The World Archery Federation (WA, also and formerly known as FITA from the French ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'') is the
governing body
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of the sport of
archery. It is based in
Lausanne
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, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
.
History
FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow,
Poland
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(today
Lviv
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,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
). Its seven founding member states were France,
Czechoslovakia
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, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy. The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
(the sport had not been featured since 1920). FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
.
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 Federation or WA.
In March 2022, in the wake of the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
, 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.
Identity
Flag
The WA flag has a white background, with the organization's logo in the middle.
Member associations
As of April 2019, 159 national federations and other associations are members of World Archery.
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Argentina
*
Armenia
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*
American Samoa
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* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belgium
* Benin
* Bermuda
* Belarus
*
Bhutan
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*
Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Bulgaria
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Cambodia
* Canada
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Costa Rica
*
Cote d'Ivoire
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*
Croatia
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* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* DR Congo
* Denmark
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Eritrea
* Estonia
*
Falkland Islands
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*
Faroe Islands
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They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
*
Great Britain
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* Greece
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Haiti
* Honduras
*
Hong Kong, China
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* Hungary
* Iceland
*
India
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* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
*
Macau
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* 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
*
Philippines
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* 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
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*
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United States
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
*
US Virgin Islands
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* Zimbabwe
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.
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.
Current rankings
Current number one ranked archers
*''Updated 30 September 2021''
Summary Championships
The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:
Events
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
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
. Team events were added in
1988
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.
Recurve archery is currently the only discipline competed at the Olympics.
Archery is also competed at the
Summer Paralympics (
recurve and
compound
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Architecture and built environments
* Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall
** Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive struc ...
disciplines), the
Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consiste ...
(
recurve only), and the
World Games
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(
Field archery only).
World Cup
The
Archery World Cup is an annual event that was inaugurated in
2006. It is designed to present archery in 'spectacular' locations.
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.
An indoor World Cup, competed in 3 rounds with a final during the winter season, was inaugurated in the 2010–11 season.
World Championships
*
World Target Championships
**
World Outdoor Archery Championships
**
World Indoor Archery Championships The World Indoor Archery Championships, an international competition in archery, have been held in alternate years since 1991 (except for a three-year gap 2009–2012), each time in a different host city. There are events in adult and junior ca ...
*
World Field Archery Championships
*
World 3D Archery Championships
*
World Ski Archery Championships
*
World Para Archery Championships
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World Youth Archery Championships The World Youth Archery Championships, an international competition in archery, have been held in alternate years since 1991 each time in a different host city. There are events in cadet and junior categories using the recurve and compound bows. ...
*
World University Archery Championships
FITA began holding
Target World Championships 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
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 ...
: Outdoor, Indoor, Youth, Para-Archery, and
Field
Field may refer to:
Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
* Lawn, an area of mowed grass
* Meadow, a grass ...
. Each is held every two years on different rotations. World Championships are also held every two years in
3D archery and University sport. In 2007, a
ski archery World Championships was held in Moscow; this is yet to be repeated and is not included in the current rotation.
Other
Archery is an optional sport at the
Universiade
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad".
The Universiade is referred ...
and the
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
.
Current champions
The following archers are the current champions of the major World Archery Federation events:
Presidents
See also
*
List of shooting sports organizations
This is a list of national and international shooting sports organizations who promote sport shooting to civilian sport shooters, hunters, police, military and/or military reservists.
International governing bodies
* Amateur Trapshooting As ...
References
External links
Official websiteHistory of FITA 1931-1961 by Robert RhodeArchery Champions by Robert Rhode
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Archery organizations
Arc
Arch
Sports organizations established in 1931