Teams
Preliminaries were held in Korea, while Japan and China sent pre-selected teams. [1] [2] Players listed in order that they appeared for their respective teams.
The 1st Nongshim Cup was the inaugural edition of the team Go tournament consisting of five players each from China, Japan and South Korea. The tournament began on 16 December 1999 in Shanghai and finished on 28 March 2000. [1] [2] On Lee Chang-ho and Ma Xiaochun met in the final, with Lee defeating China's top player and leading Korea to their first of six straight Nongshim Cup titles. [3]
Preliminaries were held in Korea, while Japan and China sent pre-selected teams. [1] [2] Players listed in order that they appeared for their respective teams.
Mok Jin-seok of Korea defeated Yamashita Keigo in the first game. He would go on to defeat China representative Qiu Jun before losing to Japanese player Kudo Norio on 19 December. Luo Xihe beat Kudo Norio before the tournament moved to Tokyo. [1] [2]
Luo lost to Kim Yeong-sam of Korea, who then lost to Japan's Yoda Norimoto. Korea's Cho Hunhyun defeated Yoda after the Japanese representative eliminated China's Wang Lei from the tournament. The third and final stage moved to Seoul. Korea had three players left (including Hunhyun), while China (Chang Hao and Ma Xiaochun) and Japan (Cho Sonjin and Yamada Kimio) were left with two players each. [1] [2]
Cho Hunhyun would lose the opening match of the third stage to Chang, who then stringed together two more victories by defeating Yamada (Japan) and Yoo Changhyuk (Korea). Cho Sonjin of Japan defeated Chang, but then lost his next match against Korea's Lee Chang-ho. [1] [2]
| Players | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mok Jin-seok | Mok Jin-seok | Mok Jin-seok | Kudo Norio | Luo Xihe |
 Yamashita Keigo | ||||
 Qiu Jun | ||||
| Kudo Norio | ||||
| Luo Xihe |
| Players | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luo Xihe | Kim Yeong-sam | Yoda Norimoto | Yoda Norimoto | Cho Hunhyun |
| Kim Yeong-sam | ||||
| Yoda Norimoto | ||||
| Wang Lei | ||||
| Cho Hunhyun |
| Players | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Sixth round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho Hunhyun | Chang Hao | Chang Hao | Chang Hao | Cho Sonjin | Lee Chang-ho | Lee Chang-ho |
| Chang Hao | ||||||
| Yamada Kimio | ||||||
| Yoo Changhyuk | ||||||
| Cho Sonjin | ||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | ||||||
| Ma Xiaochun |
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