It organises the European Fencing Championships annually at several levels: cadets (U17), junior (U20), under 23, seniors and veterans (more than 40 years old).

Its goals are: Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was president of the European Fencing Confederation from 2005 to 2009.

[2] In June 2022, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President, was removed from his position as European Fencing Confederation President at an Extraordinary Congress following a unanimous vote of no confidence in Pozdnyakov in March 2022, due to his xenophobic conduct in the wake of the invasion.

[4] Protesting this decision, Denmark,[5] France,[6] Germany,[7] and Poland[8] cancelled upcoming World Cup fencing events to prevent Russians and Belarusians from participating.

[10] The organs of the EFC comprise: The COMEX elects the members of nine commissions that deal with specialized areas: