Editing World Archery (section)

==History==
FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] (today [[Lviv]], [[Ukraine]]). Its seven founding member states were France, [[Czechoslovakia]], Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldarchery.sport/History-World-Archery|title=History of World Archery|publisher=World Archery Federation|language=en|access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the [[Olympic Games]] (the sport had not been featured since 1920). FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]].

To celebrate the organization's 80th anniversary in July 2011, a large majority of the FITA Congress voted to change the name from FITA to the World Archery or WA.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mieville|first=Didier|title=Darrell Pace Named Athlete of Century; FITA Becomes World Archery Federation|url=http://usarchery.org/news/2011/07/01/darrell-pace-named-athlete-of-century-fita-becomes-world-archery-federation/43219|work=World Archery Communications|publisher=FITA Communication|access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>

In March 2022, in the wake of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the federation announced that no athlete, team official, or technical official from Russia or Belarus will be permitted to participate in any international archery event, their flags and anthems are banned, and no archery events would be held in the two countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldarchery.sport/news/200632/russia-and-belarus-prohibited-participating-international-events|title=Russia and Belarus prohibited from participating in international events|website=World Archery}}</ref>

In July 2023, on the question that whether or not to re-allow athletics with Russian and/or Belarusian passports to participant international archery competitions under neutral identities, World Archery asked both national archery federations to submit personal data for investigations, as both federations denied to complete such requirements, WA said that it's unlikely to allow neutral athletes unless once procedure can be completely followed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldarchery.sport/news/201306/update-eligibility-athletes-russianbelarusian-passport-issued-world-archery-congress|title=Update on eligibility of athletes with Russian/Belarusian passport issued at World Archery Congress|access-date=10 January 2024|date=27 July 2023|website=World Archery}}</ref>

In December 2023, World Archery launched its own [[Over-the-top media service|OTT Service]] with a [[subscription video on demand]] model and live streaming of main events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasule |first=Melissa |date=12 December 2023 |title=World Archery taps Joymo to launch dedicated OTT platform - Digital TV Europe |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2023/12/12/world-archery-taps-joymo-to-launch-dedicated-ott-platform/ |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=Digital TV Europe}}</ref>