=== Liste over værtslande ===
{{dobbelt billede|right|Simone Niggli-Luder at WOC 2012.JPG|225|WOC Relay 2012, Emma Kligenberg.JPG|225|Simone Niggli-Luder jubler over sejeren på langdistance, VM 2012|Danske [[Emma Kligenberg]] fører ved starten på VM Stafet 2012.}}
{{dobbelt billede|right|Thierry Gueorgiou, WOC 2012.JPG|225| WOC 2012, Long finish.JPG|225|[[Thierry Gueorgiou]] i opløbet ved VM i Lausanne, Schweiz.|}}
{| class="wikitable"
!width="50"| År
!width="175"| Datoer
!width="250"| Sted
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|| [[VM i orientering 1966|1966]] || 1-2. oktober || {{flagikon|FIN}} [[Fiskars]], [[Finland]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1968|1968]] || 28-29. september || {{flagikon|SWE}} [[Linköping]], [[Sverige]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1970|1970]] || 27–29. september || {{flagikon|GDR}}  [[Friedrichroda]], [[Østtyskland]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1972|1972]] || 14–16. september || {{flagikon|TCH}} Staré Splavy ([[Doksy]]), [[Tjekkoslovakiet]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1974|1974]] || 20–22. september || {{flagikon|Danmark}} [[Silkeborg]]/[[Viborg]], [[Danmark]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1976|1976]] || 24–26. september || {{flagikon|GBR}} [[Aviemore]], [[Storbritannien]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1978|1978]] || 15–17. september || {{flagikon|NOR}} [[Kongsberg]], [[Norge]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1979|1979]] || 2–4. september || {{flagikon|FIN}} [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1981|1981]] || 4–6. september || {{flagikon|SUI}} [[Thun]], [[Schweiz]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1983|1983]] || 1–4. september || {{flagikon|HUN}} [[Zalaegerszeg]], [[Ungarn]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1985|1985]] || 4–6. september || {{flagikon|AUS}} [[Bendigo (Victoria)|Bendigo]], [[Australien]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1987|1987]] ||  3–5. september || {{flagikon|FRA}} [[Gérardmer]], [[Frankrig]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 1989|1989]] || 17–20. august || {{flagikon|SWE}} [[Skövde]], [[Sverige]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1991|1991]] || 21–25. august || {{flagikon|TCH}} [[Mariánské Lázně]], [[Tjekkoslovakiet]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1993|1993]] || 9–14. oktober || {{flagikon|USA}} [[Harriman State Park (New York)|Harriman, New York]], [[USA]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1995|1995]] || 15–20. august || {{flagikon|GER}} [[Detmold]], [[Tyskland]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1997|1997]] || 11–16. august || {{flagikon|NOR}} [[Grimstad]], [[Norge]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 1999|1999]] || 1–8. august || {{flagikon|GBR}} [[Inverness]], [[Storbritannien]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2001|2001]] || 29. juli – 4. august || {{flagikon|FIN}} [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2003|2003]] || 3–9. august || {{flagikon|SUI}} [[Rapperswil]]/[[Jona]], [[Schweiz]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2004|2004]] || 11–19. september || {{flagikon|SWE}} [[Västerås]], [[Sverige]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2005|2005]] || 9–15. august || {{flagikon|JPN}} [[Aichi]], [[Japan]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2006|2006]] || 1–5. august || {{flagikon|DEN}} [[Aarhus]]/Silkeborg, [[Danmark]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 2007|2007]] || 18–26. august || {{flagikon|Ukraine}} [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 2008|2008]] || 10–20. juli || {{flagikon|CZE}} [[Olomouc]], [[Tjekkiet]]
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|| [[VM i orientering 2009|2009]] || 16–23. august || {{flagikon|HUN}} [[Miskolc]], [[Ungarn]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2010|2010]] || 8–15. august || {{flagikon|NOR}} [[Trondheim]], [[Norge]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2011|2011]] || 13–20. august || {{flagikon|FRA}} [[Savoie]], [[Frankrig]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2012|2012]] || 14–22. juli || {{flagikon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]], [[Schweiz]]
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2013|2013]] || 6–14. juli || {{flagikon|FIN}} ''[[Vuokatti]], [[Finland]]''
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|| [[VM i orientering 2014|''2014'']] || 5–13. juli || {{flagikon|ITA}} ''[[Asiago]]-[[Lavarone]], [[Italien]]''
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2015|''2015'']] || 1-7. august || {{flagikon|GBR}} ''[[Inverness]], [[Storbritannien]]''
|-
|| [[VM i orientering 2016|''2016'']] || T.B.A. || {{flagikon|SWE}} ''[[Strömstad]]/[[Tanum]], [[Sverige]]''
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|| ''[[VM i orientering 2017|2017]]'' || T.B.A. || {{flagikon|EST}} ''[[Otepää]], [[Estland]]''
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