International Field Archery Association
The International Field Archery Association ( short: IFAA) is an international archery association based in Lugano ( Switzerland ). The association, founded in 1970, feels above all committed to amateur sports. Participation in the World and Continental Championships of the IFAA does not require any athletic qualification, only membership in one of the incorporated national archery associations. In 2010, according to the IFAA, around 50,000 athletes from 37 member states belonged to the world, whose national associations are members of the IFAA. The IFAA supports most bow classes ( bare bow , long bow , recurve bow , compound bow ) in different bow styles ( sighting device , without sight, classic types). The shooting distances do not differ between the individual classes and styles. Shorter distances are only offered for children and young people.
The association is not admitted to the Olympic Games . The much larger World Archery Federation with 149 national member associations has this privilege .
The language of the association is English, there are also German and Italian translations of the rules.
Archery competitions offered
Field Archery (Field Championship)
Archery on a fixed course in the field on targets with changing (known) distances (up to 72 m / 80 yards). For championships there is a subdivision into 3 types of rounds (field round, hunting round, animal picture round) each with different target faces.
Bowhunting (Bowhunter Championship)
Simulated bowhunting on a course with 3D targets (plastic animal dummies) of unknown distance (up to 60 yards).
Indoor championship
Archery competition at a distance of more than 20 yards on targets whose scoring area has ring-shaped hit zones between 4 and 40 cm.
Open championships
All IFAA championships are advertised as open championships. The organizers try to consider all reports regardless of the shooter's performance level. For the first time in 2010 for the World Championships in Dahn, the allocation of starting places was regulated through national contingents.
International competitions in German-speaking countries
International championships in field archery and in 3D archery take place with alternating rotation .
| 2018 | European Bowhunter Championships | Oberwiesenthal (Germany) |
| 2017 | European Field Archery Championships | Hohegeiß (Germany) |
| 2010 | World Field Archery Championships | Dahn (Germany) |
| 2010 | European Bowhunter Championships | Stuhlfelden (Austria) |
| 2007 | World Indoor Archery Championships | Mannheim (Germany) |
| 2004 | European Bowhunter Archery Championships | Donnersbach (Austria) |
| 2003 | World Indoor Archery Championships | Zurich (Switzerland) |
| 2001 | European Field Archery Championships | Leukerbad (Switzerland) |
| 1999 | World Bowhunter Championships | Biersdorf am See (Germany) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ IFAA Rulebook 2017-2018, German translation by the ÖBSV ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 4, 2018)
- ↑ Tournament History, IFAA website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 3, 2018)
