Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Calendar Update

The Road to Rio starts this summer. 

In August, the World Archery Championships and World Archery Para Championships act as principle qualifying tournaments and mark the beginning of the qualification period – in which archers must obtain the minimum standard to compete at a Games.

Quota tournaments will be held up until June 2016, just before entries for Rio 2016 must be finalised.

World Archery is currently accepting host applications for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Final Qualifying Tournament, due to be held in May or June 2016.

Olympic

Principle Qualifying Tournament: Copenhagen 2015 World Archery Championships (DEN), 26 July – 2 August 2015 Start of Minimum Qualifying Score (MQS) period: 26 July 2015 Continental Qualifying Tournaments Asia CQT: Bangkok 2015 World Archery Asia Championships (THA), 1-8 November 2015 Africa CQT: TBC (date to be announced at Copenhagen 2015 World Archery Congress) Oceania CQT: 2016 World Archery Oceania Championships (TGA), February – March 2016 Americas CQT: Medellin 2016 Archery World Cup stage 2 (COL), 10-15 May 2016 Europe CQT: Nottingham 2016 World Archery Europe Championships (GBR), 23-29 May 2016 Final Team and Individual Qualifying Tournament (FTQT and FIQT): Antalya 2016 Archery World Cup stage 3 (TUR), 13-19 June 2016

Paralympic

Principle Qualifying Tournament: Donaueschingen 2015 World Archery Para Championships (GER), 23-28 August 2015 Americas: Toronto 2015 Para Pan-American Games (CAN), 8-11 August 2015 Asia: Bangkok 2015 World Archery Asia Para Championships (THA), 10-19 November 2015 Europe: Challans 2016 World Archery Europe Para Championships (FRA), 2-10 April 2016 Final Qualifying Tournament: Event host applications required, May – June 2016

Member Associations interested in hosting the Final Qualifying Tournament for the Paralympic Games should submit their candidature to World Archery before June 2015. The event host will be allocated at the Executive Board meeting during the Copenhagen 2015 World Archery Congress.

The top three individual finishers in the men’s W1, compound open and recurve, women’s compound and recurve at each Paralympic qualifying event will win one Rio 2016 qualification spot for their National Paralympic Committee.

The top individual finisher in the women’s W1 at each Paralympic qualifying event will win one Rio 2016 qualification spot for their National Paralympic Committee.

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