LG Cup (Go)

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The LG Cup, also known as the LG Cup World Baduk Championship, is a Go competition.

[edit] 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 countries.

• 2 from the holder and runner-up of the previous year.
• 4 from South Korea
• 4 from Japan
• 3 from China
• 1 from Taiwan
• 1 from North America
• 1 from Europe

The final is a best-of-five match. The komi is currently 6.5 points. The winner's purse is 200,000,000 Won ($169,000).

[edit] Past winners & Runner up's

Winner	Runner Up	Years Played
Lee Chang-ho	Yoo Changhyuk	1997
O Rissei	Yoo Changhyuk	1998
Lee Chang-ho	Ma Xiaochun	1999
Yu Bin	Yoo Changhyuk	2000
Lee Chang-ho	Lee Sedol	2001
Yoo Changhyuk	Cho Hunhyun	2002
Lee Sedol	Lee Chang-ho	2003
Lee Chang-ho	Mok Jin-seok	2004
Cho U	Yu Bin	2005
Gu Li	Chen Yaoye	2006
-	-	2007