Dublin will be the stage for the 2016 World Archery Field Championships, while Buenos Aires will hold the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships after they were selected as hosts by the World Archery Executive Board at its two-day meeting in Nottingham, England.

The sport's world governing body also awarded host rights for the 2016 World Archery Indoor Championships to Turkey's capital Ankara and the 2017 World Archery 3D Championships to Robion in France.

It also announced that Salt Lake City in the United States, Chinese city Shanghai, Germany's capital Berlin and Antalya in Turkey will all host stages of the Archery World Cup between 2017 and 2019, with Salt Lake City and Berlin coming on board as new World Cup host cities, taking over from the Colombian city of Medellín, which will conclude its hosting in 2016, and Wrocław in Poland, which will finish next year.

Meanwhile, the World Archery Executive Board discussed 11 key areas of its strategic plan and how they can support the IOC's Olympic Agenda 2020, which was unanimously passed at the IOC Extraordinary Session in Monte Carlo earlier this month.

Among the topics were the need to reinforce cooperation between member associations, the World Games and the Masters Games, making the federation's operations more sustainable, the future role of international federations in the organisation of Games, and a strategy to maximise the benefits of the new Olympic Channel.

The submission of a mixed team event, which already features at the Youth Olympics and World Games, for Tokyo 2020 was also endorsed by World Archery in light of the move to an events-based Olympic sports programme.

Dublin is to host its first ever World Archery event after being awarded the 2016 World Archery Field Championships ©Wikipedia


"For Olympic Agenda 2020 to be successful in bringing about real change it requires the full collaboration and engagement of every stakeholder in the Olympic Movement," Uğur Erdener, President of World Archery and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, said.

"World Archery is fully committed to working under the leadership of IOC President Thomas Bach to play its part in creating a brighter future for sport.

"At Monaco last week, we entered a new era as all the recommendations were unanimously approved.

"Now we must work with the IOC to make the recommendations a reality.

"Archery has always tried to innovate and remain at the forefront of the Olympic sport movement, ensuring the sport is as attractive to fans as is possible.

"The changes brought about by Olympic Agenda 2020 provide another opportunity to do that."

World Archery also announced that it has accepted a new anti-doping code in-line with the latest World Anti-Doping Agency and IOC guidelines.

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