Netherlands announced as host of 2019 World Archery Championships

World Archery have award the 2019 World and World Para Championships to The Netherlands ©World Archery

World Archery have named The Netherlands as hosts of the 2019 World Championships with competition set to be held in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch - commonly known as Den Bosch.

Following a meeting of their Executive Board in Istanbul, World Archery revealed the locations for seven of their World Championships until 2020, with the Dutch city also being named as the hosts of the 2019 World Archery Para Championships and the governing body’s congress in the same year.

The Executive Board stated that an ambitious proposal from the Dutch Archery Federation was approved based on the strength of their creative concept, which they believe will maximise the impact of both of the Championships.

Their successful bid promised to use the field of play, which they will construct prior to the event, as a community engagement and entertainment venue as well as the competition arena.

With the competition set to be coordinated by sport event specialist The Organizing Connection and supported by the historical city’s government and the Noord-Brabant regional authorities, World Archery believe Den Bosch will deliver strong Championships.

“The bid put forward an innovative concept that put focus on archery’s qualities as a sport for all, while maintaining the principle of holding major events in interesting and unusual locations,” said Professor Dr Ugur Erdener, World Archery President.

“The Netherlands has a young archery team that is a strong contender at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, for which these 2019 World Archery Championships in ’s-Hertogenbosch will be the primary qualifier.”

The 2015 World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark ©World Archery

Competition will be held consecutively across a two-week period as The Netherlands welcomes back the World Archery Championships for the second time, having hosted the event in 1967 at Amersfoort.

The 2015 World Archery Championships were held in Denmark’s capital city Copenhagen, while Mexico City is scheduled to stage the 2017 edition.

World Archery also named China’s capital Beijing as the hosts for the 2017 edition of the World Para Championships, while Cortina, in Italy, is set to stage the 2018 World Field Championships.

Yankton in the United States has been awarded the 2018 World Indoor Championships and the 2020 World Field Championships.

The Executive Board, who were hosted by the Turkish Archery Federation, also named Lac la Biche in Canada as the hosts of the 2019 World 3D Championships.