(PRIMASPORT) ROME – The 2026/2027 Italian Fencing World Cup will see 72 Italian athletes competing between Thursday 15th and Sunday 18th October. The foil in Takamatsu, the épée in Casablanca and the sabre in Oran are the stages of the debut of the international circuit in the season that, from April next year, will mark the beginning of the Olympic Qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Games. The program will be the same for all venues and specialties: the first two days of qualifications (Thursday for men, Friday for women) for the main draws, to which the “top 16” of the world ranking are automatically admitted, Saturday the highlight of all the individual races (both men's and women's) up to the medal awards, and finally the team events on Sunday.
THE FOIL IN TAKAMATSU
The foil competition led by coach Simone Vanni restarts from Japan. In Takamatsu, the 12 men who will represent Italy will be Guillaume Bianchi (number 3 in the world), Filippo Macchi (4), Tommaso Martini (9), Tommaso Marini (13), Giulio Lombardi (33), Davide Filippi (57), Edoardo Luperi (60), Giuseppe Franzoni (61), Lorenzo Nista (68), Alessio Foconi (77), Damiano Di Veroli (100) and Mattia De Cristofaro (131).
Among the women, the World Cup holder, Martina Favaretto (number 1 in the ranking), Martina Batini (2), Arianna Errigo (4), Anna Cristino (7), Alice Volpi (13), Martina Sinigalia (31), Francesca Palumbo (37), Irene Bertini (44), Carlotta Ferrari (61), Aurora Grandis (64), Matilde Molinari (81) and Elena Tangherlini (95) will be on the platform.
The team competitions, for which the quartets will be designated later, will be held on Sunday at the Nagawa Prefectural Arena.
THE SWORD IN CASABLANCA
The first stop will be in Morocco for the épée. In Casablanca, the men's group, led by coach Diego Confalonieri, will be competing: Simone Mencarelli (3rd seed), Matteo Galassi (5), Davide Di Veroli (7), Filippo Armaleo (70), Andrea Santarelli (89), Gianpaolo Buzzacchino (107), Enrico Piatti (121), Fabrizio Cuomo (130), Valerio Cuomo (142), Nicolò Del Contrasto (174), Cristiano Sena (196) and Riccardo Cedrone (302).
For the women's event, the 12 Italians coached by Dario Chiadò will be world number 1 Alberta Santuccio, Giulia Rizzi (5), Rossella Fiamingo (28), Gaia Caforio (31), Roberta Marzani (57), Sara Maria Kowalczyk (63), Gaia Traditi (67), Alessandra Bozza (78), Federica Isola (94), Lucrezia Paulis (120), Carola Maccagno (127) and Nicol Foietta (236).
The quartets for Sunday's team events at the Mohamed Olympic Complex have also been selected. The men's team will feature Simone Mencarelli, Matteo Galassi, Davide Di Veroli, and Andrea Santarelli, while the Italian women's epee team will compete with Alberta Santuccio, Gaia Caforio, Lucrezia Paulis, and Gaia Traditi.
THE SABRE IN ORAN
Finally, the sabre, which will begin the season in Algeria. Oran will mark the debut of the new coach of the men's national team, Leonardo Caserta, who will have on the platform Cosimo Bertini (number 26 in the ranking), Michele Gallo (29), Matteo Neri (32), Pietro Torre (33), Marco Mastrullo (50), Leonardo Dreossi (53), Dario Cavaliere (60), Edoardo Cantini (78), Mattia Rea (130), Giorgio Marciano (237), Leonardo Reale (240) and Lupo Veccia Scavalli (245).
The women's group, led by Technical Commissioner Andrea Aquili, will be composed of the sabre fencers Michela Battiston (number 9 in the world), Mariella Viale (19), Manuela Spica (30), Claudia Rotili (39), Chiara Mormile (61), Giulia Arpino (64), Martina Criscio (78), Carlotta Fusetti (100), Vittoria Mocci (158), Michela Landi (163), Benedetta Fusetti (213) and Gaia Karola Carafa (382).
After the individual competitions, the quartets for the team competitions will be defined, who will represent Italy on the platforms of the Complexe Olympique Miloud Hadefi. (PRIMASPORT)
