Final tickets for Saltillo on offer in Spanish capital of Madrid

As we enter the second half of 2026, we also enter the latter half of the outdoor season – and the final stage of the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup.

For the second year running, the final stop before the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final heads to the historic city of Madrid. While most visitors travel to the Spanish capital for its culture and architecture, hundreds of the world’s best archers will instead be there to compete at the highest level.

Like last year, Madrid does not mark the end of the World Cup season for everyone. Twelve archers have already secured their places at September’s Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Saltillo, Mexico.

Only stage winners – together with four Mexican host-nation invitations – will complete the field, meaning four more tickets remain up for grabs next week.

Both reigning men’s stage champions return at Vallehermoso Stadium. Brady Ellison, winner of stage one in Puebla, is back after missing Antalya, while European Champion Emircan Haney returns after claiming his maiden Hyundai Archery World Cup individual gold medal in Antalya.

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

Key information

What’s happening? The fourth and final stage of the 2026 Hyundai Archery World Cup on 7-12 July at Vallehermoso Stadium (qualifying and eliminations) and Complutense National Stadium (finals).

What’s at stake? The final opportunity to book a place at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Saltillo, Mexico.

Who’s competing? 392 archers from 51 countries.

What’s the story? As well as offering the final tickets to Saltillo, Madrid is also the last major international event before several important multisport competitions. Many European archers will soon head to the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, while Asian athletes are preparing for the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya later this year. Madrid provides one final opportunity to fine-tune preparations.

Event schedule

• Tuesday 7 July: Compound qualifying
• Wednesday 8 July: Recurve qualifying
• Thursday 9 July: Compound eliminations
• Friday 10 July: Recurve eliminations
• Saturday 11 July: Compound finals*
• Sunday 12 July: Recurve finals*

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

How to watch

Coverage of the fourth 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.

Tune-up for Taranto 

While the 2026 European Championships were the main outdoor target for many European archers, those from Mediterranean nations still have another major event on the horizon.

The Mediterranean Games take place next month in Taranto, with host nation Italy joined by France, Spain and Türkiye among those expected to field strong recurve teams.

The lead-up to the third stage in Antalya was packed with competitions, including Grand Prix events alongside the continental championships and the Hyundai Archery World Cup. Since then, however, there has been no event of comparable level on the European calendar.

Madrid therefore provides the final opportunity for athletes to test themselves under pressure before heading to southern Italy. Among those competing are Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist Lisa Barbelin, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Mete Gazoz and rising Italian star Roberta Di Francesco, who defeated An San to win bronze in Antalya.

It is their final chance to make a statement before the Mediterranean Games begin.

Cousins to work his magic?

Indian archery already had reason to celebrate following confirmation that the Archery Premier League will return later this year in Hyderabad. The appointment of Dave Cousins to lead the compound programme ahead of the Asian Games only added to the excitement.

The Riom 1999 World Archery Champion crossed the Atlantic and Indian oceans shortly after Antalya to begin his first international coaching role. For the first time, he will stand behind the shooting line wearing India’s orange, white and green rather than representing the USA.

That alone will take some getting used to. Cousins competed on the Hyundai Archery World Cup circuit from its inaugural season, appearing in Porec, San Salvador and Shanghai in 2006 – winning gold at the latter.

India has long possessed outstanding compound talent, and the prospect of Cousins sharing his experience with athletes such as defending Asian Games champion Jyothi Surekha Vennam is an exciting one, both for Madrid and the build-up to Aichi-Nagoya.

Next week will provide the first glimpse of that partnership in competition.

Who’s competing?

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

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

These are the top-ranked archers shooting in Madrid:

• 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: Ella Gibson, Great Britain (world rank: 2)

A total of 392 archers (123 recurve men, 95 recurve women, 87 compound men and 87 compound women) from the following 51 teams are registered for the tournament:

AIN, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, China, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Luxembourg, Morocco, Malaysia, Moldova, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan.

Competition in Madrid begins with compound qualifying on Tuesday afternoon.