Asia Cup 2nd Archery Tournament to be Held in Gwangju in September

Gwangju City Selected for Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism International Sports Competition Support Project Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 1st that the Asia Cup 2nd Archery Tournament will be held in Gwangju this September.

In January, Gwangju applied for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's 2021 International Sports Event Support Project and was finally selected for the archery category after the first document screening and the second presentation screening.

The final selected "2021 Asia Cup 2nd Archery Tournament" will be held for about five days in September. This tournament is officially recognized by the World Archery Asia (WAA) and is expected to feature 300 foreign athletes representing 25 countries and 16 domestic athletes.

The tournament will be conducted in a total of 10 events including men's and women's individual recurve, men's and women's team recurve, mixed team recurve, men's and women's individual compound, men's and women's team compound, and mixed team compound, following the Olympic round tournament format.

Expected domestic participants include Kang Chae-young (Hyundai Mobis), ranked No. 1 in the world in recurve bow, and Lee Woo-seok (Kolon Sports), ranked No. 2 in the world in recurve bow. Many athletes who have distinguished themselves in past archery competitions, such as Rio Olympic gold medalists and Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games gold medalists, are expected to participate, raising expectations for their performance in the tournament.

The Gwangju International Archery Field, where the tournament will be held, was newly built to host the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Archery Tournament. It has a total floor area of 3,201㎡ and a site area of 45,396㎡, consisting of a two-story building with 1,077 spectator seats and an outdoor stadium with 580 spectator seats.

This stadium has established excellent infrastructure, to the extent that national teams from China, Japan, and France conducted training camps there in 2019.

Kim Jun-young, Director of the City’s Culture, Tourism and Sports Office, said, “We will successfully host this tournament as well to enhance Gwangju’s status as an international sports city,” and added, “We will actively consider hosting the 2025 World Archery Championships by utilizing the excellent archery infrastructure.”

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