All 8 US Fencers Advance to the Top-64 on the First Day of the 2009 Fencing World Championships

The 2009 Fencing World Championships began on Wednesday in Antalya, Turkey, with preliminary-round matches in the women’s sabre and men’s foil divisions.

Four of the US fencers had byes directly to Saturday’s round of 64 and the other four fencers competed in preliminary pools and qualified for Saturday’s DE matchups.

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The format for the 2009 World Championships is slightly different than years past. Here’s the breakdown:

  • Top 16 fencers in the FIE world rankings automatically qualify for the DE of 64.
  • The top 16 fencers out of pools qualify directly to the final day’s DE of 64
  • The bottom 20% of fencers out of pools are eliminated
  • The remaining fencers compete in a preliminary DE table until 32 remain to fill out the DE table of 64

The final day of competition is run as a single-elimination DE table.

In women’s sabre Mariel Zagunis and Monica Aksamit had byes to Saturday’s direct elimination rounds. Daria Schneider and Dagmara Wozniak qualified directly out of pools. Each went 3-2 in pools to advance to the final of 64.

Unfortunately, the US women find themselves all in the same section of the bracket, so only one US woman has a chance to make the top-8. Aksamit and Wozniak fence in the round of 64 with the potential for the winner of that match to face Schneider on the 32.

In men’s foil Kurt Getz and Gerek Meinhardt had byes. Miles Chamley-Watson (4-2) and Alex Massialas (4-1) each qualified directly from pools.

The fencer to watch in men’s foil is Andrea Baldini (ITA). Baldini was excluded from the 2008 Olympics due to a positive drug test, but he has been reinstated and has won several tournaments this year. He comes into worlds with the #6 seed and a great deal of momentum. Kurt Getz has the chance to match up with Baldini should they both make the top 16.

UniversalSports.com will broadcast Saturday’s finals live — the first of six such days — beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET.

The competition continues on Thursday with the preliminaries of women’s foil and men’s epee.

Next – The Table of 64 for Women’s Sabre and Men’s Foil:

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Women’s Sabre – Table of 64

1 ZAGUNIS Mariel USA
9:00 bleue
64 KIM Hye Lim KOR
10:00 bleue
33 KEDZIORA Katarzyna POL
9:15 bleue
32 BUNYATOVA Sevil AZE
11:00 bleue
17 SOCHA Aleksandra POL
9:30 bleue
48 SCHNEIDER Daria USA
10:15 bleue
49 WOZNIAK Dagmara USA
9:45 bleue
16 AKSAMIT Monica USA
9 KHOMROVA Olena UKR
9:00 rouge
56 MIKINA Sabina AZE
10:30 bleue
41 SASSINE Sandra CAN
9:15 rouge
24 GAVRILOVA Julia RUS
11:15 bleue
25 LIMBACH Anna GER
9:30 rouge
40 AU YEUNG Wai Sum HKG
10:45 bleue
57 OVTCHINNIKOVA Olga CAN
9:45 rouge
8 BESBES Azza TUN
5 PERRUS Leonore FRA
9:00 verte
60 PEREZ MAURICE Maria Belen ARG
10:00 rouge
37 STAGNI Livia ITA
9:15 verte
28 MARCOS Sandra ESP
11:00 rouge
21 PELEI Andreea ROU
9:30 verte
44 KUMAGAI Mika JPN
10:15 rouge
53 BEN CHAABANE Amira TUN
9:45 verte
12 VERGNE Carole FRA
13 BAO Yingying CHN
9:00 jaune
52 KUBISSA Stefanie GER
10:30 rouge
45 BERDER Cecilia FRA
9:15 jaune
20 HUTCHISON Joanna GBR
11:15 rouge
29 CHEN Xiaodong CHN
9:30 jaune
36 FATHALLI Chaima TUN
10:45 rouge
61 ASLAN Ozdem TUR
9:45 jaune
4 DIATCHENKO Ekaterina RUS
3 VELIKAIA Sophia RUS
9:00 piste 1
62 SASCHENBRECKER Wendy CAN
10:00 verte
35 JANG Hyun Kyung KOR
9:15 piste 1
30 MARZOCCA Gioia ITA
11:00 verte
19 KLEMM Sibylle GER
9:30 piste 1
46 BUJDOSO Alexandra GER
10:15 verte
51 NAKAYAMA Seira JPN
9:45 piste 1
14 MARY Solenne FRA
11 NAGY Orsolya HUN
9:00 piste 2
54 AU Sin Ying HKG
10:30 verte
43 HAMADA Maho JPN
9:15 piste 2
22 ZHOVNIR Olga UKR
11:15 verte
27 NI Hong CHN
9:30 piste 2
38 KIM Keum Hwa KOR
10:45 verte
59 PETO Reka HUN
9:45 piste 2
6 BIANCO Ilaria ITA
7 VECCHI Irene ITA
9:00 piste 3
58 LAM Hin Wai HKG
10:00 jaune
39 LI Fei CHN
9:15 piste 3
26 VOUGIOUKA Vassiliki GRE
11:00 jaune
23 WIECKOWSKA Irena POL
9:30 piste 3
42 JUNG Eun Hee KOR
10:15 jaune
55 BEKTURGANOVA Aliya KAZ
9:45 piste 3
10 JOZWIAK Bogna POL
15 KORMILITSYNA Svetlana RUS
9:00 piste 4
50 PUNDYK Galyna UKR
10:30 jaune
47 BENKO Reka HUN
9:15 piste 4
18 GRENCH Eileen PAN
11:15 jaune
31 NICOLL Chrystall GBR
9:30 piste 4
34 KEMPE Katherine GBR
10:45 jaune
63 MUNTEANU Elena ROU
9:45 piste 4
2 KHARLAN Olga UKR

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Men’s Foil – Table of 64

1 JOPPICH Peter GER
12:00 bleue
64 JORGENSEN Philippe DEN
33 MENENDEZ Javier ESP
12:25 bleue
32 STOUKALINE Alexandre RUS
17 KENBER Jamie GBR
12:50 bleue
48 LEI Sheng CHN
49 LAU Kwok Kin HKG
13:15 bleue
16 SCHLOSSER Roland AUT
9 JOUBERT Terence FRA
12:00 rouge
56 HINTERSEER Moritz AUT
41 GATAI Robert HUN
12:25 rouge
24 HERTSYK Rostislav UKR
25 VANNI Simone ITA
12:50 rouge
40 WESSELS Andre GER
57 YUNES Klod UKR
13:15 rouge
8 GLONEK Radoslaw POL
5 LE PECHOUX Erwan FRA
12:00 verte
60 CHEUNG Siu Lun HKG
37 BARRERA Stefano ITA
12:25 verte
28 HATOEL Maor ISR
21 CIEPLY Tomasz POL
12:50 verte
44 CHAMLEY-WATSON Miles USA
53 JOVANOVIC Bojan CRO
13:15 verte
12 ZHU Jun CHN
13 GETZ Kurt USA
12:00 jaune
52 BORST Sebastiaan NED
45 HA Chang Duk KOR
12:25 jaune
20 PANCHAN Nontapat THA
29 NGAN Kwoon Yat HKG
12:50 jaune
36 KHOVANSKY Alexey RUS
61 OR HTUEL Yaaqov ISR
13:15 jaune
4 KRUSE Richard GBR
3 CASSARA Andrea ITA
12:00 piste 1
62 BACHMANN Sebastian GER
35 PRANZ Renee AUT
12:25 piste 1
30 BERJOZKIN Anton HUN
19 HALSTED Laurence GBR
12:50 piste 1
46 HEDENSKOG Filip SWE
51 NISSIM Filippos GRE
13:15 piste 1
14 HUANG Liangcai CHN
11 MEINHARDT Gerek USA
12:00 piste 2
54 KOENIG Gregory FRA
43 PRYMACK Anthony CAN
12:25 piste 2
22 SALISCAN Virgil ROU
27 FUKUDA Yusuke JPN
12:50 piste 2
38 KWON Young Ho KOR
59 MENENDEZ Gabriel ESP
13:15 piste 2
6 BALDINI Andrea ITA
7 KLEIBRINK Benjamin GER
12:00 piste 3
58 PAGHIEV Boris MDA
39 MASSIALAS Alexander USA
12:25 piste 3
26 POGREBNYAK Andriy UKR
23 CAPLLIURE Luis ESP
12:50 piste 3
42 SHI Jialuo CHN
55 SANTOS Gael POR
13:15 piste 3
10 GUYART Brice FRA
15 GANEEV Renal RUS
12:00 piste 4
50 RODRIGUEZ Ignacio ESP
47 OR Tomer ISR
12:25 piste 4
18 SEDOV Artem RUS
31 BASSAL Oren ISR
12:50 piste 4
34 EL SAYED Alaa El Din EGY
63 BABAOGLU Tevfik Burak TUR
13:15 piste 4
2 OTA Yuki JPN

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