LG Cup (Go)
LG Cup (Go) | |
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Full name | LG Cup World Baduk Championship |
Started | 1996 |
Sponsors | LG |
Prize money | 250,000,000 Won ($200,000) |
LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LG배 세계기왕전, Hanja: LG杯 世界棋王戰) is a Go competition.
Outline
The LG Cup is sponsored by the LG Group of Korea. The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang title from Korea was abolished. There are 16 players who compete in a preliminary, and another 16 players are invited. The latest edition had 256 competitors in the preliminary, the biggest in history. The players are invited from the following WeiQi/Go/Baduk associations.
- 2 from the holder and runner-up of the previous year.
- 5 from
South Korea - 4 from
Japan - 5 from
China - 1 from
Chinese Taipei
The final is a best-of-three match. The komi is currently 6.5 points. The winner's purse is 250,000,000 Won ($200,000).[1]
Winners & runners-up
Years | Nat. | Winner | Score | Nat. | Runner-up |
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1996-1997 | Lee Changho | 3–0 | Yoo Changhyuk | ||
1997-1998 | O Rissei | 3–2 | |||
1998-1999 | Lee Changho | 3–0 | Ma Xiaochun | ||
1999-2000 | Yu Bin | 3–1 | Yoo Changhyuk | ||
2000-2001 | Lee Changho | 3–2 | Lee Sedol | ||
2001-2002 | Yoo Changhyuk | 3–2 | Cho Hunhyun | ||
2002-2003 | Lee Sedol | 3–1 | Lee Changho | ||
2003-2004 | Lee Changho | 3–1 | Mok Jinseok | ||
2004-2005 | Cho U | 3–1 | Yu Bin | ||
2005-2006 | Gu Li | 3–2 | Chen Yaoye | ||
2006-2007 | Chou Chun-hsun | 2–1 | Hu Yaoyu | ||
2007-2008 | Lee Sedol | 2–1 | Han Sanghoon | ||
2008-2009 | Gu Li | 2–0 | Lee Sedol | ||
2009-2010 | Kong Jie | 2–0 | Lee Changho | ||
2010-2011 | Piao Wenyao | 2–0 | Kong Jie | ||
2011-2012 | Jiang Weijie | 2–0 | Lee Changho | ||
2012-2013 | Shi Yue | 2–0 | Won Seongjin | ||
2013-2014 | Tuo Jiaxi | 2–1 | Zhou Ruiyang | ||
2014-2015 | Park Junghwan | 2–1 | Kim Jiseok | ||
2015-2016 | Kang Dong-yun | 2–1 | Park Yeonghun | ||
2016-2017 | Dang Yifei | 2–0 | Zhou Ruiyang | ||
2017-2018 | Xie Erhao | 2-1 | Iyama Yuta |
References
- ↑ English LG cup website: http://baduk.lg.co.kr/eng/
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