Published on 17 March 2026

CISM Orienteering World Championships Information

All the information compactly

• Adresse during the championship

  CISM WORLD MILITARY ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIP
  Kaserne
  CH – 6370 STANS-OBERDORF
  Switzerland
  Information office [phone]
  www.cism2026.ch

• Antidoping

  Anti-Doping tests will be conducted in accordance with the CISM Regulations – Chapter IX, CISM Anti-Doping Rules, the concerned CISM Sports Regulations, the concerned International Federation Rules, and all WADA rules, mainly the World Anti-Doping Code, and the International Standard for Testing.

  The number and type of tests, as well the athletes to be tested shall be determined by the CISM Anti-Doping commission. These procedures will follow the concerned CISM Test Distribution Plain (TDP).

  In case an athlete has a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), the chief of delegation should send this TUE to the CISM GS until 30 days before the opening ceremony. This TUE will be submitted to the TUE commission to analysis and further approval.

  Below are the Organizations Accredited by WADA to carry out the tests during the Championship:

  Sample Collection Authority (SCA)

  Swiss Sport Integrity (Anti-Doping Switzerland)

  www.wada-ama.org/en/code-signatories

  Accredited Laboratory

  Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses (LAD)
  Centre Hospitalier
  Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne
  www.wada-ama.org/en/accredited-laboratories

• Conditions of stay

  During their stay in Switzerland the missions will be the guests of the Swiss Armed Forces from October 19^th to 25^th, 2026. Organizer can not host earlier arrivals or late departures. The accommodation in the barracks and the food for the CISM delegations will be paid by the organizer.

  Special requests, like additional drinks or an hotel accommodation (the organizer must be informed during the registration), have to be paid by the delegation itself.

• Medical care

  An adequate medical dispositif and first-aid cover will be provided.

  IMPORTANT: Since Switzerland has no military hospitals, we will make use of private medical facilities if the need arises. These services arenot free, and the delegations need to have an insurance which would cover the entire cost of a treatment.

  All costs have to be payed by the participating nation.

• Program

  Monday, October 19^th, 2026

  Arrival of the missions
  Check-in procedures
  Unofficial Training
  IOF Event Adivsor Course (CSC)

  Tuesday, October 20^th, 2026

  0800-1030   Preliminary meeting (uniform)
  1000-1500   Model Event
  1730-1830   Opening ceremony (uniform)

  Wednesday, October 21^st, 2026

  0900-1500   Competition: Long distance
  1500-1530   Flower Ceremony

  Thursday, October 22^nd, 2026

  1000-1500   Competition: Relay
  1500-1530   Flower Ceremony
  1700-2200   Reception of chief of mission (uniform), “Gift Exchange”

  Friday, October 23^rd, 2026

  0900-1600   Cultural Day
  1900-2030   Enlarged CSC Meeting

  Saturday, October 24^th, 2026

  1000-1200   Competition: Sprint
  1200-1230   Flower Ceremony
  1230-1315   VIP Race
  1700-1830   Closing ceremony (uniform) and award ceremony (uniform)
  1930-2130   Closing banquet (uniform)

  Sunday, October 25^th, 2026

  Departure of the missions (until 1000)

• Travelling and Transports

  Travelling expenses are at the charge of the missions. The organizers can meet the missions at the railway
  station of Lucerne or at Zurich airport (ZRH).

  Transfer:   Zurich – Stans                   81km / 56min                 Lucerne – Stans               15km / 19min

  The transports to sites of competitions are at the charge of the organizers.

  Fronier regulations

  For information about passports, visas and required vaccinations certificates for entering to Switzerland, please contact the Swiss embassy in your country.

  How to get to Stans

  By-air
  Airport of Zurich

  By rail
  Geneva via Berne, Zurich, Basel and Lugano - Lucerne

  By road (Highway: exit “Stans Süd”)
  Geneva (A1 and A2) via Berne and Lucerne
  Zurich (A4/E41, A14 and A2) via Lucerne
  Basel (A2, A1 and A2) via Lucerne
  Lugano (A2)

• Wear the uniform

  The embassy in Switzerland of each participating country should ask beforehand the military protocol of Federal Department of Defence in Bern for the permission to wear uniform during the championship.The form for the entry of military personnel into Swiss territory, which must be submitted through diplomatic channels by the participating nation, is attached to this information file.

  The authorisation will be issued by the military protocol after the expiry of the late replacement phase (12 October 2026) and sent directly to the participating nations.

• Weather conditions

  Temperature(Ø): 5.9° (max 11.3° / min 1°)
  Sunlight: 5.5h
  Rainfall (Ø): 118 mm / 10 days
  Humidity: 80%