Saltillo 2026 World Cup Final: Four First-Time Champions Crowned
Saltillo 2026 World Cup Final results: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Marie Horáčková, Nico Wiener and Alexis Ruiz all won first titles; firsts for Austria and Czechia.
By Archery Insider Editorial Team
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In this article
The 20th Hyundai Archery World Cup Final was held in the Plaza de Armas in Saltillo, Mexico, on 12 and 13 September 2026. All four individual titles went to archers who had never won the Final before.
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve men | Dhiraj Bommadevara (IND) | Junya Nakanishi (JPN) | Mete Gazoz (TUR) |
| Recurve women | Marie Horáčková (CZE) | Katharina Bauer (GER) | Elif Berra Gökkır (TUR) |
| Compound men | Nico Wiener (AUT) | — | — |
| Compound women | Alexis Ruiz (USA) | — | — |
Bommadevara beat Nakanishi 6–5 after a 10–9 shoot-off to become the first Indian man to win a World Cup Final, and only India's second World Cup champion in the competition's 20 years. Horáčková defeated Bauer 6–2, while Gökkır took bronze in a shoot-off against Mexico's Alejandra Valencia.
Firsts for Austria and Czechia
Nico Wiener and Marie Horáčková became the first World Cup champions from Austria and Czechia respectively, taking the number of nations to have produced a champion to 21. Alexis Ruiz became the eleventh American winner on the circuit and the third in compound women.
The 2026 season
| Stage | Dates | Recurve men | Recurve women | Compound men | Compound women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puebla, Mexico | 7–12 Apr | Brady Ellison (USA) | Zhu Jingyi (CHN) | Mathias Fullerton (DEN) | Sara López (COL) |
| Shanghai, China | 5–10 May | Li Mengqi (CHN) | Kang Chae-young (KOR) | Sebastián García (MEX) | Lisell Jäätma (EST) |
| Antalya, Türkiye | 9–14 Jun | Dhiraj Bommadevara (IND) | Zhu Jingyi (CHN) | Mike Schloesser (NED) | Andrea Becerra (MEX) |
| Madrid, Spain | 7–12 Jul | Mete Gazoz (TUR) | Marie Horáčková (CZE) | Pablo Gómez (COL) | Ella Gibson (GBR) |
| Final: Saltillo, Mexico | 12–13 Sep | Dhiraj Bommadevara (IND) | Marie Horáčková (CZE) | Nico Wiener (AUT) | Alexis Ruiz (USA) |
2026 was also the first season in which archers needed a minimum qualifying score to enter a World Cup stage.
Why it matters
The spread of winners across eight nations at the stages and four new champions at the Final is the clearest sign yet that the top of the sport is widening beyond its traditional powers. Two weeks later Bommadevara and Gazoz were in action again at the Asian Games and World Field Championships respectively.
Sources
- Round-up: Four first-time World Cup champions crowned at Saltillo 2026 – World Archery
- Who stood out in Saltillo? The best archers of the 20th World Cup Final – World Archery
- 2026 Archery World Cup – Wikipedia
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