{{Short description|Fencing tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia}} {{World Championships in Fencing |Name = 2025 World Fencing Championships |Logo = 2025 Fencing World Championships.png |Size = |Host city = Tbilisi, Georgia |Optional caption = |Nations participating = |Athletes participating = |Events = |dates = 22–30 July |Stadium = Olympic Palace |previous = 2023 Milan |next = 2026 }} {{2025WorldFencingChampionships}} The '''2025 World Fencing Championships''' were held from 22 to 30 July 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIE Congress Concludes with Key Decisions|url=https://www.eurofencing.info/news/fie-congress-concludes-with-key-decisions-n490232.htm|access-date=26 November 2023|website=eurofencing.info}}</ref>
==Schedule== Twelve events were held.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Invitation|url=https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/183564-182084-Senior%20World%20Championships%202025_Invitation%20Letter_v9.pdf|page=7|access-date=20 July 2025|website=fie.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !Date !Round |- |rowspan=2|22 July |Women's épée qualification |- |Men's foil qualification |- |rowspan=2|23 July |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Women's épée |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Men's foil |- |rowspan=2|24 July |Women's foil qualification |- |Men's sabre qualification |- |rowspan=4|25 July |Women's team épée qualification |- |Men's team foil qualification |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Women's foil |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Men's sabre |- |rowspan=4|26 July |Men's épée qualification |- |Women's sabre qualification |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Women's team épée |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Men's team foil |- |rowspan=4|27 July |Women's team foil qualification |- |Men's team sabre qualification |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Women's sabre |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Men's épée |- |rowspan=2|28 July |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Women's team foil |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Men's team sabre |- |rowspan=2|29 July |Men's team épée qualification |- |Women's team sabre qualification |- |rowspan=2|30 July |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Men's team épée |- |bgcolor=lemonchiffon|Women's team sabre |}
==Medal summary== ===Medal table=== {{Medals table | caption = | host = GEO | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = |gold_FRA= 2 |silver_FRA= 3 |bronze_FRA= 1 |gold_USA= 2 |silver_USA= 1 |bronze_USA= 0 |gold_ITA= 2 |silver_ITA= 0 |bronze_ITA= 4 |gold_JPN= 2 |silver_JPN= 0 |bronze_JPN= 1 |gold_AIN= 1 |silver_AIN= 2 |bronze_AIN= 0 | name_AIN = Individual Neutral Athletes | skip_AIN = yes |gold_UKR= 1 |silver_UKR= 0 |bronze_UKR= 2 |gold_GEO= 1 |silver_GEO= 0 |bronze_GEO= 0 |host_GEO= yes |gold_HKG= 1 |silver_HKG= 0 |bronze_HKG= 0 |gold_HUN= 0 |silver_HUN= 3 |bronze_HUN= 3 |gold_EST= 0 |silver_EST= 1 |bronze_EST= 1 |gold_POL= 0 |silver_POL= 1 |bronze_POL= 0 |gold_KOR= 0 |silver_KOR= 1 |bronze_KOR= 2 |gold_CHN= 0 |silver_CHN= 0 |bronze_CHN= 1 |gold_EGY= 0 |silver_EGY= 0 |bronze_EGY= 1 |gold_KAZ= 0 |silver_KAZ= 0 |bronze_KAZ= 1 |gold_ROU= 0 |silver_ROU= 0 |bronze_ROU= 1 }}
===Men=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | rowspan=2|Individual épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's épée at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Koki Kano|JPN}} | rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Gergely Siklósi|HUN}} | {{flagmedalist|Masaru Yamada|JPN}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Nikita Koshman|UKR}} |- | Team épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's team épée at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | {{JPN}}<br>Seiya Asami<br>Koki Kano<br>Akira Komata<br>Masaru Yamada | {{HUN}}<br>Tibor Andrásfi<br>Zsombor Keszthelyi<br>Máté Tamás Koch<br>Gergely Siklósi | {{KAZ}}<br>Ruslan Kurbanov<br>Elmir Alimzhanov<br>Kirill Prokhodov<br>Vadim Sharlaimov |- | rowspan=2|Individual foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's foil at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Ryan Choi|HKG}} | rowspan=2|Kirill Borodachev<br>Individual Neutral Athletes | {{flagmedalist|Gergő Szemes|HUN}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Maxime Pauty|FRA}} |- | Team foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's team foil at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | {{ITA}}<br>Guillaume Bianchi<br>Alessio Foconi<br>Filippo Macchi<br>Tommaso Marini | {{USA}}<br>Nick Itkin<br>Bryce Louie<br>Alexander Massialas<br>Gerek Meinhardt | {{HUN}}<br>Dániel Dósa<br>Andor Mihályi<br>Gergő Szemes<br>Gergely Tóth |- | rowspan=2|Individual sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's sabre at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Sandro Bazadze|GEO}} | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Jean-Philippe Patrice|FRA}} | {{flagmedalist|Ahmed Hesham|EGY}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Luca Curatoli|ITA}} |- | Team sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Men's team sabre at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | {{ITA}}<br>Luca Curatoli<br>Michele Gallo<br>Matteo Neri<br>Pietro Torre | {{HUN}}<br>Csanád Gémesi<br>Nikolász Iliász<br>Krisztián Rabb<br>Áron Szilágyi | {{ROU}}<br>Vlad Covaliu<br>George Dragomir<br>Radu Nițu<br>Răzvan Ursachi |}
===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | rowspan=2|Individual épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's épée at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Vlada Kharkova|UKR}} | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Katrina Lehis|EST}} | {{flagmedalist|Irina Embrich|EST}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Song Se-ra|KOR}} |- | Team épée<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's team épée at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | {{FRA}}<br>Marie-Florence Candassamy<br>Alexandra Louis-Marie<br>Lauren Rembi<br>Éloïse Vanryssel | Individual Neutral Athletes<br>Milen Bavuge Khabimana<br>Iana Bekmurzova<br>Aizanat Murtazaeva<br>Kristina Yasinskaya | {{KOR}}<br>Kim Hyang-eun<br>Lee Hye-in<br>Lim Tae-hee<br>Song Se-ra |- | rowspan=2|Individual foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's foil at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Lee Kiefer|USA}} | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Pauline Ranvier|FRA}} |{{flagmedalist|Anna Cristino|ITA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Martina Favaretto|ITA}} |- | Team foil<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's team foil at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | {{USA}}<br>Emily Jing<br>Lee Kiefer<br>Jaelyn Liu<br>Lauren Scruggs | {{FRA}}<br>Anita Blaze<br>Éva Lacheray<br>Morgane Patru<br>Pauline Ranvier | {{ITA}}<br>Anna Cristino<br>Arianna Errigo<br>Martina Favaretto<br>Alice Volpi |- | rowspan=2|Individual sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's sabre at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | rowspan=2| Yana Egorian<br>Individual Neutral Athletes | rowspan=2| {{flagmedalist|Zuzanna Cieślar|POL}} | {{flagmedalist|Pan Qimiao|CHN}} |- | {{flagmedalist|Alina Komashchuk|UKR}} |- | Team sabre<br>{{DetailsLink|Women's team sabre at the 2025 World Fencing Championships}} | {{FRA}}<br>Sara Balzer<br>Faustine Clapier<br>Sarah Noutcha<br>Toscane Tori | {{KOR}}<br>Choi Se-bin<br>Jeon Ha-young<br>Kim Jeong-mi<br>Seo Ji-yeon | {{HUN}}<br>Sugár Katinka Battai<br>Renáta Katona<br>Liza Pusztai<br>Luca Szűcs |}
==Controversies== Some Russian fencers were allowed to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes despite being members of Russian military, which contradicts IOC's recommendation. According to Ukrainian media, among athletes who are members of the Russian Armed Forces were lieutenant Yana Egorian, eventual World champion, major and Putin's authorized representative during the 2024 elections Sofya Velikaya, and warrant officer Olga Nikitina.<ref>{{cite news |title=Офіційна заява ФФУ з приводу допуску до чемпіонату світу-2025 спортсменів у “нейтральному статусі”, які є представниками ЦСКА рф і мають військові звання |url=https://www.nffu.org.ua/%d0%be%d1%84%d1%96%d1%86%d1%96%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b7%d0%b0%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d1%84%d1%84%d1%83-%d0%b7-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b4%d1%83-%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%bf%d1%83%d1%81%d0%ba%d1%83-%d0%b4/ |work=National Fencing Federation of Ukraine |date= |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Довірена особа Путіна візьме участь у чемпіонаті світу з фехтування |url=https://glavcom.ua/sport/news/dovirena-osoba-putina-vizme-uchast-u-chempionati-svitu-z-fekhtuvannja-1067048.html |work=glavcom.ua |date=8 July 2025 |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Скандал на ЧС з фехтування: серед "нейтралок" - майор армії РФ |url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/sport/other/4796923-skandal-na-chs-z-fekhtuvannia-sered-neitralok-maior-armii-rf |work=korrespondent.net |date=8 July 2025 |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Майора російської армії випускають на фехтувальну доріжку: Світова федерація фехтування дозволила участь росіян і білорусів у чемпіонаті світу |url=https://www.depo.ua/ukr/sport/mayora-rosiyskoi-armii-vmpuskayut-na-fekhtuvalnu-dorizhku-svitova-federatsiya-fekhtuvannya-dozvolila-uchast-rosiyan-i-bilorusiv-u-chempionati-svitu-202507081472416 |work=depo.ua |date=8 July 2025 |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=«Допустили армію на чемпіонат світу»: FIE внесла до змагальної заявки майора, прапорщика та лейтенанта РФ |url=https://ua.tribuna.com/uk/fencing/blogs/3141407-dopustyly-armiyu-na-chempionat-svitu-fie-vnesla-do-zmahalnoyi-/ |work=Tribuna.com |date=8 July 2025 |language=uk}}</ref> More than 440 fencers from 40 countries signed a petition to FIE to reinstate rigorous background checks on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing as neutrals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fencers urge federation to reinstate checks on 'neutral' Russian, Belarusian athletes |url=https://www.reuters.com/en/fencers-urge-federation-reinstate-checks-neutral-russian-belarusian-athletes-2025-07-18/ |work=Reuters |date=18 July 2025 |language=uk}}</ref>
Protest actions were held in front of the hotel Russian fencers were staying. The protesters called them "Russian pigs" and exploded fireworks.<ref>{{cite news |title=В Тбилиси провели акцию протеста у отеля, где живут российские фехтовальщики, приехавшие на чемпионат мира |url=https://meduza.io/news/2025/07/27/v-tbilisi-proveli-aktsiyu-protesta-u-otelya-gde-zhivut-rossiyskie-fehtovalschiki-priehavshie-na-chempionat-mira |work=Meduza |date=27 July 2025 |language=ru}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{World Fencing Championships}} {{World championships in 2025}}
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