2015 Archery World Cup

The 2015 Archery World Cup is the tenth edition of the annual Archery World Cup, organised by the World Archery Federation. The locations for the 4 preliminary stages are the same as in 2014, with the first leg in Shanghai, China from 5–10 May, the second leg on 26–31 May in Antalya, Turkey, the third leg on 11–16 August in Wroclaw, Poland, and the final leg on 8–13 September in Medellin, Colombia. The finals will be held in Mexico City on 17–18 October.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Competition rules and scoring

The compound legs consisted of a 50m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50m on a 6-zone target face, using cumulative scoring for all individual, team and mixed competitions. The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country,) plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.^[6]

The recurve legs consisted of a 1440 qualification round (formerly called a FITA round), followed by an 72m Olympic set system . The top seven individual performers (with no more than two from each country), plus one host nation representative if not already qualified, proceeded to the finals; the top mixed team performer proceeded to face the host nation at the finals, which were the same competition format as the legs. The team competition was not competed at the finals.^[7]

The scores awarded in the four stages were as follows:

Individual scoring

Position	Points[8]
1st place	25
2nd place	21
3rd place	18
4th place	15
5th place	13
6th place	12
7th place	11
8th place	10
9th-16th place	5

Mixed team scoring

Position	Points[9]
1st place	16
2nd place	12
3rd place	10
4th place	8
5th place	4
6th place	3
7th place	2
8th place	1

Results

Men

Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1	Shanghai	Compound Individual	9 May	Sebastien Peineau (FRA)	Mike Schloesser (NED)	Dominique Genet (FRA)
		Compound Team	9 May	Denmark	Iran	India
		Recurve Individual	10 May	Ku Bon-chan (KOR)	Kim Woo-jin (KOR)	Riau Ega Agatha (INA)
		Recurve Team	10 May	Japan	South Korea	Indonesia
2	Antalya
		Compound Individual	30 May	Kim Jong-ho (KOR)	Mike Schloesser (NED)	Reo Wilde (USA)
		Compound Team	30 May	United States	Denmark	South Korea
		Recurve Individual	31 May	Lee Seung-yun (KOR)	Kim Woo-jin (KOR)	Collin Klimitchek (USA)
		Recurve Team	31 May	China	South Korea	France
3	Wroclaw
		Compound Individual	15 August	Abhishek Verma (IND)	Esmaeil Ebadi (IRI)	Steve Anderson (USA)
		Compound Team	15 August	Denmark	United States	Italy
		Recurve Individual	16 August	Jean-Charles Valladont (FRA)	Zach Garrett (USA)	Anton Prilepov (BLR)
		Recurve Team	16 August	United States	Germany	China
4	Medellin
		Compound Individual	13 September	Sebastien Peineau (FRA)	Roberto Hernandez (ESA)	Reo Wilde (USA)
		Compound Team	13 September	United States	Italy	India
		Recurve Individual	12 September	Xing Yu (CHN)	Im Dong-hyun (KOR)	Rick van der Ven (NED)
		Recurve Team	12 September	South Korea	United States	China
World Cup Final
5	Mexico City
		Compound Individual	24 October	Demir Elmaagacli (TUR)	Abhishek Verma (IND)	Dominique Genet (ITA)
		Recurve Individual	25 October	Miguel Alvariño García (ESP)	Jean-Charles Valladont (FRA)	Kim Woo-jin (KOR)

Women

Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1	Shanghai	Compound Individual	9 May	Sara López (COL)	Linda Ochoa (MEX)	Stephanie Salinas (MEX)
		Compound Team	9 May	Malaysia [10]	United States[11]	Russia
		Recurve Individual	10 May	Kang Chae-young (KOR)	Choi Mi-sun (KOR)	Ki Bo-bae (KOR)
		Recurve Team	10 May	South Korea	Germany	United States
2	Antalya
		Compound Individual	30 May	Andrea Marcos (ESP)	Mariia Vinogradova (RUS)	Stephanie Salinas (MEX)
		Compound Team	30 May	Colombia	South Korea	Russia
		Recurve Individual	31 May	Choi Mi-sun (KOR)	Ki Bo-bae (KOR)	Deepika Kumari (IND) [12]
		Recurve Team	31 May	Japan	South Korea	China
3	Wroclaw
		Compound Individual	15 August	Natalia Avdeeva (RUS)	Alejandra Usquiano (COL)	Linda Ochoa (MEX)
		Compound Team	15 August	Russia	Italy	United States
		Recurve Individual	16 August	Mackenzie Brown (USA)	Ayano Kato (JPN)	Elena Richter (GER)
		Recurve Team	16 August	United States	Georgia	China
4	Medellin
		Compound Individual	13 September	Sara Lopez (COL)	Paige Pearce (USA)	Maria Eugenia Gonzalez Briozzo (ARG)
		Compound Team	13 September	Colombia	Italy	United States
		Recurve Individual	12 September	Hong Su-nam (KOR)	Lee Tuk-young (KOR)	Le Chien-ying (TPE)
		Recurve Team	12 September	Chinese Taipei	South Korea	United States
World Cup Final
5	Mexico City
		Compound Individual	24 October	Sara López (COL)	Mariia Vinogradova (RUS)	Linda Ochoa (MEX)
		Recurve Individual	25 October	Choi Mi-sun (KOR)	Deepika Kumari (IND)	Le Chien-ying (TPE)

Mixed Team

Round	Venue	Discipline	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1	Shanghai
		Compound	9 May	Colombia	Turkey	Netherlands
		Recurve	10 May	South Korea	Japan	Mexico
2	Antalya
		Compound	30 May	Denmark	South Africa	Germany
		Recurve	31 May	South Korea	China	Japan
3	Wroclaw
		Compound	15 August	Denmark	Iran	United States
		Recurve	16 August	Mexico	India	Belarus
4	Medellin
		Compound	13 September	Italy	Slovenia	United States
		Recurve	12 September	South Korea	China	Japan
World Cup Final
5	Mexico City
		Compound	24 October	Denmark	Mexico
		Recurve	25 October	South Korea	Mexico

Medal table

Key

     Final host nation
     Stage host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	11	11	2	24
2	United States	5	5	9	19
3	Colombia	5	1	-	6
4	Denmark	4	1	-	5
5	France	3	-	2	5
6	China	2	2	4	8
7	Japan	2	2	2	6
8	Russia	2	1	2	5
9	India	1	3	3	7
10	Italy	1	3	1	5
11	Mexico	1	1	4	6
12	Chinese Taipei	1	-	1	2
13	Spain	1	-	-	1
	Malaysia	1	-	-	1
15	Iran	-	3	-	3
16	Germany	-	2	2	4
	Netherlands	-	2	2	4
18	El Salvador	-	1	-	1
	Georgia	-	1	-	1
	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
	South Africa	-	1	-	1
	Turkey	-	1	-	1
23	Indonesia	-	-	2	2
	Belarus	-	-	2	2
25	Argentina	-	-	1	1
Total	25	40	40	40	120

References

1. "FITA Calendar of Events". World Archery. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
2. "Mexico City to host 2015 World Cup Final and 2017 World Championships". World Archery.
3. "Olympic Highlights". International Olympic Committee.
4. "Antalya hosts Archery World Cup 2015". Daily Sabah. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
6. "WORLD CUP 2013 Format" (PDF). FITA. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
7. "WORLD CUP 2013 Format" (PDF). FITA. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
8. "WORLD CUP 2013 Rules" (PDF). FITA. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
9. "WORLD CUP 2013 Rules" (PDF). FITA. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
10. "Malaysian Archers Strike Gold in Shanghai World Cup". Malaysian Insider. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
11. "World Cup Shanghai: Women's Teams Take Silver Bronze and Bronze in Strong Start to 2015 Season". Team USA. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
12. "Deepika Kumari wins bronze in the Recurve event at the 2015 Archery World Cup". Yahoo! News. 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-31.

External links

• Competition format
• Competition rules