The 43rd FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2013 and concluded in July 2014 at the 2014 World Fencing Championships held in Kazan. The World Cup medals were awarded during the FIE's gala dinner in Rome at Palazzo Colonna on 22 November 2014.
Season overview Several high-profile fencers returned to competition after post-London 2012 breaks, including Romania's Simona Gherman, Italy's Mara Navarria and Russia's Sofiya Velikaya.
The season saw the domination of Italy in women's foil. In individual foil, Arianna Errigo win her fourth World Cup series in women's foil, the third time in a row. Three other Italians, Elisa Di Francisca, Martina Batini and Valentina Vezzali, follow her in the individual rankings. The four of them form the so-called “Dream Team”, which won every World Cup tournament of the season, the continental and the world championships. Olha Kharlan maintained her domination over women's sabre, winning the continental championship, the World Championships and the World Cup for the second time in a row. In épée veteran Emese Szász won her second series after her 2009–10 crown.
The men's events were dominated by Asian countries. Korea's Gu Bon-gil was the first non-European to win the men's sabre series, pipping to the post his fellow countryman Kim Jung-hwan by only six points. Russia maintained however a tenuous lead in men's team sabre. In foil China's Ma Jianfei broke Andrea Cassarà's string of victories. In épée 19-year-old Park Sang-young, who ranked third, proved the revelation of the season. 2013–14 saw France's return to form, with veteran Ulrich Robeiri winning the men's épée series, young Enzo Lefort placing second in foil, and France taking the lead in team men's épée and foil.
The season was also marked by Ukraine's boycott of the men's and women's Moscow World Cup in protest at the death of a Ukrainian soldier in the Simferopol incident.
Individual épée
Top 10
Men 1 Ulrich Robeiri 183 2 Bohdan Nikishyn 163 3 Park Sang-young 159 4 Enrico Garozzo 147 5 Jung Jin-sun 136 6 András Rédli 134 7 Gauthier Grumier 134 8 Max Heinzer 127 9 Fabian Kauter 125 10 Park Kyoung-doo 121 Women 1 Emese Szász 185 2 Rossella Fiamingo 169 3 Sun Yujie 152 4 Yana Shemyakina 145 5 Ana Maria Brânză 134 6 Choi In-jeong 130 7 Britta Heidemann 128 8 Violetta Kolobova 127 9 Courtney Hurley 109 10 Erika Kirpu 106
Men's épée
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 12 October 2013Kupittaa tournament, TurkuSatellite 26 October 2013Tournoi satellite, CopenhagenSatellite 9 November 2013Tournoi satellite, Arhus Satellite 16 November 2013Tournoi satellite, Antalya Satellite 23 November 2013 Tournoi satellite, Oslo Satellite 30 November 2013 Belgrade Trophy, Belgrade Satellite 7 December 2013 Tournoi satellite, Dublin Satellite 11 January 2014 SAF Pokalen, Stockholm Satellite 16 January 2014 Grand Prix du Qatar 2014, Doha Grand Prix 24 January 2014 Coupe du monde, Legnano World Cup 14 February 2014 Heidenheimer Pokal, Heidenheim an der Brenz World Cup 21 February 2014 Glaive de Tallinn, Tallinn World Cup 15 March 2014 International Hapoel games, Ashkelon Satellite 22 March 2014 Victor Gantsevich Grand Prix, Vancouver Grand Prix 2 May 2014 Challenge Réseau ferré de France-Trophée Monal, Paris World Cup 10 May 2014 Grand Prix de Berne, Bern Grand Prix 17 May 2014 Tournoi satellite, Split Satellite 25 May 2014 Jockey Club Argentino, Buenos Aires World Cup 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José Zone 7 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg Zone 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo Zone 4 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon Zone 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan Zone
Women's épée
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 13 October 2013Kupittaa tournament, TurkuSatellite 26 October 2013Tournoi satellite, CopenhagenSatellite 9 November 2013Tournoi satellite, Arhus Satellite 16 November 2013Tournoi satellite, Antalya Satellite 24 November 2013 Tournoi satellite, Oslo Satellite 30 November 2013 Belgrade Trophy, Belgrade Satellite 12 January 2014 SAF Pokalen, Stockholm Satellite 16 January 2014 World Cup Qatar, Doha World Cup 1 February 2014 Westend Grand Prix "in Memoriam Sákovics József", Budapest World Cup 7 February 2014 Sparkassen-Weltcup, Leipzig World Cup 28 February 2014 Challenge International de Saint-Maur, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés World Cup 7 March 2014 Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona, Barcelona World Cup 26 April 2014 Tournoi International, Xuzhou World Cup 16 May 2014 Épée internationale, Rio de Janeiro World Cup 17 May 2014 Tournoi satellite, Split World Cup 22 May 2014 Grand Prix, Havana Grand Prix 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José Zone 8 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg Zone 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo Zone 3 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon Zone 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan Zone
Individual foil
Top 10
Men 1 Ma Jianfei 239 2 Enzo Lefort 207 3 Aleksey Cheremisinov 159 4 Gerek Meinhardt 171 5 Alexander Choupenitch 145 6 James-Andrew Davis 141 7 Alexander Massialas 125 8 Andrea Cassarà 121 9 Dmitry Rigin 113 10 Race Imboden 108 Women 1 Arianna Errigo 300 2 Elisa Di Francisca 212 3 Martina Batini 198 4 Valentina Vezzali 183 5 Inès Boubakri 169 6 Inna Deriglazova 161 7 Lee Kiefer 129 8 Jeon Hee-sook 127 9 Larisa Korobeynikova 116 10 Nzingha Prescod 115
Men's foil
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 9 November 2013Tournoi satellite, AmsterdamSatellite 1 December 2013Leon Paul satellite fleuret masculin, LondonSatellite 17 January 2014Challenge International de Paris, Paris World Cup 21 February 2014Tournoi Ciudad de A Coruña, La Coruña World Cup 1 March 2014 Fleuret de Saint-Pétersbourg, Saint Petersburg Grand Prix 15 March 2014 Coupe Ville de Venise, Venice Grand Prix 21 March 2014 Löwe von Bonn, Bonn World Cup 25 April 2014 SK Trophy, Seoul World Cup 5 March 2014 Prince Takamado World Cup, Tokyo Grand Prix 10 May 2014 Tournoi satellite, Copenhagen Satellite 23 May 2014 Copa Villa La Habana, Havana World Cup 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José Zone 9 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg Zone 20 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo Zone 3 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon Zone 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan Zone
Women's foil
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 31 January 2014The Artus Court PKO BP, Gdańsk Grand Prix 7 February 2014Coupe du monde, Budapest World Cup 26 February 2014 Fleuret de Saint-Pétersbourg, Saint Petersburg World Cup 14 March 2014Reinhold-Würth-Cup, Tauberbischofsheim World Cup 21 March 2014 Coupe du monde, Turin World Cup 26 April 2014 SK Trophée, Seoul Grand Prix 2 May 2014 Coupe du monde, Shanghai World Cup 11 May 2014 Tournoi satellite, Copenhagen Satellite 24 May 2014 Challenge Jeanty, Marseille Grand Prix 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José Zone 10 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg Zone 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo Zone 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon Zone 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan Zone
Individual sabre
Top 10
Men 1 Gu Bon-gil 209 2 Kim Jung-hwan 203 3 Áron Szilágyi 179 4 Aleksey Yakimenko 178 5 Tiberiu Dolniceanu 167 6 Enrico Berrè 156 7 Aldo Montano 152 8 Diego Occhiuzzi 150 9 Luigi Samele 142 10 Veniamin Reshetnikov 108 Women 1 Olha Kharlan 314 2 Mariel Zagunis 245 3 Yekaterina Dyachenko 183 4 Vassiliki Vougiouka 162 5 Dagmara Wozniak 155 6 Kim Ji-yeon 150 7 Anne-Elizabeth Stone 132 8 Shen Chen 116 9 Charlotte Lembach 116 10 Aleksandra Socha 116
Men's sabre
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 19 October 2013Tournoi satellite sabre masculin, Ghent Satellite 9 November 2013Tournoi satellite sabre masculin, Amsterdam Satellite 26 February 2014 Normann-Jørgensen Cup, Copenhagen Satellite 7 February 2014Villa de Madrid, Madrid World Cup 14 February 2014 Trophée Luxardo, Padova World Cup 8 March 2014 Gerevich-Kovács-Kárpáti Grand Prix, Budapest Grand Prix 21 March 2014 Sabre de Moscou, Moscow World Cup 25 April 2014 Coupe Akropolis, Athens World Cup 2 May 2014 Absolute Fencing Korfanty World Cup, Chicago Grand Prix 11 May 2014 Tournoi satellite, Reykjavík Satellite 17 May 2014 Sabre de Wolodyjowski, Warsaw Grand Prix 25 May 2014 Glaive d'Asparoukh, Plovdiv Grand Prix 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José Zone 10 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg Zone 22 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo Zone 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon Zone 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan World
Women's sabre
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 31 January 2014Trophée BNP Paribas, Orléans Grand Prix 7 February 2014Coupe du monde, Dakar World Cup 21 February 2014 Challenge Yves Brasseur, Ghent World Cup 28 February 2014Coupe du monde, Bolzano World Cup 14 March 2014 Tournoi International, Antalya World Cup 21 March 2014 Grand Prix, Moscow Grand Prix 2 May 2014 Absolute Fencing Korfanty World Cup, Chicago World Cup 10 May 2014 Tournoi satellite, Reykjavík Satellite 24 May 2014 Coupe du monde, Beijing Grand Prix 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José Zone 9 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg Zone 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo Zone 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon Zone 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan World
Team épée
Top 10 Men 1 338 2 332 3 328 4 256 5 254 6 232 7 225 8 208 9 192 10 178 Women 1 368 2 292 3 290 4 287 5 286 6 262 7 258 8 215 9 208 10 195
Men's team épée
Date Event Gold Silver Bronze 26 January 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Legnano 16 February 2014Coupe du monde par équipes "Heidenheimer Pokal", Heidenheim an der Brenz 23 March 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Tallinn 4 May 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes-Trophée Monal, Paris 25 May 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Buenos Aires 4 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José 11 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan
Women's team épée
Date Event Gold Silver Bronze 19 January 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Doha 9 February 2014Coupe du monde par équipes "Sparkassen-Weltcup", Leipzig 2 March 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 9 March 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Barcelona 18 May 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Rio de Janeiro 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José 7 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan
Team foil
Top 10 Men 1 404 2 324 3 316 4 312 5 273 6 250 7 221 8 197 9 195 10 193 Women 1 448 2 364 3 292 4 284 5 235 6 221 7 218 8 214 9 195 10 189
Men's team foil
Date Event Gold Silver Bronze 19 January 2014Challenge International de Paris, Paris 23 February 2014Coupe du monde par équipes, La Coruña 23 March 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes-Löwe von Bonn, Bonn 27 April 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Seoul 25 May 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Havana 1 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José 7 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan
Women's team foil
Date Event Gold Silver Bronze 9 February 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Budapest 28 February 2014Coupe du monde par équipes, Saint Petersburg 16 March 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Tauberbischofsheim 23 April 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Turino 4 May 2014Coupe du Monde par équipes, Shanghai 6 June 2014 Pan American Championships, San José 7 June 2014 European Championships, Strasbourg 14 June 2014 African Championships, Cairo_ 2 July 2014 Asian Championships, Suwon 17 July 2014 World Championships, Kazan
Team sabre
Top 10 Men 1 356 2 352 3 336 4 336 5 264 6 240 7 208 8 190 9 189 10 176 Women 1 380 2 372 3 304 4 294 5 280 6 231 7 229 8 224 9 192 10 179
Men's team sabre