World Cup “VOITH-Cup”
FIE World Cup in Men’s Epée Team
2026 February 7th
Dear Friends,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to the VOITH-Cup on behalf of the Fencing Federation of Germany, which will be held in Herbrechtingen, Germany on February 7th.
Detail of the competition as follows:
Organizers:
Organisation Committee of the VOITH-Cup
Virchowstr. 28
89518 Heidenheim
Germany
Telephone: +49 7321/9441-0 or +49 151/ 507 475 84
Email: verwaltung@fechten-heidenheim.de
Competition venue
Bibrishalle Herbrechtingen
Brückenstr. 13
89542 Herbrechtingen
Germany
Competition Schedule:
| Friday, February 6th | 08:00 11:00 16:30 | Weapon control confirmation of the teams with the Directoire Technique Nominal registration of team members |
| Saturday, February 7th | 07:00 07:30 08:00 19:00 | Weapon control Referee meeting 1. Round of Tableau 64 Final |
Participation
Team participation is open to all countries and limited to one team per weapon per country.
Entry
Every competitor is required to be licensed for the 2025/2026 season.
No fencer is allowed to take part in an official event of the FIE unless he or she is at least 13 years old on 1 January in the year of the competition. Entries of fencers, teams and referees can only be made at the FIE website, www.fie.org, respecting the deadlines specified in the FIE Rules (o.61).
Entry fee
Team competition: 400 EUR
The entry fee is paid for each national delegation by bank transfer to:
Heidenheimer Sportbund 1846 e.V., DE31 6325 00 30 0000 8381 62, BIC: SOLADES1HDH purpose of use: “Fechtertage 2026” no later than February 2rd.
Referee Obligation
The referees are designated by the FIE and delegations will not have to provide any referees.
Formula
Team competitions – Integral direct elimination with a direct elimination table which may be incomplete. All places in the table up to 16th place will be fought for. From 17th place onwards teams will be classified, within each round of the table, according to their initial place in the table. The first four teams will be placed in the direct elimination table according to the current official team ranking of the FIE (cf. o.86); the remaining ranked teams will be placed in the table by drawing of lots in pairs. The teams that are not classified will occupy the last places in the table and will be separated by drawing of lots (cf. o.42-o.47).
Doping
Doping control will be done according to FIE rules.
Weapon Control
Maximum equipment to be tested:
4 x Epee, 3 x Cabels, 2 x Masks, 2 x Gloves, 2 x Jackets, 2 x Pants, 2 x Plastrons
Accommodation and Transport
Partnership Hotels
| Schlosshotel Hellenstein | Taste-Hotel Heidenheim | Hotel Hirsch |
| Hugo-Rupf-Platz 2 | Friedrich-Pfenning-Strasse 30 | Buchhofsteige 3 |
| 89522 Heidenheim | 89518 Heidenheim | 89522 Heidenheim |
| kontakt@schlosshotel- hellenstein.de | heidenheim@taste-hotels.de | info@hotel-hirsch-heidenheim.com |
You can find further hotels and information on https://hsb1846.de/home/abteilungen/fechten/turniere-und-veranstaltungen/hotel-transportation/
Please contact transfer@fechten-heidenheim.de or visit the website https://hsb1846.de/home/abteilungen/fechten/turniere-und-veranstaltungen/hotel-transportation/
to fill out the transfer form.
Visa Support
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Kindly check for visa requirements to Germany before making your ticket reservations. Please send it with passport copies before 15. January 2026 to: info@fechten.org
Link Fencing Time: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/?t=17419
Stream: www.fie.org/live
Further information and contact person
Please note that there will be a Training Camp in preparation for the world Cup. You can find all the information on
In case you need further information please contact Matthias Henkelmann:
Telephone: +49 7321/9441-0 or +49 151/ 507 475 84
Email: verwaltung@fechten-heidenheim.de
Warm regards,
Matthias Henkelmann
