VARIOUS ARCHERY TOURNAMENTS

International competitions in archery are regulated under the rules of the International Archery Federation (FITA).

Here are the disciplines listed by FITA:

1.OUTDOOR ARCHERY:

        

a.THE 1440 ROUND:-

36 arrows at each distance of 90, 70, 50, 30 meters for men and 70, 60, 50, 30 meters for women. This makes a maximum score of 1440 points. A target face of 122 cm is used for the two longer distances and a face of 80 cm is used for the two shorter distances.

b.THE 900 ROUND:-

30 arrows at the distances 60, 50, 40 meters for both men and women. The 122 cm face is used for all distances.

INDOOR ARCHERY:

Indoor archery is shot at the distances 18 and 25 meters.

FIELD ARCHERY:

Field Archery is shot in the countryside with the targets placed on a path. The distances are a mixture of known and unknown. You shoot at different angels, both uphill and downhill.

3D ARCHERY:

3D Archery is shot at 3 dimensional animal imitational targets.

PARA ARCHERY:

Archery is an ideal sport for people with disabilities. They compete in different categories depending if they sit in a wheelchair or not. Archery is a sport in the Paralympics.

SKI-ARCHERY:

Ski Archery is a combination of Archery and Nordic cross-country skiing.

RUN ARCHERY:

Run Archery is a new type of archery competition. It combines cross-country running with archery. Ski-archers often compete in this discipline during the summer.

FLIGHT ARCHERY:

Very simple rules in this discipline: Shoot as long distance as you can.

CLOUT ARCHERY: 

Clout you shoot a long distance and the target zone is on the ground.

Archery is also an Olympic sport and a special round is designed for the Olympics:

The Olympic round in archery

The Archers first shoot 72 arrows at 70 meters, and the 64 best archers are placed in a match-play ladder. Number one meets number 64 and so on. In the match-play the archers just shoot 12 arrows each match.