Welcome to Aguiar da Beira – Portugal. Welcome to the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2022!
As local organizer, Ori-Estarreja and the County of Aguiar da Beira are committed to organize one of the greatest JWOCs ever! With the support of the Portuguese Orienteering Federation and the International Orienteering Federation, we are already working to achieve this goal.
Parallel to the Junior World Championships we’ll organize a spectators race – JWOC TOUR 2022. This way everyone will have a chance to enjoy this Orienteering festival.
"It is with great commitment and interest that the Municipality of Aguiar da Beira is co-organizing the Junior World Orienteering Championship 2022.
Given the importance of such an event for our municipality, for the region and for the country, other entities are involved in this organization. All together we aim to meet the high expectations of the athletes, the Orienteering community worldwide and the local population.
Aguiar da Beira terrains present excellence conditions to Orienteering, which mobilize us to value more and more what is ours, what is rare and beautiful, with a particular and relevant characteristic – Orienteering generates a carbon footprint close to zero, being environmental amazing.
Welcome to Aguiar da Beira!"
"We are just few days away from JWOC 2022 and the Portuguese Orienteering Federation is eagerly awaiting your arrival in Aguiar da Beira - Portugal - between the 10th and 17th of July 2022.
The difficulties brought by the pandemic did not stop us, on the contrary, they gave us more courage and desire to provide you with some days of fierce competition, excellent fraternization, and also pure pleasure in the lands of Beira Alta region, where we offer you fascinating tourist attractions, traditional Portuguese markets and several historic centers.
We believe that the technical quality of the terrains and the organizing quality of all the volunteers involved will, once again, build a very successful event.
We are waiting for you!"
"It has been a long journey since I wrote my first welcoming message to include in the JWOC 2021 Bulletin 1. A pandemic came by and postponed our event to 2022, but our ambition kept the same: “Our goal is to plan and deliver one of the best Junior World Orienteering Championships ever! For that we will work with high quality standards and base our actions with that goal in mind.”
For me, an Orienteering passionate since my thirteens, it’s a pleasure to be able to serve Portuguese Orienteering, Ori-Estarreja and the County of Aguiar da Beira and to lead this ambitious project. The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2022 are just around the corner and I am very confident about the path we took the last 4 years.
I want to use this small statement to thank all the people involved on this amazing journey. Thanks to the Municipality of Aguiar da Beira and their workers for such a commitment. Thanks to the local firefighters and police members who protect us during the competitions. Thanks to Ori-Estarreja Club members. Thanks to all Orienteers from Portugal and abroad joining the staff. And a special thanks to my wife and to my family.
And now, let’s get ready for an amazing week! We wish you all a competitive, challenging and fun event!"
"Almost 4 years have passed since we presented our bid to the International Orienteering Federation. During those years a lot has happened in the world, but we kept working hard to create great challenges for all competitors.
We are very proud that, even with the shadow of the pandemic, more than one thousand athletes from all over the world came to Aguiar da Beira on training camps, preparing themselves the best way possible for this championship. I’m sure that they fell in love… not only with the terrain but also with the hospitality of the territory!
On this topic I would like to use this opportunity to kindly thank all the stakeholders, with a special remark to the County of Aguiar da Beira. From the first competition in 2014 to the JWOC in 2022… in 8 years they managed to elevate the county to the main orienteering area in Portugal. What a remarkable job!
To end… a word to all competitors. Even though we worked hard to deliver a high-quality technical event, we really want this to be a fun, social and experience sharing JWOC. May the best win, but may all have an enjoyable and entertaining JWOC2022."
Enjoy JWOC2022!"