For the first time in the history of fencing Korea and Iran defeated all the European and American opponents and reached the final of Padua, Italy Sabre Team World Cup.
The Koreans (GU Bongil, HA Hansol, KIM Junho, OH Sanguk) won Great Britain(45-33), USA(45-37) and Romania(45-28) where the Iranians (ABEDINI Mojtaba, FOTOUHI Mohammad, PAKDAMAN Ali, RAHBARI Mohammad) defeated Spain(45-16), Canada(45-27), Hungary(45-37) and Italy(45-43).
Finally the honorable Asian final ended by the golden victory of Korea where Iran was awarded silver and Italy bronze.