The World Archery Federation (WA, also and formerly known as FITA from the French Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee. History FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine). Its seven founding member states were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy. 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 Federation or WA. 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. Identity Flag The WA flag has a white background, with the organization's logo in the middle. Member associations As of April 2019, 159 national federations and other associations are members of World Archery. Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia American Samoa Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Benin Bermuda Belarus Bhutan Bosnia-Herzegovina Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cameroon Central African Republic Cambodia Canada Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic DR Congo Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Great Britain Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malawi Malaysia Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Montenegro Mongolia Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norfolk Island North Korea Norway Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia