🇱🇺 Strong Representation for Luxembourg at the 2025 European Cup of Club Champions

Three Luxembourg teams — CEL Luxembourg and Escrime Sud Luxembourg — took part in the men’s and women’s épée events, showcasing the country’s growing depth and ambition on the European stage.

🗡️ CEL Luxembourg – Men’s Épée

The CEL Luxembourg men’s épée team, composed mainly of junior fencers, showed strong fighting spirit and maturity beyond their years. The team featured:

• Hervé Colling
• Max Straub
• Aurel Vidali
• Nicolas Wallers

Facing experienced international opponents from clubs such as Levallois (France), Sion (Switzerland), and Fiamme Oro (Italy), the young Luxembourgers fenced with courage and determination.

Their teamwork and resilience earned praise from referees and coaches alike, and they concluded the competition in 19th place out of 22 teams — a promising result that highlights the progress of CEL’s youth program and its commitment to developing future elite fencers.

🤺 Escrime Sud Luxembourg – Women’s Épée

The women’s team of Escrime Sud Luxembourg — composed of Scarly Ballester, Imke Duplitzer, and Anna Zens — achieved a solid 11th place finish out of 17 teams.

Throughout the competition, Scarly Ballester showed excellent form, scoring key touches in decisive bouts and continuing her steady rise in international performance. Together, the team demonstrated cohesion and fighting spirit against some of Europe’s top clubs from France, Germany, and Ukraine.

🏆 Final Highlights

Men’s Épée

🥇 Levallois (FRA)

🥈 Sion (SUI)

🥉 Fiamme Oro (ITA)

9th – Escrime Sud Luxembourg

19th – CEL Luxembourg

Women’s Épée

🥇 Ukraine Lviv Academy of Fencing (UKR)

🥈 Beauvais ACA (FRA)

🥉 TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)

11th – Escrime Sud Luxembourg

Results: https://www.eurofencing.info/competitions/latest-results/case:competitions/tournamentId:1165