It was the tenth time the event was held as part of the Asian Games sports programme since the debut of archery in 1978.

The competition consisted of three stages spread over one week: an initial ranking round, a four-round single-elimination tournament, and two finals matches, the last of which deciding the winners of the gold, silver, and bronze medals.

After securing every gold medal available in the archery competition at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games, the Korean national team aimed to defend each of their five recurve titles for the second time in succession.

Chang Hye-jin, Jung Dasomi, Joo Hyun-jung, and Lee Tuk-young were chosen to compete in the women's events after finishing in the top four positions in the Korean national team selection held earlier in 2014, beating both the reigning Olympic champion Ki Bo-bae and the defending Asian Games champion Yun Ok-hee to represent their nation.

[3] The semi-finals commenced on the afternoon of 28 September following the conclusion of the team recurve events, in which Chang, Jung, and Lee emerged victorious over the Chinese trio of Cheng, Xu, and Zhu to take the gold medal.