World Archery
International archery governing body
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::summary International archery governing body ::
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| name | World Archery |
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| image | World Archery Federation logo.svg |
| imagesize | 290px |
| alt | World Archery Federation logo |
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| abbreviation | WA (formerly FITA) |
| formation | |
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| founding_location | Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine) |
| type | Federation of national associations |
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| purpose | |
| headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| region_served | Worldwide |
| membership | 159 |
| language | English |
| leader_title | President |
| leader_name | Greg Easton |
| leader_title2 | First Vice-president |
| leader_name2 | Jörg Brokamp |
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| parent_organization | |
| affiliations | International Olympic Committee, International World Games Association |
| website | |
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World Archery (WA, formerly Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc – FITA) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
History
FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine). Its seven founding member states were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy. The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the Olympic Games (the sport had not been featured since 1920). FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
To celebrate the organization's 80th anniversary in July 2011, a large majority of the FITA Congress voted to change the name from FITA to the World Archery or WA.
In March 2022, in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federation announced that no athlete, team official, or technical official from Russia or Belarus will be permitted to participate in any international archery event, their flags and anthems are banned, and no archery events would be held in the two countries.
In July 2023, on the question that whether or not to re-allow athletics with Russian and/or Belarusian passports to participant international archery competitions under neutral identities, World Archery asked both national archery federations to submit personal data for investigations, as both federations denied to complete such requirements, WA said that it's unlikely to allow neutral athletes unless once procedure can be completely followed.
In December 2023, World Archery launched its own OTT Service with a subscription video on demand model and live streaming of main events.
The organization announced in 2024 that the 2025 world cup final would be held in Nanjing, China before moving to Mexico for 2026 through 2028.
Identity
Flag
| Name = World Archery | Article = | Nickname = | Image = World Archery flag.svg | Use = Sport | Symbol = | Proportion = 3:5 | Adoption = 1 April 2012 | Design = White field with a WA logo
The WA flag has a white background, with the organization's logo in the middle.
Member associations
As of April 2019, 159 national federations and other associations are members of World Archery.
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Armenia
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Belarus
- Bhutan
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- DR Congo
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Great Britain
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong, China
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Macedonia
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tahiti
- Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- US Virgin Islands
- Zimbabwe
Rankings
Main article: World Archery Rankings
World Archery publishes world rankings for each category of outdoor competitive archery (men / women; recurve / compound; individual / team / mixed team), updated following every official eligible event.
Each archer earns a ranking score for each competition. The ranking scores are calculated through a combination of the ranking factor of the tournament (as determined by the quality of competition, the number of competitors, and how recently the competition took place) and points based on the competitor's final position in the competition. The archer's four highest ranking scores are then combined to form their 'Added Ranking Score', which forms the basis of the ranking list.
Current rankings
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| Outdoor | Discipline | Men | Women | Men's Team | Women's Team | Mixed Team | Last Updated: 30 September 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve | Brady Ellison | Lim Si-hyeon | KOR South Korea | KOR South Korea | KOR South Korea | ||
| Compound | Mathias Fullerton | Andrea Becerra | IND India | MEX Mexico | IND India | ||
| :: |
Editions
The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:
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| Denotes inaugural event |
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| Year | World Championships |
|---|---|
| Outdoor | Indoor |
| 1931 | POL Lwów |
| 1932 | POL Warsaw |
| 1933 | GBR London |
| 1934 | SWE Båstad |
| 1935 | BEL Brussels |
| 1936 | TCH Prague |
| 1937 | FRA Paris |
| 1938 | GBR London |
| 1939 | NOR Oslo |
| 1946 | SWE Stockholm |
| 1947 | TCH Prague |
| 1948 | GBR London |
| 1949 | FRA Paris |
| 1950 | DEN Copenhagen |
| 1952 | BEL Brussels |
| 1953 | NOR Oslo |
| 1955 | FIN Helsinki |
| 1957 | TCH Prague |
| 1958 | BEL Brussels |
| 1959 | SWE Stockholm |
| 1960 | |
| 1961 | NOR Oslo |
| 1962 | |
| 1963 | FIN Helsinki |
| 1965 | SWE Västerås |
| 1966 | |
| 1967 | NED Amersfoort |
| 1968 | |
| 1969 | USA Valley Forge |
| 1970 | |
| 1971 | GBR York |
| 1973 | FRA Grenoble |
| 1974 | |
| 1975 | SUI Interlaken |
| 1977 | AUS Canberra |
| 1979 | FRG Berlin |
| 1981 | ITA Punta Ala |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | USA Los Angeles |
| 1984 | |
| 1985 | KOR Seoul |
| 1986 | |
| 1987 | AUS Adelaide |
| 1989 | SUI Lausanne |
| 1990 | |
| 1991 | POL Kraków |
| 1992 | |
| 1993 | TUR Antalya |
| 1994 | |
| 1995 | INA Jakarta |
| 1996 | |
| 1997 | CAN Victoria |
| 1998 | |
| 1999 | FRA Riom |
| 2000 | |
| 2001 | CHN Beijing |
| 2002 | |
| 2003 | USA New York |
| 2004 | |
| 2005 | ESP Madrid |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | GER Leipzig |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | KOR Ulsan |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | ITA Turin |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | TUR Belek |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | DEN Copenhagen |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | MEX Mexico City |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | NED 's-Hertogenbosch |
| 2021 | USA Yankton |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | GER Berlin |
| 2024 | |
| 2025 | ROK Gwangju |
| :: |
Tournaments
Summer Olympics
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Archery was first competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1900 and, after a long hiatus from 1924, became a regular event from 1972. Team events were added in 1988. Recurve archery is currently the only discipline competed at the Olympics.
Archery is also competed at the Summer Paralympics (recurve and compound disciplines), the Youth Olympic Games (recurve only), and the World Games (Field archery only).
World Championships
- World Target Championships
- World Field Archery Championships
- World Archery 3D Championships
- World Para Archery Championships
- World Youth Archery Championships
- World University Archery Championships
- World Ski Archery Championships FITA began holding Target World Championships in 1931. They were held every year until 1959, when the Championships became biennial events. 1959 was also the first year that FITA held the World Field Championship.
Presently, there are five principal formats of the World Archery Championships: Outdoor, Indoor, Youth, Para-Archery, and Field. Each is held every two years on different rotations. World Championships are also held every two years in 3D archery and University sport. In 2007, a ski archery World Championships was held in Moscow; this is yet to be repeated and is not included in the current rotation.
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| Number | Events | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Outdoor Archery Championships | 1931 | 2025 (53th) |
| 2 | World Indoor Target Championships | 1991 | 2018 (14th) |
| 3 | World Field Archery Championships | 1969 | 2024 (28th) |
| 4 | World Archery 3D Championships | 2003 | 2024 (11th) |
| 5 | World Ski Archery Championships | 1999 | 2017 (10th) |
| 6 | World Para Archery Championships | 1998 | 2025 (15th) |
| 7 | World Youth Archery Championships | 1991 | 2025 (19th) |
| 8 | World University Archery Championships | 1996 | 2016 (11th) |
| :: |
World Cup
The Archery World Cup is an annual outdoor event that was inaugurated in 2006. It is designed to present archery in 'spectacular' locations.
The format consists of 4 rounds competed across the world during a calendar year. The best individual and mixed team performers across these rounds are then invited to compete in the World Cup Final at the end of the year.
World Series
The Indoor Archery World Series is an annual indoor archery circuit founded by World Archery. The calendar includes seven events held across Europe, Asia, South America, and North America. These events can be worth 250 or 1,000 points for the winner of each event, establishing a points ranking that will determine the overall winner.
Other
Archery is an optional sport at the Universiade and the Commonwealth Games.
Current champions
The following archers are the current champions of the major World Archery Federation events: ::data[format=table] | Discipline | Event | Summer Olympics 2024 | World Championships 2025 | World Cup Series Final 2025 | |---|---|---|---|---| | Recurve | Men's Individual | Kim Woo-jin | Andrés Temiño | Kim Woo-jin | | Women's Individual | Lim Si-hyeon | TBD | Li Jiaman | | | Men's Team | KOR Kim Je-deok Kim Woo-jin Lee Woo-seok | Kim Je-deok Kim Woo-jin Lee Woo-seok | | | | Women's Team | KOR Jeon Hun-young Lim Si-hyeon Nam Su-hyeon | Chiu Yi-ching Hsu Hsin-tzu Li Cai-xuan | | | | Mixed Team | KOR Lim Si-hyeon Kim Woo-jin | Elia Canales Andrés Temiño | | | | Compound | Men's Individual | | Nicolas Girard | James Lutz | | Women's Individual | Andrea Becerra | Mariana Bernal | | | | Men's Team | Prathamesh Fuge Aman Saini Rishabh Yadav | | | | | Women's Team | Andrea Becerra Mariana Bernal Adriana Castillo | | | | | Mixed Team | Sanne de Laat Mike Schloesser | | | | ::
Presidents
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| Period | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Mieczysław Fularski | Poland | |
| 1931 – 1939 | Bronisław Pierzchała | Poland |
| 1946 – 1949 | Paul Demare | |
| 1949 – 1957 | Henry Kjellson | |
| 1957 – 1961 | Oscar Kessels | |
| 1961 – 1977 | Inger Kristine Frith | |
| 1977 – 1989 | Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone | |
| 1989 – 2005 | James L. Easton | |
| 2005 – 2025 | Uğur Erdener | |
| 2025 – | Greg Easton | |
| :: |
References
References
- "World Archery Federation – History, Events, Rules and More – Shootingtime.com".
- Mieville, Didier. "Darrell Pace Named Athlete of Century; FITA Becomes World Archery Federation". FITA Communication.
- "Russia and Belarus prohibited from participating in international events".
- (27 July 2023). "Update on eligibility of athletes with Russian/Belarusian passport issued at World Archery Congress".
- Kasule, Melissa. (12 December 2023). "World Archery taps Joymo to launch dedicated OTT platform - Digital TV Europe".
- Traub, Matt. (2024-12-16). "World Archery Names World Cup Final Hosts Through 2028".
- (12 April 2022). "Olympic qualification procedure released for archery at Paris 2024".
- (15 September 2016). "Book 1, Chapter 1, Art. 1.26.2".
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- [http://www.worldarchery.org/UserFiles/Document/FITA%20website/05%20Rules/04%20World%20Cup%20Rules/13_Rules_WorldCup.pdf] {{webarchive. link. (8 October 2013)
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