Join with the FIE and its world fencing family to win prizes and celebrate 2025 World Fencing Day on Saturday, September 13! With this year’s theme, “Fencing: One Sport, One World, One Family”, everyone is invited to creatively share our sport worldwide with fencing demonstrations, social media, events and activities and win up to U.S. $3000!
The FIE World Fencing Day video contest is open to both individuals and FIE member federations. Share video fencing stories by sending them to the FIE (see contact information, below) and the top three individual entries will win U.S. $3000 for first place, with $2000 and $1000 awarded to second and third places, and the top three federation videos will receive $3000 each.
The FIE provides digital assets to federations to use for promoting World Fencing Day and encourages all to participate and help inform and educate the public about fencing.
Contest details:
- Submit videos to Zhen.Ma@FIE.ch no later than Sunday, Sept. 14
- Send the video as a social media link
- There are no format limits, but videos must include a World Fencing Day element
- Toolkits from the FIE are available on its social media channels and can also be accessed here: https://bit.ly/3UVOpEc
- The FIE will shortlist and publish videos on its official channels
- Winners will be decided impartially by the number of views and interactions on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X (Twitter)
- Final results will be announced at the end of September
Launched in 2017, World Fencing Day takes place annually on the second Saturday in September, intended to celebrate fencing as a sport and how it promotes education, peace, cultural exchange and social responsibility.