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The MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup is the most prominent annual event in UAE dedicated to the noble Olympic sport of fencing. It takes place every year, attracting over 200 fencers from more than 40 nations around the world. It is held under the patronage of the Dubai Sports CouncilUAE Fencing Federation, and MK Fencing Academy.

MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 2023

From Vision to Reality:

MK Fencing Academy proudly presents the International Epee Cup 25-26 November 2023 –  Invitation MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 25-26 November 2023 Dubai, UAE

Witness the clash of world-class fencers showcasing their unrivalled skills in a thrilling spectacle of speed, precision, and sheer determination.

Join us as history is made and dreams are forged into victories. Welcome to the ultimate stage for the masters of the blade!

Day 1: 25 November 2023 – U11, U15 and U20 Juniors Epee Boys and Girls – 8:00am until 6:00pm 
Day 2: 26 November 2023 – U13 Boys and Girls & Seniors and Veterans (50+) Men and Women Epee – 8:00am until 6:00pm
Entry fee payment:

*please ensure that the payment is done prior to the event. No fencer can enter the event without this payment.

Compulsory Waiver Form:https://form.123formbuilder.com/6001096/mkfa-fencing-academy-international-epee-cup-2023-waiver-of-liability

*each fencer needs to complete the above form prior to the event

We are looking forward to welcoming you all!
Yours in Fencing, MK Fencing Academy Team

PS: Registration deadline: Wednesday 22 November

Compulsory equipment:

Junior (U20), Senior and Veterans: FIE Equipment: FIE 1600 N Mask. Other equipment FIE 800 N: jacket, fencing pants, under plastron. Fencing socks that cover the knees (any colour except black) and FIE epee. For all female fencer’s plastic chest protection is required

U11, U13 & U15 Boys and Girls: 350 N: mask, jacket, underplastron, fencing pants. Fencing socks that cover the knees (any colour except black) . U11 an epee size 2, U13 and U15 an epee size 5. For all female fencer’s plastic chest protection is required

Programme:  

Date       Day   Time Event
 

 

 

25 November 2023

 

 

 

Saturday

7:45am Check in and Warm-up: Epee U11 Girls & Boys
9:00am Pouls: Epee U11 Girls & Boys
10:15am Check in and Warm-up: Epee U15 Girls & Boys
11:30am Pouls: Epee U15 Girls & Boys
11:15am Check in and Warm-up: Epee U20 Junior Girls & Boys
1:00pm Pouls: Epee U20 Junior Girls & Boys
4:00pm Finals – Epee U20 Junior Girls & Boys
25 November 2023 Saturday 4:00pm Weapon Control
 

 

 

26 November 2023

 

 

 

Sunday

7:45am Check in and Warm-up: Epee U13 Girls & Boys
9:00am Pouls: Epee U13 Girls & Boys
10:15am Check in and Warm-up: Epee Senior Women & Men
11:30am Pouls: Epee Senior Women & Men
1:30pm Check in and Warm-up: Epee Veterans (50+) Women & Men
2:30pm Pouls: Epee Veterans (50+) Women & Men
4:30pm Finals – Epee Senior & Veterans Women & Men

*the timings of the event is subject to change depending the number of the fencers

Venue: Citizens School, Dubai UAE – please press for the map here

CURRENTLY AT A GLANCE

Fencers

Countries

Visitors

IN MEDIA

Final results:

Senior Women:

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

Senior Men:

  1. Gold –
  2. Silver –
  3. Bronze –

U15 Girls:

  1. Gold –
  2. Silver –
  3. Bronze –

U15 Boys:

  1. Gold –
  2. Silver –
  3. Bronze  –

U13 Girls:

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

U13 Boys:

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

U11 Girls:

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

U11 Boys:

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

Veteran Women (50+):

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

Veteran Men (50+):

  1. Gold
  2. Silver
  3. Bronze

MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 2021

Date: 3-4 December, 2021

Friday 3 December: U15 and Juniors(U20) Boys and Girls

Saturday 4 December: Open Men and Women

Registration Form:

Link: https://forms.office.com/r/ThcrtzRsaw

Deadline for registration: 18 November 2021 at 4:00pm Dubai time (GMT+4)

Invitation: Invitation MKFA International Epee Cup 3 – 4 December 2021

Venue: Hamdan Sports Complex here

Participation:  All countries, clubs, affiliates and individuals from all over the world are welcomed to participate

Age groups:

The event will be conducted according to the following ages:

  • Under 15 years old male and female (epee)
  • Juniors Under 20 years old male and female (epee)
  • Open Men & Women (epee)

Rules:  Latest FIE version of the rules will be followed at this event

  • Individual competitions: In the first round the poul groups will be formed according to the numbers of participants in each category.
  • All shall be conducted according to the FIE rules, in case of disagreement in the interpretation of the Rules, the latest FIE version shall prevail.
  • The Organisers will, however, reserve the right to decide, without right of appeal, on any issues not covered by the FIE Rules or by these Rules.

Participation entry fees:

  • Open Men and Women & Junior (U20) Categories: 210AED or 50 Euro (T-shirt will be provided to all fencers)
  • U15 Boys and Girls: 110 AED or 25 Euro
    (T-shirt will be provided to all fencers)

Equipment:

Open Men and Women and Juniors (U20) Boys and Girls – FIE 1600 N Mask. Other equipment FIE 800 N: jacket, fencing pants, under plastron. Fencing socks that cover the knees (any colour except black) and FIE epee. For all female fencer’s plastic chest protection is required

U15 Boys and Girls – 350 N: mask, jacket, under plastron, fencing pants. Fencing socks that cover the knees (any colour except black) and an epee size 5. For all female fencer’s plastic chest protection is required

Thank you and if you have nay questions please contact us on fence@mkfencingacademy.com

MKFA Team

6th MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 2017

15-16 December 2017

MK FENCING ACADEMY

Invitation: MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 15-16 December 2017

Venue: Nad Al Sheba Sports Complex  – Map 

From vision to reality, the 6th MK Fencing Academy International Epe Cup 2017 has proved that dreams do come true!

What started 6 years ago, as a small competition with a big spirit, today has become the UAE leading sporting event of the year for all fencing fans!

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us on fence@mkfencingacademy.com.

Programme:

Friday 15th December 2017

9:30am Weapon Control and Registration Boys
10:15am Warm-up
11:15am Pouls: Epee U15 Boys
11:30am Weapon Control and Registration Girls
2:15pm Pouls: Epee U15 Girls
4:30pm Finals

Saturday 16th December 2017

8:30am Weapon Control and Registration Men
9:15am Warm-up
10:15am Pouls: Epee Men Open
11:30am Weapon Control and Registration Women
12:45pm Pouls: Epee Women Open
4:30pm Finals

Top fencers from around the world, amongst which Niokolai Novosjolov two times World Champion and the Olympic silver medalist Ana-Maria Popescu will show their invincible skills and mastership of the sword in the international tournament, which took place on 15th and 16th of December 2017 in Dubai.

The exclusive event has been founded and led by MK Fencing Academy in partnership with Dubai Sports Council and UAE Fencing Federation and with the support of Gargash Enterprises as well as Austrian Business Center, TEKA, Osteopathic Health Center Dubai, Super Sports Academy and PBT Fencing.

Yours in Fencing,

MKFA Team

5th MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 2016

16-17 December 2016
MK Fencing Academy

Venue: Dubai International Academy , Dubai, UAE – Map 

From vision to reality, the 5th MK Fencing Academy International Epee Cup 2016 has proved that dreams do come true!

What started 5 years ago, as a small competition with big spirit, today has become the UAE leading sporting event of the year for all fencing fans!

Top fencers from around the world, amongst which Rio Olympic Champion Snagyoung Park and the Olympic silver medalist Ana Maria Popescu, showed their invincible skills and mastership of the sword in the international tournament, which took place on 16th and 17th of December in Dubai.

The exclusive event has been founded and lead by MK Fencing Academy in partnership with Dubai Sports Council and UAE Fencing Federation and with the support of Gargash Enterprises as well as Sport360; Innoventures Education; Global Products; Freeplay and PBT Fencing.

Two days of spectacular fencing battles amongst more than 153 fencers representing over 37 nationalities culminated in the Grand Final and created unforgettable memories for both the spectators and the fencers!

The desired medals were won in challenging fencing bouts by:

Women:

  1. Gold – Ana Maria POPESCU, ROU
  2. Silver –  Ayaka SHIMOOKAWA, JPN
  3. Bronze –  Ayumi YAMADA, JPN &  Alanoud  AL SAADI, Sharjah LC, UAE

Men:

  1. Gold – Kazuyasu MINOBE, JPN
  2. Silver – Sangyoung PARK, KOR
  3. Bronze – Sten PRIINITS, EST & Ahmed MOHAMED, KUW, QAD

U15 Girls:

  1. Gold – Noora ALBREIKI, Baniyas, UAE
  2. Silver – Alizeh KIZILBASH, MK Fencing Academy, USA
  3. Bronze –  Deema HAFFOUR, Baniyas, UAE & Shouq BILAL, Sharjah, UAE

U15 Boys:

  1. Gold – Philip SILVA MK Fencing Academy, AUT
  2. Silver – Ali HUSSAIN, Alshabab Alarabi, KUW
  3. Bronze  – Iordan IORDANOV, National Sport´s Academy, BUL & Hasan ALGHANIM, QAD, KUW

The experiences, the photos and the videos from this amazing event can just make us look forward to the MKFA International Epee Cup in 2017, which is bound to go even beyond the great success of this year’s tournament and earn UAE a reputable name amongst the best in the world of Fencing.

MKFA International Epee Cup 2015

  • 11-12 December 2015
  • MK Fencing Academy
  • Raffles International School, Dubai, UAE

WINNERS

Epee Male Open

  1. Sten Priinits – Estonia
  2. Nikolai Novosjolov – Estonia
  3. Kelvin Canas – Venezuela & Hasan Alfoudari – Kuwait

Epee Female Open

  1. Erika Kirpu – Estonia
  2. Jelena Rublevska – Latvia
  3. Irini Paipai – Greece & Alounod Mabrouk – UAE

Boys

  1. Mohamed Alghandor (Dubai)
  2. Philip Silva (MKFA)
  3. Khalid Belselah (MKFA) & Lev Stukalo (MKFA)

Girls

  1. Deema Fathei (Bani Yas)
  2. Anna Krkman (Bani Yas)
  3. Yasmin Jawed (MKFA) & Muna Ali Ahmed (SLC)

MKFA INTERNATIONAL EPEE CUP 2015 RESULTS

Open Men
Pos Name Club Country
1 STEN PRINITS EST EST
2 NIKOLAI NOVOSJOLOV EST EST
3 HASAN ALFOUDARI KUW KUW
3 KELVIN CANAS VEN VEN
5 YASSER ELDARAWANI MKFA UAE
6 ABDULRAHMAN FATHI BANI YAS UAE
7 FRANCISCO LIMARDO VEN VEN
8 MICHEL GUTIERREZ MKFA UAE
9 KHALIFA ALZAROONI BANI YAS UAE
10 OMRAN MOHAMED DUBAI UAE
11 LAURIN EGGENSCWILER MKFA UAE
12 PETER BUCK MKFA UAE
13 ALI ALBLOOSHI BANI YAS UAE
14 TIM EESTERMANS MKFA UAE
15 MOSTAFA ELMISKY MKFA UAE
16 ANDREAS MITROUPOLAS MKFA UAE
17 LEO NGUYEN MKFA UAE
18 AHMED ALBLOOSHI BANI YAS UAE
19 ESSAM ALZAABI MKFA UAE
20 HAMAD ALJALAF BANI YAS UAE
21 ALEXANDER DUMON MKFA UAE
22 MOHAMED AWAD MKFA UAE
23 LAURENZ BISSADA MKFA UAE
24 ALI SAEED MKFA UAE
25 DANIYAR ABENOV MKFA UAE
26 SPENCER HOWLE MKFA UAE
27 MURODZHAN KHALIKOV MKFA UAE
28 BENCE ALMASI MKFA UAE
28 MOHAMED ALAAKBARI BANI YAS UAE
30 GIUSEPPE MUSICO MKFA UAE
31 AHMED ABDULAZIZ DUBAI UAE
32 ABDELRAHEM ALKHAYARI BANI YAS UAE
33 PHILIP SILVA MKFA UAE
34 MATTHEW TUCKER MKFA UAE
35 FOKION LATRIDIS MKFA UAE
36 SHAAN LALVANI MKFA UAE
37 ZAKEER HUSAIN MKFA UAE
38 AUSTIN GODDU MKFA UAE
39 TARIK ALGHUNAIM MKFA UAE
40 ABDULAZIZ ALBLOOSHI AL AIN UAE
41 ALI GABER DUBAI UAE
42 GEORGE SHOKU MKFA UAE
Open Women
Pos Name Club Country
1 ERIKA KIPRU EST EST
2 JELENA RUBLEVSKA LAT LAT
3 ALOUNOD MABROUK SLC UAE
3 IRINI PAIPAI MKFA UAE
5 DANA SHATTAF SLC UAE
6 HAMDA ALQUBASI BANI YAS UAE
7 FATIMA HOSNI SHABAB UAE
8 AMNA SAQER SLC UAE
9 ALYAZYA ALMASAABI BANI YAS UAE
10 REEM ALSHAMAA SLC UAE
11 SHAWQ HAJ BANI YAS UAE
12 HIND HUSSEIN SLC UAE
12 KIM VARANI MKFA UAE
14 MARWA OTHMAN BANI YAS UAE
15 TIFFANY PULCI MKFA UAE
16 TUQA AHMED SHABAB UAE
17 FATIMA YASSER SLC UAE
18 ASMA ALJANAHI MKFA UAE
19 CLARA ASUAJE MKFA UAE
20 ROUDHA ALAWADHI MKFA UAE
21 ZHANARA RAKHMETOVA MKFA UAE

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