full TV-Broadcast with commentators Kathrine Bett and Jonas Merz

·       Day ticket: 6 EUR

Thursday 10th May – SPRINT RELAY, Tesserete

·       Start times 17:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish time 18:15 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       GPS tracking starts at 17:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       LIVE Orienteering Broadcast starts at 16:50 and ends 18:20 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Quality: Full TV-Broadcast with commentators Kathrine Bett and Jonas Merz

·       Day ticket: 6 EUR

Saturday 12th May – RELAY, Tesserete

·       Women start: 14:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Women: 15:50

·       Men start: 16:00 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Men: 17:50

·       Women GPS tracking starts at 14:00 and Men – at 16:00. (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       LIVE Orienteering Broadcast starts at 13:50 and ends at 18:20 (CEST, UTC/GMT+)

·       Quality: Full TV-Broadcast with commentators Kathrine Bett and Jonas Merz

·       Day ticket: 6 EUR

Sunday 13th May – LONG, Capriasca

·       Women first start: 9:31 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Women: 14:00

·       Men first start: 9:30 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Expected Finish Men: 15:15

·       Women GPS tracking starts at 9:31 and Men – at 9:30. (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       LIVE Orienteering stream starts at 11:00 and ends 15:30 (CEST, UTC/GMT+2)

·       Quality: Livestream production (reduced number of cameras) with commentators Kathrine Bett and Jonas Merz

·       Day ticket: 4 EUR


LIVE Orienteering Ticket – all week offer

A whole week ticket costs 20 EUR and includes all broadcasted competitions. Tickets are purchased at LIVE Orienteering.

A week ticket is purchased on the Event page on LIVE Orienteering:

1.       Sign in (or create and account)

2.       Click on the EOC2018 event

3.       Click on the blue ribbon:

4.       Note! The purchase by card transaction is powered by PayPal. PayPal behaves different in different countries. Some countries cannot use PayPal. If your country doesn’t accept PayPal, please contact [email protected] to get bank transfer options.

1 day LIVE Orienteering ticket

Would you want to buy access to one competition, click on the competition (for example, Sprint) on the event page and then on the blue ribbon as shown above.