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 accepts bids to host events from national member associations, city authorities and event companies.

Organisations interested in bidding for an event should explore the event profiles, which outline the benefits and requirements for each event in World Archery’s portfolio, and contact the office. Bidders must submit a completed application form, accompanied by relevant supporting documentation, to the World Archery office by the bid deadline. Events are awarded by the executive board after an assessment of the bid documentation and on the recommendation of events staff.

Events currently open for bids are listed below.

The deadline for bid submissions is the last day of the listed month. Bids are assessed at the executive board meeting following the deadline. Bids for events that do not list a deadline are assessed immediately upon submission.