Algarve O Meeting · Loulé

AOM 2027

29–31 January 2027: five stages across Loulé, Benafim and Rocha da Pena, including two Foot-O World Ranking Events and a PreO Sprint.

Programme confirmed by the organisation questionnaire.

Items still awaiting exact times, fees or coordinates remain explicitly marked as pending rather than being guessed.

Official programme

Friday · 29 JanuaryLoulé
  • Event secretariat opens
  • Stage 1 · Night Sprint · Mass Start · Praça da República
Saturday · 30 JanuaryBenafim + Rocha da Pena
  • Event secretariat opens
  • Stage 2 · Middle Distance · WRE · Portuguese Cup
  • PreO secretariat opens
  • Stage 3 · PreO Sprint · Rocha da Pena
  • Stage 4 · Night Sprint · Benafim
Sunday · 31 JanuaryBenafim
  • Event secretariat opens
  • Stage 5 · Long Distance · WRE · Portuguese Cup
  • Prize-giving ceremony

Five stages

STAGE 01
29.0120:00

Night Sprint · Mass Start

Loulé city · Praça da República

SPRINT
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

Overall classifications & prizes

  • PreO Sprint: prizes for the top 3.
  • Night Sprints: combined points from both night stages; top 3 awarded.
  • Middle + Long: combined points; top 3 in all competition classes and top 5 in Elite.
  • WRE: separate podium for ME and WE, top 3.
  • Training classes: participation souvenir for every athlete.
  • Club classification: top 3 clubs, under FPO rules.

After the event

At accreditation, athletes receive a Loulé city orienteering map for a self-guided visit. After the race weekend there is a four-day sequence of city/training maps, designed to connect AOM with the wider winter-orienteering period in the Algarve.

Official documents

Bulletin 1To be confirmed
Technical information / Bulletin 2To be confirmed
Final informationTo be confirmed