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{{Short description|International archery governing body}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = World Archery
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| abbreviation             = WA (formerly FITA)
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| formation                = {{Start date and age|1931|09|04|df=y}}
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| founding_location        = Lwow, Poland (today [[Lviv]], Ukraine)
| type                     = [[List of international sport federations|Federation of national associations]]
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| headquarters             = [[Lausanne]], Switzerland
| coords                   = 
| region_served            = Worldwide
| membership               = 159
national and other associations
| language                 = English
| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = Greg Easton
| leader_title2            = First Vice-president
| leader_name2             = Jörg Brokamp
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| affiliations             = [[International Olympic Committee]], [[International World Games Association]]
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}}

'''World Archery''' ('''WA''', formerly '''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc''' – '''FITA''') is the [[sport governing body|governing body]] of the sport of [[archery]]. It is based in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the [[International Olympic Committee]].

==History==
FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] (today [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]]). Its seven founding member states were France, [[Czechoslovakia]], Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of World Archery |url=https://worldarchery.sport/History-World-Archery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926213729/https://worldarchery.sport/History-World-Archery |archive-date=26 September 2020 |access-date=8 November 2015 |publisher=World Archery Federation |language=en}}</ref> The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the [[Olympic Games]] (the sport had not been featured since 1920). FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]].

To celebrate the organization's 80th anniversary in July 2011, a large majority of the FITA Congress voted to change the name from FITA to the World Archery or WA.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mieville|first=Didier|title=Darrell Pace Named Athlete of Century; FITA Becomes World Archery Federation|url=http://usarchery.org/news/2011/07/01/darrell-pace-named-athlete-of-century-fita-becomes-world-archery-federation/43219|work=World Archery Communications|publisher=FITA Communication|access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>

In March 2022, in the wake of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the federation announced that no athlete, team official, or technical official from Russia or Belarus will be permitted to participate in any international archery event, their flags and anthems are banned, and no archery events would be held in the two countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldarchery.sport/news/200632/russia-and-belarus-prohibited-participating-international-events|title=Russia and Belarus prohibited from participating in international events|website=World Archery}}</ref>

In July 2023, on the question that whether or not to re-allow athletics with Russian and/or Belarusian passports to participant international archery competitions under neutral identities, World Archery asked both national archery federations to submit personal data for investigations, as both federations denied to complete such requirements, WA said that it's unlikely to allow neutral athletes unless once procedure can be completely followed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldarchery.sport/news/201306/update-eligibility-athletes-russianbelarusian-passport-issued-world-archery-congress|title=Update on eligibility of athletes with Russian/Belarusian passport issued at World Archery Congress|access-date=10 January 2024|date=27 July 2023|website=World Archery}}</ref>

In December 2023, World Archery launched its own [[Over-the-top media service|OTT Service]] with a [[subscription video on demand]] model and live streaming of main events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasule |first=Melissa |date=12 December 2023 |title=World Archery taps Joymo to launch dedicated OTT platform - Digital TV Europe |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2023/12/12/world-archery-taps-joymo-to-launch-dedicated-ott-platform/ |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=Digital TV Europe}}</ref>

==Identity==

=== Flag ===
{{Infobox flag
| Name = World Archery
| Article = 
| Nickname = 
| Image = World Archery flag.svg
| Use = Sport
| Symbol = {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion = 3:5
| Adoption = 1 April 2012
| Design = White field with a WA logo
}}

The WA flag has a white background, with the organization's logo in the middle.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://worldarchery.sport/news/200684/olympic-qualification-procedure-released-archery-paris-2024|title=Olympic qualification procedure released for archery at Paris 2024|date=12 April 2022|website=World Archery}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scasarchery.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/judging/Bk1_Art1.26.2_World_Archery_flag.pdf|title=Book 1, Chapter 1, Art. 1.26.2|date=15 September 2016|website=Southern Counties Archery Society}}</ref>

== Member associations==
{{Further|:Category:National members of the World Archery Federation}}

As of April 2019, 159 national federations and other associations are members of World Archery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldarchery.sport/members|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628085311/http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/home/organisation/memberassociations.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Members|archive-date=28 June 2013|website=World Archery}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=12.5em}}
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Argentina
* [[National Archery Federation of Armenia|Armenia]]
* [[American Samoa]]
* [[Archery Australia|Australia]]
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belgium
* Benin
* Bermuda
* Belarus
* [[Archery in Bhutan|Bhutan]]
* [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Bulgaria
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Cambodia
* Canada
* Chad
* Chile
* [[Chinese Archery Association|China]]
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Costa Rica
* [[Côte d'Ivoire]]
* [[Croatia]]
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* DR Congo
* Denmark
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* [[Falkland Islands]]
* [[Faroe Islands]]
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
* [[Great Britain]]
* Greece
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Haiti
* Honduras
* [[Hong Kong, China]]
* Hungary
* Iceland
* [[Archery in India|India]]
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* [[Macau]]
* Macedonia
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Malta
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Norfolk Island
* North Korea
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* [[Philippine Archers' National Network and Alliance|Philippines]]
* Poland
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Samoa
* San Marino
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* [[Tahiti]]
* [[Chinese Taipei]] (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United States
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* [[US Virgin Islands]]
* Zimbabwe
{{div col end}}

==Rankings==
{{main|World Archery Rankings}}
World Archery publishes world rankings for each category of outdoor competitive archery (men / women; recurve / compound; individual / team / mixed team), updated following every official eligible event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/results/worldranking/nationranking.aspx |access-date=10 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831143123/http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/results/worldranking/nationranking.aspx |archive-date=31 August 2013 |title=Search }}</ref>

Each archer earns a ranking score for each competition. The ranking scores are calculated through a combination of the ranking factor of the tournament (as determined by the quality of competition, the number of competitors, and how recently the competition took place) and points based on the competitor's final position in the competition. The archer's four highest ranking scores are then combined to form their 'Added Ranking Score', which forms the basis of the ranking list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/World%20Ranking/WorldRanking_CalculationSystem.pdf |access-date=10 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228065232/http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/World%20Ranking/WorldRanking_CalculationSystem.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 |title=Search }}</ref>
===Current rankings===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Current number one ranked archers
|-
! colspan=6| Outdoor
|-
!width=100|Discipline
!width=220|Men
!width=220|Women
!width=150|Men's Team
!width=150|Women's Team
!width=150|Mixed Team
|-
|[[Recurve bow|Recurve]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Brady Ellison]]|USA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lim Si-hyeon]]|KOR}}
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[South Korea]]
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[South Korea]]
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[South Korea]]
|-
|[[Compound bow|Compound]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Mathias Fullerton]]|DEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Becerra]]|MEX}}
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
|-
! colspan=6| <small>Last Updated: 30 September 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldarchery.sport/world-ranking|title=World Rankings - World Archery|website=worldarchery.org}}</ref></small>
|}

==Editions==
{{See also|World Archery Championships}}
The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="row" style="background:#f7f6a8; width:4em;"|
|Denotes inaugural event
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
! scope="col" ! rowspan="2" !  style="width:30px; background:#efefef;"| Year
! scope="col" ! colspan="7" !  style="width:910px; background:#efefef;"| World Championships
|-  style="background:#efefef; border-bottom:2px solid gray;"
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''Outdoor'''
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''Indoor'''
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''Youth'''
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''Para'''
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''Field'''
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''University'''
| !  style="width:130px; "|'''3D'''
|-
| 1931
|style="background:#f7f6a8"| {{flagicon|POL|variant=1928}} [[Lwów]]
| rowspan="45" |
| rowspan="45" |
| rowspan="52" |
| rowspan="28" |
| rowspan="50" |
| rowspan="57" |
|-
| 1932
| {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Warsaw]]
|-
| 1933
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[London]]
|-
| 1934
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Båstad]]
|-
| 1935
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Brussels]]
|-
| 1936
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
|-
| 1937
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
|-
| 1938
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[London]]
|-
| 1939
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
|-
| 1946
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
|-
| 1947
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
|-
| 1948
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[London]]
|-
| 1949
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
|-
| 1950
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]]
|-
| 1952
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Brussels]]
|-
| 1953
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
|-
| 1955
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
|-
| 1957
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
|-
| 1958
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Brussels]]
|-
| 1959
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
|-
| 1960
|
|-
| 1961
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
|-
| 1962
|
|-
| 1963
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
|-
| 1965
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Västerås]]
|-
| 1966
|
|-
| 1967
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Amersfoort]]
|-
| 1968
|
|-
| 1969
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Valley Forge National Historical Park|Valley Forge]]
|style="background:#f7f6a8"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Valley Forge National Historical Park|Valley Forge]]
|-
| 1970
|
|
|-
| 1971
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[York]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Cardiff]]
|-
| 1973
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grenoble]]
| 
|-
| 1974
|
| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Zagreb]]
|-
| 1975
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Interlaken]]
|  
|-
| 1977
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Canberra]]
| 
|-
| 1979
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Berlin]]
|  
|-
| 1981
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Punta Ala]]
| 
|-
| 1982
|
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kingsclere]]
|-
| 1983
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]]
|  
|-
| 1984
| 
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Hyvinkää]]
|-
| 1985
| {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Seoul]]
| 
|-
| 1986
|
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Radstadt]]
|-
| 1987
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adelaide]]
| 
|-
| 1989
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]]
|
|-
| 1990
|
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Loen, Norway|Loen]]
|-
| 1991
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Kraków]]
|style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oulu]] 
|style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sandefjord]]
|
|-
| 1992
| 
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Margraten]]
|-
| 1993
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Antalya]] 
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Perpignan]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Moliets-et-Maa]]
|
|-
| 1994
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roncegno]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Vertus]] 
|-
| 1995
| {{flagicon|INA}} [[Jakarta]] 
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Birmingham]] 
| 
|
|-
| 1996
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chula Vista, California|Chula Vista]]
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Kranjska Gora]]
|style="background:#f7f6a8"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Vaulx-en-Velin]] 
|-
| 1997
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Istanbul]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| 1998
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sunne, Sweden|Sunne]]
|style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stoke Mandeville]] 
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Obergurgl]] 
| [[File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg|22px]] [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]] 
|-
| 1999
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Riom]]
| {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Havana]]
|
| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Christchurch]] 
| 
| 
|-
| 2000
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Belfort]]
| 
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]]
|-
| 2001
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2001 World Archery Championships|Beijing]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Florence, Italy|Florence]]
| 
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Nymburk]]
| 
| 
|-
| 2002
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Nymburk]]
| 
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Canberra]]
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Chonburi (city)|Chonburi]]
|-
| 2003
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[2003 World Archery Championships|New York]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nîmes]]
| 
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]]
| 
|
|style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sully-sur-Loire]]
|-
| 2004
|
|
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lilleshall]]
| 
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Plitvice Lakes National Park|Plitvice]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]]
|
|-
| 2005
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[2005 World Archery Championships|Madrid]]
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aalborg]] 
| 
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massa Carrara]]  
| 
| 
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Genoa]]
|-
| 2006
|
| 
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]] 
| 
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]] 
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Viničné]] 
|
|-
| 2007 
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[2007 World Archery Championships|Leipzig]] 
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[İzmir]] 
| 
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cheongju]] 
| 
|
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Sopron]]  
|-
| 2008 
| 
|
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Antalya]] 
| 
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Llwynypia]]
| [[File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg|22px]] [[Tainan]] 
| 
|-
| 2009 
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[2009 World Archery Championships|Ulsan]] 
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Rzeszów]] 
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Nymburk]] 
| 
|
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Latina, Lazio|Latina]]
|-
| 2010 
| 
|
|
|
| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Visegrád]] 
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shenzhen]] 
| 
|-
| 2011 
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[2011 World Archery Championships|Turin]]
| 
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Legnica]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Turin]] 
|
| 
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Donnersbach]]
|-
|2012
|
| {{Flagicon|USA}} {{br}} [[2012 World Indoor Archery Championships|Las Vegas]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 2013 
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[2013 World Archery Championships|Belek]] 
| 
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wuxi]]
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Bangkok]] 
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sassari]] 
|-
| 2014
|
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} {{br}} [[2014 World Indoor Archery Championships|Nîmes]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 2015
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[2015 World Archery Championships|Copenhagen]] 
| 
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]] 
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Donaueschingen]]
|
|
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Terni]]
|-
| 2016
|
| {{Flagicon|TUR}} {{br}} [[2016 World Indoor Archery Championships|Ankara]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 2017
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[2017 World Archery Championships|Mexico City]] 
| 
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Rosario]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing]]
|
|
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wrocław]]
|-
| 2018
|
| {{Flagicon|USA}} {{br}} [[2018 World Indoor Archery Championships|Yankton]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2019
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[2019 World Archery Championships|'s-Hertogenbosch]]
|
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Madrid]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [['s-Hertogenbosch]]
|
|
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lac La Biche, Alberta|Lac La Biche]]
|-
|2021
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]]
|
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wrocław]]
|
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Yankton, South Dakota|Yankton]]
|
|
|-
|2022
|
|
|
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]]
|
|
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Terni]]
|-
|2023
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[2023 World Archery Championships|Berlin]]
|
|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Limerick]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Plzeň]]
|
|
|
|}

==Tournaments==

===Summer Olympics===
[[File:Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (8237864817).jpg|thumb|right|Sharon Vennard and Yan Huilian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]
[[File:Archery at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (8238934528).jpg|thumb|right|Some targets and a windsock at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]
{{See also|Archery at the Summer Olympics}}
Archery was first competed at the [[Summer Olympic Games]] in 1900 and, after a long hiatus from 1924, became a regular event from [[Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]. Team events were added in [[Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]. [[Recurve bow|Recurve archery]] is currently the only discipline competed at the Olympics.

Archery is also competed at the [[Archery at the Summer Paralympics|Summer Paralympics]] ([[Recurve bow|recurve]] and [[Compound bow|compound]] disciplines), the [[Youth Olympic Games]] ([[Recurve bow|recurve]] only), and the [[World Games]] ([[Field archery]] only).

===World Championships===
{{See also|World Archery Championships}}
* [[World Archery Championships|World Target Championships]]
** [[World Outdoor Archery Championships]]
** [[World Indoor Archery Championships]]
* [[World Field Archery Championships]]
* [[World 3D Archery Championships]]
* [[World Ski Archery Championships]]
* [[World Para Archery Championships]]
* [[World Youth Archery Championships]]
* [[World University Archery Championships]]
FITA began holding [[Target World Championship]]s in 1931. They were held every year until 1959, when the Championships became biennial events. 1959 was also the first year that FITA held the World Field Championship.

Presently, there are five principal formats of the [[World Archery Championships]]: Outdoor, Indoor, Youth, Para-Archery, and [[Field archery|Field]]. Each is held every two years on different rotations. World Championships are also held every two years in [[Modern competitive archery#3D archery|3D archery]] and University sport. In 2007, a [[Modern competitive archery#Ski archery|ski archery]] World Championships was held in Moscow; this is yet to be repeated and is not included in the current rotation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/worldchampionships/worldchampionshipshome.aspx |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624022220/http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/worldchampionships/worldchampionshipshome.aspx |archive-date=24 June 2013 |title=World Archery > WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS > World Championships Home }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Number !! Events !! First !! Last 
|-
|  align=center|1 || [[World Outdoor Archery Championships|World Outdoor Target Championships]] || 1931 || 2019 (50th)
|- 
|  align=center|2 || [[World Indoor Archery Championships|World Indoor Target Championships]] || 1991 || 2018 (14th)
|-
|  align=center|3 || [[World Field Archery Championships]] || 1969 || 2018 (26th)
|- 
|  align=center|4 || [[World 3D Archery Championships]] || 2003 || 2019 (9th)
|-
|  align=center|5 || [[World Ski Archery Championships]] || 1999 || 2017 (10th)
|-
|  align=center|6 || [[World Para Archery Championships]] || 1998 || 2019 (12th)
|-
|  align=center|7 || [[World Youth Archery Championships]] || 1991 || 2019 (16th)
|-
|  align=center|8 || [[World University Archery Championships]] || 1996 || 2016 (11th)
|-
|}

===World Cup===
{{See also|Archery World Cup}}

The [[Archery World Cup]] is an annual event that was inaugurated in [[2006 Archery World Cup|2006]]. It is designed to present archery in 'spectacular' locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/home.aspx |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613180921/http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/home.aspx |archive-date=13 June 2013 |title=Search }}</ref>

The format consists of 4 rounds competed across the world during a calendar year. The best individual and mixed team performers across these rounds are then invited to compete in the World Cup Final at the end of the year.<ref>[http://www.worldarchery.org/UserFiles/Document/FITA%20website/05%20Rules/04%20World%20Cup%20Rules/13_Rules_WorldCup.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008072616/http://www.worldarchery.org/UserFiles/Document/FITA%20website/05%20Rules/04%20World%20Cup%20Rules/13_Rules_WorldCup.pdf|date=8 October 2013}}</ref>

An indoor World Cup, competed in 3 rounds with a final during the winter season, was inaugurated in the 2010–11 season.

===Other===

Archery is an optional sport at the [[Universiade sports|Universiade]] and the [[Commonwealth Games sports|Commonwealth Games]].

===Current champions===

The following archers are the current champions of the major World Archery Federation events:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"|Discipline
! style="width:120px;"|Event
! style="width:250px;"|[[List of Olympic medalists in archery|Summer Olympics]]<br><small>''[[Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024]]''</small>
! style="width:250px;"|[[List of World Championships medalists in archery|World Championships]]<br><small>''[[2025 World Archery Championships|2025]]''</small>
! style="width:250px;"|[[Archery World Cup|World Cup Series Final]]<br><small>''[[2025 Archery World Cup|2025]]''</small>
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Recurve bow|Recurve]]
|Men's Individual
|{{flagathlete|[[Kim Woo-jin (archer)|Kim Woo-jin]]|KOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrés Temiño]]|ESP}} 
|{{flagathlete|[[Kim Woo-jin (archer)|Kim Woo-jin]]|KOR}}
|-
|Women's Individual
|{{flagathlete|[[Lim Si-hyeon]]|KOR}}
|TBD
|{{flagathlete|[[Li Jiaman]]|CHN}}
|-
|Men's Team
| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2024 Summer}}<br><small> [[Kim Je-deok]]<br>[[Kim Woo-jin (archer)|Kim Woo-jin]]<br>[[Lee Woo-seok]]</small>
| {{KOR}}<br><small> [[Kim Je-deok]]<br>[[Kim Woo-jin (archer)|Kim Woo-jin]]<br>[[Lee Woo-seok]]</small>
|rowspan=3 style="background:#DCDCDC;"| 
|-
|Women's Team
| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2024 Summer}}<br><small>[[Jeon Hun-young]]<br>[[Lim Si-hyeon]]<br>[[Nam Su-hyeon]]</small>
| {{TPE}}<br><small>[[Chiu Yi-ching]]<br>[[Hsu Hsin-tzu]]<br>[[Li Cai-xuan]]</small>
|-
|Mixed Team
| {{flagIOCteam|KOR|2024 Summer}}<br><small>[[Lim Si-hyeon]]<br />[[Kim Woo-jin (archer)|Kim Woo-jin]]</small>
|{{ESP}}<br /><small>[[Elia Canales]]<br />[[Andrés Temiño]]</small>
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Compound bow|Compound]]
|Men's Individual
|rowspan=5 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|
|{{flagathlete|[[Nicolas Girard (archer)|Nicolas Girard]]|FRA}} 
|{{flagathlete|[[James Lutz]]|USA}}
|-
|Women's Individual
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Becerra]]|MEX}} 
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariana Bernal]]|MEX}}   
|-
|Men's Team
| {{IND}}<br /><small>[[Prathamesh Fuge]]<br />[[Aman Saini]]<br />[[Rishabh Yadav]]</small>
|rowspan=3 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|
|-
|Women's Team
| {{MEX}}<br /><small>[[Andrea Becerra]]<br />[[Mariana Bernal]]<br />[[Adriana Castillo (archer)|Adriana Castillo]]</small>
|-
|Mixed Team
| {{NED}}<br /><small>[[Sanne de Laat]]<br />[[Mike Schloesser]]</small>
|-
|}

==Presidents==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Period !! Name !! Country
|-
| {{center|1931}}|| Mieczysław Fularski || {{Flag|Poland|1928}}
|-
| 1931 – 1939 || Bronisław Pierzchała || {{Flag|Poland|1928}}
|-
| 1946 – 1949|| Paul Demare	|| {{FRA}}
|-
| 1949 – 1957||Henry Kjellson || {{SWE}}
|-
| 1957 – 1961||Oscar Kessels || {{BEL}}
|-
| 1961 – 1977||[[Inger K. Frith|Inger Kristine Frith]] || {{GBR2}}
|-
| 1977 – 1989||Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone || {{ITA}}
|-
| 1989 – 2005||[[James L. Easton]] || {{USA}}
|-
| 2005 – 2025 ||[[Uğur Erdener]] || {{TUR}}
|-
| 2025 – ||Greg Easton || {{USA}}

|}

== See also ==
* [[List of shooting sports organizations]]

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.worldarchery.sport/}}
* [https://archery.tv/home Archery.tv] (Official Streaming Service)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171807/http://www.texasarchery.org/Documents/NAAHist/HistoryOfTheFederationInternationaleDeTirLArcOpt.pdf History of FITA 1931–1961 by Robert Rhode] (archived)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019135241/http://www.texasarchery.org/Documents/NAAHist/ArcheryChampions4thEdPHOpt.pdf Archery Champions by Robert Rhode] (archived)

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