Daniele Garozz0, the defending champion, emerged from the poules as top seed in the cadet men's foil, closely followed by his team-mate Luperi. Safin (RUS) is 3rd seed, Kato (JPN) 4th, Choupenitch (CZE) 5th, Sanita (GER) 6th, Shi (CHN) 7th and Massialas (USA) 8th. The competition started with 84 fencers, cut to 62 for the direct elimination meaning the top 2 seeds get to put their feet up until the last 32 stage.
The British contingent all safely negotiated the poules: Callum O'Donnell winning 2 out of 6, Tom Allen also winning 2 from 6 and Alex Tofalides taking 5 wins out of his 6 fights. Their seedings going into the DE are Alex 16, Tom 50 and Callum 51. Alex faces 49th seed Yotam Ullman (ISR), Tom has 15th seed Chen Li (CHN) and Callum draws 14th seeded Hungarian Gabor Nemeth.
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