World Archery Championships


The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation. The first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the title World Championships is commonly reserved for the following three events:
  1. Outdoor World Championships in target Archery
  2. Indoor World Championships in target Archery
  3. World Championships in field Archery.
Of these, the Outdoor World Championships in target Archery is most commonly referred to as simply the 'World Archery Championships', and the winners most commonly referred to as simply "world champions". Events in those outdoor championships are held involving fixed targets at set distances, using a variety of bows, the recurve bow from 1931 and the compound bow since 1995.
Although less widely recognised, World Championship events are also held in Youth archery, Para-archery, University archery and 3D archery. A ski archery World Championships was last held in 2007, but is not part of the current rotation. Following the accession of archery to permanent sports at the Summer Universiade, the university world championships also ceased to be part of the World Archery Championships rotation in 2014.

World Archery Championships Events

NumberEventsFirstLast
1World Archery Championships19312025
2World Indoor Archery Championships19912018
3World Field Archery Championships19692024
4World 3D Archery Championships20032024
5World Para Archery Championships19982025
6World Archery Youth Championships19912025
7World University Archery Championships19962016
8World Ski Archery Championships19992017

And for the divisions as defined in their respective chapters:
  • World Archery Flight Championships;
  • World Archery Ski Championships;
  • World Archery Run Championships.
Despite the above provision, a World Championship does not have to be awarded if the executive board determines it is not appropriate.

Outdoor

NumberYearLocationEvents
11931|1928

All-time medal table (1931–2025)

Updated after the 2025 World Archery Championships.

Indoor

NumberYearLocationEvents
11991

Para

NumberYearLocationEvents
11998

Youth

NumberYearLocationEvents
11991

Field

NumberYearLocationEvents
11969

3D

NumberYearLocationEvents
12003

Ski Archery

The eighth Ski Archery World Championships held in Moscow in Russia in 2013.
NumberYearLocationEvents
11999

University