2025 CIP | FINAL | Italy v Japan | Mens Foil Fencing Team World Cup Paris | [OLYMPIC FINAL REMATCH]

Final bout of the 2025 Forvis Mazars Challenge International de Paris Men's Foil Team Fencing Event in Paris, France between Italy (Right), and Japan (Left). 2025 CIP 男子フルーレフェンシング. This is a rematch of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Men’s Team Foil Fencing Final, where Japan beat Italy. Since that match-up, 2023 Individual World Champion Tomasso MARINI has been taking a break, and Giulio LOMBARDI has filled the fourth Italian position. Guillaume BIANCHI and Filippo MACCHI (2021 Olympic Silver Individual Medalist) have been taking turns in anchoring. For Japan, BABA Shunsuke has replaced NAGANO Yudai in some competitions. SHIKINE Takahiro (instead of IIMURA Kazuki) has also started to anchor Japan again. Japan is the reigning World Champion and Olympic Champion. Team Italy has won both previous World Cups of this season - 2024 Tunis and Takasaki. Thumbnail: Bizzi Team/PhotoPavia Team ITALY (Right) Giulio LOMBARDI Filippo MACCHI Alessio FOCONI Guillaume BIANCHI (R) Team JAPAN (Left) SHIKINE Takahiro 敷根 崇裕 MATSUYAMA Kyosuke 松山 恭助 IIMURA Kazuki 飯村 一輝 BABA Shunsuke (R) 0:00 Introduction 2:49 (1/9) MATSUYAMA v MACCHI 6:57 (2/9) SHIKINE v FOCONI 10:59 (3/9) IIMURA v LOMBARDI 16:55 (4/9) MATSUYAMA v FOCONI 22:27 (5/9) IIMURA v MACCHI 29:24 (6/9) SHIKINE v LOMBARDI 37:25 (7/9) IIMURA v FOCONI 43:17 (8/9) MATSUYAMA v LOMBARDI 49:41 (9/9) SHIKINE v MACCHI 59:46 Outro