Ifr 2026 Finland World Championships

👨‍⚖️🐾 Let's Meet the Judges!

It's time to introduce the experts who will officiate the IFR FCI IGP & IFH World Championship 2026!

Stay tuned and get to know the people behind the score sheets!

Miran Mars:
I was born in Celje, Slovenia, 59 years ago. I have been actively involved in cynology for more than 36 years as a helper, instructor, and track layer.

Since 2000, I have been an international judge for utility dogs. I am the President of the Commission for Utility Dogs at the Cynological Association of Slovenia and an active member of my local kennel club. As a competitor, I have participated in the IPO and IFR World Championships for Utility Dogs.

As a judge, I have judged at twelve World Championships and numerous FCI IGP CACIT/CACT events, qualification trials, and FCI IGP and FH tracking championships at national and international levels worldwide.

In Slovenia, I have been involved in organizing numerous FCI IGP and FCI FH championships and World Championships.

I currently have a young dog that I am preparing for working trials.

👨‍⚖️🐾 Let's Meet the Judges!

It's time to introduce the experts who will officiate the IFR FCI IGP & IFH World Championship 2026!

Stay tuned and get to know the people behind the score sheets!

Aivo Oblikas:
train regularly dogs in my group in all IGP disciplines since the 90-s and my trainees have been in Estonian championships every year in podium since 2007 and also regularely participatting in diffferent world championships. During all these years I have trained more than 100 dogs to different results. I have competed at world championships 9 times with my different dogs (2 times FCI IPO, 1 time FCI IPO-FH, 3 times FMBB IPO and 3 times IDC IPO). As FCI IGP judge I have previously judged multiple championships in years 2024-2025.

I am member of FCI Utility Dog Comission since 2005. 2003–2006 Member of the Board of Estonian Kennel Union 2006–2008 Chairman of the Council of Estonian Kennel Union More info about me can be found at my home page https://aivooblikas.com/ I wish everyone a good competition and lot of success!

👨‍⚖️🐾 Let's Meet the Judges!

It's time to introduce the experts who will officiate the IFR FCI IGP & IFH World Championship 2026!

Stay tuned and get to know the people behind the score sheets!

First the Chief Judge Mika Laaksonen:
I am Mika Laaksonen, a dog enthusiast from the Turku region. I started my dog ​​hobby in 1992 with Rottweilers. Since then, the breed has been enriched by the Miniature Pinscher, Belgian Shepherd Malinois, German Shepherd and Rottweiler. My current dog is a German Shepherd bitch, Vappu, who is just over a year old.

I started my judge training in 2007 in national sports, and the training continues, the last of which is the EK and IPOR judge qualifications.

Let's make this a memorable, great dog sports event together!

Here’s the schedule! 📅

You can also find the full schedule and all the latest information on our website.

▶️www.ifr2026.fi

We’re excited to welcome competitors from around the world to the IFR FCI IGP & IFH World Championship, which kicks off in just one week. See you soon!

🌾 The moment you've been waiting for... 🌾

Here is your first look at the FCI IFH tracking fields.

The fields are developing beautifully and are already showing excellent conditions for the IFR 2026 FCI IGP & IFH World Championships. Our goal is to provide fair, consistent, and challenging tracking conditions for all competitors from around the world.

📍 Paimio, Finland
📅 3–8 August 2026

We can't wait to see you on these fields!

🌾 The moment you've been waiting for... 🌾

Here is your first look at the FCI IGP A-Section tracking fields, photographed this week in Paimio, Finland! 🇫🇮

The fields are developing beautifully and are already showing excellent conditions for the IFR 2026 FCI IGP & IFH World Championships. Our goal is to provide fair, consistent, and challenging tracking conditions for all competitors from around the world.

Every visit brings us one step closer to welcoming the international IGP community to Finland in August 2026.

📍 Paimio, Finland
📅 3–8 August 2026

We can't wait to see you on these fields!

This week we will provide also pictures from FCI IFH fields.