World Archery


World Archery 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. 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. 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

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.
World Archery publishes world rankings for each category of outdoor competitive archery, 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 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

Editions

The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:
Denotes inaugural event

Tournaments

Summer Olympics

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, the Youth Olympic Games, and the World Games.

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

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:
DisciplineEventSummer Olympics
2024		World Championships
2025		World Cup Series Final
2025
RecurveMen's IndividualKim Woo-jin|KOR

Presidents