EVENT RULES

Event Information

Date: 7 Dec 2023 to 10 Dec 2023
Venue: NTSU Arena, Taoyuan City
Registration period: Registration on OpenWAREOS, 1 July 2023 to 30 Nov 2023. For any questions regarding the OpenWAREOS, please contact: support@archery.sport

Categories: recurve men (RM), recurve women (RW), compound men (CM) and compound women (CW)
Distance for all divisions: 18 M
Qualification: Archers should go over 60 arrows+ Matches in the QUALIFICATION ROUND. The top 32 athletes after the qualification rounds of each division will qualify for the ELIMINATION ROUNDs. In case of a tie at the 32^nd place after the qualification round a shoot off will be organized.
Elite Ranking Points
World Archery will produce an elite Indoor World Series ranking list from the points accumulated from the positional points based on the final ranking achieved at each stage to identify who qualifies for the Indoor World Series Final in Las Vegas. The following table illustrates the distribution of elite ranking points. Elite ranking points will be only available to the following categories: recurve men (RM), recurve women (RW), compound men (CM) and compound women (CW).

Target:The 40 cm normal vertical format and triangular triple-spot target face with gold – red– blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas will be used in the following situation:

IWS Qualification & Elimination Round- normal vertical format

IWS Final- triangular triple-spot target

Categories: recurve men (RM), recurve women (RW), compound men (CM) and compound women (CW)
Distance for all divisions: 18 M
Qualification: Archers who are not qualified for the ELIMINATION ROUNDS may attend the secondary tournament. Each category in the second tournament has to reach at least 8 archers, if the condition is not met, the category will not be added. 1 end warm up immediately followed by 4 ends of 3 arrows, target will be using official target of the division. In case of a perfect tie after the 12 arrows, the athletes will be ranked by the qualification round, if a tie persist both archers will get the same award.
Target: The 40 cm normal vertical format triple-spot target face with gold – red– blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas will be used.

Secondary Tournament target paper

Position	Secondary Tournament Recurve	Secondary Tournament Compound
1 st	1 Sight	1 Sight
2 nd	1 Stabilization	1 Stabilization
3 rd	1 Plunger	1 Peep Sight kit

Categories: recurve 50+ women (R50W), recurve 50+ men(R50M), compound 50+ women (C50W), compound 50+ men (C50M)
Distance for all divisions: 18 M
Qualification: This tournament only open for archers over 50 years old (born before 31/12/1973). All the 50+ archers should go over 60 arrows + matches in the QUALIFICATION ROUND. The top 8 archers after the qualification rounds of each division will qualify for the ELIMINATION ROUNDS.
Target: The 40 cm normal vertical format and triangular triple-spot target face with gold – red– blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas will be used in the following situation:

50+ Qualification & Elimination Round- normal vertical format

50+ Final- triangular triple-spot target

Categories: recurve men (RU21M), recurve women (RU21W), compound
men (CU21M) and compound women (CU21W)
Distance for all divisions: 18 M
Qualification: This tournament only open for archers under 21 years old (born after 1/1/200 3 ). All the U21 archers should go over 60 arrows in the QUALIFICATION ROUND. The top 8 archers after the qualification rounds of each division will qualify for the ELIMINATION ROUNDS. In case of a tie at the 8th place after the qualification round a shoot off will be organized.
Target: The 40 cm normal vertical format and triangular triple-spot target face with gold – red– blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas will be used in the following situation:

U21 Qualification & Elimination Round- normal vertical format

U21 Final- triangular triple-spot target

Categories: recurve men (RU15B), recurve women (RU15G),
Distance for all divisions: 18 M
Qualification: This tournament only open for archers under 15 years old (born after 1/1/2009). All the U15 archers should go over 60 arrows + matches in the QUALIFICATION ROUND. The top 8 archers after the qualification rounds of each division will qualify for the ELIMINATION ROUNDS. In case of a tie at the 8th place after the qualification round a shoot off will be organized.
Target: The 60 cm single-spot face with gold – red– blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas will be used in the following situation:

U15 Qualification , Elimination Round & Final Target Paper

Categories: recurve men (RU12B), recurve women (RU12G),
Distance for all divisions: 18 M
Qualification: This tournament only open for archers under 12 years old (born after 1/1/2012). All the U12 archers should go over 60 arrows + matches in the QUALIFICATION ROUND. The top 8 archers after the qualification rounds of each division will qualify for the ELIMINATION ROUNDS.
Target: The 60 cm single-spot face with gold – red– blue (10-9-8-7-6) scoring areas will be used in the following situation:

U12 Qualification , Elimination Round & Final Target Paper

Archers may only register in ONE category and division and will remain in the same division during the competition.