Samsung Cup

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The Samsung Cup is a Go competition.

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

Current — LG Cup  · Samsung Cup  · Fujitsu Cup  · Chunlan Cup  · World Oza  · Ing Cup  · Zhonghuan Cup

Defunct — Tong Yang Cup

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