Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Archery Premier League | |
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| Sport | Archery |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2025; 1 year ago (2025) |
| First season | 2025 |
| Administrator | Archery Association of India |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country |  India |
| Most recent champion | Rajputana Royals (2025) |
| Broadcaster | SonyLIV |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin Knock-out |
Archery Premier League, abbreviated asAPL, is a professionalarchery league based in India.[1] Organized byArchery Association of India, the governing body for the sport, it is the first franchise-based archery league in the world.[2] The first edition of the league was launched in 2025 inNew Delhi.[3]
The first edition of Archery Premier League was held at theYamuna Sports Complex inNew Delhi from 2 to 12 October 2025. The league is backed by bothWorld Archery andWorld Archery Asia.[4]Prithviraaj Yodhas,Kakatiya Knights,Rajputana Royals,Chero Archers, Mighty Marathas and Chola Chiefs were announced as the six teams.[5]Ram Charan was revealed to be the official brand ambassador of the league.[6]
Archery Premier League features 36 Indian archers and 12 top foreign archers who will be divided into six franchises. A draft system was followed instead of an auction for the inaugural edition of the league.[7]
Each franchise comprises eight members, four men and four women.[8] Each team includes up to two foreign archers, with at least one of them required to be part of the playing four. The league has mixed team duels in recurve and compound. Round robin fixtures will see 3 matches per day, each lasting 20 minutes. The arrow shooting time has been reduced to 15 seconds from the internationally allotted 20 seconds.[9]
| Team | State | Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Chero Archers | Jharkhand | Purnima Mahato |
| Chola Chiefs | Tamil Nadu | Sonam Tshering Bhutia |
| Kakatiya Knights | Telangana | Rahul Banerjee |
| Mighty Marathas | Maharashtra | Pravin Sawant |
| Prithviraaj Yodhas | Delhi | Lokesh Chand |
| Rajputana Royals | Rajasthan | Jiwanjot Singh Teja |
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner up | Venue | Teams | Player Of The Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rajputana Royals | 4–4 (2–0) | Prithviraaj Yodhas | Yamuna Sports Complex | 6 | Dhiraj Bommadevara* (RM) Ankita Bhakat* (RW) Mike Schloesser* (CM) Ella Gibson* (CW) |
*Based on Average Arrow score after Matchday 12.
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