title: Men's team épée at the 2012 World Fencing Championships
text: # Men's team épée at the 2012 World Fencing Championships
  
  The Men's team épée event of the 2012 World Fencing Championships was contested in Kyiv.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  * United States Soren Thompson Weston Kelsey Cody Mattern Benjamin Bratton
  * France Gauthier Grumier Yannick Borel Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri
  * Hungary Géza Imre Gábor Boczkó Péter Somfai András Rédli
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | France | 28 |
  | Italy | 27 | | |
  | Italy | 27 | France | 37 |
  | | | United States | 44 |
  | United States | 10 | United States | 44 |
  | Hungary | 10 | | |
  | Hungary | 10 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | Italy | 37 |
  | | | Hungary | 45 |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | France | | | | | |
  | Bye | | | | | |
  | Bye | | France | 45 | | |
  | | | Kyrgyzstan | 41 | | |
  | Kyrgyzstan | 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 41 | | |
  | Czech Republic | 36 | | | | |
  | Czech Republic | 36 | | | France | 45 |
  | | | | | Russia | 36 |
  | Canada | | | | Russia | 36 |
  | Bye | | | | | |
  | Bye | | Canada | 29 | | |
  | | | Russia | 45 | | |
  | Bye | | Russia | 45 | | |
  | Russia | | | | | | | |
  | Russia | | | | | | France | 28 |
  | | | | | | | Italy | 27 |
  | China | | | | | | Italy | 27 |
  | Bye | | | | | | | |
  | Bye | | China | 24 | | | | |
  | | | Poland | 32 | | | | |
  | Israel | 39 | Poland | 32 | | | | |
  | Poland | 45 | | | | | | |
  | Poland | 45 | | | Poland | 26 | | |
  | | | | | Italy | 45 |
  | Norway | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
  | Belarus | 34 | | | | |
  | Belarus | 34 | Norway | 28 | | |
  | | | Italy | 45 | | |
  | Bye | | Italy | 45 | | |
  | Italy | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | | | | | |
  | Bye | | | | | |
  | Bye | | United States | 45 | | |
  | | | Kazakhstan | 24 | | |
  | Hong Kong | 39 | Kazakhstan | 24 | | |
  | Kazakhstan | 45 | | | | |
  | Kazakhstan | 45 | | | United States | 25 |
  | | | | | Switzerland | 24 |
  | Ukraine | 39 | | | Switzerland | 24 |
  | Netherlands | 45 | | | | |
  | Netherlands | 45 | Netherlands | 41 | | |
  | | | Switzerland | 45 | | |
  | Bye | | Switzerland | 45 | | |
  | Switzerland | | | | | | | |
  | Switzerland | | | | | | United States | 10 |
  | | | | | | | Hungary | 10 |
  | Germany | | | | | | Hungary | 10 |
  | Bye | | | | | | | |
  | Bye | | Germany | 31 | | | | |
  | | | Venezuela | 45 | | | | |
  | Bye | | Venezuela | 45 | | | | |
  | Venezuela | | | | | | | |
  | Venezuela | | | | Venezuela | 26 | | |
  | | | | | Hungary | 33 |
  | Estonia | 45 | | | Hungary | 33 |
  | Iran | 22 | | | | |
  | Iran | 22 | Estonia | 39 | | |
  | | | Hungary | 45 | | |
  | Bye | | Hungary | 45 | | |
  | Hungary | | | | | |
  
  ### Placement matches
  
  **5–8th place**
  
  | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Russia | 37 |
  | Poland | 23 | | |
  | Poland | 23 | Russia | 32 |
  | | | Switzerland | 45 |
  | Switzerland | 34 | Switzerland | 45 |
  | Venezuela | 28 | | |
  | Venezuela | 28 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
  | | | Poland | 41 |
  | | | Venezuela | 45 |
  
  **9–12th place**
  
  | 9–16th place quarterfinals | 9–16th place quarterfinals | 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | Ninth place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Kyrgyzstan | 42 | | |
  | Canada | 45 | | |
  | Canada | 45 | Canada | 27 |
  | | | Norway | 45 |
  | China | 36 | Norway | 45 |
  | Norway | 45 | | | | |
  | Norway | 45 | | | Norway | 45 |
  | | | | | Netherlands | 39 |
  | Kazakhstan | 39 | | | Netherlands | 39 |
  | Netherlands | 45 | | | | |
  | Netherlands | 45 | Netherlands | 45 | | |
  | | | Estonia | 36 | 11th place | 11th place |
  | Germany | 39 | Estonia | 36 | 11th place | 11th place |
  | Estonia | 39 | | | | |
  | Estonia | 39 | | | Canada | 39 |
  | | | | | Estonia | 45 |
  
  **13–16th place**
  
  | 13–16th place semifinals | 13–16th place semifinals | 13th place | 13th place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kyrgyzstan | 45 |
  | China | 37 | | |
  | China | 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 45 |
  | | | Germany | 37 |
  | Kazakhstan | 35 | Germany | 37 |
  | Germany | 45 | | |
  | Germany | 45 | 15th place | 15th place |
  | | | China | 45 |
  | | | Kazakhstan | 36 |
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | United States |
  | | France |
  | | Hungary |
  | 4 | Italy |
  | 5 | Switzerland |
  | 6 | Russia |
  | 7 | Venezuela |
  | 8 | Poland |
  | 9 | Norway |
  | 10 | Netherlands |
  | 11 | Estonia |
  | 12 | Canada |
  | 13 | Kyrgyzstan |
  | 14 | Germany |
  | 15 | China |
  | 16 | Kazakhstan |
  | 17 | Ukraine |
  | 18 | Czech Republic |
  | 19 | Iran |
  | 20 | Hong Kong |
  | 21 | Belarus |
  | 22 | Israel |
  