The men's team foil competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 24 August at the Jakarta Convention Center.[1][2] China leads with five gold medals in this event, while South Korea and Japan were in the second and third position with 3 and 2 gold medals respectively. The other countries that ever won medals in this event were Hong Kong with 4 bronzes and Iran with a bronze.[3]
| Men's team foil at the 2018 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Jakarta Convention Center |
| Date | 24 August |
| Competitors | 38 from 10 nations |
| Medalists | |
South Korean team emerged as the champion in the men's team foil event for the third times after the victorious in 1986 Seoul and 1994 Hiroshima.[3][4] The team defeated the top seeded Hong Kong with the score 45–37 in the final. Hong Kong team settled for the silver medal, while China and Japan teams who were beaten in the semifinals clinched the bronze medal.[2][5]
Schedule
All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 24 August 2018 | 10:00 | Round of 16 |
| 12:00 | Quarterfinals | |
| 14:30 | Semifinals | |
| 19:00 | Gold medal match |
Seeding
The teams were seeded taking into account the results achieved by competitors representing each team in the individual event.
| Rank | Team | Fencer | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||
| 1 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 |  Singapore (SGP) | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 7 |  Philippines (PHI) | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| 8 |  Indonesia (INA) | 15 | 20 | 35 |
| 9 |  Thailand (THA) | 23 | 26 | 49 |
| 10 |  Nepal (NEP) | 28 | 29 | 57 |
Results
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hong Kong | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Thailand | 40 | 8 | Indonesia | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Indonesia | 45 | 1 | Hong Kong | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Japan | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Singapore | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Japan | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hong Kong | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Korea | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | China | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | China | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Philippines | 45 | 2 | South Korea | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Nepal | 3 | 7 | Philippines | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Korea | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | South Korea (KOR) Ha Tae-gyu Heo Jun Lee Kwang-hyun Son Young-ki |
 | Hong Kong (HKG) Cheung Ka Long Nicholas Choi Ryan Choi Yeung Chi Ka |
 | Japan (JPN) Kyosuke Matsuyama Toshiya Saito Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura |
| | China (CHN) Huang Mengkai Li Chen Ma Jianfei Shi Jialuo |
| 5 | Singapore (SGP) Kevin Jerrold Chan Joshua Lim Darren Tan Zhang Zhenggang |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chen Chih-chieh Chen Yi-tung Ou Feng-ming Wang Chun-jui |
| 7 | Philippines (PHI) Brennan Louie Michael Nicanor Nathaniel Perez |
| 8 | Indonesia (INA) Muhammad Fatah Prasetyo Dennis Ariadinata Satriana Ihsan Ariesda Solihin Mohammad Zulfikar |
| 9 | Thailand (THA) Ratchanavi Deejing Sitsadipat Doungpatra Chornnasun Mayakarn |
| 10 | Nepal (NEP) Sher Singh Airy Mahesh Prasad Bhatt Rajan Raj Khadka Sanjeep Lama |