The Indoor Archery World Series is a global, open-entry circuit of 18-metre indoor archery tournaments held during the winter season, allowing amateur archers to compete alongside elite athletes.
The previous Indoor Archery World Series season ran over six qualifying events, culminating in the finals in Las Vegas in March. World Archery has announced changes that expand and reshape the circuit for the 2026 indoor season, with the tour expanding to seven events, adding new stops in Rio de Janeiro and Merida.
Moreover, the circuit will no longer conclude with an Indoor Archery World Series Finals; instead, final elite rankings across the circuit will determine the champions.
Circuit prize money is now awarded on final elite and youth rankings – the best three results counting towards elite ranking – with a total series fund increased by 30%, to CHF 55,000 in 2026.
In the elite and youth categories, archers compete in recurve and compound divisions; in the open ranking, barebow is also usually included.
This season’s events take place in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, France, Mexico and the USA, starting from the end of October 2025 in Lausanne until the series concludes in Las Vegas the last week of March 2026.
Brady Ellison, Casey Kaufhold, Nico Wiener and Tanja Gellenthien enter the 2026 indoor season as defending elite champions.
