World Youth Go Championship

World Youth Go Championship
Full name World Youth Go Championship
Started 1984
Sponsors Ing Wei'Chi Foundation

The World Youth Go Championship (WYGC) is a Go tournament that has been held annually since 1984 making it the second-longest running amateur Go tournament in the world.[1]

This event is sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules are used. A number of strong participants in the World Youth Goe Championship eventually became World Champions, such as Chang Hao, Gu_Li, Lee_Sedol, etc.[2]

There is a Junior division for players aged 12 and under, and a Senior division for players aged 16 and under.

Past results

Event Year Location Junior Winner Senior Winner US Junior Rep US Senior Rep[3]
1st 1984 Taipei, Taiwan 金荣桓(韩) N/A Janice Kim N/A
2nd 1985 Taipei, Taiwan 孔柄柱(韩) N/A Janice Kim N/A
3rd 1986 Taipei, Taiwan 李相勋(韩) N/A Tony Pa N/A
4th 1987 Hong Kong, China 余平(中) N/A Tony Pa/Alan Chen N/A
5th 1988 Paris, France 常昊(中) N/A David Mechner/Tony Pa N/A
6th 1989 Singapore,新加坡 夏衔誉(台) 金万树(韩) Lisa Chen/Irene Chen ?
7th 1990 Guilin, China 李君凯(中) 夏衔誉(台) Lisa Chen/Irene Chen ?
8th 1991 Ningpo, China 韩文德(韩) 王磊(中) David Haff ?
9th 1992 San Diego, USA 林至涵(台) 周鹤洋(中) David Zheng/Yuan Zhou? ?
10th 1993 Ottawa, Canada 王尧(中) 安祚永(韩) John Lee ?
11th 1994 San Francisco, USA 古力(中) 安达勋(韩) ? ?
12th 1995 Amsterdam[4] 李秀勇(韩) 黄奕中(中) Bellamy Liu James Chien
13th 1996 Seoul, Korea 朴永训(韩) 胡耀宇(中) Eric Lui Janathan Wang
14th 1997 南投, Taiwan 李映九(韩) 刘熙(中) Jesse Chao Janathan Wang
15th 1998 Guiyang, China 李康(中) 刘星　(中) Eric Lui Janathan Wang
16th 1999 Singapore,新加坡 景石(中) 彭荃(中) Eric Lui Janathan Wang
17th 2000 Praha, Czech Republic[5] Tong-yun Kang Lei Wang Eric Liu Matthew Curran
18th 2001 Maui, USA[6] Hyeong-chin Kweon Hyeong-hwan Kim Curtis Tang Eric Lui
19th 2002 Bangkok, Thailand[7] Zhourui Yang Kang Li Mozheng Guan -
20th 2003 Shanghai, China 강유택 Chen_Yaoye ? ?
21st 2004 Vancouver, Canada[8] Yulin Tong Lingyi Gu Curtis Tang Mozheng guan
22nd 2005 Barcelona, Spain[9] Hyeon Na Hao Zhang Calvin Sun Sichen Zhong
23rd 2006 Sengzhen, China[10] Hyeon Na Liayo Peng Calvin Sun Curtis Tang
24th 2007 Waltham, USA[11] Seung-yu Han Xingwen Liao Calvin Sun William Zhou
25th 2008 Quiyang, China[12] Jie Ke Tingmi Yu Calvin Sun William Zhou
26th 2009 Changzhi, China[13] Ding Yang XuanHao Li Andrew Lu Calvin Sun
27th 2010 Penghu Island, Taiwan[14] Li Qi Cheng Han Seung Joo Kevin Fang Calvin Sun
28th 2011 Bucharest, Romania[15] Yuanpei Liao Jie Ke Aaron Ye[16] Vincent Zhuang
29th 2012 Luoyang, China[17] Wang Shi Yi Cheng Li Qin Aaron Ye[18] Calvin Sun
30th 2013 Prague, Czech Republic[19] Seki Kotaro Wang Zejin Jeremy Chiu[20] Andrew Lu
31st 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[21] Huang Mingyu Xu Jiayang Brandon Zhou[22] Albert Yen

See also

References