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AFirst Sport

NCAA

Fencing

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Season2026-27 NCAA Fencing Rules Book (USA Fencing + FIE base; separate National Collegiate Women's and Men's Team Fencing Championships)

CategoryCombat Sports

BSecond Sport

FIE

Fencing

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Players1

Settingindoor

SeasonFIE Administrative Rules, April 2026 edition (effective 2026-04-01)

CategoryCombat Sports

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Section 2: Equipment

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NCAA

Three weapons: foil (point-only target = torso), épée (point-only target = entire body), sabre (point + cut target = above waist); Each weapon has FIE-approved spec for length (max 110 cm) and weight; Mandatory protective gear: jacket (FIE-approved 350N or 800N), plastron (underarm protector), ma...

FIE

Each weapon has precise FIE specifications governing weight, length, blade profile, and electrical components (Material Rules m.1–m.24): Foil: Maximum total weight 500 g (Material Rules m.6). Maximum overall length 110 cm (m.7). Flexible rectangular-section blade, maximum blade length 90 cm (m.8....

Section 3: Playing Area

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NCAA

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Strip (piste): 14 m long × 1.5-2 m wide; Center line + 2-m on-guard lines on each side of center; End lines and warning lines (2 m from each end line)

FIE

All bouts take place on a regulation fencing strip known as the piste (Technical Rules t.16–19): Length: 14 m, with a total tolerance of 4 cm (t.18.2); Width: The combat area is 1.50 m wide (t.18.1); Run-back zone: Each competitor, placed 2 m from the centre line, has 5 m of retreating distance a...

Section 4: Players & Officials

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NCAA

NCAA team: 9 fencers per gender (3 per weapon × 3 weapons); Dual-meet format: 27 individual bouts per dual (each fencer in each weapon faces each opponent fencer); Officials: director (referee) on each strip, scoring keeper at the box, judges (when manual scoring used)

FIE

The referee is the sole authority on the piste (Technical Rules t.46–47).

Section 5: Rules of Play

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NCAA

Target: torso (front + back); Right-of-way (priority) determines who scores when both touch simultaneously; Touch with point only

FIE

Fencing competitions use two primary bout formats: Pool Bouts: In the preliminary round, fencers are divided into pools of 5–8 competitors. Each fencer meets every other fencer in the pool once. Pool bouts are fenced to 5 touches with a maximum time of 3 minutes of effective fencing time (clock s...

Section 6: Scoring

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NCAA

Bout: first fencer to 5 touches wins (or higher score after time expires); Team dual: most bouts won out of 27 wins the dual (best of 14); NCAA Championship: since the 2026 championships, contested as separate National Collegiate Women's Team Fencing Championship and National Collegiate Men's Tea...

FIE

Team relay bouts accumulate to a maximum of 45 touches across 9 relay bouts. Individual relay results carry over — if Team A leads 23–20 after bout 5, bout 6 begins at that score and is fenced to a target of 30.

Section 7: Violations & Penalties

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NCAA

Yellow card: warning (no penalty); 2 yellow = red card; Red card: 1 touch awarded to opponent; subsequent red = black card; Black card: ejection from the competition

FIE

The Referee must stop the bout whenever corps à corps occurs (Technical Rules t.25.1). A flèche ending systematically in a corps à corps must not be confused with a flèche resulting in a shock which jostles the opponent, which is treated as intent...

Section 8: Safety Considerations

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NCAA

Mandatory FIE-approved protective gear (mask 1600N, jacket 350N or 800N) reduces puncture risk. Equipment inspection pre-bout.

FIE

Whenever a fencer on the piste is found in possession of equipment that is non-regulation or defective, the referee confiscates the equipment and submits it to the experts on duty for examination (Technical Rules t.70). The equipment is returned o...

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