Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Jakarta Convention Center
Date	24 August
Competitors	38 from 10 nations
Medalists
South Korea Ha Tae-gyu, Heo Jun, Lee Kwang-hyun, Son Young-ki    Hong Kong Cheung Ka Long, Nicholas Choi, Ryan Choi, Yeung Chi Ka    Japan Kyosuke Matsuyama, Toshiya Saito, Takahiro Shikine, Kenta Suzumura    China Huang Mengkai, Li Chen, Ma Jianfei, Shi Jialuo

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games

The men's team foil competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 24 August at the Jakarta Convention Center.[1][2] China leads with five gold medals in this event, while South Korea and Japan were in the second and third position with 3 and 2 gold medals respectively. The other countries that ever won medals in this event were Hong Kong with 4 bronzes and Iran with a bronze.[3]

South Korean team emerged as the champion in the men's team foil event for the third times after the victorious in 1986 Seoul and 1994 Hiroshima.[3][4] The team defeated the top seeded Hong Kong with the score 45–37 in the final. Hong Kong team settled for the silver medal, while China and Japan teams who were beaten in the semifinals clinched the bronze medal.[2][5]

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 24 August 2018	10:00	Round of 16
	12:00	Quarterfinals
	14:30	Semifinals
	19:00	Gold medal match

Seeding

The teams were seeded taking into account the results achieved by competitors representing each team in the individual event.

Rank	Team	Fencer		Total
		1	2
1	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	3	5
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	7	10
3	China (CHN)	1	10	11
4	Japan (JPN)	5	9	14
5	Singapore (SGP)	8	13	21
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	6	16	22
7	Philippines (PHI)	14	17	31
8	Indonesia (INA)	15	20	35
9	Thailand (THA)	23	26	49
10	Nepal (NEP)	28	29	57

Results

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
						1	Hong Kong	45
	9	Thailand	40			8	Indonesia	11
	8	Indonesia	45								1	Hong Kong	45
											4	Japan	42
						5	Singapore	29
						4	Japan	45
																1	Hong Kong	37
																2	South Korea	45
						3	China	45
						6	Chinese Taipei	31
											3	China	43
	7	Philippines	45								2	South Korea	45
	10	Nepal	3			7	Philippines	19
						2	South Korea	45

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea (KOR) Ha Tae-gyu Heo Jun Lee Kwang-hyun Son Young-ki
	Hong Kong (HKG) Cheung Ka Long Nicholas Choi Ryan Choi Yeung Chi Ka
	Japan (JPN) Kyosuke Matsuyama Toshiya Saito Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura
	China (CHN) Huang Mengkai Li Chen Ma Jianfei Shi Jialuo
5	Singapore (SGP) Kevin Jerrold Chan Joshua Lim Darren Tan Zhang Zhenggang
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chen Chih-chieh Chen Yi-tung Ou Feng-ming Wang Chun-jui
7	Philippines (PHI) Brennan Louie Michael Nicanor Nathaniel Perez
8	Indonesia (INA) Muhammad Fatah Prasetyo Dennis Ariadinata Satriana Ihsan Ariesda Solihin Mohammad Zulfikar
9	Thailand (THA) Ratchanavi Deejing Sitsadipat Doungpatra Chornnasun Mayakarn
10	Nepal (NEP) Sher Singh Airy Mahesh Prasad Bhatt Rajan Raj Khadka Sanjeep Lama

References

1. "Fencing Sports Technical Handbook" (PDF). Asian Games 2018. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
2. "Official Result Book Fencing" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. "Event preview - Men's Team Foil - Fencing". Asian Games 2018. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
4. Yoo, Jee-ho (24 August 2018). "(Asian Games) S. Korea wins gold in men's team foil fencing". Yonhap. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
5. "HK win silver in men's fencing at Asian Games". RTHK. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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External links

• Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games - Men's team foil