The Czech O-Tour 2026 series consists of eight individual orienteering races over three weekends from spring to autumn. The program includes 4 middle distances, 2 sprints and 2 long distances. It is organized by the Czech Orienteering Federation with the cooperation with the local clubs. The Czech O-Tour is for all generations, for experienced orienteers as well as those who are orienteering beginners. The organizers set themselves several goals:

• help the developement of orienteering n locations where it is not so developed
• help the clubs in the organization of large races and to pass on the know-how that
• bring more fun and non-traditional formats to races (e.g. shoe testing, O-bazaar, labyrinth)
• to create an spectator races to high level events in the Czech Republic
• offer the best possible conditions for orienteering beginners and hobby athletes
• promote orienteering in the best light

Series rules

• The best 7 results from 8 races are calculated.
• The winner of the class in each race gets 100 points, the other percentage less points according to the time loss up to twice the winner’s time.
• After each race, the winners of each class will be awarded, in children categories 3 best will be awarded.
• At the end of the series, the 3 best competitors in the overall ranking of the given class will be announced.
• In addition to the individual competition, there will also be a year-round club competition.

Three weekends

3 active weekends are beeing prepared:

• April 11, 2026 – Třebíč – Two sprints in the UNESCO Jewish Quarter and cheering on the Czech Republic Championship in knock-out sprint!
• August 5–9, 2026 – Vyšší Brod – Four forest races together with the Orienteering World Cup near Lipno and Šumava. As a bonus, there is a sprint prologue in Český Krumlov, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• October 24–25, 2026 – Harrachov – The Krkonoše Mountains within easy reach as part of two forest races in a well-known mountain resort.

2022

The first year of Czech O-Tour series returned to the terrains of WOC 2021. We negotiated throughout the autumn of 2021 with representatives of various institutions or nature conservation authorities in order to allow everyone to run in the same terrains like the best competitors in the world at the World Orienteering Championship 2021. As it was not possible to organize a large-scale event in July in the area of relays and the long distance in the Kokořín region, the organizing team tried to turn the negative news into a very unique event, which has no analogues worldwide: a slightly different year-round series in the best terrains of the WOC. The World Orienteering Championships 2021 were successfully held on July 3 – 9, 2021 in the Czech Republic in 4 locations: Terezín, Doksy, the Jizera Mountains and the Kokořín region. The center of the whole event was the town of Doksy. 307 competitors from 40 countries took part and it was the largest sport event in the Liberec Region in the year 2021. Results, photo galleries, maps and other information can be found on the WOC 2021 website.

Czech O-Tour 2022: 3 stages, 7 races (Terezín, Jizera Mountains, Kokořínsko), 7411 competitors in all races together.

2023

The second year of the Czech O-Tour spread from the north of Czechia to the greater part of the Czech Republic. In the spring, the race took place in Pilsen, where the organizers held such a general test before the Junior World Orienteering Championship in 2024. During the autumn holidays, the competitors visited Kubova Huť in Šumava, where they could run in beautiful weather in unique mountain terrains. And we may have helped kick off a landmark in a somewhat forgotten region. But the beginning of August was the best – the Czech O-Tour was run together with the World Cup in Česká Lípa and the sandstone rocks of Kokořínsko! Throughout the year, we offered a rich accompanying program – an orienteering labyrinth, o-bazaar, shoe testing tree planting, a cinema or a fencing school.

Czech O-Tour 2023: 3 stages, 8 races (Pzeňsko, Kokořínsko, Šumava), 9114 competitors in all races together.

2024

The third edition of the Czech O-Tour 2024 was marked by three weekends from spring to autumn in 3 unique locations. On the program were three middle distances, three sprints and three long distances. In early spring, we managed to organize two sprints at the Mirakulum amusement park, where the interest far exceeded our expectations. The summer was again in the spirit of joining a big international event, this time the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Pilsen. And the autumn round ended the Czech O-Tour where else but in the mountains, this time in the Beskydy Mountains, where orienteers after 23 years could again run in the Roznov open-air museum and went to the start of the final race by chair lift. And it wouldn’t be an O-Tour if there wasn’t something extra – the novelties were the encryption game in the arenas or the testing of comapsses, the traditional orienteering bazaar, the labyrinth or the children’s kindergarten.

Czech O-Tour 2024: 3 stages, 9 races (Mirakulum, Plzeňsko, Beskydy), 10796 competitors in all races together.

2025

The fourth edition of Czech O-Tour 2025 was held under the motto “If it’s a year-long series, then let’s do it all year round!” We added a winter event, which took place at Prague Zoo, so Czech O-Tour was held during winter, spring, summer, and autumn. The sprint at Prague Zoo attracted a record 2 097 competitors, and despite it being January, we were greeted by almost spring-like weather. Two sprint races at the mining museum in Žacléř offered something new – during the second stage, part of the race was held as an indoor orienteering event in a seven-story building of a former mine, and the race was a truly powerful experience. Summer belonged to Brno and the Moravian Karst, where we competed alongside the European Youth Orienteering Championships. And at the end of the year, we ran forest races in Lesná in the Krušné hory (Ore Mountains), where we enjoyed a proper snowfall for the first time as part of the O-Tour. Throughout the year, we had a photo booth and the traditional program – mini adventure races for children, an encryption game, a labyrinth, and an orienteering bazaar. We launched the web application for results at o-tourapp.cz, and among the one-off events, we must mention the pub quiz with Kalkulátor and the lantern parade.

Czech O-Tour 2025: 4 stages, 8 races (Zoo Praha, Žacléř, Moravský kras and Krušné hory), 10 280 competitors in all races together.