It was another warm day in central Hungary with 33 degrees and another day with of orienteering on hills. Not as much rock detail as the weekend races, but lots of forks with relatively short distances between fork controls. The championships were also part of the 2024 Orienteering World Cup, which will be decided in Finland at the end of September when Kuopio hosts the World Cup final with three forest races.

The men 57 teams started the relay day with a tight first stage. Ukraine's Ruslan Glibov was the first to cross the line, leading a group of eight teams within 16 seconds - including the first teams from favourite nations Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway. After a close first leg, things changed when Eirik Langedal Breivik (Norway 1) set a high pace on the first half of the course and were was only followed by Fabian Aebersold (Switzerland 1). 

On the last lap Aebersold made a mistake and allowed his teammate Kasper Fosser to cross the line 51 seconds ahead of him. Finland 1 was second, with Sweden 1 and Switzerland 1 behind. On the final stage, Sunday's long distance champion Fosser extended his dominance, and despite a small mistake on the final lap, he had more than two minutes to celebrate his title defence with teammates Eskil Kinneberg and Eirik Langedal Breivik. 

Sweden's Emil Svensk and Switzerland's Joey Hadorn fought an intense battle for the silver medal, with Svensk pulling away in the final kilometres to secure the silver for Sweden, 40 seconds ahead of Hadorn in third. Miika Kirmula (Finland 1) lost out on the medal fight after a mistake at the second fork, but managed to hold on to fourth place ahead of Czech Republic 1 and France1, with two other Swedish teams in between. 

The women's 40 relay also saw a close first leg in the late afternoon. Swiss youngster Ines Berger and Swedish junior Alma Svennerud, racing for a mixed team, held a 30-second lead after the first leg, but after a loss of time, 13 teams were within 30 seconds of each other at the first exchange.

Viktoria Mag delighted the Hungarian crowd by taking the lead on the second leg, followed by Natalia Gemperle (Switzerland 1) and Marie Olaussen (Norway 1). Hanna Lundberg (Sweden 1) lost about 1:30 on the third branch and spent the rest of the stage trying to make up the time. The local made a mistake on the last loop and Gemperle and Olaussen finished the second leg first, 15 seconds behind, with Finland 1:33 and Sweden 1 1:41 behind. 

This set up a close fight for gold between Simona Aebersold (Switzerland 1) and Andrine Benjaminsen (Norway 1), and when Tove Alexandersson lost a minute early on, Sweden never came close to gold or silver. A thunderstorm with heavy rain reduced the visibility in the forest on the final stage, but Aebersold was able to see the fastest route choice to control 10 and opened up a decisive gap to Benjaminsen. 

Switzerland won the women's EOC relay title by 20 seconds over Norway, with Tove Alexandersson taking bronze for Sweden 2:45 behind. It's the first forest relay victory for the Swiss women at an international championship since 2018. Cecile Calandry's fast sprint put France in fourth place, just ahead of Finland, with home nation Hungary a few seconds behind to secure a long-awaited bronze.