# Fencing World Cup

The Fencing World Cup is an international fencing competition held by the International Fencing Federation. 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 | |

### Ranking winners
#### Senior

| Edition | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Edition | 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 |
| 2021 | Alessio Foconi Italy | Áron Szilágyi Hungary | Ihor Reizlin Ukraine | Inna Deriglazova Russia | Olha Kharlan Ukraine | Ana Maria Popescu Romania |
| 2022 | Tommaso Marini Italy | Áron Szilágyi Hungary | Romain Cannone France | Lee Kiefer United States | Anna Bashta Azerbaijan | Choi In-jeong South Korea |
| 2023 | Alexander Massialas United States | Sandro Bazadze Georgia | Davide Di Veroli Italy | Lee Kiefer United States | Sara Balzer France | Marie-Florence Candassamy France |
| 2024 | Cheung Ka Long Hong Kong | Oh Sang-uk South Korea | Koki Kano Japan | Lee Kiefer United States | Sara Balzer France | Kong Man Wai Hong Kong |

#### Junior

| Edition | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| Edition | Foil | Sabre | Épée | Foil | Sabre | Épée |
| 2020 | Kirill Borodachev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Luca Fioretto Italy | Giulio Gaetani Italy | Martina Favaretto Italy | Benedetta Taricco Italy | Gaia Traditi Italy |
| 2021 | Armand Spichiger France | Kirill Tiuliukov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Kendrick Jean Joseph France | Nicole Pustilnik Israel | Dariya Drozd Russia | Veronika Bieleszova Czech Republic |
| 2022 | Chase Emmer United States | Colin Heathcock United States | Zsombor Keszthelyi Hungary | Lauren Scruggs United States | Sugar Katinka Battai Hungary | Hadley Husisian United States |
| 2023 | Damiano Di Veroli Italy | Colin Heathcock United States | Mohamede Elsayed Egypt | Aurora Grandis Italy | Nisanur Erbil Turkey | Hadley Husisian United States |
| 2024 | Chase Emmer United States | Vlad Covaliu Romania | Samuel Imrek United States | Vittoria Pinna Italy | Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara Uzbekistan | Leehi Machulsky United States |

## Team World Cup
### Senior

| 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 |
| 2021 | United States | Russia | Japan | Poland | South Korea | Russia |
| 2022 | Italy | Italy | France | South Korea | South Korea | France |
| 2023 | Japan | Italy | France | South Korea | South Korea | France |
| 2024 | Italy | Italy | Japan | Italy | South Korea | France |

### Junior

| Year | Men's foil | Women's foil | Men's épée | Women's épée | Men's sabre | Women's sabre |
| 2020 | Italy | Russia | United States | Russia | Italy | Hungary |
| 2021 | United States | Russia | Russia | Russia | Egypt | Russia |
| 2022 | Italy | United States | Egypt | Israel | Egypt | France |
| 2023 | United States | United States | Egypt | Poland | Uzbekistan | Hungary |
| 2024 | United States | Italy | Italy | United States | United States | Uzbekistan |