Compliance with the Olympic Charter and other relevant rules

All athletes must respect and comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions).

Only those athletes who respect and comply with the Olympic Charter, the World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions, including the conditions of participation established by the IOC, plus the rules of World Archery, may participate in the LA28 Olympic Games.

Additional IF Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games, all athletes, including those receiving Universality places, must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS) between the first day of the Asian Games archery event and Date TBC by name at a WA-registered event.

World Archery will review the scores of all entered athletes to verify that they have achieved the requirement mentioned above. The WA Executive Committee will make the final determination on the eligibility to participate in the Olympic Games of any athlete who has not met the MQS at a WA-registered event but can demonstrate adequate proof of reaching the MQS. This process will be completed by Date 2028.

D.1.

9 athletes

(3 teams)

World Archery Championship (WAC)

NOCs of the three highest placed recurve teams, per gender, in the WAC Team competition will earn three quota places.

9 athletes

(3 teams)

Continental Championships for Europe, Asia and the Americas (CCs)

NOCs of the highest-ranked (*) team, per gender, at the CCs will obtain three quota places. Athletes from NOCs outside the defined continental area may not compete in the Continental Championships.

The final standings of the recurve team match play competition in the respective CCs will be used to allocate the following recurve team quota places:

3 athletes

(1 team)

Final World Recurve Team Qualification Tournament (FTQT)

A Final Qualification Tournament is a standalone event; it could be a separate world ranking event held before a World Cup Stage. NOCs of the highest-ranked (*) recurve team, per gender, at the FTQT will obtain three quota places. The FTQT will be open to all NOCs that did not qualify a recurve team through the World Archery Championships (WAC) and the CCs, and will be held at the end of the qualification period.

(*) When ranking is used in the system, it is the one based on the final matchplay results.

The top-ranked recurve team refers to the gold-winning team at the FTQT

If the NOC that obtained three quota places through the FTQT had already obtained one quota place for the individual competition, this individual quota place will be added to the list of available quota places at the Final World Individual Qualifying Tournament (see below).

Recurve Mixed Team Qualification

5 athletes per

gender

(5 mixed

teams)

Continental Games (CGs): Europe, Africa, Americas, Oceania and Asia

NOCs of the highest placed recurve mixed team in the Continental Recurve Mixed Team competition will earn one women’s and one men’s quota place for a total of two quota places.

Should the host country be the winner of the Pan-American Games Mixed Team competition, the next-highest placed (i.e. the silver medallist) will obtain one mixed team quota place.

Should an NOC obtain an individual quota place via a Recurve Mixed Team event, and subsequently qualify a Recurve Team quota place (three athletes) of the same gender during the qualification process, the superseded individual quota place will be reallocated to the highest-ranked athlete, from an NOC not yet qualified in that gender, from the same continent, based on the World Ranking list updated after the Final Olympic Qualifier (FQT) event.

If the mixed team event was not included on the programme of the Continental Games, the mixed team place would be allocated at the respective continental championships. In the case no continental championships are held during the qualification period, the two (2) places will be allocated at the Final Qualification Tournament.

Games time. There will be no additional specific system for the mixed team recurve event. The top 16 mixed teams from the ranking round of the Olympic Games will compete in the Mixed Team recurve event. The top men's and women's scores from countries with athletes in both genders will be used to determine the NOCs' ranking. If there is a tie for the last place (16th), a shoot-off will be conducted to determine the qualified team.

Compound Mixed Team Qualification

3 athletes per

gender

(3 compound

mixed teams)

World Archery Championship (WAC)

NOCs of the three highest-placed compound mixed teams in the WAC Mixed Compound Team competition will earn one quota place per gender.

5 athletes per

gender (5

compound

mixed teams)

Continental Games (CGs): Europe, Africa, Americas, Oceania and Asia

NOCs of the highest placed recurve mixed team in the Continental Mixed Team competition will earn one women’s and one men’s quota place for a total of two quota places.

Should the host country be the winner of the Pan-American Games Mixed Team competition, the next-highest placed (i.e. the silver medallist) will obtain one mixed team quota place.

If the mixed team event was not included on the programme of the Continental Games, the mixed team place would be allocated at the respective continental championships. In the case no continental championships are held during the qualification period, the two (2) places will be allocated at the Final Qualification Tournament.

2 athletes per

gender (2

compound

mixed teams)

Compound Mixed Team World Ranking List (TWRL)

Two compound mixed team places will be allocated to the NOC of the next-highest-ranked mixed team(s) not yet qualified, based on the World Ranking published before the FTQT (Compound Mixed Team World Ranking list).

1 athlete per

gender

(1 compound

mixed team)

Final World Compound Mixed Team Qualification Tournament (FTQT)

A Final Qualification Tournament is a standalone event; it may be a separate world-ranking event held prior to a World Cup Stage. The NOC of the highest-ranked (*) team per gender at the FTQT will obtain one quota place per gender. The FTQT will be open to all NOCs that did not qualify a team through the World Archery Championships and the Continental Games (CGs) and will be held at the end of the qualification period.

(*) When ranking is used in the system, it is based on the final matchplay results.

The top-ranked compound mixed team refers to the gold-winning team at the FTQT.

Recurve men/women individual qualification

3 athletes

World Archery Championship (WAC)

Three quota places per gender will be allocated to the NOCs of the highest-ranked recurve athletes from NOCs which have not qualified through the recurve team competition, with a maximum of one quota place per NOC.

6 athletes

Continental Games (CGs) for Asia, Europe and the Americas

NOCs of the two highest placed athletes per gender from different NOCs in the Continental Games will each earn one quota place for the relevant gender.

Pan-American Games: Should an athlete of the host country or from an NOC that has already earned a quota place finish among the two highest placed, the next highest placed athlete will obtain the corresponding quota place.

European Games – Asian Games: If an athlete from an NOC that has already earned a quota place finish among the two highest-placed athletes, the quota place will be reallocated to the next highest placed eligible athlete.

An NOC may not obtain more than one quota place per gender at the CG.

Should an NOC obtain an individual or team quota place at the World Archery Championships, having already obtained a quota place at the Continental Games for the same gender, the quota place obtained at the Continental Games will be reallocated to the Continental Qualification Tournament of the corresponding continent.

10 athletes

Continental Qualification Tournaments (CQTs)

Continental Qualification Tournament is a standalone event; it should be a separate world-ranking event held before or after the continental championships. A Continental Qualification Tournament cannot be combined with Continental Games.

If an NOC obtained a recurve quota place at the WAC or CGs, no athlete of the same gender from this NOC may compete at the CQT.

Athletes from NOCs outside the defined continental area may not compete in the CQT.

By 31 December 2026, WA will identify one Continental Qualification Tournament (CQT) in each continent. The final standings of the individual match play competition in each CQT will be used to allocate the following individual quota places:

It is understood that (i) the various quota places will be allocated to the NOC of the highest ranked athletes per gender and (ii) an NOC may not obtain more than one quota place per gender at the CQT.

2 athletes

Final World Individual Qualification Tournament (FIQT)

A Final Qualification Tournament is a standalone event; it could be a separate world ranking event held prior to a World Cup Stage.

NOCs of the two highest-ranked athletes per gender at the FIQT will obtain one quota place.

The FIQT will be open to all NOCs that have not obtained a quota place per gender through the other previous qualification events, and will be held at the end of the qualification period.

Each NOC can obtain up to one recurve quota place per gender at the FIQT.

The tournament will be held in conjunction with an Archery World Cup event to avoid additional costs for NOCs/Member Associations.

D.2.

Host country places

The host country will seek qualification places through the qualification system. The host country will automatically qualify for three quota places per gender in the recurve discipline and one quota place in the compound mixed team, provided the host country enters three athletes per gender in recurve and one athlete in the compound mixed team at the World Archery Championships.

Should the host country enter only one or two athletes per gender at the World Archery Championships, it will automatically qualify one athlete in the respective gender for the Individual Competitions if it did not obtain any places through the regular qualification system. For a compound mixed team that did not enter both genders, their place will be added to the final qualifying tournament.

D.3.

Universality places

Four Universality places for recurve, two per gender, are available to eligible NOCs at the Olympic Games.

On 1 October 2027, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will invite all eligible NOCs to submit their requests for Universality places. The deadline for NOCs to submit their requests is 15 January 2028. The Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of Universality Places to the relevant NOCs before the final qualification tournament.

Detailed information on Universality places is contained in the “Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, LA 2028 - Olympic Games Universality Places - Allocation Procedure and Regulations” document.

The list of initially qualified athletes/pairs for each event (including Continental Representation Places, host country places and universality places) will be published as part of the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028 at ( www.bwfbadminton.com). The BWF will inform the respective NOCs/National Federations of their allocated quota places by no later than 10 May 2028.

NOCs will then have two weeks, until 24 May 2028, to confirm that they will use the quota places, as detailed in section G. Qualification Timeline.

The host country must confirm in writing to the BWF by 8 May 2028 the use of its host country places.

If an allocated quota place (except for those pertaining to Continental Representation Places) is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline (24 May 2028) or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/pair, based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, who has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games. This process will be repeated in different phases until the quota places have been filled for each event and gender, and the confirmation deadlines for the reallocation phases will be decided by the BWF at its sole discretion.

If an NOC declines an athlete/pair’s quota place in the first allocation phase, and then accepts a quota place for a lower ranked eligible athlete/pair in the reallocation phase, it will not be possible to enter the first athlete/pair at the time of final entries should the lower ranked athlete/pair become unavailable.

Reallocation of quota places due to an athlete being qualified in more than one event will be offered on a conditional basis, should the athlete qualified in more than one event no longer be available.

If an allocated quota place pertaining to Continental Representation Places is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline (24 May 2028) or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/pair based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, who has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games, from that same Continental Confederation.

This process will be repeated until the quota places have been filled for each respective Continental Confederation in the respective event/gender. If no athlete/pair is eligible for a Continental Confederation Places, the quota place will then be allocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/pair based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028.

If the host NOC does not confirm the host country place(s) by the deadline of 8 May 2028, such unused host country place(s) will then be reallocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028, who has not yet qualified for the Olympic Games. The process will be repeated until the quota has been filled for each gender.

Any unused universality place will be reallocated to the next highest-ranked eligible athlete of the same gender based on the LA28 Olympic Ranking of 2 May 2028.

3 May 2027 - 30 April 2028

Ranking Period for the LA28 Olympic Ranking

15 January 2028

Deadline for NOCs to submit their requests for universality places.

30 April 2028

End of the qualification period.

2 May 2028

The LA28 Olympic Ranking is published.

Confirmation

and

reallocation

8 May 2028

Deadline for the host country to confirm in writing to the BWF use of the Host Country Places.

TBD

The Tripartite Commission to confirm in writing the allocation of universality places to the NOCs (where applicable).

10 May 2028

The BWF to inform NOCs/NFs of their allocated quota places.

19 May 2028

NOCs to confirm in writing to the BWF use of their allocated quota places.

23 June 2028

Deadline for the BWF to reallocate all unused quota places.

Sport Entries

deadline

26 June 2028

LA28 Olympic Games Sport Entries deadline

14 - 30 July 2028

LA28 Olympic Games