Gloria Sports Arena to host 20th Antalya World Cup stage for first time

As competitions come thick and fast, the outdoor season is in full swing and the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup reaches its halfway point.

Like Shanghai last month, the world’s finest archers head to a familiar stop on the sport’s premier international circuit next week in Antalya – stage three of the 2026 season.

Those who have been on the tour for years know the Turkish city all too well, with this year marking the 20th time Antalya has hosted a stage on the road to the World Cup Final in Saltillo this September.

What is different this time, though, is that qualification and eliminations move from the Antalya Centennial Centre to the larger Gloria Sports Arena, more than 40 kilometres east of the previous venue.

Two of the reigning stage champions are absent from the entries list. Brady Ellison has already secured his place in Saltillo after winning stage one in Puebla and will not compete in Antalya. Mariana Bernal is also absent after not being selected for the Mexican team.

An San and Emircan Haney – who won in the same city at the recent European Outdoor Championships – are present, however.

You can watch coverage from Antalya next week live with subscription to archery+.

Key information

What’s happening? The third stage of the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup on 9-14 June 2026 at Gloria Sports Arena (qualification and eliminations) and Antalya Beach Park (finals).

What’s at stake? Stage winners book a place at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Saltillo, Mexico.

Who’s competing? 332 archers from 42 countries.

What’s the story? For many archers, the Antalya Centennial Centre had become a second home after years on the circuit. Competitors knew the venue’s famous winds and the challenges they brought. This year, however, they must adapt to a new setting at Gloria Sports Arena, where a stadium environment is likely to present a different set of challenges.

Event schedule

• Tuesday 9 June: Compound qualifying
• Wednesday 10 June: Recurve qualifying
• Thursday 11 June: Compound eliminations
• Friday 12 June: Recurve eliminations
• Saturday 13 June: Compound finals*
• Sunday 14 June: Recurve finals*

*Teams in the morning, individual final fours in the afternoon.

How to watch

Coverage of the third stage of the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup will be broadcast worldwide by World Archery’s partners and stream live for archery+ subscribers.

Check local listings on BeIn (MENA), BeIn (USA), CCTV (China), Claro (Latin America), DigiCel (Pacific), Eclat (Korea), Globo (Brazil), POLSAT (Poland), RTVE (Spain), SETIndia (Indian subcontinent) and TRT (Türkiye).   

Live scores will be available on the World Archery website, with updates and highlights across World Archery’s digital platforms throughout the competition.

Memorable week for Türkiye? 

Although anything can happen on the shooting line, competing at home often brings advantages, whether through crowd support, familiarity or reduced travel.

For some archers, however, competing at home can also bring additional pressure. Whether stage three of the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup was in Antalya or elsewhere, though, it would be difficult to diminish Türkiye’s confidence.

Arguably, they have never looked stronger across the board, and it was only two weeks ago that Haney and Hazal Burun claimed the compound men’s and women’s continental titles at the recent European championships.

It is not only the individual talent of Haney, Burun and, of course, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Mete Gazoz that Türkiye can rely on. The nation now has strength in depth, as its four team medals – two gold and two silver – demonstrated in Shanghai across both compound and recurve disciplines.

Their rise into one of the world’s leading archery nations could yet be celebrated further in Antalya.

An San is back

While many Asian archers in Antalya will use the event as preparation for the 20th Asian Games later this year, the defending recurve women’s champion from the circuit has different priorities.

One of the sport’s most recognisable athletes, An San did not make the three-athlete Korean team that will compete in Japan in September, which says as much about the extraordinary depth of Korean archery as anything else.

Jang Minhee was selected as Korea’s fourth archer in Shanghai last month and took the opportunity with both hands, qualifying as top seed and eventually winning bronze at her first Hyundai Archery World Cup stage.

The Tokyo 2020 champion, however, has vastly more experience than Minhee and returns as Korea’s reserve athlete in Antalya.

As well as making a statement following disappointing national trials, An San will be hoping to improve on last year’s silver medal in Antalya, when she finished behind teammate Lim Sihyeon.

Who’s competing?

Two of the individual winners from the last Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya are set to compete in Türkiye next week:

• Recurve men: Brady Ellison, USA (not competing)
• Recurve women: An San, Korea 
• Compound men: Emircan Haney, Türkiye
• Compound women: Mariana Bernal, Mexico (not competing)

These are the top-ranked archers shooting in Antalya:

• Recurve men: Marcus D’Almeida, Brazil (world rank: 1)
• Recurve women: Kang Chaeyoung, Korea (world rank: 1)
• Compound men: Mathias Fullerton, Denmark (world rank: 1)
• Compound women: Andrea Maya Becerra Arizaga, Mexico (world rank: 1)

A total of 332 archers (101 recurve men, 82 recurve women, 78 compound men and 70 compound women) from the following 42 teams are registered for the tournament:

AIN, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Moldova, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, USA, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

Competition in Antalya begins with compound qualifying on Tuesday afternoon.