Calendar
| Stage | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 April – 1 May |  Shanghai, China |
| 2 | 9–15 May |  Medellín, Colombia |
| 3 | 12–19 June |  Antalya, Turkey |
| Final | 24–25 September |  Odense, Denmark |
The 2016 Archery World Cup is the 17th edition of the international archery circuit organised annually by the World Archery Federation. The preliminary stage consisted of three legs instead of the usual four, to make room for the Olympic archery tournament. The third leg was also the final Olympic qualification event.
The compound legs consisted of a 50 m qualification round of 72 arrows, followed by the compound round at 50 m 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. [1]
The recurve legs consisted of a 1440 qualification round (formerly called a FITA round), followed by a 72 m 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. [2]
The scores awarded in the four stages were as follows:
| Stage | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 April – 1 May | Shanghai, China |
| 2 | 9–15 May | Medellín, Colombia |
| 3 | 12–19 June | Antalya, Turkey |
| Final | 24–25 September | Odense, Denmark |
| Stage | Date | Location |  |  |  | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May | Shanghai |  Sjef van den Berg |  Zach Garrett |  Wei Chun-heng | |
| 2 | 15 May | Medellín | Brady Ellison |  Miguel Alvariño Garcia |  Ku Bon-chan | |
| 3 | 19 June | Antalya | Lee Seung-yun | Ku Bon-chan | Kim Woo-jin | |
| Final | 25 September | Odense | Brady Ellison | Sjef Van Den Berg | Ku Bon-chan |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May | Shanghai | Ju Hye-bin | Tan Ya-ting | Kim Chae-yoon | |
| 2 | 15 May | Medellín | Choi Mi-sun | Wu Jiaxin | Tan Ya-ting | |
| 3 | 19 June | Antalya | Choi Mi-sun |  Ksenia Perova | Tan Ya-ting | |
| Final | 25 September | Odense | Ki Bo-bae | Choi Mi-sun | Tan Ya-ting |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May | Shanghai | South Korea | Netherlands |  India | |
| 2 | 15 May | Medellín | South Korea |  Mexico | Spain | |
| 3 | 19 June | Antalya | South Korea | Mexico | United States |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May | Shanghai | Chinese Taipei | India | Russia | |
| 2 | 15 May | Medellín | South Korea | China | Mexico | |
| 3 | 19 June | Antalya | South Korea | Russia |  Italy |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May | Shanghai | United States | Chinese Taipei | India | |
| 2 | 15 May | Medellín | South Korea |  Japan | Chinese Taipei | |
| 3 | 19 June | Antalya | South Korea | India | Chinese Taipei | |
| Final | 25 September | Odense | South Korea | Denmark | N/A |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April | Shanghai | Mike Schloesser | Demir Elmaagacli |  Michael Brosnan | |
| 2 | 14 May | Medellín | Sergio Pagni | Reo Wilde | Martin Damsbo | |
| 3 | 18 June | Antalya | Evren Çağıran | Samet Can Yakalı |  Domagoj Buden | |
| Final | 24 September | Odense | Mike Schloesser |  Seppie Cilliers | Reo Wilde |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April | Shanghai | Sara López | Sarah Holst Sonnichsen | Seol Da-yeong | |
| 2 | 14 May | Medellín | Sara López | Crystal Gauvin | Marcella Tonioli | |
| 3 | 18 June | Antalya | Sara López | Dahlia Crook | Yeşim Bostan | |
| Final | 24 September | Odense | Marcella Tonioli | Sarah Holst Sonnichsen | Crystal Gauvin |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April | Shanghai |  Iran | United States | Australia | |
| 2 | 14 May | Medellín | United States | Italy |  France | |
| 3 | 18 June | Antalya | United States | Italy | Denmark |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April | Shanghai | Denmark | Russia | Turkey | |
| 2 | 14 May | Medellín | Colombia | United States | Italy | |
| 3 | 18 June | Antalya | Russia | Netherlands |  Indonesia |
| Stage | Date | Location | | | | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 April | Shanghai | France | Colombia | Russia | |
| 2 | 14 May | Medellín | Colombia | Italy | France | |
| 3 | 18 June | Antalya | Colombia |  United Kingdom | Italy | |
| Final | 25 September | Odense | Denmark | Colombia | N/A |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 13 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Colombia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Denmark | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Russia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | India | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 nations) | 36 | 36 | 34 | 106 | |
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