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Preview: Algeria hosts 15th African Archery Championships

17 juillet 2026

Oran (Algeria)

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The city of Oran (Algeria) will host the 2026 African Archery Championships from 21-26 July. It is the 15th edition of the event, with the previous championships held in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) in 2025.

For the first time, the championships will feature recurve under-18 and under-21 categories, adding to a busy competition programme that already includes senior barebow men and women, along with para recurve and compound events for men and women.

For under-18 archers hoping to compete at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Game in November, the championships provide another opportunity to achieve the minimum qualification score required for selection by their National Olympic Committee.

The event will be held at the Mediterranean Village, a sprawling sports and accommodation complex built for the 2022 Mediterranean Games.

Three of the four senior individual champions in recurve and compound from Abidjan 2025 return to defend their titles, and you can watch live coverage of the weekend’s finals free of charge on archery+.

Key information

What’s happening? The 15th African Archery Championships from 21–26 July 2026 in Oran, Algeria’s second-largest city and a major Mediterranean port and tourist destination. It is the 15th edition of the event and the third continental championships to be held this year.

What’s at stake? Continental titles, while recurve under-18 archers can also achieve the minimum qualification score required for selection to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

Who’s competing? 138 archers from 18 countries.

What’s the story? The championships offer valuable international competition for young athletes targeting the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, while also helping senior archers prepare for the African Games in Cairo in January 2027, which will serve as the continental qualifier for the mixed team event at the LA28 Olympic Games.

Event schedule

Wednesday 22 July: Qualifying
Thursday 23 July: Individual eliminations
Friday 24 July: Team eliminations
Saturday 25 July: Barebow, compound and recurve under-18 finals
Sunday 26 July: Recurve under-21 and senior finals

How to watch

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

Watch live footage of the finals on Saturday 25 July and Sunday 26 July free of charge on archery+.

Session	Date	Time (local)	Time (UTC)	Streaming
Barebow and compound finals	Saturday 25 July	09h00	08h00	archery+
Recurve under-18 finals	Saturday 25 July	14h00	13h00	archery+
Recurve under-21 and senior finals	Sunday 26 July	09h00	08h00	archery+

Defending champions

See full results from the Abidjan 2025 African Archery Championships.

Recurve men: Franck Eyeni, Cote D’Ivoire
Recurve women: Ekpobi Anne-Marie Eléonord Yedagne, Cote D’Ivoire
Compound men: Adrien Charoux, Mauritius
Compound women: Nora Elsabagh, Egypt (not competing)
Barebow men: Johannes Hugo Rossouw, South Africa (not competing)
Barebow women: Gloria Kitali, Kenya (not competing)

Who’s competing?

Full entries are available online.

These are the top-ranked archers competing in Oran:

Recurve men: Franck Eyeni, Cote D'Ivoire (world rank: 83)
Recurve women: Ekpobi Anne-Marie Eléonord Yedagne, Cote D'Ivoire (world rank: 83)
Compound men: Adrien Charoux, Mauritius (world rank: 82)
Compound women: Elisabeth Taljaard, Namibia (world rank: 297)

A total of 138 archers (89 men, 49 women) from the national teams of the following 18 countries are registered to compete at these championships: Algeria, Benin, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Egypt, Guinea, Libya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Competition at the African Archery Championships starts on Tuesday.

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