Samsung Cup

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The Samsung Cup is a Go competition.

[edit] Outline

The Samsung Cup is an international competition. The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance of Korea (which is a branch of the Samsung Group) and Hanguk Kiwon host the competition. The format starts with a preliminary tournament in which even amateur players are allowed to play in. After the preliminaries, 16 players who advance plus the last four players of the previous year make up the main event. The semi-finals have a best-of-3 format, while the final can have a best-of-3, or best-of-5 match.

[edit] Past Winners & Runners Up

Winner Runner Up Year Played
Japan Yoda Norimoto South Korea Yoo Changhyuk 1996
South Korea Lee Chang-ho Japan Kobayashi Satoru 1997
South Korea Lee Chang-ho People's Republic of China Ma Xiaochun 1998
South Korea Lee Chang-ho Japan Cho Sonjin 1999
South Korea Yoo Changhyuk Japan Yamada Kimio 2000
South Korea Cho Hun-hyeon People's Republic of China Chang Hao 2001
South Korea Cho Hun-hyeon People's Republic of China Wang Lei 2002
Japan Cho Chikun South Korea Park Young-Hoon 2003
South Korea Lee Sedol People's Republic of China Wang Xi 2004
People's Republic of China Luo Xihe South Korea Lee Chang-ho 2005
- - 2006

[edit] Trivia

  • Korea has won this tournament the most, with 7 wins in 10 years.
  • China has been runner up the most, with 4 runners up in 10 years.
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