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2025 AAE Arizona Cup General Information 

Tournament Venue Location:
Ben Avery Shooting Facility – FITA Archery Event Range
37016 North Archery Dr, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Entry Fees:
Early Registration Fees through March 14, 2025.......$225.00
for Senior (except Para)
Early Registration Fees through March 14, 2025.......$200.00
for Para, 50+, U21 & U18

Late Registration Fee effective March 15, 2025..........$275.00
for Senior (except Para)
Late Registration Fee effective March 15, 2025..........$250.00
for Para, 50+, U21 & U18

Champions Purse Fee*............................................$115.00
Premium Seating.......................................................$ 60.00
Unofficial Practice (Thurs 4/3)................................$ 20.00

USA Coach Credentials are available for pre-purchase on the USA Archery website. Coach credentials will NOT be available for purchase on-site. Please make sure you order them in advance. Questions? Please contact:  [email protected]

Also Available for Purchase:
Merchandise, premium seating, and raffle tickets will be available for during the registration process.

*Archers shooting in the Senior Recurve and Compound categories can participate in the Champions Purse.

USA Archery Membership: All USA participants must be a current member of USA Archery.  Please check to see if your membership expires before the tournament and renew prior to the tournament.

Non-USA Membership: Must be a current member of another World Archery member association. Your World Archery member association must be in good financial standing with World Archery before you will be allowed to compete.

Chris

Competition Rules & Format:

World Archery Rules

USA Archery Fixed Pins

USA Archery Dress Code

AGE CATEGORIES

  • U18 – through the calendar year of your 17th birthday.

  • U21 – through the calendar year of their 20th birthday.

  • Seniors – participants may compete as a senior at any age they wish.
    Para Division is offered in Recurve and Compound for the Senior age class.

  • 50+ – participants may compete as a 50+ when the competition takes place in the year of their 50th birthday and thereafter.

BOW TYPES

  • Recurve

  • Barebow
  • Compound

  • Fixed Pins

TARGET FACES

  • Recurve & Barebow – 122cm target face

  • Compound & Fixed Pins – 80cm target face (6-ring)

DISTANCES 

  • All Compound, Fixed Pins & Barebow Archers – 50 meters

  • Recurve U18 & 50+ – 60 meters

  • Recurve U21 & Senior – 70 meters

QUALIFICATION ROUND

  • 72 arrows total

  • 6 Arrow Ends

  • 4 minutes per end

ELIMINATION ROUNDS

  • The top 64 archers in each division will qualify for the Olympic Round match-play.

  • Archers shoot 3 arrows per end.

  • 2 minutes per end

  • Recurve & Barebow – first to 6 set points wins.

  • Compound & Fixed Pins – 5 ends. Archer with the highest cumulative score wins the match.

Separate brackets for: (Archers ranked by their qualification round score.)

    • Compound U18 Men
    • Compound U18 Women
    • Fixed Pins U18 Men
    • Fixed Pins U18 Women
    • Recurve U18 Men
    • Recurve U18 Women
    • Barebow U18 Men
    • Barebow U18 Women
    • Compound U21 Men
    • Compound U21 Women
    • Fixed Pins U21 Men
    • Fixed Pins U21 Women
    • Recurve U21 Men
    • Recurve U21 Women
    • Barebow U21 Men
    • Barebow U21 Women
    • Compound Senior Men
    • Compound Senior Women
    • Recurve Senior Men
    • Recurve Senior Women
    • Barebow Senior Men
    • Barebow Senior Women
    • Compound 50+ Men
    • Compound 50+ Women
    • Recurve 50+ Men
    • Recurve 50+ Women
    • Barebow 50+ Men
    • Barebow 50+ Women
  • Separated by Division for Qualification Rounds, Combined with able-bodied for Eliminations 
    • Recurve Open (Para) Senior Men
    • Recurve Open (Para) Senior Women
    • Compound Open (Para) Senior Men
    • Compound Open (Para) Senior Women
    • W1 (Para) Men/Women
    • VI 1 Senior Men
    • VI 1 Senior Women
    • VI 2/3 Senior Men
    • VI 2/3 Senior Women

IMPORTANT DATES: The AAE Arizona Cup will be open until space is filled. Please register early to secure a spot in this year's event. 

  • Individuals: Individual registration will open on or before December 1st, 2024 09:00 AM. All individual registrations will be processed online. Space is limited to the field capacity and will close when full, so register early. On-site registration is not available unless there is space and the organizer can accommodate special requests. Payment must be received during registration to reserve a shooting position. If the venue does reach capacity, a waitlist in the order received will be maintained.
  • Registration Deadline: Registrations will be taken until 11:59 PM on March 21st, 2025. A waitlist will be maintained if the field reaches capacity before this date.
  • Cancellations: Refunds will be processed through March 21st, 2025 with a 15% fee withheld. Email notification of cancellation is acceptable. No refunds after March 22nd, 2025.

Waiver: All archers and officials must sign a liability and photo waiver and agree to codes and pledges prior to participating in tournament activities. Archers under 18 years of age must also have a parent or legal guardian sign the waiver. Please review the TERMS & CONDITIONS required for the registration process.

USAT & Junior/Cadet/Master USAT Qualifier: USA Archery has selected the 2025 AAE Arizona Cup as a USAT Qualifier.

Requirements and ranking information may be found at https://www.usarchery.org/high-performance/united-states-archery-team

Schedule: Schedule and format is subject to change due to weather delays, unforeseen conditions, final registration, etc. The competition may extend up to sunset on Sunday April 6, 2025. If the tournament is stopped before completion, then the current archer standings at that time may be considered final. Please make sure to plan all travel arrangements accordingly.

 

*Schedule subject to change at USA Archery's request. Updated 11/23/2024

 

Thursday, April 3

  • 10AM - 4PM
    Check-In / Unofficial Practice*
    All registered archers with practice passes
    On competition fields
    *No equipment inspection available

Friday, April 4

  • 8AM-10:30AM
    Check-In / Official Practice / Equipment Inspection
    All U18 & U21 Divisions

  • 10:45 AM
    Qualification

    All U18 & U21 Divisions beginning with 3 ends of official practice

  • 3:15PM - 5:30PM
    Check-In / Official Practice / Equipment Inspection
    All Senior & 50+ Divisions

Saturday, April 5

  • 8:00 AM
    Qualifications
    All Senior & 50+ Divisions beginning with 3 ends of official practice

  • 1:00 PM
    Eliminations

    All U18 & U21 Divisions beginning with 2 ends of official practice

Sunday, April 6

  • 8AM
    Eliminations
    All Senior & 50+ Divisions beginning with 2 ends of official practice

    • All 50+ and Senior Barebow, Compound & Recurve through Bronze

  • 2PM - 5PM
    LIVE Gold Medal Matches
    Senior Compound, Barebow and Recurve Divisions

 

 

 

Prize Money Payouts:

Senior Compound & Recurve (Including Paras)
(Proposed by USA Archery, offered by USA Archery Arizona & the 2025 Arizona Cup.)

1st     $1,800
2nd     $900
3rd     $500
4th     $300
5th     $200
6th     $100

 

Senior Barebow, 50+ Compound, Recurve & Barebow*
(Offered by USA Archery Arizona & the 2025 Arizona Cup.)

1st    600
2nd   400
3rd    250

*Prize money is available for divisions with 15 or more archers competing.

 

 

 

 

BEFORE QUALIFICATION, YOU MUST HAVE:

Checked in at the main administration area and received your athlete packet - US archers must have their current USA Archery membership card available if requested.

Equipment must be checked at the Judge's Equipment Check area.

Ready to sign up?

Click on the button to the right to register today!

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