Welcome to the information about the European Forest Orientiering Championships - EFOL
Summer Games for Forest People
This is a webpage for members of all countries which take place at the competitions.
EFOL follows the concept of EFNS, thereby allowing participation by
forestry workers, employees in the timber industry, individuals with a
forestry education, forest owners, forest researchers, forestry contractors, and their
immediate family members.
32. EFOL 2026
The 32th EFOL will take place in Veszprém/Hungary from 1st till 5th of august 2026. Veszprém is situated near the Balaton Sea in Hungary.
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All teams of EFOL
Normally around 350 foresters / wood industry employees participate every year at EFOL. The number of countries varies, but as an average there are between 11 and 14 countries at each event.
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Future of EFOL
EFOL 2026 Veszprém / Hungary 1st till 5th of August EFOL 2027 Roskilde / Denmark 1st till 6th of August EFOL 2028 FinnlandEFOL 2029 Slovakia
The competitions follow the rules of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF), but EFOL has its own age group classifications for both men and women, and prolonged foresters' middle distance.
The general weekly program of EFOL includes:
- Training Day
- Team Leaders' Meeting
- Forestry Seminar
- Forest and Cultural Excursions
- Award Ceremonies and Banquet
- Orienteering Championships:
- Sprint
- Middle Distance
- Relay
- EFOL IC Annual Meeting
Leif Strömquist our president from the first minute of EFOL has left us on the 9th of May 2014. Our thoughts go to his family and in first to his wife.Leif was the founder of EFOL 1994 together with Martins Gaiglas in Latvia.We are thankful for the time we were together with him and all the good memories about him.