Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Medals

After the drubbing both men received in their semifinals Ahmed El-Nemr and Xiaxiang Dai matched up well as they fought it out over the bronze medal. Egyptian El-Nemr started the stronger with a perfect opening set and another pair of tens in the second to take a 4-0 lead. Dai was quite consistent though with one shot, an eight in set number two, outside of the gold rings through the first four sets and this consistency started to pay off when his opponent stuttered on the brink of victory.

Dai had pole position in the third set after hitting all gold and El-Nemr starting off with a seven unable to recover and the Chinese athlete was down 4-2. Dai matched his previous score while his opponent could only improve his loose shot to an eight and for the first time he was unable to hit a ten in a set resulting in a decider.

The final set was full of nerves as both men hit a pair of eights to round out their scores and the only difference came down to their first shots: a nine for Dai and a ten for bronze medalist El-Nemr.

The final was full of great shooting as both archers hit nothing but nines and tens but it was over in a flash. Chinese entrant Yu Xing had only dropped two sets on his way to this final while Luis Alvarez had a tougher route with a pair of five setters including a comeback from 0-4 down in the 1/8 stage so the end result was a little surprising to spectators.

The match opened with the Mexican hitting two tens to Xing's one, a feat repeated in the second set for a 4-0 Alvarez lead. The third set would see Alvarez do it once more leaving Yu Xing settling for a silver medal as he hit all nines to close out the Olympic archery tournament.

Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) 30-28 28-27 26-28 26-28 26-25

Luis Alvarez (MEX) 28-30 26 def.Yu Xing (CHN) 29-28 29-28 29-27

Gold: Luis Alvarez (MEX)
Silver: Yu Xing (CHN)
Bronze: Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY)

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Semifinal

Yu Xing booked his place in the Olympic final with a perfect third set to defeat El-Nemr in straight sets. It will not be an all Chinese final as Luis Alvarez condemned Xiaoxiang Dai to battle it out with the Egyptian for a Bronze medal; this result was also a straight sets victory but incredibly Alvarez only missed the bullseye once on his penultimate shot.

Men's Individual Semifinal results:
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Yu Xing (CHN) 27-26 27-25 30-25

Luis Alvarez (MEX) 28-30 26 def. Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) 30-28 30-26 29-28

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Quarterfinal

After the drama of the previous round it was an all together calmer affair in the quarterfinals with China's Xiaoxiang Dai beating Tarundeep Rai in straight sets and fellow countryman Yu Xing taking care of Ukrainian Dmytro Hrachov in four.

Ahmed El-Nemr from Egypt dropped the opening set but edged Cheng-Pang Wang of Taipei in the next three and the fourth semifinalist is Luis Alvarez who came out on top in an all Mexican five setter.

Men's Individual Quarterfinal results:
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) 25-26 27-26 27-25 25-24
Yu Xing (CHN) def. Dmytro Hrachov (UKR)  30-29 28-30 29-27 28-27

Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Mauro Nespoli (MEX) 29-27 28-28 28-27 26-29 27-27
Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Tarundeep Rai (IND) 28-27 28-27 28-26

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/8 Elimination Round

This round featured a wealth of exciting archery with four of them needing a shoot-off to seperate the competitors. China have two athletes in the quarterfinals with Yu Xing and Xiaoxiang Dai defeating Brit Larry Godfrey and American Brady Ellison respectively in four sets. The second remaining British archer, Simon Terry, was also eliminated as Indian Tarundeep Rai swept past him in straight sets.

Markiyan Ivashko, the Ukrainian who has impressed with his two straight sets victories with nine tens including a score of thirty, met his match in the form of Egypt's Ahmed El-Nemr but he came back from a 0-4 scoreline to force the shoot-off where he lost 10 to 7. El-Nemr will face off against Taipei's Cheng-Pang Wang after he emerged victorious from his match with Haziq Kamaruddin, Wang and the Malaysian going back and forth throughout before the entrant from Taipei edged it by less than an inch.

Luis Alvarez and Mauro Nespoli will compete in an all-Mexican quarterfinal as they both took shoot-off wins, with the former coming back from 0-4 down and the latter tying three straight sets against Frenchman Gael Prevost.

Men's Individual 1/8 Elimination results:
Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) def. Haziq Kamaruddin (MAS) 28-28 25-29 28-26 25-26 27-25 (6-5)
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Markiyan Ivashko (UKR) 29-25 29-26 27-27 26-27 23-28 (6-5)
Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) def. Jacob Wukie (USA) 29-28 25-27 27-24 27-28 29-28
Yu Xing (CHN) def. Larry Godfrey (GBR) 28-25 29-28 28-28 28-28

Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Rafal Dobrowolski (POL) 27-28 25-27 30-25 27-26 28-28 (6-5)
Mauro Nespoli (MEX) def. Gael Prevost (FRA) 25-28 27-25 27-27 26-26 27-27 (6-5)
Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Brady Ellison (USA) 26-25 28-27 27-28 27-24
Tarundeep Rai (IND) def. Simon Terry (GBR) 28-24 29-24 27-26

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round Results

Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination results:
Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) def. Dong Hyuan Im (KOR) 30-26 28-27 25-26 28-28 29-29
Haziq Kamaruddin (MAS) Rick Van Der Ven (NED) 25-27 24-24 23-25 28-27 28-27 (6-5)
Markiyan Ivashko (UKR) def. Nay Myo Aung (MYA) 30-28 28-25 26-24
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Elias Malave (VEN) 29-27 22-28 28-24 24-27 30-26

Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) def. Takahura Furukawa (JPN) 28-27 28-27 28-29 28-25
Jacob Wukie (USA) def. Hideki Kikuchi (JPN) 27-27 28-26 28-27 25-26 26-27 (6-5)
Yu Xing (CHN) def. Khairul Anuar Mohamad (MAS) 28-26 29-28 29-29 30-25
Larry Godfrey (GBR) def. Marco Galliazzo (ITA) 28-24 28-25 29-25

Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Jin Hyek Oh (KOR) 28-28 27-27 29-26 29-27
Rafal Dobrowolski (POL) def. Rahul Banerjee (IND) 29-21 29-25 27-29 26-26 28-28
Mauro Nespoli (MEX) def. Viktor Ruban (UKR)27-27 27-22 28-27 29-24
Gael Prevost (FRA) def. Thomas Faucheron (FRA) 29-29 27-26 26-25 27-24

Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei (IRI)28-28 29-27 27-29 28-25 28-26
Brady Ellison (USA) def. Alan Wills (GBR) 27-25 27-28 27-24 30-26
Simon Terry (GBR) def. Dan Olaru (ROU) 27-27 28-27 29-27 24-30 27-27
Tarundeep Rai (IND) def. Bubmin Kim (KOR) 25-26 29-27 25-25 29-25 28-27

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/16 Elimination Round

It was a tougher test for the victors of round two as only Britain's Larry Godfrey and Markiyan Ivashko of the Ukraine managed to win in straight sets.  The two Korean archers were both dumped out of the competition in five set battles. Cheng-Pang Wang from Taipei defeated Dong Hyuan Im, starting out the contest with a perfect score, and Indian archer Tarundeep Rai beat Bubmin Kim after dropping the first set.

In terms of comebacks the biggest came from Haziq Kamaruddin of Malaysia as he trailed Dutchman Rick Van Der Ven 1-5 before marginally taking the final two sets leading to a shoot-off where Kamaruddin hit the ten, Van Der Ven out on a nine. 

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round Results

Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination results:
Dong Hyuan Im (KOR) def. Emanuele Guidi (SMR) 27-22 25-20-22-14
Cheng-Pang Wang (TPE) def. (Daniel Felipe Penida (COL) 23-27 26-26 27-24 24-23 27-23
Haziq Kamaruddin (MAS) def. Denis Gankin (KAZ) 26-29 28-25 27-26 28-26
Rick Van Der Ven (NED) def. Jeff Henckels (LUX) 28-28 28-24 27-25 28-26

Nay Myo Aung (MYA) def. Romain Girouille (FRA) 29-28 29-26 25-27 26-26 28-27
Markiyan Ivashko (UKR) def. Elias Cuesta (ESP) 28-27 28-27 27-25
Elias Malave (VEN) def. Cheng-Wei Kuo (TPE) 29-23 28-27 28-28 29-27
Ahmed El-Nemr (EGY) def. Crispin Duenas (CAN) 27-24 25-24 27-26

Takahura Furukawa (JPN def. Kar Wei Calvin Lee (HKG) 26-27 28-27 29-28 28-25
Dmytro Hrachov (UKR) def. Michele Frangilli (ITA) 28-27 27-26 29-27
Hideki Kikuchi (JPN) def. Baard Nesteng (NOR) 27-26 26-26 26-23 26-27 26-22
Jacob Wukie (USA) def. Jayanta Talukdar (IND) 27-26 28-28 28-25 29-22

Yu Xing (CHN) def. Camilo Mayr (GER) 28-25 28-26 28-26
Khairul Anuar Mohamad (MAS) def. Chu Sian Cheng (MAS) 28-26 28-28 28-26 27-29 27-27
Marco Galliazzo (ITA) def. Juan Reme Serrano (MEX) 25-24 26-27 28-28 20-27 29-25
Larry Godfrey (GBR) def. Md Emdadul Haque Milon (BAN) 29-24 26-19 29-23

Jin Hyek Oh (KOR) def. Axel Muller (SUI) 26-23 24-25 28-27 28-23
Luis Alvarez (MEX) def. Yavor Vasilev Hristov (BUL) 27-22 28-28 26-23 27-25
Rahul Banerjee (IND) def. Jantsan Gantugs (MGL) 25-25 28-23 28-23 29-23
Rafal Dobrowolski (POL) Daniel Rezende Xavier (BRA) 26-26 26-26 28-29 27-24 25-24

Mauro Nespoli (MEX) def. Yu Cheng Chen (TPE) 28-26 26-29 2827 27-26 26-26 (6-5)
Viktor Ruban (UKR) def. (Zhaowu Liu (CHN) 28-27 27-26 27-27 26-27 29-27
Thomas Faucheron (FRA) def. Witthaya Thamwong (THA) 22-25 26-25 22-24 29-24 26-26 (6-5)
Gael Prevost (FRA) def. Reme Philippe Kouassi (CIV) 28-21 24-18 27-26

Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) def. Klemen Strajhar (SLO) 26-27 28-24 26-24 27-25
Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei (IRI) def. Luis Eduardo Velez (MEX) 28-27 24-28 25-29 28-28 28-26 (6-5)
Alan Wills (GBR) def. Taylor Worth (USA) 26-26 23-28 26-27 28-26 27-26 (6-5)
Brady Ellison (USA) def. Mark Javier (CZE) 27-25 26-23 29-28

Simon Terry (GBR) def. Yu Ishizu (JPN) 23-25 25-28 28-26 28-27 24-22
Dan Olaru (ROU) def. Jake Kaminski (USA) 27-28 23-28 29-28 28-24 26-25
Tarundeep Rai (IND) Juan Carlos Stevens (CUB) 29-28 29-27 24-26 28-27
Bubmin Kim (KOR) def. Robert Elder (FIJ) 29-26 28-26 26-25

Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual 1/32 Elimination Round

The men's individual tournament got under way with all three British entrants through to the next round. Larry Godfrey saw of his Bangladeshi opponent in straight sets while Simon Terry and Alan Wills both needing to get it done through five sets; Wills requiring a 10-8 win in the shoot-off after falling 1-5 behind to put an end to the challenge of Australian Taylor Worth.

Other dramatic shoot-off results for Thomas Faucheron, leading to an all-French match with Gael Prevost, and Milad Vaziri Teymoorlooei from Iran saw them come through. The Korean archers Dong Hyuan Im and Bubmin Kim were among a pack of nine men who all cruised through in straight sets.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Men's Individual Preview

The final event features the men in individual competition. As in the Women's Individual there are sixty-four competitors playing a best-of-five set format.

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Womens Team Medal Matches

Mexico vs United States - Bronze Medal
A struggling trio of Mexicans went head to head against another consistent United States performance where the Americans once again found the nine early and often. A full house of nines saw the USA up 54-50 after the first end as Mexico were outside the gold rings on three shots. A single eight in the United States' fifth shot only gave them an extra two point advantage after the second end as their opponents found the bullseye but cancelled it out with a seven.

Mexico pulled themselves up to a competing level with just one eight, but this time their ten was matched by the USA leaving the scores 161-155 with one end remaining. It was too much to ask for Mexico as they returned to their inconsistent shooting. For their part the USA finished with another five nines to claim the bronze medals.

MEXICO									UNITED STATES
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	8	9	9	9	8	7	50		1	9	9	9	9	9	9	54
2	8	10	7	9	9	8	51		2	9	9	9	9	8	9	53
3	8	9	9	9	10	9	54		3	9	10	9	9	9	8	54
4	8	10	8	9	8	9	52		4	9	9	9	9	8	9	53
Total							207		Total							214

Korea vs Taipei
After an all North American match it was time to turn attention to the all Asian final. Korea stumbled out of the blocks with a six on the very first arrow. A seven and two eights would also score in the opening end and not even their ten could save them, leaving Taipei up 54-48 as they hit all gold except a lone seven on the final shot.

Korea pulled themselves together after that poor end and edged the Taipei archers in the second to claw back a point. Another high-scoring end from Taipei however left little doubt as to which way this match would go, Korea able to tie 55-55 with three tens but that still left them staring down a 162-157 scoreline.

Taipei extended their lead by another two points after three arrows in the final end and, obviously feeling relaxed, proceeded to end the match with a hat trick of tens becoming Olympic gold medalists.

KOREA									TAIPEI
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	6	9	8	7	10	8	48		1	9	9	10	10	9	7	54
2	9	9	10	9	8	9	54		2	9	10	8	8	9	9	53
3	8	10	8	10	9	10	55		3	8	10	9	9	10	9	55
4	8	9	8	10	9	10	54		4	10	8	9	10	10	10	57
Total							211		Total							219

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Mens Team Medal Matches

United States vs China - Bronze Medal
The first archery medal of the London 2012 Olympics was decided here and both sides displayed their own level of consistency. China scored 54 in each of the first three ends with a pair each of sevens and eights to keep them chasing their opponents. For their part the American team averaged three tens in all four ends, faltering on a few occasions themselves to land arrows outside of the gold rings to keep things close.

An even first end saw both sides land in the seven but a third ten from the United States saving them from a rogue eight shot before they took the lead at the halfway stage with nothing but gold; China scrambling to recover from back-to-back eights putting them down 111-108.

The Chinese athletes pulled one back with both teams again landing in the seven and Team USA finding another eight, 164-162. Down to the final end and both teams were on song with nothing landing outside a nine, the Americans four bullseyes giving them an extra margin to claim the Bronze medals.

UNITED STATES									CHINA
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	10	7	10	9	10	8	54		1	9	9	10	10	9	7	54
2	9	9	10	10	9	10	57		2	9	10	8	8	10	9	54
3	10	9	10	7	9	8	53		3	9	10	7	9	10	9	54
4	10	9	9	10	10	10	58		4	10	9	9	9	9	10	56
Total							222		Total							218

Korea vs Mexico - Gold Medal
The Gold Medal match started with Mexico digging themselves into an early hole with only one ten and a pair of eights leaving Korea ahead 56-53. The deficit remained at three points midway through the match as both teams got into their grooves; another eight however preventing Mexico from making inroads on the scoreline.

The third end and Korea looked a little tight hitting the eight twice and they now had Mexico breathing down their necks 167-166 after another solid end from them despite yet another shot outside of the golden rings. These eights would be the story of the final with two more for Mexico taking their game total to six and they compounded the problem by only hitting a single ten for the second end in the match; Korea starting with an eight of their own but quickly regaining their composure to become Olympic Gold medalists.

KOREA									MEXICO
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	9	10	9	10	9	9	56		1	8	9	10	9	8	9	53
2	9	10	9	9	10	10	57		2	10	10	10	8	9	10	57
3	10	8	10	9	9	8	54		3	9	8	10	9	10	10	56
4	8	10	10	9	9	10	56		4	8	9	10	8	9	9	53
Total							223		Total							219

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Mens Team Semifinals

Korea vs United States
These two teams put on a high-class semifinal with a single eight in the match on either side. This coming in the first end that resulted in Korea leading 56-55 with no less than eleven tens each out of their twenty-four arrows. The second end started out well for the USA as they shot off four consecutive bullseyes to take a one point lead with the teams tying the third end with another three tens per side.

Korea just edged the final end with the United States needing to hit a second bullseye in the fourth frame with their last arrow and send the game into a shoot-off. The great form would only stay with one side, Korea hitting nothing but gold while the Americans faltered ever so slightly placing them into the Bronze medal match.

KOREA									UNITED STATES
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	10	9	9	8	10	10	56		1	8	9	10	9	9	10	55
2	9	9	10	9	9	10	56		2	10	10	10	10	9	9	58
3	10	9	9	9	10	10	57		3	9	10	10	9	10	9	57
4	9	10	10	9	9	10	57		4	9	9	10	9	9	10	56
Total							226		Total							226
Shoot-Off											Shoot-Off
KOREA			USA
1	10		1	9
2	10		2	9
3	9		3	8
Total	29		Total	26

CHINA vs MEXICO
The second semifinal was another tense affair that went down to the wire despite another bad start for China that saw them score just 51 with a seven and two eights, but once again they found a way to come back with four tens in the second end tying the match after two ends 109-109.

Mexico started the penultimate end with three consecutive bullseyes but a rogue seven aided China and kept the scores level 163-163 and it was onto another nailbiting final end. China had the initiative by hitting 10-9-9 and Mexico managing 8-8-10, but another seven for the Chinese, this one coming on their final shot, opened the door for Mexico to win. Their last arrow hitting the ten and taking them to the Gold medal match against Korea.

CHINA									MEXICO
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	7	8	9	8	10	9	51		1	8	10	10	8	10	9	55
2	10	9	10	10	9	10	58		2	9	10	7	9	10	9	54
3	9	10	9	8	9	9	54		3	10	10	10	7	8	9	54
4	10	9	9	8	9	7	52		4	8	8	10	9	8	10	53
Total							215		Total							216

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Mens Team Quarterfinals

Korea vs Ukraine
Team Korea easily make their way into the semifinals after their first match of the tournament, sweeping aside Ukraine by sixteen points. The victor's lone eight came in the first end while Ukraine hit a seven for a 57-54 scoreline. After that it was all gold rings for Korea extending their lead with each end while the Ukrainians struggled to keep up thanks to half a dozen eights and another seven.

KOREA									UKRAINE
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	10	10	9	10	8	10	57		1	9	10	10	9	9	7	54
2	10	9	10	9	10	10	58		2	9	10	8	9	8	9	53
3	10	9	9	10	9	9	56		3	10	8	8	7	9	8	50
4	10	9	9	10	9	10	57		4	8	9	9	9	10	10	55
Total							228		Total							212

India vs United States
Korea will face the Americans after they tried to blow their four point lead going into the final end by firing off a pair of sevens, one of which was barely enough to win the match on the final shot. India had a hard time finding the bullseye with four tens throughout, three of them coming in the second end. In comparison the United States hit six in the first half of the contest and they continued to stay just ahead after three ends despite no-one scoring a maximum.

The final end came with America leading 164-160, increasing this lead to 183-178 with four arrows per side remaining. An 8-9-10 from India pulled it back within three, USA shooting 7-9-9 and needing at least a seven to finish it off which they just about managed.

INDIA									UNITED STATES
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	9	8	9	9	9	9	53		1	10	9	9	8	9	10	55
2	10	9	10	10	9	9	57		2	10	9	10	10	10	9	58
3	8	8	9	8	9	8	50		3	9	9	9	7	8	9	51
4	9	9	8	9	10	9	54		4	9	10	7	9	9	7	51
Total							214		Total							215

China vs Italy
A terrible start from the Chinese left them facing a 56-49 scoreline after hitting a pair of sevens and no tens. Italy then found the seven in the second end while China picked it up to reverse their fortunes with four bullseyes and tie the scores 107-107. The teams remained deadlocked heading into the final end where nerves would be tested.

China had a point lead with three arrows left but could have held a match winning advantage after shooting 10-7-10 while the Italians managed 10-8-8. Both teams only found yellow rings with their final shots but Italy held their nerve to grab an extra ten over their rivals and take the match to a shoot-off where each athlete takes one final shot.

The lone ten of China was the difference maker despite starting out on a 8-9 deficit. The second arrows turned the scores around 18-17 with both ending in the nine to put China through into the final four and the chance to play either Mexico or France.

CHINA									ITALY
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	9	7	7	9	8	9	49		1	9	10	10	9	9	9	56
2	10	9	10	10	9	10	58		2	7	8	8	9	9	10	51
3	9	9	10	9	9	9	55		3	9	9	9	9	9	10	55
4	10	7	10	9	9	10	55		4	10	8	8	10	9	10	55
Total							217		Total							217
Shoot-Off
CHINA			ITALY
1	8		1	9
2	10		2	8
3	9		3	9
Total	27		Total	26

Mexico vs France
Mexico could count themselves lucky to be tied 51-51 after the first end as the third arrow scored a lowly five points as France hit the seven twice. This lifeline led to a four point lead at the halfway stage for Mexico as it was France's turn to low score hitting a six, and while the eventual winners kept their play up at a high level, France hit three more sevens to crash to a seven point defeat.

MEXICO									FRANCE
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	10	9	5	10	8	9	51		1	10	10	7	8	9	7	51
2	10	8	9	10	8	10	55		2	8	10	9	9	6	9	51
3	9	10	8	9	8	10	54		3	7	7	9	9	10	10	52
4	8	9	9	9	10	8	53		4	9	7	9	10	8	9	52
Total							213		Total							206

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Arrows at Gold - London 2012 Olympics, Mens Team First Round

Ukraine vs Great Britain
A strong start from the Brits earned them a three point lead after the first end 58-55, but the Ukrainians were just warming up while Team GB may have been punching above their weight. A seven and a trio of eights for Britain, coupled with just one arrow before nine for the Ukraine, turned the scores around to 111-109.

The third end was brighter for GB with all nines but Ukraine still extended their lead with four tens: 169-163. The final end was made easier for the eventual winners with another British seven. This puts the Ukraine team through to the Quarterfinal to face Korea.

UKRAINE									GREAT BRITAIN
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	8	10	10	9	8	10	55		1	10	9	10	10	9	10	58
2	10	9	10	9	10	8	56		2	8	10	10	8	7	8	51
3	9	10	10	10	9	10	58		3	9	9	9	9	9	9	54
4	10	10	9	10	9	8	56		4	10	9	8	10	7	10	54
Total							225		Total							217

Japan vs India
A nailbiting finish saw India make their way into the quarterfinals in match that came down to the last shot. A poor start from Japan with a single ten to go with their seven allowed India to run out to a 58-52 lead with four tens of their own.

Japan then brought the score back to within three and then tied it up 165-165 as India struggled to find the centre of the target with only a single ten in twelve arrows; Japan had hit the bullseye seven times in the same span. The final end ebbed and flowed and it all came down to the very last shot where India needed a nine to win putting them through to face the United States.

JAPAN									INDIA
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	9	8	9	10	9	7	52		1	10	10	9	9	10	10	58
2	10	9	10	9	8	10	56		2	8	9	9	9	9	9	53
3	10	9	10	10	8	10	57		3	9	8	9	9	9	10	54
4	10	8	9	9	10	9	55		4	9	10	10	9	9	9	56
Total							220		Total							221

Taipei vs Italy
The third match of the round was a walkover for the Italians as their opponents landed in the seven five times along with a pair of sixes after a bright start in the opening end. Despite hitting a six and seven of their own in the second end, Italy had a 104-101 lead at the halfway mark, extending their advantage with four tens in the third. Taipei looked to finish the match on a bright note starting the final end with 10-10-8 but followed that up with a score of nineteen for the final three arrows.

TAIPEI									ITALY
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	8	8	9	9	9	10	53		1	10	9	10	8	9	8	54
2	8	10	7	7	9	7	48		2	7	6	9	8	10	10	50
3	8	7	8	10	10	9	52		3	9	10	10	10	8	10	57
4	10	10	8	6	7	6	47		4	10	10	10	8	10	8	56
Total							200		Total							217

Mexico vs Malaysia
Mexico are the final team to make their way into the quarterfinals but they struggled to make an impression, they just happened to struggle less than the Malaysians. Malaysia did have the edge after the second end, coming back from a 54-52 deficit to take a 107-106 lead through two ends with both sides only managing three tens among a sea of eights and nines.

While Malaysia continued to find the same rings, Mexico started to find the bullseye a bit easier edging them ahead in the third end 160-157 which allowed them to relax a little at the end despite shooting their first seven.

MEXICO									MALAYSIA
End	Arrows						Score		End	Arrows						Score
1	8	9	10	10	8	9	54		1	9	10	9	9	7	8	52
2	8	8	9	8	10	9	52		2	9	10	9	8	9	10	55
3	10	10	8	9	8	9	54		3	8	9	8	8	9	8	50
4	10	10	9	7	8	9	53		4	8	9	10	8	9	9	53
Total							213		Total							210

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