The women's team

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event at the

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took place on 27 July 2021 at the

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. 24 fencers (8 teams of 3) from 8 nations competed.

Background

This was the 6th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1996 except 2008 (during the time when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). The reigning Olympic champion is Romania (

Loredana Dinu Loredana Dinu (born Iordăchioiu; born 2 April 1984) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, twice World champion and twice European champion with Romania. Biography Dinu began fencing at age 11 after coaches from different sports did a presentation ...

Simona Gherman Simona Gherman (née Alexandru; born 12 April 1985) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, European champion in 2012 and 2016. She was twice team World Champion in 2010 and 2011 and five-time team European Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 201 ...

Simona Pop Simona Pop née Deac (born 25 December 1988) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, bronze medallist at the 2015 European Championships, team silver medallist in the 2015 World Fencing Championships and team European champion in 2014 and 2015. P ...

, and

Ana Maria Popescu Ana Maria Popescu, formerly known as Ana Maria Brânză (, born 26 November 1984), is a Romania, Romanian left-handed épée Fencing, fencer. Popescu is a four-time team European champion, 2013 individual European champion, and two-time team wor ...

). The reigning World Champion is China (

Lin Sheng Lin Sheng (; born 5 January 1994) is a Chinese fencer. Lin is from Fuzhou, Fujian. She won a gold medal in the girls' épée event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She was part of the Chinese girls' team which won gold in the team épée ev ...

Sun Yiwen Sun Yiwen (, born 17 June 1992) is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer. Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Sun is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 individual Olympic bronze m ...

Xu Anqi Xu Anqi (; born 23 January 1992) is a Chinese right-handed épée fencer. Xu is a two-time individual Asian champion, four-time team Asian champion, and two-time team world champion. A three-time Olympian, Xu is a 2016 team Olympic silver meda ...

, and Zhu Mingye).

Qualification

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(NOC) could enter a team of 3 fencers in the women's team épée. These fencers also automatically qualified for the individual event. There are 8 dedicated quota spots for women's team épée. They are allocated as through the world team ranking list of 5 April 2021. The top 4 spots, regardless of geographic zone, qualify (China, Poland, ROC, and South Korea). The next four spots are allocated to separate geographic zones, as long as an NOC from that zone is in the top 16. These places went to Hong Kong (Asia/Oceania), the United States (Americas), and Italy (Europe); no team from Africa was in the top 16, so the place was reallocated to the next-best team regardless of zone: Estonia. Additionally, there are 8 host/invitational spots that can be spread throughout the various fencing events. Japan qualified one women's épée fencer through normal individual qualification, but did not use host quota places to complete a women's épée team. The

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delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020.Academy of Fencing Masters
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Competition format

The 2020 tournament is a single-elimination tournament, with classification matches for all places. Each match features the three fencers on each team competing in a round-robin, with 9 three-minute bouts to 5 points; the winning team is the one that reaches 45 total points first or is leading after the end of the nine bouts. Standard

rules regarding target area, striking, and priority are used.NBC
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Schedule

The competition is held over a single day, Tuesday, 27 July. The first session runs from 11:25 a.m. to approximately 3:20 p.m. (when all matches except the bronze and gold medal finals are expected to conclude), after which there is a break until 6:30 p.m. before the medal bouts are held. All times are

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Results

5–8th place classification

Final classification

References

External links

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