Bangladesh mixed team reached the recurve mixed team event final of the Teer 22nd Asian Archery Championship eliminating India by 5-4 sets in tie breaker at the Bangladesh Army Stadium in Banani on Tuesday. Bangladesh team comprises Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Diya Siddiqui reached the event’s final for the first time eliminating their Indian rivals by 20-19 score in a fate deciding shoot-off after the event’s semifinal between them ended in 4-4 draw. In the event’s final on Friday (Nov 19), Bangladesh will play Korea for their dream gold.  Also read: Asian Archery: Hakim ranks 8th, Ruman 9th in recurve singles qualifications Earlier, Bangladesh team reached the semifinal eliminating Iran by 6-2 set points in the quarterfinal In the recurve men’s team, Bangladesh team consisting of Ruman Shana, Hakim Ahmed Rubel and Ram Krishna Saha were eliminated from the semifinals losing to India in tie breaker after the match was locked in 4-4 draw. Earlier, Bangladesh team advanced to the quarterfinal after getting a bye and reached the semifinal beating Uzbekistan by 6-0 set points in the quarterfinal. In the recurve women’s team, Bangladesh team studded with Diya Siddiqui, Beauty Roy and Nasrin Akter were eliminated from the semifinal stage losing to Korean team by 0-6 sets points after beating Uzbekistan by 5-3 sets points in the quarterfinal.    Also read: Teer 22nd Asian Archery Championship begins here Saturday In the compound men’s team, Bangladesh exited from semifinal losing to Korea by 235-228 score while Bangladesh mixed team eliminated from quarterfinal losing to Iran by 154-157. In the compound women’s team, Bangladesh made their early exit losing to Iran by 226-227 in the quarterfinal.

Two Bangladeshi leading archers -- Mohammad Hakim Ahmed Rubel -- ranked 8th scoring 666 while and Mohammad Ruman Shana 9th making 665 in the recurve men’s singles qualification rounds of the Teer 22nd Asian Archery Championship’ 2021 at the Bangladesh Army Stadium, Banani on Sunday.  Two other Bangladeshi archers -- Ram Krishna Saha and Abdur Rahman -- were placed 10th and 15th scoring 665 scoring 649 respectively. Read:Teer 22nd Asian Archery Championship begins here Saturday Thirty-nine archers from 15 countries participated in the event with Lee Seungyun of Korea clinching the top slot scoring 680. In the recurve women’s singles qualifications, Diya Siddiqui of Bangladesh ranked 12th scoring 637 improving her individual Olympics record of 635.   Nasrin Akter of Bangladesh finished 15th scoring 529 while Beauty Roy ranked 23rd scoring 621. Twenty-six archers from nine countries took part in the event with Ryoo Su Jung of Korea earning the top slot scoring 687.     Bangladesh team ranked 4th in the recurve women’s team event scoring 1887 and Bangladesh finished 3rd in the recurve men’s team event making 1996. In the compound men’s team event, Bangladesh ranked 4th scoring 2097 while Bangladesh ranked 6th in the compound women’s team event making 1987.       Read: Hero Asian Champions Trophy (Hockey) to begin on Dec 14 Some 187 archers and officials from 16 counties, including 15 archers from hosts Bangladesh, are taking part in 10 events of the week-long meet, sponsored by City Group (Teer). Ten events are recurve men’s team, recurve women’s team. recurve men’s singles, recurve women’s singles, recurve mixed team,  compound men’s team, compound women;s team, compound men’s singles, compound women’s singles and compound mixed team.

Bangladeshi women’s archers-- Ety Khatun, Mahanaz Akter Monera and Beauty Ray- failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics’2020 as they were eliminated from the Continental Qualification Tournament (CQT) of the 21th Asian Archery Championship at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Thailand on Thursday.

A 19-member Bangladesh National Archery team will leave for Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Thursday at 1:40 pm to compete in the 21st Asian Archery Championships, at the Rajamangala National Stadium.