A total of 585 archers from 61 countries, aged 21 and under, are scheduled to compete for victory in the Spanish capital, with qualification and elimination events taking place at the Zona Sur University Sports Complex.

Those who reach the finals will compete for medals at the heart of the city, in front of Madrid's Palacio Real.

Competition is split into two divisions, the under-18 cadets and the juniors, aged up to 21, with 20 medals on offer – four individual and six team in both age groups.

Competition begins with qualifiers tomorrow, followed by the first elimination rounds on Wednesday (August 21) and Thursday (August 22).

The first medals will be handed out on Friday (August 23) with the bronze matches, before all finals take place over the weekend.

The 10 compound finals take place on Saturday (August 24), with the recurve competitions culminating on Sunday (August 25).

Of the eight individual champions from the 2017 competition in Rosario, Argentina, only two are defending their titles, meaning there are plenty of events where the medals are up for grabs from a wide field of possible winners.

The returning winners are in the compound junior categories, where Chris Broadnax and Alexis Ruiz of the United States are returning to try and keep their crowns.

Ruiz is clear favourite to do so as the current number one in the women's world compound rankings, and having finished on the podium in all four Archery World Cup events so far this year.

In the recurve juniors, Korean champions Jeong Tae-yeong and Kim Kyoun-geun are now over 21 and unable to participate, while compatriot Park Sohui is not competing in the recurve cadet women's competition.

The other three cadet champions from Rosario – Tang Chih-chun of Chinese Taipei, Puerto Rico's Bryan Alvarado and British archer Lucy Mason – are all now in the junior classes.

Another British competitor, Jessica Stretton, will be eyeing gold in the compound women's junior event to go with her Paralympic gold medal.

The 19-year-old, who shoots from a wheelchair, was victorious in the W1 category at Rio 2016 and will compete in an able-bodied event for the first time.

There are also plenty of medal hopes among the host nation's archers, including Jose Manuel Solera, who won gold in the recurve mixed nation mixed team event at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.