World Oza

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The World Oza is a Go competition.

[edit] Outline

The World Oza, sponsored by ToyotaDenso of Japan, is the newest international tournament. 32 players are invited from the following countries.

• 10 from Japan
• 8 from China
• 6 from South Korea
• 3 from Europe
• 2 from North America
• 1 from Singapore
• 1 from South America
• 1 from Taiwan

The tournament is held every 2 years. The first rounds are knockouts, and the final match is a best-of-three. The winner's purse is 30,000,000 Yen ($285,000) and a new Toyota car that is worth almost 10,000,000 Yen ($95,000).

[edit] Winners & runners-up

Winner	Runner up	Years Played
Lee Chang-ho	Chang Hao	2002
Lee Sedol	Chang Hao	2004
Lee Sedol	Cho U	2006