Competitors
Registration
Registration for the competition opens on 10 October 2025 at 10:00, and the registered teams can be seen via the links below. The team contact person registers and pays for the team through the Registration System. Registration proceeds as follows:
- The team contact person creates a Jukola account for themselves on the jukola.com website
- The contact person signs in to the registration service with the Jukola account.
- The contact person registers and pays for the teams and additional services in the registration system.
In the Event Invitation you will find more information about entry fees and additional services, such as tent places, rentable half-platoon tents, and rental Emit cards.
Jukola Account Guide
The event uses an event-specific Jukola user account to ensure better personal service and event safety.
In the user account settings you can list:
- Clubs and teams whose registrars can see your information. You can list multiple clubs/teams you are available for.
- Club registrars assemble the teams and submit their running orders.
- All registrars must have a personal Jukola user account.
You can create a Jukola user account via the register to Jukola account link below. You can also log in to manage your information.
You can find more information about data sharing here.https://jukola.com/2025/jukola-tilin-ohje/
View the tent booking map
iew the tent area map in advance and plan a suitable tent location. The final site is selected on the booking map in the entry system after payment.
Go to Register/ Login to make your tent booking and complete the payment.
Orienteering Shop
Discover and find your new favourites – orienteer style.
With us you will find carefully selected products that suit the forest, the competition centre and a weekend outing – or even as a gift. The selection includes annually updated official Jukola Relay products, Finnish national orienteering team fan merchandise, as well as other high-quality gear for everyday life and sport.
Tervetuloa Esi-Jukolaan 2025
Tervetuloa Esi-Jukolaan ja Viestiliigan osakilpailuun 23.8.2025 – koe tulevan Kotka-Jukolan tunnelma etukäteen!
Esi-Jukola tarjoaa ainutlaatuisen mahdollisuuden testata Kotka-Jukolan maastoja ja järjestelyjä jo vuotta ennen varsinaista suurviestiä. Samalla Viestiliigan osakilpailu tuo paikalle Suomen huippusuunnistajat ja kovatasoisen kisatunnelman. Esi-Jukola kilpaillaan Kymin lentokentän eteläpuolella vauhdikkaasssa kallio- ja kangasmaastossa.
Kilpailu rajoittuu Kotka-Jukolan kilpailualueeseen, ratamestareina toimivat Jukolan tapaan Tuomas Mattila ja Janne Niskanen, ja kartan on tehnyt Janne Weckman. Kolmiosuuksiset viestit noudattavat 50-35-50 min ihanneaikoja. Naisten kilpailevat valoisassa, miesten kilpailu alkaa päivänvalossa päättyen pimeään.
Yhteislähtöharjoitus Esi-Jukolan yhteydessä 24.8.
Esi-Jukolan yhteydessä järjestetään yhteislähtöharjoitus sunnuntaina 24.8. Kotka-Jukolan harjoitusmaastossa. Harjoitus alkaa klo 12.00, ja kokoontuminen tapahtuu parkkipaikalla viimeistään klo 11.45.
Keskiviikkoon 20.8. klo 12.00 mennessä tehdyt karttatilaukset jaetaan yhteislähdön yhteydessä. Harjoituksessa ei ole ajanottoa. Halutessasi voit kuitenkin lisätä GPS-reittisi Liveloxiin.
Karttatilaukset:
https://shop.omapstore.com/jukola
For competitors: train for Kotka-Jukola
Winter has arrived, and the Kotka-Jukola training exercises will close after Epiphany on January 7, 2026.
New training exercises will open in the spring as soon as the snow has melted, tentatively in early April. The spring training package will be published around the turn of January and February, and in addition to new courses, new training terrains will also be introduced.
Terrain and old competition maps
The terrain surrounding Kymi Airfield is mostly runnable, firm-ground rocky and heath forest.
The terrain is mostly gently contoured, and the maximum elevation differences in the area are 40 metres. The area previously hosted the Finnish Relay Championships in 1975 and Fin-5 stages in 1986. Parts of the area have been used for local training events in the 2000s. Download old competition maps using the button below.
The competition map is made by Janne Weckman, scale 1:10,000, contour interval 2.5 metres.
Embargoed area
For competitors and team staff, all movement, orienteering, and moving in the area with a map is prohibited.
As exceptions, ski training and participation in events are permitted until 30.4.2026 as follows:
- Participation in public events held at the airfield or the motorsport centre.
- Skiing on the Airfield ski trail groomed by a track machine.
- Proceeding along Lentokentäntie to events or ski training.
Starting 1.5.2026 – all movement in the embargoed area is prohibited!
