Sofia Sidesword Spring 2026

Date	April 18, 2026
Country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Software	HEMA Scorecard (results )

Tournament stats

Division	Number of fights	Number of fighters
Mixed Steel Any Weapon (Optional Sidearm)	20	8
Mixed Steel Single Sidesword	71	19
Women's Steel Single Sidesword	14	5

Fighters in event

All 22 fighters

Name	Nationality	Club
Andrei Ciuta		7 Swords Historical Fencing School
Dejan Zombori		FEATHER - School of fencing
Dobrina Andreeva		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Elay Morozov		Tempus Fugitives
George Dimitropoulos		Fencer F.C. HEMA
Georgi Georgiev		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Giorgos Tsavalos		Fencer F.C. HEMA
Grgur Stojanović		Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay
Irena Matović		Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay
Ivaylo Klisarov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Jelena Ranđelović		Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay
Jovan Djordjevic		Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay
Kaloyan Siriyski		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Lyudmil Vasilev		Freifechter Sofia
Maria Valentinova		Freifechter Sofia
Massimiliano Cappello		Comense Scherma
Matei Vasilache		7 Swords Historical Fencing School
Mihael Ivanov		Freifechter Sofia
Pavle Ilijašević		Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay
Simona Dyankova		Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev
Stanislav Vitkov		ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber
Stylianos Dafnomilis		Fencer F.C. HEMA

Tournaments

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

Mixed Steel Any Weapon (Optional Sidearm) - 20 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Maria Valentinova	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Massimiliano Cappello	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Maria Valentinova	Kaloyan Siriyski	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Massimiliano Cappello	Matei Vasilache	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Matei Vasilache	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Maria Valentinova	Matei Vasilache	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Andrei Ciuta	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Georgi Georgiev	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Georgi Georgiev	Andrei Ciuta	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Andrei Ciuta	Stanislav Vitkov	DRAW	DRAW
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Lyudmil Vasilev	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Matei Vasilache	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Maria Valentinova	Andrei Ciuta	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Kaloyan Siriyski	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Georgi Georgiev	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Andrei Ciuta	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Gold Medal Match	Massimiliano Cappello	Andrei Ciuta	WIN	LOSS
Bronze Medal Match	Georgi Georgiev	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS

Mixed Steel Single Sidesword - 71 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Georgi Georgiev	Dejan Zombori	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Irena Matović	George Dimitropoulos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Massimiliano Cappello	Dejan Zombori	WIN	LOSS
Pools	George Dimitropoulos	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Massimiliano Cappello	Irena Matović	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Dejan Zombori	George Dimitropoulos	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Georgi Georgiev	Irena Matović	WIN	LOSS
Pools	George Dimitropoulos	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Irena Matović	Dejan Zombori	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Massimiliano Cappello	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Jelena Ranđelović	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Jovan Djordjevic	Giorgos Tsavalos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Andrei Ciuta	Jelena Ranđelović	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Giorgos Tsavalos	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Andrei Ciuta	Jovan Djordjevic	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Jelena Ranđelović	Giorgos Tsavalos	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stanislav Vitkov	Jovan Djordjevic	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Giorgos Tsavalos	Andrei Ciuta	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Jelena Ranđelović	Jovan Djordjevic	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Andrei Ciuta	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Matei Vasilache	DRAW	DRAW
Pools	Stylianos Dafnomilis	Mihael Ivanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Matei Vasilache	Grgur Stojanović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Mihael Ivanov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Stylianos Dafnomilis	Grgur Stojanović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Matei Vasilache	Mihael Ivanov	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Stylianos Dafnomilis	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Mihael Ivanov	Grgur Stojanović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Stylianos Dafnomilis	Matei Vasilache	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Kaloyan Siriyski	Grgur Stojanović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Pavle Ilijašević	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Pavle Ilijašević	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Elay Morozov	Ivaylo Klisarov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Lyudmil Vasilev	Elay Morozov	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Ivaylo Klisarov	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Elay Morozov	Pavle Ilijašević	LOSS	WIN
Top 20	Dejan Zombori	Giorgos Tsavalos	LOSS	WIN
Top 20	Mihael Ivanov	Jelena Ranđelović	LOSS	WIN
Top 20	George Dimitropoulos	Matei Vasilache	UNRATED LOSS	UNRATED WIN
Top 16	Matei Vasilache	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Top 16	Jelena Ranđelović	Pavle Ilijašević	LOSS	WIN
Top 16	Andrei Ciuta	Giorgos Tsavalos	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Kaloyan Siriyski	Grgur Stojanović	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Lyudmil Vasilev	Stanislav Vitkov	LOSS	WIN
Top 16	Georgi Georgiev	Ivaylo Klisarov	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Stylianos Dafnomilis	Elay Morozov	WIN	LOSS
Top 16	Irena Matović	Jovan Djordjevic	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Jovan Djordjevic	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Stylianos Dafnomilis	Pavle Ilijašević	LOSS	WIN
Top 8	Andrei Ciuta	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Top 8	Stanislav Vitkov	Kaloyan Siriyski	WIN	LOSS
Semifinals	Stanislav Vitkov	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Pavle Ilijašević	Andrei Ciuta	LOSS	WIN
Gold Medal Match	Andrei Ciuta	Massimiliano Cappello	LOSS	WIN
Gold Medal Match	Massimiliano Cappello	Andrei Ciuta	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Grgur Stojanović	Dejan Zombori	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Giorgos Tsavalos	Mihael Ivanov	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Matei Vasilache	Irena Matović	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Grgur Stojanović	Lyudmil Vasilev	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Ivaylo Klisarov	Giorgos Tsavalos	LOSS	WIN
Consolation Bracket	Elay Morozov	Jelena Ranđelović	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Matei Vasilache	Stylianos Dafnomilis	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Georgi Georgiev	Grgur Stojanović	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Kaloyan Siriyski	Giorgos Tsavalos	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Elay Morozov	Jovan Djordjevic	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Bracket	Matei Vasilache	Georgi Georgiev	LOSS	WIN
Consolation Bracket	Kaloyan Siriyski	Elay Morozov	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Semifinals	Georgi Georgiev	Stanislav Vitkov	WIN	LOSS
Consolation Semifinals	Kaloyan Siriyski	Pavle Ilijašević	LOSS	WIN
Bronze Medal Match	Pavle Ilijašević	Georgi Georgiev	WIN	LOSS
Bronze Medal Match	Andrei Ciuta	Pavle Ilijašević	WIN	LOSS

Women's Steel Single Sidesword - 14 fights

Stage	Fighter 1	Fighter 2	Fighter 1 result	Fighter 2 result
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Irena Matović	Jelena Ranđelović	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Maria Valentinova	Dobrina Andreeva	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Irena Matović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Jelena Ranđelović	Maria Valentinova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Dobrina Andreeva	Irena Matović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Jelena Ranđelović	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Maria Valentinova	Irena Matović	LOSS	WIN
Pools	Jelena Ranđelović	Dobrina Andreeva	WIN	LOSS
Pools	Simona Dyankova	Maria Valentinova	WIN	LOSS
Semifinals	Dobrina Andreeva	Jelena Ranđelović	LOSS	WIN
Semifinals	Irena Matović	Simona Dyankova	WIN	LOSS
Gold Medal Match	Irena Matović	Jelena Ranđelović	WIN	LOSS
Bronze Medal Match	Dobrina Andreeva	Simona Dyankova	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 Sidesword Spring 2026

Mixed & Men's Steel Single Sidesword - 19 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
1		Massimiliano Cappello	Comense Scherma	1914.1	28.2
37	19	Andrei Ciuta	7 Swords Historical Fencing School	1633.5	58.7
59	2	Grgur Stojanović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1566.8	4.2
92	26	Pavle Ilijašević	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1492.7	36.5
110	29	Georgi Georgiev	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1470.8	50.9
216	37	Kaloyan Siriyski	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1340.3	46.5
255		Stanislav Vitkov	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	1302
350		Stylianos Dafnomilis	Fencer F.C. HEMA	1211.7
435	36	Elay Morozov	Tempus Fugitives	1141.2	36.5
448	51	Jovan Djordjevic	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1132.5	45.7
569	135	Matei Vasilache	7 Swords Historical Fencing School	1035.6	154.6
605	10	Irena Matović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1007.3	24.3
614		Giorgos Tsavalos	Fencer F.C. HEMA	1000.7
641	31	Lyudmil Vasilev	Freifechter Sofia	984.7	58.5
692		Ivaylo Klisarov	ARETI - School of Оld Bulgarian Saber	939.7
719	44	Jelena Ranđelović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	908	99.1
727	74	Dejan Zombori	FEATHER - School of fencing	899.3	42.1
770		Mihael Ivanov	Freifechter Sofia	853.6
791		George Dimitropoulos	Fencer F.C. HEMA	827

Women's Steel Single Sidesword - 5 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
5	3	Irena Matović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1502.6	166.2
13		Jelena Ranđelović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1268.6
21	5	Dobrina Andreeva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1183.4	27.9
42	8	Simona Dyankova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	797.5	64.8
47		Maria Valentinova	Freifechter Sofia	707.5

Underrepresented Genders & Women's Steel Single Sidesword - 5 fighters

Rank		Name	Club	Weighted rating
6	2	Irena Matović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1541	94
24		Jelena Ranđelović	Terca - School of Historical European Swordplay	1292.2
33	2	Dobrina Andreeva	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	1207.5	31.3
70	7	Simona Dyankova	Historical Swordsmanship - Angel Chernaev	845.2	59.4
79		Maria Valentinova	Freifechter Sofia	733.4