European Fencing Championships 2018

The Hala Spens

The 31st European Fencing Championships took place from June 16 to 21, 2018 in Novi Sad , Serbia . The venue was the SPENS sports and event complex . The most successful nation was Russia with eleven medals, including six gold medals.

mode

The program included competitions for women as well as men in the disciplines of épée, foil and saber. In each discipline an individual and a team competition was fought. In total there were 12 gold and 12 silver medals to be won. Third place is not fought out in the individual, but in the team. Therefore, due to the shared third place, there are 18 bronze medals.

Results

Men's

Epee single

The individual competition in men's swords took place on June 17th. 104 fencers took part. The winner was last year's winner Yannick Borel (France) ahead of the Estonian Nikolai Novosjolov and the two third-placed Richard Schmidt (Germany) and Bohdan Nikischyn (Ukraine).

space	athlete	country
1	Yannick Borel	FRA
2	Nikolai Novosjolov	EST
3	Richard Schmidt	GER
	Bohdan Nikischyn	UKR
5	Gabriele Cimini	ITA
6th	Niko Vuorinen	FIN
7th	Lukas Bellmann	GER
8th	Patrick Jorgensen	THE

Defending champion 2017: Yannick Borel France 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Patrick Jorgensen

14th

Nikolai Novosjolov

15th

Nikolai Novosjolov

10

Bohdan Nikischyn

9

Lukas Bellmann

12

Bohdan Nikischyn

15th

Nikolai Novosjolov

14th

Yannick Borel

15th

Niko Vuorinen

12

Richard Schmidt

15th

Richard Schmidt

10

Yannick Borel

15th

Yannick Borel

15th

Gabriele Cimini

6th

Epee team

A total of 20 teams took part in the men's epee team competition. The competition took place on June 20th. Russia won ahead of France and Italy.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Sergei Bida Nikita Glaskow Sergei Chodos Pawel Suchow
2	France	Yannick Borel Alex Fava Aymerick Gally Ronan Gustin
3	Italy	Gabriele Cimini Marco Fichera Enrico Garozzo Andrea Santarelli
4th	Switzerland	Max Heinzer Lucas Malcotti Michele Niggeler Benjamin Steffen
5	Ukraine	Bohdan Nikischyn Ihor Rejslin Volodymyr Stankewytsch Roman Switschkar
6th	Estonia	Nikolai Novosjolov Sten Priinits Jüri Salm Peeter Turnau
7th	Hungary	Zsombor Bányai Dániel Berta András Peterdi András Rédli
8th	Israel	Grigori Beskin Yuval Shalom Admittedly Ido Herpe Daniel Lis

Defending champion 2017 = Russia 

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		France	45
		Estonia	29
							France	45
							Switzerland	27
		Switzerland	42
		Russia	34
												France	34
												Russia	45
		Italy	16
		Ukraine	15th
							Italy	40
											Battle for bronze
							Russia	45
		Israel	36									Switzerland	29
		Russia	45									Italy	45

Foil single

79 fencers took part in the individual foil competition. The Russian Alexei Tscheremissinow won ahead of last year's winner Daniele Garozzo (Italy) and the two third-placed Alexander Choupenitch (Czech Republic) and Giorgio Avola (Italy). The competition took place on June 16.

space	athlete	country
1	Alexei Cheremissinov	RUS
2	Daniele Garozzo	ITA
3	Alexander Choupenitch	CZE
	Giorgio Avola	ITA
5	Andrea Cassarà	ITA
6th	Dmitri Scherebchenko	RUS
7th	Maxime Paulty	FRA
8th	Jérémy Cadot	FRA

Defending champion 2017: Daniele Garozzo Italy 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Jérémy Cadot

6th

Alexander Choupenitch

15th

Alexander Choupenitch

11

Daniele Garozzo

15th

Dmitri Scherebchenko

7th

Daniele Garozzo

15th

Daniele Garozzo

14th

Alexei Cheremissinov

15th

Andrea Cassarà

12

Alexei Cheremissinov

15th

Alexei Cheremissinov

15th

Giorgio Avola

12

Maxime Paulty

14th

Giorgio Avola

15th

Foil team

The team competition in foil took place on June 19th. 14 teams took part. Russia won ahead of Italy and Poland.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Timur Arslanov Alexei Cheremissinov Timur Safin Dmitri Scherebchenko
2	Italy	Giorgio Avola Andrea Cassarà Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo
3	Poland	Krystian Gryglewski Leszek Rajski Andrzej Rządkowski Michał Siess
4th	France	Jérémy Cadot Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Maxime Paulty
5	Germany	Peter Joppich Alexander Kahl Benjamin Kleibrink André Sanita
6th	Ukraine	Dmytro Tschutschukalo Rostyslaw Herzyk Andrij Pogrebnjak Klod Yunes
7th	United Kingdom	Keith Cook James-Andrew Davis Marcus Mepstead Ben Peggs
8th	Belarus	Uladzislau Kurylovich Uladzislau Lahunou Pavel Prokharau Artur Tsevan

Defending champion 2017: France 

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Italy	45
		United Kingdom	27
							Italy	45
							Poland	30th
		Poland	45
		Germany	44
												Italy	38
												Russia	45
		Russia	45
		Ukraine	31
							Russia	45
											Battle for bronze
							France	10
		Belarus	23									Poland	45
		France	45									France	39

Saber single

60 fencers took part in the saber singles. The winner was the German Max Hartung , who also won the title last year. Kamil Ibragimow (Russia) came in second, followed by third-placed Sandro Basadze (Georgia) and Dmitri Danilenko (Russia). The competition took place on June 18th.

space	athlete	country
1	Max Hartung	GER
2	Kamil Ibragimov	RUS
3	Sandro Basadze	GEO
	Dmitri Danilenko	RUS
5	Áron Szilágyi	HUN
5	Tom Seitz	FRA
7th	Oleksiy Statsenko	UKR
8th	Luca Curatoli	ITA

Defending champion 2017: Max Hartung Germany 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Max Hartung

15th

Áron Szilágyi

14th

Max Hartung

15th

Sandro Basadze

14th

Sandro Basadze

15th

Luca Curatoli

14th

Max Hartung

15th

Kamil Ibragimov

9

Kamil Ibragimov

15th

Oleksiy Statsenko

13

Kamil Ibragimov

15th

Dmitri Danilenko

9

Tom Seitz

11

Dmitri Danilenko

15th

Saber crew

Twelve teams took part in the men's saber team competition. Hungary won ahead of Italy and Germany. The competition took place on June 21st.

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi
2	Italy	Enrico Berre Luca Curatoli Aldo Montano Luigi Samele
3	Germany	Max Hartung Björn Huebner Matyas Szabo Benedikt Wagner
4th	Romania	Alin Badea Tiberiu Dolniceanu George Dragomir Iulian Teodosiu
5	Russia	Dmitri Danilenko Kamil Ibragimow Konstantin Lochanow Weniamin Reshetnikov
6th	France	Vincent Anstett Bolade Apithy Maxence Lambert Tom Seitz
7th	Ukraine	Dmytro Pundyk Oleksiy Statsenko Yuriy Tsap Andriy Yagodka
8th	Georgia	Beka Basadze Sandro Basadze Micheil Mardaleishvili Nika Schengelia

Defending champion 2017: Russia 

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Italy	45
		Georgia	41
							Italy	45
							Germany	44
		France	38
		Germany	45
												Italy	33
												Hungary	45
		Russia	42
		Romania	45
							Romania	37
											Battle for bronze
							Hungary	45
		Ukraine	25th									Germany	45
		Hungary	45									Romania	43

Ladies

Epee single

84 female fencers took part in the epee singles. The winner was Estonian Katrina Lehis, ahead of Kristina Kuusk (Estonia) and third-placed Wioletta Kolobowa (Russia) and Julia Beljajeva (Estonia). The competition took place on June 18th.

space	athlete	country
1	Katrina Lehis	EST
2	Kristina Kuusk	EST
3	Wioletta Kolobova	RUS
	Julia Beljajeva	EST
5	Olena Krywyzka	UKR
6th	Ana Maria Popescu	ROME
7th	Ewa Nelip	POLE
8th	Renata Knapik-Miazga	POLE

Defending champion 2017: Violetta Kolobowa Russia 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Olena Krywyzka

14th

Kristina Kuusk

15th

Kristina Kuusk

15th

Julia Beljajeva

7th

Julia Beljajeva

15th

Ana Maria Popescu

9

Kristina Kuusk

14th

Katrina Lehis

15th

Renata Knapik-Miazga

13

Katrina Lehis

15th

Katrina Lehis

14th

Wioletta Kolobova

13

Wioletta Kolobova

15th

Ewa Nelip

9

Epee team

A total of 17 teams took part in the women's epee team competition. France won ahead of Poland and Estonia. The competition took place on June 21st.

space	country	athlete
1	France	Marie-Florence Candassamy Laurence Épée Auriane Mallo Coraline Vitalis
2	Poland	Renata Knapik-Miazga Ewa Nelip Barbara Rutz Aleksandra Zamachowska
3	Estonia	Julia Beljajeva Irina Embrich Erika Kirpu Kristina Kuusk
4th	Ukraine	Dschoan Fejbi Beschura Olena Krywyzka Ksenija Panteljejewa Anfissa Potschkalowa
5	Italy	Rossella Fiamingo Mara Navarria Giulia Rizzi Alberta Santuccio
6th	Russia	Tatyana Andrjuschina Tatyana Gudkowa Wioletta Kolobowa Aizanat Murtazaeva
7th	Germany	Beate Christmann Alexandra Ehler Alexandra Ndolo Monika Sozanska
8th	Romania	Ana Maria Popescu Raluca Cristina Sbarcia Amalia Tataran Maria Udrea

Defending champion 2017: France 

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Russia	42
		Ukraine	43
							Ukraine	37
							Poland	45
		Germany	36
		Poland	45
												Poland	40
												France	41
		France	45
		Italy	44
							France	45
											Battle for bronze
							Estonia	36
		Romania	23									Ukraine	37
		EST	24									Estonia	42

Foil single

61 female fencers took part in the individual foil competition. The Russian Inna Deriglasowa won ahead of last year's Italian winner Arianna Errigo and the two third-placed Alice Volpi (Italy) and Martyna Synoradzka (Poland). The competition took place on June 17th.

space	athlete	country
1	Inna Deriglasowa	RUS
2	Arianna Errigo	ITA
3	Alice Volpi	ITA
	Martyna Synoradzka	POLE
5	Anne Sauer	GER
6th	Marta Martyanova	RUS
7th	Fanny circle	HUN
8th	Astrid Guyart	FRA

Defending champion 2017: Arianna Errigo Italy 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Marta Martyanova

14th

Martyna Synoradzka

15th

Martyna Synoradzka

4th

Inna Deriglasowa

10

Astrid Guyart

8th

Inna Deriglasowa

15th

Inna Deriglasowa

15th

Arianna Errigo

9

Arianna Errigo

15th

Anne Sauer

11

Arianna Errigo

15th

Alice Volpi

8th

Alice Volpi

15th

Fanny circle

4th

Foil team

12 teams took part in the team competition in foil. Italy won ahead of Russia and France. The competition took place on June 20th.

space	country	athlete
1	Italy	Chiara Cini Arianna Errigo Camilla Mancini Alice Volpi
2	Russia	Inna Deriglasowa Anastassija Iwanowa Marta Martjanowa Svetlana Tripapina
3	France	Anita Blaze Astrid Guyart Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus
4th	Germany	Leandra Behr Leonie Ebert Eva Hampel Anne Sauer
5	Poland	Martyna Jelinska Hanna Łyczbińska Martyna Synoradzka Julia Walczyk
6th	Hungary	Fanny Kreiss Dóra Lupkovics Aida Mohamed Szonja Szalai
7th	Ukraine	Kateryna Tschenzowa Anastasiya Moskovska Oleksandra Senjuta Anna Taranenko
8th	Spain	Andrea Breteau María Teresa Díaz María Mariño Bárbara Ojeda

Defending champion 2017: Italy 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Italy

45

Ukraine

26th

Italy

45

Germany

26th

Hungary

41

Germany

45

Italy

31

Russia

30th

France

45

Poland

36

France

31

Battle for bronze

Russia

45

Spain

21st

Germany

26th

Russia

42

France

45

Saber single

58 female fencers took part in the saber singles. The winner was the Russian Sofja Velikaja ahead of Cécilia Berder (France) and the third-placed Svetlana Sheveleva (Russia) and Marta Puda (Poland). The competition took place on June 16.

space	athlete	country
1	Sofja Velikaya	RUS
2	Cecilia Berder	FRA
3	Svetlana Sheveleva	RUS
	Marta Puda	POLE
5	Araceli Navarro	ESP
6th	Bianca Pascu	ROME
7th	Theodora Gkountoura	GRE
8th	Alina Komashchuk	UKR

Defending champion 2016: Teodora Kakhiani Georgia 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Sofja Velikaya

15th

Araceli Navarro

6th

Sofja Velikaya

15th

Marta Puda

6th

Marta Puda

15th

Theodora Gkountoura

6th

Sofja Velikaya

15th

Cecilia Berder

10

Svetlana Sheveleva

15th

Bianca Pascu

12

Svetlana Sheveleva

9

Cecilia Berder

15th

Alina Komashchuk

6th

Cecilia Berder

15th

Saber crew

Thirteen teams took part in the women's saber team competition. Russia won over Ukraine and France. The competition took place on June 19th.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Jana Yegorjan Sofija Posdnjakowa Svetlana Sheveleva Sofja Velikaja
2	Ukraine	Yulia Bakastova Olha Charlan Alina Komashchuk Olena Voronina
3	France	Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach Caroline Queroli
4th	Italy	Martina Criscio Rossella Gregorio Loreta Gulotta Irene Vecchi
5	Spain	Sandra Marcos Lucia Martin-Portugues Araceli Navarro Laia Vila
6th	Poland	Sandra Marcos Lucia Martin-Portugues Celia Perez Cuenca Laia Vila
7th	Hungary	Renáta Katona Luca László Anna Márton Liza Pusztai
8th	Germany	Julika Funke Lisa Gette Lea Krüger Anna Limbach

Defending champion 2017: Italy 

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Italy

45

Poland

41

Italy

42

Ukraine

45

Ukraine

45

Hungary

41

Ukraine

30th

Russia

45

Russia

45

Spain

36

Russia

45

Battle for bronze

France

42

Germany

30th

Italy

44

France

45

France

45

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	6th	2	3	11
2	France	2	2	2	6th
3	Italy	1	4th	3	8th
4th	Estonia	1	2	2	5
5	Germany	1	0	2	3
6th	Hungary	1	0	0	1
7th	Poland	0	1	3	4th
8th	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
9	Georgia	0	0	1	1
9	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
total		12	12	18th	42

Web links

Videos

• Final bouts of men's floret singles and women's saber singles on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime's YouTube channel
• Final bouts of men's epee singles and women's florets singles on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime's YouTube channel
• Final bouts of men's saber singles and ladies' epee singles on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime's YouTube channel
• Final bouts of the men's floret team and women's saber team on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime YouTube channel
• Final bouts of the men's epee team and women's floret team on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime's YouTube channel
• Final bouts of the men's saber team and women's epee team on the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime YouTube channel

Other web links

• Results on the website of the European Fencing Confederation
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of a men's epee individual. (PDF; 771 kB) (No longer available online.) June 17, 2018, archived from the original on June 21, 2018 ; accessed on July 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Results of the men's sword team. (PDF; 451 kB) June 20, 2018, accessed on July 5, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Results of the Herrenflorett single. (PDF; 572 kB) June 16, 2018, accessed on July 5, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Results men's floret team. (PDF; 335 kB) June 19, 2018, accessed on July 5, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Results of the individual saber. (PDF; 484 kB) June 18, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Results of the male saber team. (PDF; 336 kB) June 21, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Results of the women's epee singles. (PDF; 610 kB) June 18, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Results women's epee team. (PDF; 447 kB) June 21, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Results of the women's floret singles. (PDF; 480 kB) June 17, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Results women's floret team. (PDF; 299 kB) June 20, 2018, accessed on July 6, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Results of the saber singles. (PDF; 452 kB) June 16, 2018, accessed on July 7, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Results of the ladies saber team. (PDF; 452 kB) June 20, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
13. ↑ European Senior Championships 2018, Medal Counts. www.fencingtime.com, accessed July 5, 2018 .