News

The first competition in the 2026 IAU World Cup series was held in the beautiful small Czech town of Kostelec na Hané. Twenty-six competitors from 6 countries competed in an excellent sporting contest, in pleasant surroundings, with excellent organisation by the Czech Field Crossbow Association and the crossbow clubs Savana from Kostelec na Hané and Falcon Crossbow Plumlov.

In the men's competition, the winner was Croatian Domagoj Pereglin with the day's best result of 872, followed by the second Croatian, Martin Oborovečki, with 865, and Marijan Kajfeš, with 856.

Croatian women won the first three places in the women's competition. Mihaela Oborovečki won with a score of 844, ahead of Veronika Forjan (843) and Sanja Komar (837).

The IAU World Cup Competition results can be seen and downloaded here.

After this 1st IAU World Cup, the 2026 IAU World Ranking List was set up for MEN and WOMEN.

The 3^rd Plumlov Cup in the Field discipline IR900 was also held during this competition, with 34 competitors participating. The competition was in both team and individual categories. The teams were mixed, comprising three members from different categories. The CRO 1 team won ahead of CRO 2, and the CZE 1 team came in third. You can see the individual results by category and the team results.

On June 28, 2026, the 3^rd Moravia Cup competition in the IAU Field Match Play discipline ended. After the change of the IAU Field rules in the Match Play discipline, the new rules were tested for the first time. Namely, the qualifications were held at first. Everyone shot 30 arrows at a distance of 35m. Following this elimination, direct duels were later held according to the classic pattern: first against last, second against penultimate, and so on.

In the exciting duel matches, attended by a large number of spectators, the following fights took place:

• In the women's competition, French competitor Zoe Dewicki defeated the domestic competitor Hana Nedělníkovâ with 5:3. In the fight for the bronze medal, Törökne Zsoter Judit (HUN) defeated Mihaela Oborovečki (CRO) 6:4.
• In the men's competition, two Croatians fought for gold. After an exciting fight, Borna Bajser, a Croatian junior, defeated Domagoj Pereglin, multiple world champion and record holder, 6:4. A little earlier, in the battle for 3rd place, the Croatian competitor Marijan Kajfeš defeated another Croatian junior, Lovro Bjelobrk, 6:4.

You can check the IAU Match Play Results here.

Since 2026, IANSEO has been the official program for processing IAU results and has demonstrated its advantages in this competition, including near-real-time results, accuracy, and clarity.

This final match concludes the first step of the IAU World Cup Field Series. 

We thank Hungarian Crossbow Shooting, especially Sándor Sváb, for the video coverage of the competitions.

Andrés Lukáš took beautiful photos at this year's and last year's competitions.

The next step is the IAU World Cup in Croatia in the beautiful Zagorje town of Veliko Trgovišće from June 16th to 19th, 2026.

Dear crossbow community,

the European Chamionships Match & Field Crossbow in Châteauroux (FRA) is coming closer and we are happy to share the information provided by the organising French Shooting Federation. 

You are welcome to check the download area of the Calendar section for the invitation, the entry forms for Match Crossbow, Field Crossbow and the Field Crossbow City Cup. Also find the preliminary time schedule along the documents.

Please note the deadline of entries for the ECH, which is the 20^th July 2026. 

We are looking forward to meet you at the Olympic range and celebrate a come-together of both discipline groups, marking the 70^th anniversary of the IAU.