Asian Games 2026: Full archery schedule — event dates and start times in IST

FILE PHOTO: Dhiraj Bommadevara will be a firm favourite to win India an archery gold. | Photo Credit: R. K. Nithin

A six-member Indian team will take to the range when archery gets underway at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

India is third in the overall medal standings in archery at the Asiad, behind South Korea and Japan. It has bagged 19 medals in total, which includes six gold.

Five of these yellow metals came in the last edition in Hangzhou, China, when India topped the archery charts while also bagging two silver and bronze medals each.

Asian Games 2026 Archery Schedule (Indians in action)

September 26

4:30 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Individual Qualification Round (Yashdeep Bhoge, B. Dhiraj, Neeraj Chauhan)

Compound Women’s Individual Qualification Round (Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep)

Recurve Men’s Team Qualification Round

Compound Women’s Team Qualification Round

Recurve Mixed Team Qualification Round

Compound Mixed Team Qualification Round

9 a.m. onwards

Recurve Women’s Individual Qualification Round (Kumkum Anil Mohod, Kirti Sharma, Ankita Bhakat)

Compound Men’s Individual Qualification Round (Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal)

Recurve Women’s Team Qualification Round

Compound Men’s Team Qualification Round

September 27

4:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Team 1/8 Eliminations & Quarterfinals

Compound Women’s Team 1/8 Eliminations & Quarterfinals

6:45 a.m. onwards

Recurve Mixed Team 1/12 Eliminations

Compound Mixed Team 1/12 Eliminations

7:30 a.m. onwards

Recurve Mixed Team 1/8 Eliminations

Compound Mixed Team 1/8 Eliminations

8 a.m. onwards

Recurve Mixed Team Quarterfinals

Compound Mixed Team Quarterfinals

10 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Team 1/12 Eliminations

10:45 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Team 1/8 Eliminations

Recurve Women’s Team 1/8 Eliminations

11:15 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Team Quarterfinals

Recurve Women’s Team Quarterfinals

September 28

4:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Individual 1/24 Eliminations

5:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Individual 1/16 Eliminations

6:10 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations

8:45 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Individual 1/24 Eliminations

9:45 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Individual 1/16 Eliminations

10:25 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations

September 29

4:30 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Individual 1/24 Eliminations

5:30 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Individual 1/16 Eliminations

6:10 a.m. onwards

Recurve Men’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations

8:45 a.m. onwards

Recurve Women’s Individual 1/24 Eliminations

9:45 a.m. onwards

Recurve Women’s Individual 1/16 Eliminations

10:25 a.m. onwards

Recurve Women’s Individual 1/8 Eliminations

September 30

5:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Team Semifinals

6:25 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Team Medal Matches

7:55 a.m. onwards

Compound Mixed Team Semifinals

8:50 a.m. onwards

Compound Mixed Team Medal Matches

10:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Team Semifinals

11:25 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Team Medal Matches

October 1

5:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Individual Quarterfinals

6:38 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Individual Semifinals

7:14 a.m. onwards

Compound Women’s Individual Medal Matches

9:30 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Individual Quarterfinals

10:38 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Individual Semifinals

11:14 a.m. onwards

Compound Men’s Individual Medal Matches

October 2

5:30 a.m. onwards

Recurve Women’s Team Semifinals

6:25 a.m. onwards

Recurve Women’s Team Medal Matches

7:55 a.m. onwards

Recurve Mixed Team Semifinals