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2025 Asian Senior Fencing Championships Finish in Bali
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| BALI, Indonesia, June 17-23, 2025 – The 2025 Asian Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 events in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Westin Hotel, Nusa Dua, with 441 fencers – 193 women and 248 men – participating from 24 nations. Japan won the medal count with 12 medals overall (7 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze), followed by China with 11 (2 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) and Korea with 7 (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze).
Day 1. In the final bout of women’s individual foil, Japan’s Yuka Ueno faced teammate Sumire Tsuji, winning with a 13-12 score. In the semifinal round, Tsuji won against China’s Enqi Jiao, 15-5, while Ueno defeated teammate Komaki Kikuchi, 15-11. |
| In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, Korea’s Gyeongdong Do faced China’s Chenpeng Shen, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Shen won against Japan’s Kaito Streets, 15-13, while Do defeated Japan’s Mao Kokubo, 15-10. |
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| Final rankings in women’s individual foil (59 fencers) included Yuka Ueno (JPN, gold), Sumire Tsuji (JPN, silver), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN, bronze), Enqi Jiao (CHN, bronze), Qianqian Huang (CHN), Yuting Wang (CHN), Maxine Jie Xin Wong (SGP) and Sofiya Aktayeva (KAZ).
Final rankings in men’s individual sabre (73 fencers) included Gyeongdong Do (KOR, gold), Chenpeng Shen (CHN, silver), Kaito Streets (JPN, bronze), Mao Kokubo (JPN, bronze), Jaeyoon Lim (KOR), Shido Tsumori (JPN), Artyom Sarkissyan (KAZ) and Shaotong Luo (CHN).
Day 2. In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura faced Singapore’s Juliet Jie Min Heng, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Heng won against Korea’s Jeongmi Kim, 15-12, while Emura defeated Uzbekistan’s Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, 15-13. |
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| In the final bout of men’s individual epee, China’s Zijie Wang faced Japan’s Masaru Yamada, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Yamada won against Kazakhstan’s Vadim Sharlaimov, 15-7, while Wang defeated teammate Xinkun Zhang, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Sharlaimov beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-14, and in the round of 16, Yamada won against Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 15-8. |
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| Final rankings in women’s individual sabre (57 fencers) included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Juliet Jie Min Heng (SGP, silver), Jeongmi Kim (KOR, bronze), Luisa Fernanda Hererra Lara (UZB, bronze), Xueyi Rao (CHN), Hayoung Jeon (KOR), Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB) and Aigerim Sarybay (KAZ).
Final rankings in men’s individual epee (78 fencers) included Zijie Wang (CHN, gold), Masaru Yamada (JPN, silver), Xinkun Zhang (CHN, bronze), Vadim Sharlaimov (KAZ, bronze), Akira Komata (JPN), Koki Kano (JPN), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ) and Jian Tong Sito (SGP).
Day 3. In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Korea’s world champion Sera Song faced China’s Jingwen Yang, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Yang won against Hong Kong, China’s Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh, 15-11, while Song defeated Singapore’s Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman, 15-12. |
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| In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi faced China’s Ziwei Mo, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Mo won against Korea’s Jeonghyun Youn, 15-8, while Choi defeated China’s Jie Xu, 15-11. Of note, in the round of 32, Mo beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13. |
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| Final rankings in women’s individual epee (64 fencers) included Sera Song (KOR, gold), Jingwen Yang (CHN, silver), Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman (SGP, bronze), Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG, bronze), Junyao Tang (CHN), Sihan Yu (CHN), Wai Ling Chan (HKG) and Ruka Narita (JPN).
Final rankings in men’s individual foil (67 fencers) included Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, gold), Ziwei Mo (CHN, silver), Jeonghyun Youn (KOR, bronze), Jie Xu (CHN, bronze), Chih Chieh Chen (TPE), Cheolwoo Im (KOR), Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN) and Lok Wang Lawrence Ng (HKG).
Day 4. In the final match of women’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 36-24 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Hong Kong, China, 41-32, while Japan defeated Singapore, 45-23. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Singapore, 45-37. |
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| In the final match of men’s team sabre, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Hong Kong, China, 45-33, while Japan defeated Uzbekistan, 45-44. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over Hong Kong, China, 45-39. |
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| Final rankings in women’s team foil (14 teams) included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Singapore, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan and Macau, China.
Final rankings in men’s team sabre (20 teams) included Japan (gold), Korea (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), Hong Kong-China, Kazakhstan, China, India and Saudi Arabia.
Day 5. In the final match of women’s team sabre, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Uzbekistan, 45-42, while Japan defeated China, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over China, 45-43. |
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| In the final match of men’s team epee, Japan faced Kazakhstan, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Kazakhstan won against China, 45-24, while Japan defeated Korea, 44-39. The bronze medal went to China over Korea, 45-30. |
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| Final rankings in women’s team sabre (13 teams) included Japan (gold), Korea (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), China, Hong Kong-China, Kazakhstan, India and Singapore.
Final rankings in men’s team epee (20 teams) included Japan (gold), Kazakhstan (silver), China (bronze), Korea, Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan and Singapore.
Day 6. In the final match of women’s team epee, China faced Korea, winning with a 41-38 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Japan, 45-27, while China defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Japan, 40-32. |
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| In the final match of men’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 45-21 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Chinese Taipei, 45-40, while Japan defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-43. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Chinese Taipei, 45-31. |
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| Final rankings in women’s team epee (15 teams) included China (gold), Korea (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Japan, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and India.
Final rankings for men’s team foil (20 teams) included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Chinese Taipei, Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan and Macau, China. Courtesy FIH |
2025 Asian Senior Fencing Championships Finish in Bali
AIPS ASIA News:
| BALI, Indonesia, June 17-23, 2025 – The 2025 Asian Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 events in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Westin Hotel, Nusa Dua, with 441 fencers – 193 women and 248 men – participating from 24 nations. Japan won the medal count with 12 medals overall (7 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze), followed by China with 11 (2 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) and Korea with 7 (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze).
Day 1. In the final bout of women’s individual foil, Japan’s Yuka Ueno faced teammate Sumire Tsuji, winning with a 13-12 score. In the semifinal round, Tsuji won against China’s Enqi Jiao, 15-5, while Ueno defeated teammate Komaki Kikuchi, 15-11. |
| In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, Korea’s Gyeongdong Do faced China’s Chenpeng Shen, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Shen won against Japan’s Kaito Streets, 15-13, while Do defeated Japan’s Mao Kokubo, 15-10. |
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| Final rankings in women’s individual foil (59 fencers) included Yuka Ueno (JPN, gold), Sumire Tsuji (JPN, silver), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN, bronze), Enqi Jiao (CHN, bronze), Qianqian Huang (CHN), Yuting Wang (CHN), Maxine Jie Xin Wong (SGP) and Sofiya Aktayeva (KAZ).
Final rankings in men’s individual sabre (73 fencers) included Gyeongdong Do (KOR, gold), Chenpeng Shen (CHN, silver), Kaito Streets (JPN, bronze), Mao Kokubo (JPN, bronze), Jaeyoon Lim (KOR), Shido Tsumori (JPN), Artyom Sarkissyan (KAZ) and Shaotong Luo (CHN).
Day 2. In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura faced Singapore’s Juliet Jie Min Heng, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Heng won against Korea’s Jeongmi Kim, 15-12, while Emura defeated Uzbekistan’s Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, 15-13. |
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| In the final bout of men’s individual epee, China’s Zijie Wang faced Japan’s Masaru Yamada, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Yamada won against Kazakhstan’s Vadim Sharlaimov, 15-7, while Wang defeated teammate Xinkun Zhang, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Sharlaimov beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-14, and in the round of 16, Yamada won against Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 15-8. |
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| Final rankings in women’s individual sabre (57 fencers) included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Juliet Jie Min Heng (SGP, silver), Jeongmi Kim (KOR, bronze), Luisa Fernanda Hererra Lara (UZB, bronze), Xueyi Rao (CHN), Hayoung Jeon (KOR), Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB) and Aigerim Sarybay (KAZ).
Final rankings in men’s individual epee (78 fencers) included Zijie Wang (CHN, gold), Masaru Yamada (JPN, silver), Xinkun Zhang (CHN, bronze), Vadim Sharlaimov (KAZ, bronze), Akira Komata (JPN), Koki Kano (JPN), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ) and Jian Tong Sito (SGP).
Day 3. In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Korea’s world champion Sera Song faced China’s Jingwen Yang, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Yang won against Hong Kong, China’s Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh, 15-11, while Song defeated Singapore’s Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman, 15-12. |
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| In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi faced China’s Ziwei Mo, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Mo won against Korea’s Jeonghyun Youn, 15-8, while Choi defeated China’s Jie Xu, 15-11. Of note, in the round of 32, Mo beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13. |
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| Final rankings in women’s individual epee (64 fencers) included Sera Song (KOR, gold), Jingwen Yang (CHN, silver), Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman (SGP, bronze), Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG, bronze), Junyao Tang (CHN), Sihan Yu (CHN), Wai Ling Chan (HKG) and Ruka Narita (JPN).
Final rankings in men’s individual foil (67 fencers) included Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, gold), Ziwei Mo (CHN, silver), Jeonghyun Youn (KOR, bronze), Jie Xu (CHN, bronze), Chih Chieh Chen (TPE), Cheolwoo Im (KOR), Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN) and Lok Wang Lawrence Ng (HKG).
Day 4. In the final match of women’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 36-24 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Hong Kong, China, 41-32, while Japan defeated Singapore, 45-23. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Singapore, 45-37. |
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| In the final match of men’s team sabre, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Hong Kong, China, 45-33, while Japan defeated Uzbekistan, 45-44. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over Hong Kong, China, 45-39. |
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| Final rankings in women’s team foil (14 teams) included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Singapore, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan and Macau, China.
Final rankings in men’s team sabre (20 teams) included Japan (gold), Korea (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), Hong Kong-China, Kazakhstan, China, India and Saudi Arabia.
Day 5. In the final match of women’s team sabre, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Uzbekistan, 45-42, while Japan defeated China, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over China, 45-43. |
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| In the final match of men’s team epee, Japan faced Kazakhstan, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Kazakhstan won against China, 45-24, while Japan defeated Korea, 44-39. The bronze medal went to China over Korea, 45-30. |
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| Final rankings in women’s team sabre (13 teams) included Japan (gold), Korea (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), China, Hong Kong-China, Kazakhstan, India and Singapore.
Final rankings in men’s team epee (20 teams) included Japan (gold), Kazakhstan (silver), China (bronze), Korea, Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan and Singapore.
Day 6. In the final match of women’s team epee, China faced Korea, winning with a 41-38 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Japan, 45-27, while China defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Japan, 40-32. |
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| In the final match of men’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 45-21 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Chinese Taipei, 45-40, while Japan defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-43. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Chinese Taipei, 45-31. |
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| Final rankings in women’s team epee (15 teams) included China (gold), Korea (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Japan, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and India.
Final rankings for men’s team foil (20 teams) included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Chinese Taipei, Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan and Macau, China. Courtesy FIH |
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