Sofia CrossSwords 2025

Date	November 8, 2025
Country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Software	HEMA Scorecard (results )

Tournament stats

Division	Number of fights	Number of fighters
Mixed Steel Arming Sword	71	16
Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler	57	17
Mixed Steel Longsword (Light)	60	15
Women's Steel Longsword (Light)	21	6

Fighters in event

All 29 fighters

Name	Nationality	Club
Angel Chernaev		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Boriana Dimitrova		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Borislav Krustev		Fechtschule Sofia
Borislav Nikolov		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Bozhidar Lalev		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Dobrina Andreeva		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Georgi Georgiev		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Ioannis Skalkos		Arkalus
Ivaylo Aleksandrov		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Ivaylo Klisarov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Kaloyan Siriyski		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Lyubomir Kotov		FORTE - Historical Fencing
Lyudmil Vasilev		Freifechter Sofia
Maria Dimova		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Martin Gelanov		FORTE - Historical Fencing
Nevena Grijak		Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay
Nikola Hristov		Historical fencing - Stara Zagora
Nikolay Petrov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Ondřej Malina		Rožnovsky šermirsky klub
Patrick Rance		Smart HEMA Clubs
Plamen Andonov		Historical fencing - Stara Zagora
Radostin Nanov		Freifechter Sofia
Rumen Dimitrov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Simona Dyankova		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Stanislav Vitkov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Stefani Metodieva		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Steven Gallagher		Smart HEMA Clubs
Teodor Petrov		Fechtschule Sofia
Yordan Yordanov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber

Tournaments

This lists the full outcomes in each of the tournaments at the event.

Mixed Steel Arming Sword - 71 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Patrick Rance	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Bozhidar Lalev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Ioannis Skalkos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Nikolay Petrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Patrick Rance	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Ioannis Skalkos	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Nikolay Petrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Radostin Nanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Patrick Rance	Nikolay Petrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Martin Gelanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Nikolay Petrov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Ioannis Skalkos	Ivaylo Klisarov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Patrick Rance	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Radostin Nanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Nikolay Petrov	Ivaylo Klisarov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Georgi Georgiev	Martin Gelanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Ioannis Skalkos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Patrick Rance	Radostin Nanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Martin Gelanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Nikolay Petrov	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Patrick Rance	Bozhidar Lalev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Nikolay Petrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Radostin Nanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Patrick Rance	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Borislav Krustev	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Borislav Krustev	Steven Gallagher	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Yordan Yordanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Borislav Krustev	Rumen Dimitrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Rumen Dimitrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Borislav Krustev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Yordan Yordanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Borislav Krustev	Stanislav Vitkov	DRAW	DRAW
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Rumen Dimitrov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Borislav Krustev	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Yordan Yordanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Steven Gallagher	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Borislav Krustev	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Top 15	Bozhidar Lalev	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Top 15	Nikolay Petrov	Borislav Krustev	LOSS	WIN
Top 15	Rumen Dimitrov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Top 15	Ivaylo Klisarov	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Top 15	Radostin Nanov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Top 15	Kaloyan Siriyski	Martin Gelanov	LOSS	WIN
Top 15	Yordan Yordanov	Ioannis Skalkos	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Ondřej Malina	Yordan Yordanov	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Bozhidar Lalev	Martin Gelanov	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Borislav Krustev	Steven Gallagher	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Stanislav Vitkov	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Semifinals	Stanislav Vitkov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Bozhidar Lalev	Borislav Krustev	LOSS	WIN
Gold Medal Match	Borislav Krustev	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Bronze Medal Match	Bozhidar Lalev	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS

Mixed Steel Arming Sword & Buckler - 57 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Lyubomir Kotov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Patrick Rance	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Lyubomir Kotov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Patrick Rance	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Rumen Dimitrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Patrick Rance	Dobrina Andreeva	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Patrick Rance	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Rumen Dimitrov	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Patrick Rance	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Teodor Petrov	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Nikola Hristov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Teodor Petrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Nikola Hristov	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Teodor Petrov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Teodor Petrov	Nikola Hristov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Nikola Hristov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Yordan Yordanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Borislav Nikolov	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Borislav Nikolov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Bozhidar Lalev	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Borislav Nikolov	Steven Gallagher	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Bozhidar Lalev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Borislav Nikolov	Bozhidar Lalev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Bozhidar Lalev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Borislav Nikolov	Martin Gelanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Martin Gelanov	Simona Dyankova	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Yordan Yordanov	Martin Gelanov	LOSS	WIN
Top 17	Kaloyan Siriyski	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Patrick Rance	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Ondřej Malina	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Bozhidar Lalev	Rumen Dimitrov	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Borislav Nikolov	Teodor Petrov	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Yordan Yordanov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Top 16	Martin Gelanov	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Lyubomir Kotov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Top 16	Dobrina Andreeva	Nikola Hristov	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Patrick Rance	Nikola Hristov	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Ondřej Malina	Steven Gallagher	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Martin Gelanov	Bozhidar Lalev	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Georgi Georgiev	Borislav Nikolov	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Patrick Rance	Borislav Nikolov	WIN	LOSS
Semifinals	Ondřej Malina	Bozhidar Lalev	WIN	LOSS
Gold Medal Match	Ondřej Malina	Patrick Rance	WIN	LOSS
Bronze Medal Match	Bozhidar Lalev	Borislav Nikolov	WIN	LOSS

Mixed Steel Longsword (Light) - 60 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Nevena Grijak	Kaloyan Siriyski	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Dobrina Andreeva	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Nevena Grijak	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Radostin Nanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Nevena Grijak	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Kaloyan Siriyski	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Radostin Nanov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyubomir Kotov	Radostin Nanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Angel Chernaev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Stefani Metodieva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Plamen Andonov	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Angel Chernaev	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Stefani Metodieva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Plamen Andonov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ioannis Skalkos	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Angel Chernaev	Plamen Andonov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stefani Metodieva	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Plamen Andonov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stefani Metodieva	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Angel Chernaev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Ioannis Skalkos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Plamen Andonov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Stefani Metodieva	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ioannis Skalkos	Angel Chernaev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Plamen Andonov	Stefani Metodieva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Ioannis Skalkos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Angel Chernaev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Plamen Andonov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Angel Chernaev	Stefani Metodieva	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Steven Gallagher	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Top 14	Steven Gallagher	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Top 14	Lyudmil Vasilev	Radostin Nanov	LOSS	WIN
Top 14	Simona Dyankova	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	LOSS	WIN
Top 14	Plamen Andonov	Ioannis Skalkos	LOSS	WIN
Top 14	Lyubomir Kotov	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Top 14	Kaloyan Siriyski	Stefani Metodieva	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Stefani Metodieva	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Angel Chernaev	Lyubomir Kotov	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Ioannis Skalkos	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	Radostin Nanov	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Radostin Nanov	Ondřej Malina	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Angel Chernaev	Steven Gallagher	WIN	LOSS
Gold Medal Match	Ondřej Malina	Angel Chernaev	WIN	LOSS
Bronze Medal Match	Radostin Nanov	Steven Gallagher	LOSS	WIN

Women's Steel Longsword (Light) - 21 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Nevena Grijak	Boriana Dimitrova	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Maria Dimova	Stefani Metodieva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Boriana Dimitrova	Simona Dyankova	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Nevena Grijak	Stefani Metodieva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Maria Dimova	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stefani Metodieva	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Maria Dimova	Boriana Dimitrova	DRAW	DRAW
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stefani Metodieva	Dobrina Andreeva	DRAW	DRAW
Pools	Maria Dimova	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Boriana Dimitrova	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Maria Dimova	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stefani Metodieva	Boriana Dimitrova	WIN	LOSS
Top 6	Maria Dimova	Nevena Grijak	WIN	LOSS
Top 6	Simona Dyankova	Boriana Dimitrova	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Stefani Metodieva	Boriana Dimitrova	WIN	LOSS
Semifinals	Maria Dimova	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Gold Medal Match	Stefani Metodieva	Dobrina Andreeva	WIN	LOSS
Bronze Medal Match	Maria Dimova	Boriana Dimitrova	WIN	LOSS

Rating outcomes

This shows how the fighters' ratings changed in the month of the event.

Note: If someone competed in multiple events this month their rating changes will reflect their performance in all those events, not just Sofia CrossSwords 2025

Mixed & Men's Steel Longsword - 15 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
109	13	Ondřej Malina	Rožnovsky šermirsky klub	1718.3	14
178	17	Angel Chernaev	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1666.9	13
302	60	Steven Gallagher	Smart HEMA Clubs	1604.3	29.2
1706	148	Radostin Nanov	Freifechter Sofia	1326.2	25.5
2912	563	Ioannis Skalkos	Arkalus	1191.8	66
3311	88	Stanislav Vitkov	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	1146.3	13.1
3389	122	Lyubomir Kotov	FORTE - Historical Fencing	1139.5	4.9
3633	139	Kaloyan Siriyski	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1114.9	19.3
3860	746	Stefani Metodieva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1094.1	85.6
4108	1407	Ivaylo Aleksandrov	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1068.7	167.5
4434	408	Dobrina Andreeva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1035.5	33.8
5538	819	Plamen Andonov	Historical fencing - Stara Zagora	912.8	81.9
6159	166	Lyudmil Vasilev	Freifechter Sofia	825.7	2.9
6300	111	Simona Dyankova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	803.2	6.6
6690		Nevena Grijak	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	729.8

Women's Steel Longsword - 6 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
20	6	Stefani Metodieva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1618.7	29.9
66	27	Boriana Dimitrova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1470.1	70
98	4	Dobrina Andreeva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1409.7	21.7
290	4	Simona Dyankova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1139.9	6.6
360	129	Maria Dimova	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	1060.5	171.4
608	22	Nevena Grijak	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	682.5	28.7

Mixed & Men's Steel Sword and Buckler - 17 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
1		Patrick Rance	Smart HEMA Clubs	1971.2	21.6
6	3	Ondřej Malina	Rožnovsky šermirsky klub	1881.5	30.6
40	99	Bozhidar Lalev	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	1722.1	177.8
45	3	Borislav Nikolov	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1702.2	8.6
164	10	Steven Gallagher	Smart HEMA Clubs	1520.3	11
165	12	Nikola Hristov	Historical fencing - Stara Zagora	1518.6	13.4
189	81	Georgi Georgiev	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1498.8	79.1
521	385	Stanislav Vitkov	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	1277.3	189.3
581	69	Lyubomir Kotov	FORTE - Historical Fencing	1246.2	30.1
682	160	Dobrina Andreeva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1197.4	83.9
773	2	Teodor Petrov	Fechtschule Sofia	1157.8	5.6
1029		Martin Gelanov	FORTE - Historical Fencing	1049.9
1173		Yordan Yordanov	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	976.8
1187		Rumen Dimitrov	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	970.2
1224	114	Kaloyan Siriyski	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	955.7	56.4
1387	60	Simona Dyankova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	886.4	48.4
1540		Lyudmil Vasilev	Freifechter Sofia	797.5

Underrepresented Genders & Women's Steel Longsword - 6 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
41	11	Stefani Metodieva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1620.3	29.9
121	40	Boriana Dimitrova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1471.6	69.5
171	12	Dobrina Andreeva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1411.8	21.9
463	8	Simona Dyankova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1157.3	4.5
576	203	Maria Dimova	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	1062.3	173.1
968	39	Nevena Grijak	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	684.5	28.8