Fencing: Italy’s Favaretto, USA’s Massialas and Teams Italy, USA Win Vancouver Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup

Italy’s Martina Favaretto, USA’s Alexander Massialas and teams from Italy and the USA won gold medals at the 2025 Vancouver, B.C., Canada Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup. In all, 138 women and 191 men participated in the competition, as well as 19 women’s and 19 men’s teams. The event took place at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Favaretto faced the USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Kiefer won against Canada’s Eleanor Harvey, 15-10, while Favaretto defeated teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-9. Of note, in the table of 16, Japan’s KomakiKikuchi beat Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-11. 

Massialas faced Italy’s Davide Filippi in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Filippi won against France’s Maxime Pauty, 15-11, while Massialas defeated Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals Filippi beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-14; in the round of 32, Damiano Di Veroli won against teammate and world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-9, and Hungary’s Daniel Dosa defeated Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-13; and in the preliminary round of 64 Poland’s Leszek Rajski beat the USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-14. 

Italy faced the USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-42 score. In the semifinal round, the USA won against Japan, 45-36, while Italy defeated France, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Japan over France, 45-38.

The USA faced Italy in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 43-41 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against France, 45-29, while the USA defeated Egypt, 45-29. The bronze medal went to France over Egypt, 44-37. 

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Lee Kiefer (USA, silver), Arianna Errigo (ITA, bronze), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, bronze), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN), Anne Kleibrink (GER), Pauline Ranvier (FRA) and Carlotta Ferrari (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Alexander Massialas (USA, gold), Davide Filippi (ITA, silver), Maxime Pauty (FRA, bronze), Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Nick Itkin (USA), Bryce Louie (USA) and James Bourtis (USA).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), Japan (bronze), France, Hungary, Canada, China and Poland.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included USA (gold), Italy (silver), France (bronze), Egypt, Japan, Hong Kong-China, Korea and Hungary.