2025 Archery Premier League

2025 Archery Premier League

Tournament information
Date	2 – 12 October 2025
Administrator	Archery Association of India
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin Knock-out
Host	India
Venue	Yamuna Sports Complex
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Rajputana Royals
Runner-up	Prithviraaj Yodhas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
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The 2025 Archery Premier League was the inaugural season of the Archery Premier League. ^[1] It was held from 2 to 12 October 2025 with 6 teams. ^[2] Ram Charan was the official brand ambassador of the league. ^[3] Rajputana Royals won the first edition. ^[4]

Format and venue

Format

The league featured 36 Indian archers and 12 foreign archers divided into six teams. ^[5] Prithviraaj Yodhas, Kakatiya Knights, Mighty Marathas, Rajputana Royals, Chero Archers and Chola Chiefs were the six franchises. ^[6] A draft system was followed instead of an auction for the league's first edition. ^[7]

Each franchise comprised eight members, four men and four women. ^[8] Each team had up to two foreign archers, with at least one of them required to be part of the playing four.

The league saw mixed team duels in recurve and compound. Round robin fixtures saw 3 matches per day, each lasting 20 minutes. ^[9] The arrow shooting time was reduced to 15 seconds from the regular 20 seconds. ^[10]

Venue

The matches were held at the Yamuna Sports Complex, New Delhi from 2 to 12 October 2025. ^[11]

New Delhi
Yamuna Sports Complex
Capacity: 1,500

Teams

Team	State	Coach	Ref
Chero Archers	Jharkhand	Purnima Mahato	[12]
Chola Chiefs	Tamil Nadu	Sonam Tshering Bhutia	[13]
Kakatiya Knights	Telangana	Rahul Banerjee	[14]
Mighty Marathas	Maharashtra	Pravin Sawant	[15]
Prithviraaj Yodhas	Delhi	Lokesh Chand	[16]
Rajputana Royals	Rajasthan	Jiwanjot Singh Teja	[17]

Squads

Chero Archers	Chola Chiefs	Kakatiya Knights
Mathias Fullerton Katharina Bauer Rahul Pawariya Prithika Pradeep Atanu Das Madala Hamsini Sahil Jadhav Kumkum Mohod	Brady Ellison Meeri-Marita Paas Rishabh Yadav Deepika Kumari Tarundeep Rai Chikitha Taniparthi Pulkit Kajla Anshika Kumari	Nico Wiener Elia Canales Neeraj Chauhan Jyothi Surekha Rohit Kumar Avneet Kaur Jignas Chittibomma Tisha Punia
Mighty Marathas	Prithviraaj Yodhas	Rajputana Royals
Mike Schloesser Alejandra Valencia Dhiraj Bommadevara Parneet Kaur Aman Saini Bhajan Kaur Mrinal Chauhan Madhura Dhamangaonkar	Matias Grande Andrea Becerra Abhishek Verma Gatha Khadake Priyansh Kumar Sharvari Shende Krish Kumar Pranjal Salve	Mete Gazoz Ella Gibson Prathamesh Fuge Ankita Bhakat Ojas Deotale Basanti Mahato Sachin Gupta Swati Dudhwal

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Rajputana Royals (C)	10	8	2	16	Advance to playoffs
2	Mighty Marathas	10	7	3	14
3	Prithviraaj Yodhas	10	5	5	10
4	Chero Archers	10	4	6	8
5	Chola Chiefs	10	4	6	8
6	Kakatiya Knights	10	2	8	4

First match(es) will be played: 2 October 2025. Source: World Archery
(C) Champion

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 October – Yamuna Sports Complex
	Chero Archers	1
					12 October – Yamuna Sports Complex
	Rajputana Royals	5
					Rajputana Royals	4 (2)
	12 October – Yamuna Sports Complex
					Prithviraaj Yodhas	4 (0)
	Prithviraaj Yodhas	5
	Mighty Marathas	3

Broadcasting

India

• SonyLIV

Worldwide

• Archery+

References

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