The round was developed by the World Archery Federation (WA; formerly FITA).
It is used at the Olympic Games,[1] the Archery World Cup[2] and in many lower profile or local tournaments.
A qualifying round is shot to order the competitors and give them a seeding.
In early stages of the elimination rounds this may be changed to 2 ends of 6 arrows in order to save time.
[3] The highest placed athlete in the qualification round will decide the order of shooting of the first end.
Teams are made up of three archers from the same discipline (male or female, recurve or compound bows).
If the archer does not obey the judge they will receive a red card and lose their highest scoring arrow.