The Archery World Cup returns to China for the 15th time. The second of the four stops of the 2025 World Cup will be held in Lujiazui Shanghai from May 6 to May 11.
The tournament is sanctioned as an International Grade A event by World Archery, and will feature 10 disciplines across men’s and women’s recurve and compound categories, including individual, team and mixed team events.
Qualifying and elimination rounds will take place at Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium from May 6 to 9, while finals will unfold on May 10 to 11 along the Binjiang Avenue in Pudong New Area, offering spectators breathtaking views of the Huangpu River.
A total of 273 archers (92 recurve men, 73 recurve women, 65 compound men and 43 compound women) from 37 countries and regions will take part in the event to earn a spot in the Archery World Cup Final in Nanjing.
Archery World Cup Shanghai 2025: Teams
- AIN
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- China
- India
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Korea
- Macau
- China
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Spain
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Turkiye
- USA
- Vietnam
The event follows the first stage, which was in Central Florida (USA) in April, before the tour moved to Antalya (Türkiye) in June and then Madrid (Spain) in July.
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The winners from each of the four stages will qualify for the grand finale in Nanjing. They will be joined by additional athletes based on World Cup rankings, along with one athlete per discipline from the host nation, China.
Kim Woojin, James Lutz, Li Jiaman and Sara Lopez are the defending champions of the circuit that is in it’s 19th year. Colombia’s Lopez, already considered a great in compound, is bidding to win her tenth title.
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Archery World Cup Shanghai 2025: Event schedule
- Tuesday 6 May: Compound qualifying
- Wednesday 7 May: Recurve qualifying
- Thursday 8 May: Compound eliminations
- Friday 9 May: Recurve eliminations
- Saturday 10 May: Compound finals*
- Sunday 11 May: Recurve finals*
Archery World Cup Shanghai 2025: Where to watch
Coverage of the second stage of the 2025 Archery World Cup will be shown worldwide by broadcast partners and available worldwide to archery+ subscribers. Live scores will be available on the World Archery website, and there will be coverage on World Archery’s digital platforms throughout the competition.
Actions will be broadcast on following networks:
- BeIN (MENA)
- CCTV (China)
- Claro Sports (Latin America)
- Eleven (Chinese Taipei)
- Fox (Australia)
- SpoTV (Korea and Southeast Asia)
- SETIndia (Indian subcontinent)
- Rai (Italy)
- TRT (Türkiye)
Archery World Cup Shanghai 2025: Broadcast schedule
| Session | Date | Time (local) | Time (UTC) |
| Compound team finals | Saturday, 10 May | 10h00 | 02h00 |
| Compound final fours | Saturday, 10 May | 14h00 | 06h00 |
| Recurve team finals | Sunday, 11 May | 10h00 | 02h00 |
| Recurve final fours | Sunday, 11 May | 14h00 | 06h00 |
