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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
Yoda Norimoto
Yoo Changhyuk
Ma Xiaochun
