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Additional regulations which do not conflict with these rules may be determined by the organiser. They need the approval of the IOF Event Adviser.

These rules and any additional regulations are binding for all competitors, team officials and other persons connected with the organisation or in contact with the competitors. Any additional regulations must be published in the final event bulletin.

Sporting fairness must be the guiding principle in the interpretation of these rules by competitors, organisers and the jury.

The English text of these rules must be taken as decisive in any dispute arising from a translation into any other language.

In relays the rules for individual competitions are valid, unless otherwise stated.

The IOF Council may decide special rules or norms which must be followed, e.g. IOF Anti-Doping Rules, IOF Transgender Policy, IOF Protocol Guide, International Specification for Orienteering Maps, International Specification for Sprint Orienteering Maps, Princ...

The IOF Council may allow deviations from these rules and norms. Requests for permission to deviate from them must be sent to the IOF Office at least 6 months prior to the event.

The IOF Manuals for each event type must be followed. Significant deviations require the consent of the IOF Event Adviser.

The World Games races must follow the rules for the World Orienteering Championships as far as this is possible with respect to IWGA rules and feasible with respect to the different format of the World Games races.

The championships must be organised in accordance with the following principles: The best junior orienteers of each Federation must be offered competitions of high technical quality. The event must have a social, rather than a competitive atmosphere, accen...

The specific rules for Regional Championships are in Appendices 7-13.

1.1 Competitors are divided into classes according to their sex and age. Women may compete in men’s classes. 1.2 Competitors aged 20 or younger belong to each class up to the end of the calendar year in which they reach the given age. They are entitled to com...

2.1 Should a class have too many entries, it may be split into parallel classes. Splitting of elite classes should be based on the competitors’ previous performances. Other classes than elite classes should be split so that competitors from the same club, dist...