Fencing World Cup

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The FIE Fencing World Cup is an international fencing competition held by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. In each weapon (Men's and Women's Épée, Sabre and Foil), three Grand Prix, five World Cup events and several satellite events are contested each season. The five top results as well as the Olympic Games or World Fencing Championships and zonal championships results are taken into account for each fencer's rankings. For teams, up to five World Cup events are held each year. The four top results as well as the Olympic Games or World Fencing Championships and zonal championships are taken into account for each country's rankings.

Individual World Cup

Formula

World Cup competitions are governed by the FIE rules for competitions. World Cups and Grand Prix are organised according to a mixed system consisting of one round of pools and a preliminary direct elimination table, followed by a main direct elimination table of 64 fencers.

The 16 top-ranked fencers in FIE rankings are exempt from the qualification phase and access directly the table of 64. All other competitors fence in pools of 7 fencers, or a mix of pools of 6 and pools of 7 if the number of fencers is not divisible by 7. The composition of the pools takes into account FIE rankings and the nationality of the fencers. Pools bouts last 3 minutes, or until a fencer has scored 5 hits. Fencers are ranked according to, successively:

  • the ratio of victory per bout;
  • the difference between the total number of hits scored and the total number of hits received;
  • the total number of hits scored.

The 16 top-ranked fencers after the pools phase access directly the table of 64. The other fences compete in direct elimination tables until 32 fencers are selected to complete the table of 64. Direct elimination matches last three three-minute sessions with a one-minute break in between, or until a fencer has 15 hits.

Points per competition and ranking
Gold Silver Bronze 4th Table of 8 Table of 16 Table of 32 Table of 64 Tableau of 96
Olympic Games 96 78 60 54 42 24 12 6
World Championships 80 65 50 _ 35 20 10 5 2.5
Grand Prix 48 39 30 _ 21 12 6 3 1.5
Zonal Championships / World Cup 32 26 20 _ 14 8 4 2 1
Satellite 4 3 2 _ 1 0 0 0

Medal record

Edition Men Women
Foil Sabre Épée Foil Sabre Épée
1972 Witold Woyda
 Poland
Viktor Sidyak
 Soviet Union
Csaba Fenyvesi
 Hungary
Antonella Ragno
 Italy
1973
Jenö Kamuti
 Hungary
Viktor Sidyak
 Soviet Union
Rolf Edling
 Sweden
Valentina Nikonova
 Soviet Union
1974 Alexandr Romankov
 Soviet Union
Mario Aldo Montano
 Italy
Rolf Edling
 Sweden
Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
 Hungary
1975 Christian Noël
 France
Vladimir Nazlymov
 Soviet Union
Boris Lukomsky
 Soviet Union
Olga Knyazeva
 Soviet Union
1976 Alexandr Romankov
 Soviet Union
Viktor Krovopuskov
 Soviet Union
Alexander Pusch
 West Germany
Yelena Novikova-Belova
 Soviet Union
1977 Carlo Montano
 Italy
Vladimir Nazlymov
 Soviet Union
Johan Harmenberg
 Sweden
Valentina Sidorova
 Soviet Union
1978 Matthias Behr
 West Germany
Imre Gedővári
 Hungary
Aleksandr Abushakhmetov
 Soviet Union
Yelena Novikova-Belova
 Soviet Union
1979 Vladimir Smirnov
 Soviet Union
Viktor Krovopuskov
 Soviet Union
Stefano Bellone
 Italy
Valentina Sidorova
 Soviet Union
1980 Vladimir Smirnov
 Soviet Union
Imre Gedővári
 Hungary
Alexander Pusch
 West Germany
Valentina Sidorova
 Soviet Union
1981
Andrea Borella
 Italy
Gianfranco Dalla Barba
 Italy
Alexander Pusch
 West Germany
Dorina Vaccaroni
 Italy
1982 Mauro Numa
 Italy
Imre Gedővári
 Hungary
Angelo Mazzoni
 Italy
Cornelia Hanisch
 West Germany
1983 Mauro Numa
 Italy
Vasil Etropolski
 Bulgaria
Elmar Borrmann
 West Germany
Dorina Vaccaroni
 Italy
1984
Andrea Borella
 Italy
Imre Gedővári
 Hungary
Olivier Lenglet
 France
Dorina Vaccaroni
 Italy
1985 Mauro Numa
 Italy
Vasil Etropolski
 Bulgaria
Robert Felisiak
 Poland
Laurence Modaine
 France
1986 Federico Cervi
 Italy
Vasil Etropolski
 Bulgaria
Alexander Pusch
 West Germany
Christiane Weber
 West Germany
1987
Andrea Borella
 Italy
Janusz Olech
 Poland
Arnd Schmitt
 West Germany
Zsuzsanna Jánosi
 Hungary
1988 Stefano Cerioni
 Italy
Imre Bujdosó
 Hungary
Sandro Cuomo
 Italy
Zsuzsanna Jánosi
 Hungary
1989
Andrea Borella
 Italy
Vilmoș Szabo
 Romania
Éric Srecki
 France
Zita-Eva Funkenhauser
 West Germany
  Eva-Maria Ittner
 West Germany
1990
Dmitry Shevchenko
 Soviet Union
Grigory Kiriyenko
 Soviet Union
Olivier Lenglet
 France
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz
 West Germany
Elisa Uga
 Italy
1991 Thorsten Weidner
 Germany
Péter Abay
 Hungary
Arnd Schmitt
 Germany
Giovanna Trillini
 Italy
Mariann Horváth
 Hungary
1992 Sergei Golubitsky
 CIS
Vilmoș Szabo
 Romania
Éric Srecki
 France
Margherita Zalaffi
 Italy
Mariann Horváth
 Hungary
1993 Sergei Golubitsky
 Ukraine
Marco Marin
 Italy
Angelo Mazzoni
 Italy
Diana Bianchedi
 Italy
Elisabeth Knechtl
 Austria
1994 Sergei Golubitsky
 Ukraine
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
 Russia
Angelo Mazzoni
 Italy
Giovanna Trillini
 Italy
Katja Nass
 Germany
1995 Sergei Golubitsky
 Ukraine
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
 Russia
Éric Srecki
 France
Giovanna Trillini
 Italy
Taymi Chappé
 Spain
1996 Rolando Tucker
 Cuba
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
 Russia
Jean-François Di Martino
 France
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Tímea Nagy
 Hungary
1997 Wolfgang Wienand
 Germany
Damien Touya
 France
Éric Srecki
 France
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Valérie Barlois
 France
1998 Elvis Gregory
 Cuba
Luigi Tarantino
 Italy
Sandro Cuomo
 Italy
Giovanna Trillini
 Italy
Claudia Bokel
 Germany
1999 Sergei Golubitsky
 Ukraine
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
 Russia
Pavel Kolobkov
 Russia
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Yelena Jemayeva
 Azerbaijan
Ildikó Mincza
 Hungary
2000 Ralf Bißdorf
 Germany
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
 Russia
Arnd Schmitt
 Germany
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Anne-Lise Touya
 France
Ildikó Mincza
 Hungary
2001 Ralf Bißdorf
 Germany
Mihai Covaliu
 Romania
Jörg Fiedler
 Germany
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Anne-Lise Touya
 France
Imke Duplitzer
 Germany
2002 Ralf Bißdorf
 Germany
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
 Russia
Christoph Marik
 Austria
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Yelena Jemayeva
 Azerbaijan
Laura Flessel
 France
2003
Andre Wessels
 Germany
Domonkos Ferjancsik
 Hungary
Christoph Marik
 Austria
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Sada Jacobson
 United States
Laura Flessel
 France
2004 Salvatore Sanzo
 Italy
Vladimir Lukashenko
 Ukraine
Alfredo Rota
 Italy
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Sada Jacobson
 United States
Laura Flessel
 France
2005 Erwann Le Péchoux
 France
Aleksey Yakimenko
 Russia
Stefano Carozzo
 Italy
Margherita Granbassi
 Italy
Sada Jacobson
 United States
Imke Duplitzer
 Germany
2006 Andrea Cassarà
 Italy
Zsolt Nemcsik
 Hungary
Gábor Boczkó
 Hungary
Sylwia Gruchała
 Poland
Mariel Zagunis
 United States
Sherraine Schalm
 Canada
2007 Andrea Baldini
 Italy
Aleksey Yakimenko
 Russia
Érik Boisse
 France
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Tan Xue
 China
Na Li
 China
2008 Andrea Cassarà
 Italy
Luigi Tarantino
 Italy
Matteo Tagliariol
 Italy
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Rebecca Ward
 United States
Ana Maria Brânză
 Romania
2009 Andrea Baldini
 Italy
Nicolas Limbach
 Germany
Gauthier Grumier
 France
Arianna Errigo
 Italy
Mariel Zagunis
 United States
Ana Maria Brânză
 Romania
2010 Lei Sheng
 China
Nicolas Limbach
 Germany
Gauthier Grumier
 France
Valentina Vezzali
 Italy
Mariel Zagunis
 United States
Emese Szász
 Hungary
2011 Andrea Cassarà
 Italy
Aleksey Yakimenko
 Russia
Paolo Pizzo
 Italy
Elisa Di Francisca
 Italy
Mariel Zagunis
 United States
Sun Yujie
 China
2012 Andrea Cassarà
 Italy
Nicolas Limbach
 Germany
Nikolai Novosjolov
 Estonia
Arianna Errigo
 Italy
Mariel Zagunis
 United States
Sun Yujie
 China
2013 Andrea Cassarà
 Italy
Veniamin Reshetnikov
 Russia
Rubén Limardo
 Venezuela
Arianna Errigo
 Italy
Olha Kharlan
 Ukraine
Ana Maria Brânză
 Romania
2014 Ma Jianfei
 China
Gu Bon-gil
 South Korea
Ulrich Robeiri
 France
Arianna Errigo
 Italy
Olha Kharlan
 Ukraine
Emese Szász
 Hungary
2015 Race Imboden
 United States
Gu Bon-gil
 South Korea
Gauthier Grumier
 France
Elisa Di Francisca
 Italy
Sofiya Velikaya
 Russia
Rossella Fiamingo
 Italy
2016 Alexander Massialas
 United States
Kim Jung-hwan
 South Korea
Gauthier Grumier
 France
Arianna Errigo
 Italy
Sofiya Velikaya
 Russia
Emese Szász
 Hungary
2017 Alexander Massialas
 United States
Gu Bon-gil
 South Korea
Yannick Borel
 France
Inna Deriglazova
 Russia
Anna Márton
 Hungary
Violetta Kolobova
 Russia
2018 Alessio Foconi
 Italy
Eli Dershwitz
 United States
Yannick Borel
 France
Inna Deriglazova
 Russia
Olha Kharlan
 Ukraine
Mara Navarria
 Italy
2019 Alessio Foconi
 Italy
Oh Sang-uk
 South Korea
Kazuyasu Minobe
 Japan
Inna Deriglazova
 Russia
Olha Kharlan
 Ukraine
Vivian Kong
 Hong Kong
2020 Alessio Foconi
 Italy
Oh Sang-uk
 South Korea
Sergey Bida
 Russia
Inna Deriglazova
 Russia
Olha Kharlan
 Ukraine
Ana Maria Popescu
 Romania

Team World Cup

Year Men's foil Women's foil Men's épée Women's épée Men's sabre Women's sabre
2000  Cuba  Germany  Italy  Hungary  Hungary  France
2001
2002  Germany  Romania  Austria  Germany  Hungary  Romania
2003  Italy  Italy  France  France  Russia  United States
2004  Germany  Poland  France  France  France  Romania
2005  France  Russia  France  Russia  Italy  Russia
2006  France  Russia  France  France  France  Russia
2007  Germany  Russia  France  France  Hungary  France
2008  Italy  Russia  France  China  France  United States
2009  Italy  Italy  Hungary  Italy  Italy  Ukraine
2010  Italy  Italy  Hungary  Poland  Italy  Russia
2011  Italy  Italy  France  Romania  Russia  Russia
2012  Italy  Italy  United States  Russia  Russia  Russia
2013  United States  Italy  Hungary  China  Russia  Ukraine
2014  France  Italy  France  Russia  Russia  United States
2015  Russia  Russia  France  China  Italy  Russia
2016  United States  Russia  France  Romania  Russia  Russia
2017  France  Italy  France  China  South Korea  Italy
2018  United States  Italy  South Korea  United States  South Korea  France
2019  United States  Russia  Russia  Russia  South Korea  France
2020  United States  Russia  France  China  South Korea  Russia

See also

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