Vienna Orienteering Challenge

Vienna Orienteering Challenge 2025 | A weekend full of highlights ❤️🤍

More than 350 athletes from 25 nations took part in the international sprint orienteering event.

The venues Wienerberg, Spittelberg & Museumsquartier, and Campus WU offered varied and challenging sprint orienteering competitions. The sprint relay was the final highlight of the weekend!

Jasmina Gassner and Nicolas Kastner were the elite winners of the Vienna Orienteering Challenge 2025. Kastner secured the first Austrian men’s overall victory in VOC history.

The Austrian orienteering national team also used the event to gain valuable international experience in sprint orienteering. Selection races for the youth and junior teams as well as test races for the elite team were held as part of the VOC.

The technically demanding courses, the variety of venues, and the good accessibility by public transport were praised by the participants. A particular highlight was the competition at Spittelberg & MuseumsQuartier, whose finish line was located directly in front of the beautiful Academy of Fine Arts on Schillerplatz.

The event was made possible thanks to the support of Sport, , venue partners Museumsquartier, WU, and event partners , , , , and many more! Thank you ❤️🤍

At the 6th edition of viennaochallenge, we designed unique orienteering flags! ❤️ The designs are limited to red for all participants, pink for our team, and gold, silver, and bronze for the top overall places.

These flags are well known in Asian orienteering traditions, where orienteers often exchange them. Now, they are brought to Europe and they are truly one of their kind.