Archery World Cup Final: Competitors, format and more – all you need to know about the season finale

India has sent its biggest contingent for the Archery World Cup Final in Hermosillo, Mexico, as five archers have qualified for the season finale.

The event, scheduled to take place on September 9 and 10, features the winners of the four World Cup Stages that were held in Antalya (Turkey), Shanghai (China), Medellin (Colombia) and Paris (France). Additionally, the best ranked archers make the cut along with one host country representative.

In all, there will be eight competitors each in the men’s and women’s recurve and compound events.

Indians competing

India has strong representation in the compound archery events.

In the men’s category, Prathamesh Jawkar qualified by winning the World Cup stage in Shanghai, while Abhishek Verma will compete after winning the World Cup in Medellin.

In the women’s compound event, Jyothi Surekha Vennam qualified after winning gold in Antalya. She will line up alongside compatriot Aditi Swami, who won the Under-17 and senior World Championships within the space of a month. Swami herself earned the spot at the Finals based on her ranking.

Also competing is Dhiraj Bommadevara, who qualified based on his ranking in the men’s recurve event.

India has no representation in the women’s recurve event.

Format

Unlike in the World Cup stages, the Final will not have any qualification round to decide seeds.

Each event starts directly in the quarter-final, with the winners of each match making it through...

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