ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - France won its third straight men's team epee title and Poland took gold in the women's team foil at the World Fencing Championships Sunday.

In the men's final, Eric Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet, Jerome Jeannet and Ulrich Robeiri defeated Italy 45-38.

Hungary settled for the bronze medal with a 45-40 victory over Spain.

In the women's team foil, Sylwia Gruchala, Katarzyna Kryczalo, Magda Mroczkiewicz and Malgorzata Wojtkowiak beat Russia on a 26-25 sudden-death victory.

Japan took the bronze medal, beating Hungary 33-31.

Italy had a narrow one-point lead before Fabrice Jeannet, who led France's gold-medal performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics, registered 18 touches in his last two rounds to increase the margin to seven points.

Poland was one point behind when Gruchala registered four consecutive touches against Eugyenia Lamonova in the final bout to put her team 24-21 ahead. Lamonova then leveled 25-25 with six seconds left in regulation to force an extra minute. Gruchala needed just three seconds to close the match.