Archery World Cup rules, final schedule released for 2025

The Archery World Cup trophy in Tlaxcala.

The dates of the 2025 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Nanjing have been confirmed for 18-19 October, completing the international schedule for the upcoming season.

Stages will take place monthly from April to July in Central Florida (USA), Shanghai (China), Antalya (Türkiye) and Madrid (Spain). Stage winners and consistent finishers book places at the season finale and a shot at the 400,000+ CHF prize fund.

There are minimal alterations to the rules in 2025, the most significant being the removal of an early elimination round in the case of high attendance at a stage. Only the top 64 qualifiers in each category will advance to matchplay and there are no byes.

The biggest change to the World Cup rules only comes into force in 2026.

From the start of next season, which will be the 20th for archery’s annual international tour, archers must have recorded a score that exceeds a minimum competition standard at a world ranking event or registered national championships to participate in a World Cup stage.

The standard is set at 640 points for recurve men, 610 for recurve women, 674 for compound men and 654 for compound women over the 72-arrow qualifying round.

Calendar: 2025 Hyundai Archery World Cup 

EventDatesCityCountry
Stage 18-13 AprilCentral FloridaUSA flag USA
Stage 26-11 MayShanghaiCHN flag China
Stage 33-8 JuneAntalya Türkiye
Stage 48-13 JulyMadridESP flag Spain
Final18-19 OctoberNanjing China

Facts and figures

Shanghai hosts a stage of the tour for the 15th time in 2025, Antalya for the 18th.

The Hyundai Archery World Cup Final has never previously been held in China. The final returns to Mexico for another three years from 2026.

Haines City in Central Florida becomes the fourth US town to host a leg of the circuit after Odgen (stage in 2010-2012), Salt Lake City (stage in 2017-2018) and Yankton (final in 2021).

Spain has never held a World Cup event before. Madrid did have the World Archery Youth Championships in 2019.

The World Cup enters in 19th season in 2025. It would be the 20th had the event not been cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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