# 2023 Asian Fencing Championships

The 2023 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Wuxi, China from 17 to 22 June 2023 at the Taihu International Expo Center.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée | Koki Kano Japan | Yu Lefan China | Kim Jae-won South Korea |
| Individual épée | Koki Kano Japan | Yu Lefan China | Akira Komata Japan |
| Team épée | Japan Koki Kano Akira Komata Ryu Matsumoto Masaru Yamada | Kazakhstan Elmir Alimzhanov Ruslan Kurbanov Yerlik Sertay Vadim Sharlaimov | South Korea Kim Jae-won Kweon Young-jun Ma Se-geon Son Tae-jin |
| Team épée | Japan Koki Kano Akira Komata Ryu Matsumoto Masaru Yamada | Kazakhstan Elmir Alimzhanov Ruslan Kurbanov Yerlik Sertay Vadim Sharlaimov | Hong Kong Nicholas Chau Fong Hoi Sun Ho Wai Hang Ng Ho Tin |
| Individual foil | Mo Ziwei China | Ha Tae-gyu South Korea | Yeung Chi Ka Hong Kong |
| Individual foil | Mo Ziwei China | Ha Tae-gyu South Korea | Heo Jun South Korea |
| Team foil | Japan Kazuki Iimura Kyosuke Matsuyama Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura | South Korea Ha Tae-gyu Heo Jun Im Cheol-woo Lee Kwang-hyun | China Chen Haiwei Mo Ziwei Xu Jie Zeng Zhaoran |
| Team foil | Japan Kazuki Iimura Kyosuke Matsuyama Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura | South Korea Ha Tae-gyu Heo Jun Im Cheol-woo Lee Kwang-hyun | Hong Kong Cheung Ka Long Ryan Choi Leung Chin Yu Yeung Chi Ka |
| Individual sabre | Ali Pakdaman Iran | Kim Jun-ho South Korea | Mohammad Rahbari Iran |
| Individual sabre | Ali Pakdaman Iran | Kim Jun-ho South Korea | Low Ho Tin Hong Kong |
| Team sabre | South Korea Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Kim Jun-ho Oh Sang-uk | Iran Farzad Baher Mohammad Fotouhi Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari | China Liang Jianhao Lin Xiao Shen Chenpeng Yan Yinghui |
| Team sabre | South Korea Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Kim Jun-ho Oh Sang-uk | Iran Farzad Baher Mohammad Fotouhi Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari | Japan Mao Kokubo Kaito Streets Hayato Tsubo Kento Yoshida |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée | Vivian Kong Hong Kong | Song Se-ra South Korea | Lin Sheng China |
| Individual épée | Vivian Kong Hong Kong | Song Se-ra South Korea | Choi In-jeong South Korea |
| Team épée | South Korea Choi In-jeong Kang Young-mi Lee Hye-in Song Se-ra | Hong Kong Chan Wai Ling Chu Ka Mong Kaylin Hsieh Vivian Kong | China Lin Sheng Sun Yiwen Tang Junyao Zhu Mingye |
| Team épée | South Korea Choi In-jeong Kang Young-mi Lee Hye-in Song Se-ra | Hong Kong Chan Wai Ling Chu Ka Mong Kaylin Hsieh Vivian Kong | Japan Haruna Baba Hana Saito Nozomi Sato Miho Yoshimura |
| Individual foil | Chen Qingyuan China | Sera Azuma Japan | Shi Yue China |
| Individual foil | Chen Qingyuan China | Sera Azuma Japan | Amita Berthier Singapore |
| Team foil | Japan Sera Azuma Komaki Kikuchi Karin Miyawaki Yuka Ueno | China Cai Yuanting Chen Qingyuan Fu Yiting Huang Qianqian | Hong Kong Daphne Chan Valerie Cheng Kuan Yu Ching Sophia Wu |
| Team foil | Japan Sera Azuma Komaki Kikuchi Karin Miyawaki Yuka Ueno | China Cai Yuanting Chen Qingyuan Fu Yiting Huang Qianqian | Singapore Amita Berthier Cheung Kemei Tay Yu Ling Maxine Wong |
| Individual sabre | Zaynab Dayibekova Uzbekistan | Yoon Ji-su South Korea | Yang Hengyu China |
| Individual sabre | Zaynab Dayibekova Uzbekistan | Yoon Ji-su South Korea | C. A. Bhavani Devi India |
| Team sabre | South Korea Choi Se-bin Hong Hae-un Jeon Eun-hye Yoon Ji-su | China Fu Ying Shao Yaqi Yang Hengyu Zhang Xinyi | Japan Misaki Emura Shihomi Fukushima Seri Ozaki Risa Takashima |
| Team sabre | South Korea Choi Se-bin Hong Hae-un Jeon Eun-hye Yoon Ji-su | China Fu Ying Shao Yaqi Yang Hengyu Zhang Xinyi | Hong Kong Au Sin Ying Chu Wing Kiu Laren Leung Summer Sit |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |

## Results
### Men
#### Individual épée

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Koki Kano (JPN) | 15 | | | | |
| Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN) | 11 | Koki Kano (JPN) | 15 | | |
| Kim Jae-won (KOR) | 15 | Kim Jae-won (KOR) | 7 | | |
| Lan Minghao (CHN) | 11 | | | Koki Kano (JPN) | 15 |
| Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ) | 9 | | | Yu Lefan (CHN) | 10 |
| Yu Lefan (CHN) | 15 | Yu Lefan (CHN) | 12 | | |
| Akira Komata (JPN) | 15 | Akira Komata (JPN) | 11 | | |
| Fayzulla Alimov (UZB) | 14 | | | | |

#### Team épée

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| South Korea | 45 | | | | |
| Singapore | 36 | South Korea | 36 | | |
| Uzbekistan | 40 | Kazakhstan | 42 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 45 | | | Kazakhstan | 25 |
| China | 42 | | | Japan | 45 |
| Hong Kong | 45 | Hong Kong | 26 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 22 | Japan | 45 |
| Japan | 45 | | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | South Korea | 45 |
| | | | | Hong Kong | 25 |

#### Individual foil

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Chen Haiwei (CHN) | 12 | | | | |
| Yeung Chi Ka (HKG) | 15 | Yeung Chi Ka (HKG) | 8 | | |
| Mo Ziwei (CHN) | 15 | Mo Ziwei (CHN) | 15 | | |
| Lee Kwang-hyun (KOR) | 13 | | | Mo Ziwei (CHN) | 15 |
| Kazuki Iimura (JPN) | 9 | | | Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) | 9 |
| Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) | 15 | Ha Tae-gyu (KOR) | 15 | | |
| Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN) | 8 | Heo Jun (KOR) | 6 | | |
| Heo Jun (KOR) | 15 | | | | |

#### Team foil

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Japan | 45 | | | | |
| Kuwait | 18 | Japan | 45 | | |
| Singapore | 25 | China | 41 | | |
| China | 45 | | | Japan | 45 |
| Hong Kong | 45 | | | South Korea | 38 |
| Chinese Taipei | 35 | Hong Kong | 35 |
| India | 17 | South Korea | 45 |
| South Korea | 45 | | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | China | 45 |
| | | | | Hong Kong | 41 |

#### Individual sabre

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Musa Aymuratov (UZB) | 4 | | | | |
| Mohammad Rahbari (IRI) | 15 | Mohammad Rahbari (IRI) | 12 | | |
| Kim Jun-ho (KOR) | 15 | Kim Jun-ho (KOR) | 15 | | |
| Yousef Al-Shamlan (KUW) | 11 | | | Kim Jun-ho (KOR) | 14 |
| Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 15 | | | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 15 |
| Kento Yoshida (JPN) | 13 | Ali Pakdaman (IRI) | 15 | | |
| Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 15 | Low Ho Tin (HKG) | 10 | | |
| Oh Sang-uk (KOR) | 11 | | | | |

#### Team sabre

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| South Korea | 45 | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 30 | South Korea | 45 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | China | 28 | | |
| China | 45 | | | South Korea | 45 |
| Japan | 45 | | | Iran | 28 |
| Hong Kong | 33 | Japan | 39 |
| Kuwait | | Iran | 45 |
| Iran | WO | | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | China | 45 |
| | | | | Japan | 39 |

### Women
#### Individual épée

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Song Se-ra (KOR) | 7 | | | | |
| Kang Young-mi (KOR) | 6 | Song Se-ra (KOR) | 14 | | |
| Sun Yiwen (CHN) | 7 | Lin Sheng (CHN) | 13 | | |
| Lin Sheng (CHN) | 8 | | | Song Se-ra (KOR) | 4 |
| Kaylin Hsieh (HKG) | 8 | | | Vivian Kong (HKG) | 15 |
| Choi In-jeong (KOR) | 9 | Choi In-jeong (KOR) | 11 | | |
| Vivian Kong (HKG) | 10 | Vivian Kong (HKG) | 15 | | |
| Zhu Mingye (CHN) | 9 | | | | |

#### Team épée

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| South Korea | 45 | | | | |
| India | 25 | South Korea | 45 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 33 | Japan | 36 | | |
| Japan | 45 | | | South Korea | 39 |
| China | 45 | | | Hong Kong | 31 |
| Singapore | 28 | China | 29 |
| Thailand | 23 | Hong Kong | 34 |
| Hong Kong | 45 | | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | Japan | 36 |
| | | | | China | 45 |

#### Individual foil

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Karin Miyawaki (JPN) | 14 | | | | |
| Shi Yue (CHN) | 15 | Shi Yue (CHN) | 9 | | |
| Hong Hyo-jin (KOR) | 8 | Sera Azuma (JPN) | 15 | | |
| Sera Azuma (JPN) | 15 | | | Sera Azuma (JPN) | 12 |
| Fu Yiting (CHN) | 5 | | | Chen Qingyuan (CHN) | 15 |
| Chen Qingyuan (CHN) | 15 | Chen Qingyuan (CHN) | 15 | | |
| Amita Berthier (SGP) | 15 | Amita Berthier (SGP) | 8 | | |
| Hong Seo-in (KOR) | 10 | | | | |

#### Team foil

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Japan | 45 | | | | |
| Philippines | 11 | Japan | 45 | | |
| Australia | 30 | Singapore | 27 | | |
| Singapore | 45 | | | Japan | 45 |
| South Korea | 38 | | | China | 27 |
| Hong Kong | 45 | Hong Kong | 32 |
| Macau | 24 | China | 41 |
| China | 45 | | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | Singapore | 33 |
| | | | | Hong Kong | 45 |

#### Individual sabre

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Yoon Ji-su (KOR) | 15 | | | | |
| Choi Se-bin (KOR) | 6 | Yoon Ji-su (KOR) | 15 | | |
| Yang Hengyu (CHN) | 15 | Yang Hengyu (CHN) | 8 | | |
| Risa Takashima (JPN) | 14 | | | Yoon Ji-su (KOR) | 9 |
| C. A. Bhavani Devi (IND) | 15 | | | Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB) | 15 |
| Misaki Emura (JPN) | 10 | C. A. Bhavani Devi (IND) | 14 | | |
| Veronika Vasileva (AUS) | 9 | Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB) | 15 | | |
| Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB) | 15 | | | | |

#### Team sabre

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| South Korea | 45 | | | | |
| Singapore | 32 | South Korea | 45 | | |
| Hong Kong | 45 | Hong Kong | 34 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 34 | | | South Korea | 45 |
| China | 45 | | | China | 40 |
| Uzbekistan | 24 | China | 45 |
| Iran | 21 | Japan | 41 |
| Japan | 45 | | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | Hong Kong | 43 |
| | | | | Japan | 45 |