The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the
World Archery Federation (WA). The first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the title World Championships is commonly reserved for the following three events:
# Outdoor World Championships in target Archery
# Indoor World Championships in target Archery
# World Championships in field Archery.
Of these, the Outdoor World Championships in target Archery is most commonly referred to as simply the 'World Archery Championships', and the winners most commonly referred to as simply "world champions". Events in those outdoor championships are held involving fixed targets at set distances, using a variety of bows, the
recurve bow from 1931 and the
compound bow since 1995.
Although less widely recognised, World Championship events are also held in Youth archery (outdoor only - field and indoor youth events are held alongside the senior championships),
Para-archery
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, University archery and
3D archery
Modern competitive archery involves shooting arrows at a target for accuracy and precision from a set distance or distances. This is the most popular form of competitive archery worldwide and is called target archery. A form particularly popula ...
. A ski archery World Championships was last held in 2007, but is not part of the current rotation.
Following the accession of archery to permanent sports at the
Summer Universiade, the university world championships will also cease to be part of the World Archery Championships rotation in 2014.
World Archery Championships Events
And for the divisions as defined in their respective chapters:
* World Archery Flight Championships;
* World Archery Ski Championships;
* World Archery Run Championships.
Despite the above provision, a World Championship does not have to be awarded if the executive board determines it is not appropriate.
Outdoor
Indoor
Field
3D
Ski Archery
The eighth Ski Archery World Championships held in
Moscow in Russia in 2013.
Para
* https://www.ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=818 - 2015
* http://ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=2040 - 2017
Youth
University
See also
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Asian Archery Championships
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African Archery Championships
The African Archery Championship (French Language, French : Championnats d'Afrique de tir à l'arc) is the Archery Top African tournament held every two years, Ruled and managed by The Federation of African Archery.
Summary of championships
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European Archery Championships
The European Archery Championships is an archery outdoor/indoor and .... championship in Europe.
Championships
1968-2012: European Mediterranean Archery Championships
2014-2022: European Archery Championships
European and Mediterranean Arch ...
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World Outdoor Archery Championships
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World Indoor Archery Championships
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World Field Archery Championships
The World Field Archery Championships is an international competition in field archery. Organised by World Archery, the Championships are held every two years, in host cities most frequently in Europe but occasionally in Australasia or North Ameri ...
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World 3D Archery Championships International competitions in Modern competitive archery, 3D archery take place every two years.
Championships
Champions
Men
Women
Mixed
Notes
References
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World Ski Archery Championships
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World Para Archery Championship
World Para Archery Championship, was first held in 1998 in the UK and take place every two years.
Events
* https://www.ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=818 - 2015
* http://ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=2040 - 2017
Champions
Recurve Standing / Open
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World Youth Archery Championships
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World University Archery Championships The World University Archery Championships, an international competition in archery, have been held in alternate years from 1996 to 2016, each time in a different host city. There are events using the recurve and compound bows. Edition
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References
External links
World Archery FederationWorld Archery Indoor Championship
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