The 44th FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2014 and concluded in July 2015 at the 2015 World Fencing Championships held in Moscow.
Season overview This edition was the first to feature the new Grand Prix format, consisting in nine events, three in each weapon, men and women fencing together. World Cup and Grand Prix competitions were spread over ten months instead of six. The calendar overhaul was designed to allow more time for the athletes to train and rest as well as to increase media visibility. The season saw the opening of the qualifying path for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The first competition counting for Olympic qualification was held on the 2 and 3 May for all three weapons, an event dubbed as the "super weekend" in Italy. The season was also marked by the FIE's cancellation of the men's sabre Dakar World Cup, due to take place on the 1 and 2 November 2014, as a preventive measure because of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. In February 2015, the French delegation withdrew at the last minute from the women's foil World Cup in Algiers because of protests over the depiction of Muhammad after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
In men's épée, France's Gauthier Grumier won his third World Cup series with a lead of 59 points over Switzerland's Max Heinzer. After a disappointing season, Italy's Rossella Fiamingo earned a European silver medal, then a consecutive second world title. She became the first Italian female epeeist to finish world no.1 since Elisa Uga in 1990, with a 2-point-lead over China's Xu Anqi and a 4-point-lead over Hungary's Emese Szász. France led the rankings in men's team épée with two gold medals and a continental title, followed by South Korea. In the women's, China finished no.1 thanks to two gold medals and a world title, ahead of Romania with four podium placings and a continental gold medal.
In women's foil, Elisa Di Francisca interrupted fellow Italian Arianna Errigo's streak of three series victories by finishing world no.1 for the second time in her career, with three gold medals in a row in Havana, Tauberbischofsheim and Shanghai, and a second consecutive European title in Montreux. She was closely followed by Errigo, who led the rankings for most of the season with three gold medals too, and by Russia's Inna Deriglazova, who claimed five medals and the World title. American Lee Kiefer was the only non-European to win a World Cup event and finished no.4. In men's foil, Race Imboden became the first American male fencer to win the overall World Cup. As in the previous season, three Americans featured in the Top 10. In women's team foil, Italy lost their crown to Russia, who won four gold medals out of five World Cup events. In the men's, Russia also finished first in the rankings, ahead of Italy, with five podiums (including) two gold medals in five competitions.
In men's sabre, Gu Bon-gil won the World Cup series for the second time in a row, followed by fellow South Korean Kim Jung-hwan and Hungary's Áron Szilágyi. In the women's, Russia's Sofiya Velikaya claimed her first end-of-the-season no.1 ranking after winning four World Cup gold medals and the European and World titles. Previous incumbent, Ukraine's Olha Kharlan, took gold medals in all three Grand Prix of the season and finished no.2 with a substantial lead over no.3 Mariel Zagunis of the United States. In men's team sabre, Italy placed first with three podiums, a continental medal and a world title. Russia and Germany finished respectively no.2 and no.3, separated by 2 points from each other. In the women's, Russia took the lead with three podiums and the continental and world titles, ahead of the United States and of Ukraine.
Individual épée
Top 10
Men 1 Gauthier Grumier 221 2 Max Heinzer 162 3 Enrico Garozzo 153 4 Géza Imre 124 5 Ronan Gustin 114 6 Rubén Limardo 111 7 Gábor Boczkó 107 8 Daniel Jerent 101 9 Pavel Pitra 89 10 Park Kyoung-doo 89Women 1 Rossella Fiamingo 170 2 Xu Anqi 168 3 Emese Szász 165 4 Ana Maria Brânză 157 5 Sarra Besbes 141 6 Violetta Kolobova 141 7 Sun Yujie 136 8 Simona Gherman 110 9 Shin A-lam 104 10 Marie-Florence Candassamy 103
Men's épée
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 4 October 2014Tournoi satellite, GenevaSatellite 11 October 2014Belgrade Trophy, BelgradeSatellite 18 October 2014Kupittaa Tournament, Turku Satellite 25 October 2014Coupe du monde, Bern World Cup 1 November 2014 JAFs Jubilaeumsstaevne, Aarhus Satellite 8 November 2014 Trekanten Open, Copenhagen Satellite 14 November 2014 Glaive de Tallinn, Tallinn World Cup 22 November 2014 Tournoi satellite, Oslo Satellite 29 November 2014 Tournoi satellite, Dublin Satellite 5 December 2014 Grand Prix du Qatar, Doha Grand Prix 13 December 2014 Tournoi satellite, Kocaeli Satellite 10 January 2015 SAF Pokalen, Stockholm Satellite 22 January 2015 Heidenheimer Pokal, Heidenheim World Cup 31 January 2015 Tournoi satellite, Busto Arsizio Satellite 13 February 2015 Coupe du Monde, Vancouver World Cup 15 March 2015 Tournoi satellite, Sofia Satellite 22 March 2015 Westend Grand Prix in Memoriam Vass Imre, Budapest Grand Prix 19 April 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago Zone Championships 2 May 2015 Challenge SNCF Réseau, Paris World Cup 16 May 2015 Tournoi satellite, Split Satellite 22 May 2015 Grand Prix, Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 6 June 2015 European Championships, Montreux Zone Championships 11 June 2015 African Championships, Cairo Zone Championships 25 June 2015Asian Championships, Singapore Zone Championships 13 July 2015 World Championships, Moscow Zone Championships
Women's épée
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 11 October 2014Belgrade Trophy, BelgradeSatellite 18 October 2014Kupittaa Tournament, Turku Satellite 25 October 2014Trofeo Carroccio, Legnano World Cup 1 November 2014 JAFs Jubilaeumsstaevne, Aarhus Satellite 9 November 2014 Trekanten Open, Copenhagen Satellite 14 November 2014 Tournoi International, Xuzhou World Cup 23 November 2014 Tournoi satellite, Oslo Satellite 5 December 2014 Grand Prix du Qatar, Doha Grand Prix 13 December 2014 Tournoi satellite, Kocaeli Satellite 10 January 2015 SAF Pokalen, Stockholm Satellite 22 January 2015 Ciutat de Barcelona, Barcelona World Cup 13 February 2015 Coupe du Monde, Buenos Aires World Cup 14 March 2015 Tournoi satellite, Sofia Satellite 20 March 2015 Westend Grand Prix in Memoriam József Sákovics, Budapest Grand Prix 18 April 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago Zone 26 April 2015 Cole Cup, London Satellite 1 May 2015 World Cup, Johannesburg World Cup 9 May 2015 Tournoi satellite, Maalot Satellite 16 May 2015 Tournoi satellite, Split Satellite 24 May 2015 Grand Prix, Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 6 June 2015 European Championships, Montreux Zone 11 June 2015 African Championships, Cairo Zone 25 June 2015Asian Championships, Singapore Zone 13 July 2015 World Championships, Moscow Worlds
Individual foil
Top 10 Men 1 Race Imboden 206 2 Yuki Ota 196 3 Alexander Massialas 186 4 Andrea Cassarà 169 5 Dmitry Rigin 161 6 Daniele Garozzo 155 7 Jérémy Cadot 118 8 Gerek Meinhardt 111 9 Aleksey Cheremisinov 104 10 Edoardo Luperi 103Women 1 Elisa Di Francisca 249 2 Arianna Errigo 244 3 Inna Deriglazova 239 4 Lee Kiefer 188 5 Jeon Hee-sook 159 6 Inès Boubakri 146 7 Larisa Korobeynikova 138 8 Aida Shanayeva 132 9 Nzingha Prescod 128 10 Valentina Vezzali 124
Men's foil
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 19 October 2014Coupe du Monde, San Francisco World Cup 7 November 2014Prince Takamodo World Cup, Tokyo World Cup 15 November 2014Tournoi satellite, Antalya Satellite 30 November 2014 Trofeo Inalpi, Turin Grand Prix 13 December 2014 Tournoi satellite, Kocaeli Satellite 11 January 2015 Leon Paul Cup, London Satellite 16 January 2015 Challenge International de Paris, Paris World Cup 6 February 2015 Löwe von Bonn, Bonn World Cup 13 March 2015 Grand Prix, Havana Grand Prix 18 April 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago Zone 1 May 2015 Fleuret de Saint-Pétersbourg, Saint-Petersburg Satellite 9 May 2015 Tournoi satellite, Copenhagen Satellite 16 June 2015 Grand Prix, Shanghai Grand Prix 6 June 2015 European Championships, Montreux Zone 11 June 2015 African Championships, Cairo Zone 25 June 2015Asian Championships, Singapore Zone 13 July 2015 World Championships, Moscow Worlds
Women's foil
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 15 October 2014Tournoi satellite, Cancún Satellite 17 October 2014World Cup, Cancún World Cup 7 November 2014World Cup, Saint-Maur World Cup 15 November 2014 Tournoi satellite, Antalya Satellite 29 November 2014 Trofeo Inalpi, Turin Grand Prix 13 December 2015 Tournoi satellite, Kocaeli Satellite 16 January 2015 Artus Court PKO BP, Gdańsk World Cup 6 February 2015 World Cup, Algiers World Cup 13 March 2015 Grand Prix, Havana Grand Prix 20 April 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago Zone Championships 1 May 2015 Reinhold-Würth-Cup, Tauberbischofsheim World Cup 10 May 2015 Tournoi satellite, Copenhagen Satellite 16 June 2015 Grand Prix, Shanghai Grand Prix 6 June 2015 European Championships, Montreux Zone 11 June 2015 African Championships, Cairo Zone 25 June 2015Asian Championships, Singapore Zone 13 July 2015 World Championships, Moscow Worlds
Individual sabre
Top 10 Men 1 Gu Bon-gil 212 2 Kim Jung-hwan 207 3 Áron Szilágyi 195 4 Aleksey Yakimenko 192 5 Tiberiu Dolniceanu 170 6 Daryl Homer 170 7 Max Hartung 150 8 Kamil Ibragimov 137 9 Aldo Montano 128 10 Nicolas Limbach 104Women 1 Sofiya Velikaya 295 2 Olha Kharlan 237 3 Mariel Zagunis 195 4 Shen Chen 143 5 Rossella Gregorio 142 6 Cécilia Berder 135 7 Dagmara Wozniak 131 8 Yana Egorian 128 9 Anna Márton 127 10 Azza Besbes 119
Men's sabre
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 11 October 2014Tournoi satellite, Bursa Satellite 21 November 2014Coupe du monde, Budapest World Cup 13 December 2014Grand Prix, New York Grand Prix 10 January 2015Tournoi satellite, Istanbul Satellite 31 January 2015Luxardo Trophy, Padova World Cup 20 February 2015 Sabre de Wolodyjowski, Warsaw World Cup 14 March 2015Tournoi satellite, Helsinki Satellite 28 March 2015Grand Prix, Seoul Grand Prix 20 April 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago Zone Championships 25 April 2015Cole Cup, London Satellite 1 May 2015Villa de Madrid, Madrid World Cup 24 May 2015Tournoi satellite, Reykjavík Satellite 30 May 2015Sabre de Moscou, Moscow Grand Prix 6 June 2015 European Championships, Montreux Zone 11 June 2015 African Championships, Cairo Zone 25 June 2015Asian Championships, SingaporeZone 13 July 2015 World Championships, Moscow Worlds
Women's sabre
Date Event Type Gold Silver Bronze 12 October 2014Tournoi satellite, Bursa Satellite 1 November 2014World Cup, Isla Margarita World Cup 21 November 2014Trophée BNP Paribas, Orléans World Cup 14 December 2015Grand Prix, New York Grand Prix 16 December 2015Tournoi satellite, Cancún Satellite 10 January 2015Tournoi satellite, Istanbul Satellite 30 January 2015World Cup, Athens World Cup 21 February 2015Challenge Yves Brasseur, Ghent World Cup 21 March 2015Trophée satellite, Rome Satellite 28 March 2015Grand Prix, Seoul Grand Prix 19 April 2015 Pan American Championships, Santiago Zone Championships 25 April 2015Tournoi satellite, London Satellite 2 May 2015World Cup, Beijing Grand Prix 23 May 2015Tournoi satellite, Reykjavík Satellite 30 May 2015Grand Prix, Moscow Grand Prix 6 June 2015 European Championships, Montreux Zone 11 June 2015 African Championships, Cairo Zone 25 June 2015Asian Championships, Singapore Zone 13 July 2015 World Championships, Moscow Worlds
Team épée
Top 10 Men 1 360 2 338 3 312 4 296 5 222 6 219 7 216 8 210 9 183 10 177Women 1 370 2 364 3 304 4 249 5 230 6 228 7 227 8 223 9 215 10 212
Men's team épée