The World Fencing Championships will be held in Nigeria.

Adeyinka Samuel, President of the Nigeria Fencing Federation (TNFF), says the country is ready to host a World Fencing Championships worthy of the title in September.

Coming on the heels of successful hosting  of the African Fencing Championships on two previous occasions in 2018 and  2022 (last February), Samuel said  the  Nigerian Fencing as the TNFF is commonly known,  will once again pull all the stops to host the rest of the world, adding  the body is finalizing all arrangements towards  a hitch free competition.

“We have been awarded the right to host the World Fencing Championships between September 10 and 11  and unlike in all other sport, this is more or less a life-long hosting rights  as  we are also going to host the event in 2023,”Samuel said in Lagos yesterday.“ So, it’s important for us to host the world championships successfully so that the International Fencing Federation can allow us to be hosting the annual event as long as we can.”

The global championships, according to the two-time Commonwealth gold medalist in Fencing, will be an open event where men can compete for honors in both individual and team events using just Epee equipment.