Spain (Spain) v China (China) | Match | 2026 Archery World Cup

The Chinese duo of Xu Jingyi and Li Minqi. On home soil, Tamino and Canales. They're up against a strong Chinese team though, aren't they? Yeah, they will need to bring their A-game to shoot against these two, well, I want to say rising stars, but I think by now we can say established stars. Risen stars, that's for sure. And it will be Team China to get the match underway. Xu Jingyi to get the match underway. Yeah, I was not too happy with that one and a little bit of wind is picking up, if I'm not mistaken. Li Minqi has shot really well this season, hasn't he? Yeah, and Antalya, he basically just showed what he can do. The two nines get a ball if the Spanish team gets their stuff on the way immediately. Here's the 2025 industrial world champion. Puts it into the turn. They're seriously buoyed by this home crowd. Yeah, and I mean, I understand why. It's a very electric atmosphere. No man overboard. Tying the first rotation of China with that second eight. We have the sighters from all four arches. A little bit of movement on the line there, but what a shot from Xu. He's 19 years old. Xu puts it into the 10. Can Li Minqi follow suit? I'm here to notice that immediately after getting off of the line, Xu starts communicating and they had a bit of a back and forth before Li shot his arrow. Yeah, and they're gonna need it. Penal shot Nate with her first arrow. That has a chance here to take the first set. Need to 10. So 10. To shoot first in the second set. China came through Moldova, Ukraine and India to make it to this gold medal match. And they start the second set with a nine. A lot of nines being shot here by the team of China. More than I kind of expected going into this match, but that does give Spain the chance to really put some pressure on this team. I think the team that essentially was the favorite going in here. You can just feel that atmosphere building as soon as Andres Domingo steps onto the line. Pull it up, but didn't put enough into that. Bo Cuando, an opportunity for Spain to take the lead. Canales will need a 10 though. Xu goes into a nine and we have a set. 18 apiece through the first rotation. Yeah, so the same situation as the first set. Still exactly the same situation as the first set, so we'll see what Li Minqi can do here. A very relaxed shot from Li Minqi. Sets of 38, only gettable by Spain if they shoot two 10s. They have shown us in the last set that that is something they can do. It's not this set, that eight by Domingo means that this will be a tight match going into the set. A bit of a practice arrow here for Elia Canales. When it comes to the height of the arrows, everything is basically within the height of the 10. It's just that they have a couple left and right nines, but seems like they're slowly dialing it in. Right as I say that, of course he drops low into the nine, but he's adjusting his sight just a little bit. Domingo on the line, gets the higher score. So a nine and a seven in the previous set from Canales. Third time in a row that we go into the second rotation with a tight score after the first rotation. China really putting on some pressure here. Like I said, it seems like they're slowly dialing in and that's a scary prospect for the team of Spain. Just outside at 38th set from team China. Ten nine required from Spain to tie the set. Two 10s and they put themselves in the driving seat. Domingo on the line. Full shot there by Domingo puts Elia Canales in a position where she needs to shoot a 10 if they want to stay tied in this match. Anything less than a 10 and they give the set away to China. What a shot from Canales. Full square between China and Spain. Yes, been put down by team China. Yeah and they shoot quick as well, so they don't have to deal with any time pressure. They can just do whatever they normally do. Whereas Domingo has a bit of a more conservative and controlled shot procedure that takes a little bit more time. It's not an issue so far though and that was a very very good 10. Gonna need another one now. So now team China have this in their own hands. They've shot 20 out of 20 so far in this fourth set. They do the same again. It's gold for the third time this season for team China. That's one of them. Look at that communication down to the very last arrow. They keep communicating. A 10 for the win. Oh, it's into the 9. So the draw has been left open here. Yeah, I was gonna say, only just a jar. Team Spain need two 10s here. Immense pressure on the shoulders of Elia Canales here. Needs to shoot a 10 to force a shoot-off. What a match we have here. One arrow per archer. Clean target faces. They've replaced the target faces in case we go for a measure because first differentiator is the score. If one team out shoots the other in terms of score, they'll take the gold medal. If the scores are tied, it will all be about the closest arrow to the middle of the target. There's a Spanish contingent in the crowd. Team China to shoot first. It's a bit quicker than she would like. Domingo so far has been shooting some very good arrows to start these rotations. Let's see what he can do here. Vantage to Spain. Gonna need a 10 here to put pressure on the Spanish. Oh, he gets the 10. It's a little right of the mark. Which means that Elia Canales can shoot a 9 here and Spain would win with the closest to the center arrow. So anything within the gold is a gold for Spain. Oh, it's in the 10. A 20 close 29 for Domingo and Canales and Spain on home soil having finished 9th, 13th and 10th through the first World Cups of the season here on home soil have brought their A-game. And Team Spain will be singing their national anthem proudly very shortly here in Madrid.