News  The first 22 nations have won places in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games archery competition, via the world championships in Copenhagen, World Archery (WA) has confirmed The first qualifications came in the recurve team event, for which each successful teams won three places at Rio 2016 for their National Olympic Committees In the women’s event, Mexico, the Republic Korea, Georgia, China, Japan, India, Russia and Colombia all qualified In the men’s event, the qualifiers were Australia, the USA, the Netherlands, Chinese Taipei, China, Italy, the Republic of Korea and Spain The Brazil did not win in Copenhagen, but met the Olympic qualification criteria anyway as at least three women and three men from the country competed Three more places in the men’s and women’s teams event will be up for grabs at Final World Team Qualification Tournament, whose place and date are to be confirmed by WA Eight countries won places in the Rio 2016 men’s and women’s individual events The nations already qualified in the team competition were left out On the first day of competition, Germany, Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, Ukraine and the USA won slots in the women’s event The following day, Austria, Italy and Poland joined the group In the men’s competition, Canada, Colombia, Japan, India, Ukraine and Venezuela qualified on day one with Indonesia and Germany joining them the following day Fourteen more individual spots will be decided at continental championships, with the last three up for grabs in the Final World Individual Qualification Tournament, whose place and date are to be confirmed by WA Follow the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games here  Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota