For the 2025-2026 Indoor Series, there will be seven qualifying events. The tournaments are open entry, meaning participants can register themselves but must be a current and valid member of their member association that is a recognized member association of World Archery. The seven events are as follows: 

 

• 250 Swiss Open in Lausanne, Switzerland 31 October-2 November 2025

• 250 GT Open in Strassen, Luxembourg 14-16 November 2025

• 250 Taipei Open in Taipei, Chinese Taipei 5-7 December 2025

• 250 Rio Indoor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12-14 December 2025

• 1000 Nimes Archery Tournament in Nimes, France 16-18 January 2026

• 250 Mexico in Merida, Mexico 13-15 February 2026

• 1000 The Vegas Shoot in Las Vegas, USA 26-29 March 2026

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Elite Ranking is based on accruing points according to final placing, using each athlete’s best three results across the season. World Archery will produce an elite Indoor World Series ranking list from the positional points accumulated based on the final ranking achieved at each stage. The top participants in each category (Recurve Men, Recurve Women, Compound Men and Compound Women) of the elite ranking after the last event of the Indoor Archery World Series will receive prize money from World Archery.

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Any athlete wishing to obtain elite ranking points in the Indoor Archery World Series must register in the Compound Open Championship, Compound Women Championship, Recurve Men Championship or Recurve Women Championship divisions of The Vegas Shoot. 

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Youth Ranking is based on accruing points according to final placing, using each athlete’s best three results across the season in an under-21 event. World Archery will produce an elite Indoor World Series ranking list from the positional points accumulated based on the final ranking achieved at each stage. The top participants in each category (U21 Recurve Men, U21 Recurve Women, U21 Compound Men and U21 Compound Women) of the youth ranking after the last event of the Indoor Archery World Series will receive prize money from World Archery.

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For The Vegas Shoot, all under-21 athletes already ranked in the Indoor World Series youth ranking because they have participated in other events will be included in a separate youth ranking, based on their birthdate, solely for the purpose of assigning youth ranking points and applicable whether the athlete registers in championships adult or young adult category. Indoor World Series youth ranking points will be allocated based on that separate ranking. That separate ranking will not award any additional prizes at the Vegas event.