JAKARTA - The 2026 Asian Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship or the 2026 Asian Cadet and Junior Championships will be a selection for Indonesian athletes to appear in this year's Youth Olympic Games (Youth Olympic Games) which will take place in Dakar, Senegal.
The tournament is scheduled to take place on February 20-27, 2026 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Senayan, Jakarta. A total of 26 countries from the Asia and Oceania region will be present as participants in this prestigious event.
The General Chairman of the Indonesian Fencing Association (PB Ikasi), Amir Yanto, said that athletes who got the best results from this tournament have the opportunity to enter the Indonesian Contingent who will participate in Dakar later.
"Actually, this championship is as a selection of participants for the Youth Olympic Junior in Dakar this year. So, I have also conveyed to the athletes to be the best, not to be humble," he said in Jakarta.
Indonesia will host this tournament based on the appointment of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Congress and the Asian Fencing Federation in March 2024 in Uzbekistan.
This is the second time in a row that Indonesia has held a fencing tournament. Previously, the senior-only fencing championship was held in June 2025 in Bali.
Amir said that being appointed to hold this championship is an international trust so that it must be used as much as possible by athletes to gain as much knowledge as possible from other participants.
"Indonesia I admit that it is not yet a 'bull market'. So, I think it is realistic to see that China, Japan, and South Korea are still dominating. However, hopefully, we can," he said.
Overall, there are 801 athletes competing in this event. The numbers that are contested are individual and doubles floret, degen, and sabel for men and women.
Indonesia has a total of 48 athletes, consisting of 24 cadets and 24 juniors. One of them is Jessyca Emilia, who was able to reach the 64-person round of the 2025 Asian Fencing Championship in Nusa Dua, Bali.
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