Final Score
Team Shield0
–Team Blade0
WFL Inaugural Event
The night fencing changed forever.
April 25, 2026Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles700,000+ viewers worldwide
Team Shield wins the inaugural WFL event · $60,000 in individual prizes awarded
Bout scorecard
All Six Bouts
Men's Foil$10,000
Chamley-Watson opens with a dominant display, earning the inaugural WFL individual bout win.
Women's Foil$10,000
Errigo imposes her tempo from the first exchange, shutting out the Olympic champion.
Men's Épée$10,000
The closest bout of the night — Kano edges Siklósi 5–4 in a final touch decided by milliseconds.
Women's Épée$10,000
Muhari is clinical and composed — the most one-sided result of the evening.
Men's Sabre$10,000
Patrice delivers a statement performance, toppling the world's most decorated sabreur.
Women's Sabre$10,000
Battiston survives a ferocious comeback from Chamberlain to seal Team Shield's historic win.
Event format
How It Works
Structure
Six bouts. Three weapons.
One men's and one women's bout per weapon — foil, épée, and sabre. Each bout is fenced to 5 touches. If teams are tied after 6 bouts, a sudden-death final touch decides everything.
Prize money
$10,000 per bout
Every individual bout winner earns $10,000 on the spot. Six bouts, six payouts, $60,000 in individual prizes — with the remaining $40,000 split among the winning team's athletes.
Technology
Blade tracking live
Rhizomatiks x Dentsu Lab Tokyo blade-tip visualization rendered every touch in AR for the 700,000+ viewers worldwide on DAZN — the most watched fencing broadcast in history.
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