STAGE 01
29.0120:00
Night Sprint · Mass Start
Loulé city · Praça da República
SPRINT
29–31 January 2027 · Loulé · Algarve · Portugal
RACE THE ALGARVE.DISCOVER INLAND LOULÉ.
Five stages, two World Ranking Events and a winter week built around technical orienteering, Mediterranean terrain and the inland landscapes of Loulé.
5stages
2WRE
2night sprints
3post-event training days
Five stages · three days
A full winter race weekend.
Friday starts in the historic centre of Loulé. Saturday combines WRE forest racing, PreO and a second night sprint. Sunday closes with the Long Distance WRE in Benafim.
STAGE 02
30.0110:00
Middle Distance
Benafim
WREPortuguese Cup
STAGE 03
30.0115:30
PreO Sprint
Rocha da Pena
PreO Cup
STAGE 04
30.0120:00
Night Sprint
Benafim
SPRINT
STAGE 05
31.0109:00
Long Distance
Benafim
WREPortuguese Cup
Athlete essentials
Built for race week.
The services below are already confirmed by the organisation. Only the details explicitly marked as pending still need final operational information.
SPORTident + AIR+
AIR+ active on every stage. All SPORTident cards are accepted except series 5 and 6. CLEAR, CHECK and SIAC TEST will be available at the start.
Babysitting
Free with booking during entry. No age restriction; the child’s age must be declared. Service opens 30 minutes before starts.
Hard floor
Free hard-floor accommodation at Sport Clube Benafim, booking required. WC and showers available. Opening times remain to be confirmed.
GPS + Live
GPS tracking is planned for the top 15 IOF-ranked athletes in ME and WE. All stages will use 7–10 radio controls and live results through TicTacTiming.
Why AOM
Orienteering when northern Europe is in winter.
AOM is aimed particularly at Nordic, Spanish and Portuguese athletes. Combine the event with the training days that follow and the POM week to build almost two weeks of orienteering within roughly 60 km.
International standard
Two WRE stages, IOF-ranked GPS athletes, live radio controls and SPORTident AIR+.
Experienced organiser
Club BTT Terra de Loulé organised POM 2025 in the municipality, welcoming around 2,400 athletes from 34 countries.
More than a race
City map at accreditation, free hard floor and babysitting, plus training from Monday to Thursday after the event.
Host destination
Discover the Algarve beyond the coast.
The AOM takes athletes from Loulé city into Benafim, Rocha da Pena and the municipality’s inland landscapes — while the coast remains close enough for recovery and holidays.
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Historic Loulé
A city map will be handed out at accreditation so athletes can discover points of interest on foot.
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Benafim & Rocha da Pena
The heart of the AOM forest weekend and one of the municipality’s most distinctive inland landscapes.
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Coast nearby
Quarteira, Vilamoura and the Algarve beaches remain close for families, recovery and longer stays.
Make it a winter week
Race. Train. Stay in the Algarve.
No formal Model Event is planned. Instead, AOM extends into a post-event training block: a city map on Monday, then Ludo, Tôr and Canil de Loulé from Tuesday to Thursday.
MondayLoulé city map · offered
TuesdayLudo · 7€
WednesdayTôr · 7€
ThursdayCanil de Loulé · 7€
AOM 2027