
The 2014
Archery World Cup
The Archery World Cup is a competition organized by World Archery, where the archers compete in four stages in four countries and the best eight archers of each category (from 2010, four archers during 2006–09) advance to an additional stage to ...
was the 9th edition of the annual international archery circuit, organised by the
World Archery Federation
World Archery (WA, formerly ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'' (FITA)) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, a ...
.
American
Brady Ellison
Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned ...
won the men's
recurve competition for a record third time, beating 16-year-old
Marcus D'Almeida in the final by shoot off. The winners in the other events were all from the Americas.
Competition rules and scoring
The
compound
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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.
The
recurve legs consisted of a 1440 qualification round (formerly called a FITA round), followed by a 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.
The scores awarded in the four stages were as follows:
Individual scoring
Mixed team scoring
Hosts
Calendar
Results
Recurve
Men's individual
Women's individual
Men's team
Women's team
Mixed team
Compound
Men's individual
Women's individual
Men's team
Women's team
Mixed team
Medals table
Qualification
Recurve
Men's individual
1. Qualified but withdrew
Women's individual
1. Qualified but withdrew
Mixed team
Compound
Men's individual
1. Qualified but withdrew
Women's individual
Mixed team
Nations ranking
World Cup Final
With the exception of the highest ranked
recurve archers
Oh Jin-hyek
Oh Jin-hyek (; , Hanja: 吳真爀; born 15 August 1981) is a South Korean archer. Oh first competed for the Korean national team in 1999, but did not win a major individual international tournament until he won th ...
and
Jung Dasomi
Jung Dasomi (; born 23 November 1990) is an archer from South Korea who specialises in recurve archery. Jung made a highly successful debut in international archery in 2011, winning medals at the World Archery Championships, Archery World Cup ...
, the qualified athletes from
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
declined invitations to the World Cup Final in order to focus on the
Asian Games
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, and were replaced by the next highest qualifiers. The final places were filled by representatives from the host nation,
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
.
Recurve
Men's individual
Women's individual
Mixed team
Compound
Men's individual
Women's individual
Mixed team
References
External links
Competition format
Competition rules
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World Cup
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2014 in Swiss sport
International archery competitions hosted by Switzerland
Sports competitions in Lausanne
September 2014 sports events in Europe