Chunlan Cup

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The Chunlan Cup is a Go competition.

[edit] Outline

The Chunlan Cup is an international competition. The Chunlan Group of China host this international Go competition. The players are picked like the following.

• 9 from China
• 6 from Japan
• 5 from South Korea
• 2 from Taiwan
• 1 from / America
• 1 from Europe

The 24 players are shortened to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament. The komi is 5.5 points with 3 hour time limits. The winner's purse is 10,000,000 Yuan ($150,000).

[edit] Past winners and Runner up's

Winner	Runner up	Years Played
Cho Hunhyun	Lee Chang-ho	1999
O Rissei	Ma Xiaochun	2000
Yoo Changhyuk	O Rissei	2001
Lee Chang-ho	Hane Naoki	2003
Lee Chang-ho	Zhou Heyang	2005

[edit] Trivia

• South Korea has won the tournament the most times, with 4 wins in 5 years.
• China and Japan have lost the tournament the most times, with 2 losses each in 5 years.