Event hosting

Archery competitions are run at all levels of the sport, from recreational to world-class. World Archery is responsible for regulating all international events, organising major world tournaments and the technical delivery of the archery competitions at the Olympic, Paralympic and World Games.

The federation’s event portfolio is split into three groups and does not include national events, which are organised by member associations.

International events include the World Archery Championships, several discipline championships, and annual indoor and outdoor circuits. Continental events include championships in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. World ranking events are third-tier internationals that contribute to the World Archery Ranking.

Organisations bid to World Archery for international events and continental associations for continental and world ranking events. World Archery approves the calendar of events according to published international blocks.

Events open for bidding are listed at the bottom of this page.

World Archery’s annual top-tier event properties are the Hyundai Archery World Cup, a multi-stage outdoor series between national archery teams, and the Indoor Archery World Series, a mass-participation 18-metre tournament series, both held in destination cities around the globe.

International blocks

World Archery publishes a list of blocked periods in the calendar during the outdoor season (April-October), in which only scheduled top-tier internationals (world championships and stages of the Hyundai Archery World Cup) can take place. 

These blocks structure the international calendar and ensure certain weekends are always available for national events. From 2025, any event scheduled during a block will be refused world ranking status.

Bidding for events

World Archery is currently updating its event bidding procedure, hosting conditions and event requirements in line with its new event strategy.

Expressions of interest remain open while World Archery finalises revised event profiles, requirements and application documents. These will be published on this page once they are ready.

National member associations, cities, public authorities and event organisers interested in hosting a World Archery event are invited to register their interest by emailing events@archery.sport.

The message should include:

• the organisation and proposed host city or country;
• the event and preferred year or years;
• the main contact person and contact details; and
• any relevant preliminary information about the proposed candidature.

The World Archery Events team will acknowledge each expression of interest and provide the available information and next steps.

The updated bidding procedure and supporting documentation will be published on this page and announced through World Archery’s official communication channels once they are finalised.