2025 Archery Premier League

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Archery Premier League
Tournament information
Date2 – 12 October 2025
Administrator Archery Association of India
Tournament
format(s)
Double round-robin
Knock-out
Host(s)Flag of India.svg  India
Venue(s) Yamuna Sports Complex
Teams 6

The 2025 Archery Premier League will be the first season of the Archery Premier League. [1] It will be held from 2 to 12 October 2025 with 6 city-based teams. [2]

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Format and venue

Format

The league features 36 Indian archers and 12 top foreign archers who will be divided into six franchises. [3] A draft system will be followed instead of an auction for the inaugural edition of the league. [4]

Each franchise comprises of eight members, four men and four women. [5] Each team can include up to two foreign archers, with at least one of them required to be part of the playing four. The league will see mixed team duels in recurve and compound. Round robin fixtures will see 3 matches per day, each lasting 20 minutes. The arrow shooting time has been reduced to 15 seconds from the internationally allotted 20 seconds. [6]

Venue

The matches were held at the Yamuna Sports Complex, New Delhi from 2 to 12 October, 2025. [7]

New Delhi
Yamuna Sports Complex
Capacity:

Teams

TeamCityHead CoachCaptain
TBA

Squads

TBA

Points table

TBA

References

  1. "Archery Association announces Indian participants for inaugural season of Archery Premier League". The Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. "Archery Premier League: A new franchise league in India looking to revolutionise ancient sport". Firstpost. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  3. Sports Bureau (18 August 2025). "Deepika Kumari, Dhiraj, Abhishek Verma among top Indians named for inaugural Archery Premier League". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. Sportstar, Team (27 August 2025). "Inaugural Archery Premier League to begin on October 2". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. Developer, Web (18 August 2025). "India's elite archers to star in first-ever Archery Premier League". Mid-day. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. "'To create Olympic warriors' – India's new Archery Premier League aims for bull's eye". The Indian Express. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  7. PTI (18 August 2025). "Top Indian archers to compete in inaugural Archery Premier League". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 September 2025.