The men's senior sabre team regular season reached its grand finale in North Africa as the world-number-one French squad captured the gold medal at the Cairo World Cup. Serving as the fifth and final team competition of the regular season before the zonal and World Championships, the event saw France firmly solidify its position at the top of the global rankings. The victory marks France's third team title of a brilliant 2025–26 campaign, adding to their previous gold medal triumphs in Algiers and Budapest.
The French lineup of Patrick Garrigue, Jean-Philippe Patrice, Sebastian Patrice, and Benjamin Ducerf displayed exceptional tactical cohesion throughout the direct elimination stages. After receiving an initial opening-round bye, the top seeds dispatched 17th-seeded Spain 45-30, before executing a hard-fought 45-40 quarterfinal victory over the eighth-seeded Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN).
In the semi-finals, France faced a formidable challenge from sixth-seeded Team USA. The French squad seized control early in the match, largely driven by a blistering 9-1 run by Sebastian Patrice in the second leg against William Morrill. France maintained this eight-point cushion through the middle tier of the bout, carrying a 30-22 advantage into the final third. Despite a furious late rally by Colin Heathcock in the anchor leg, France held their nerve to close out a 45-37 victory.
The gold medal match pitted the world number one against second-seeded Hungary, who lined up with Benedek Dallos, Krisztian Rabb, Andras Szatmari, and the legendary Aron Szilagyi. Hungary gained an early upper hand, leading 15-12 after the first three legs thanks to a stellar performance by Szatmari, who outscored Garrigue 8-2. However, the French contingent mounted an impressive counter-offensive in the middle fights. The Patrice brothers alongside Garrigue all combined effectively to orchestrate a comeback, shifting the momentum to hold a 30-28 advantage after six legs. France then accelerated in the final rounds, pulling away to secure a 45-37 victory and the gold medal.
Hungary’s silver medal performance capped off an outstanding run of their own. The Hungarians reached the final after an intense 45-43 semi-final victory over the third-seeded Koreans. Hungary had commanded the middle fights of that match to build a significant 30-20 cushion, and despite a brilliant eighth-leg surge by the Republic of Korea’s Park Sangwon to pull his team within two touches, Szilagyi successfully anchored the Hungarians to a thrilling win.
The bronze medal was captured by the Republic of Korea’s elite squad of Do Gyeongdong, Park Sangwon, individual Cairo Champion Oh Sanguk, and Lim Jaeyoon. Following their narrow defeat to Hungary, the Incheon and Padua World Cup champions regrouped to face the United States in a highly competitive third-place play-off. The match remained razor-thin throughout, with the Koreans holding marginal leads of 15-13 and 30-29. The turning point arrived in the eighth leg, where Park Sangwon excelled on the strip to open up a 40-36 cushion. This left individual champion Oh Sanguk to anchor the final leg, successfully turning back a late American push to secure a 45-42 victory and the final spot on the podium.
With the Republic of Korea claiming the bronze, the sixth-seeded United States lineup of Antonio Heathcock, Colin Heathcock, Darii Lukashenko, and William Morrill finished in a commendable but agonizing fourth place. The result marks the second time this season the Americans have finished just outside the medals, perfectly mirroring their fourth-place finish from the Budapest World Cup. Despite the sting of missing the podium, the USA group proved their elite status earlier in the day by engineering a spectacular 45-43 quarterfinal upset over fourth-seeded Italy, ensuring a highly competitive baseline as the world's premier sabre teams now pivot into the high-stakes postseason championships.