There was competition to stage the event with Sweden submitting a strong bid; however the strength of the British Orienteering bid won favour with the IOF.

The Championships will be based in Inverness during August 2015 and will utilise the world-class terrain along the Moray coast and in the Cairngorms National Park.

The Scottish 6 Days will run parallel to the championships and 5,000 competitors to the area boosting the local economy by an estimated £2 million ($3.3 million/€2.30 million).

The foundation of the British bid was the strong partnership which has developed between orienteering organisations, government agencies and the local community who all have a shared vision for the event, officials said.

"Congratulations to the bid team and I am delighted we will be welcoming the World Orienteering Championships to Scotland in 2015," said the Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, Shona Robison.

"It is a wonderful legacy from 2014 that we will continue to have world-class sporting events in Scotland beyond this milestone year.

"It further demonstrates our capability at staging such major events and further enhances our active messaging across the country."

The partners are British Orienteering, the Scottish Orienteering Association, EventScotland, the Scottish 6-Day Event Company, and the Highland Council.

"We are delighted to have been awarded the 2015 Championships and look forward to working with the IOF and our other partners in delivering an exciting and memorable event," said Lyn West, chairman of British Orienteering.

Paul Bush, the chief operating officer for EventScotland, also hailed the decision to award the event to Inverness.

"It is great for British Orienteering and Scotland to have successfully won the bid to host the World Championships in 2015," he said

"I am sure that with the continued hard work of the partnerships established, Scotland will prove to be the perfect stage for this event."

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