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| Asian TV Cup | |
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| Full name | Asian TV Cup |
| Started | 1989 |
| Sponsors | NHK KBS CCTV |
The Asian TV Cup is a Go competition.
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| Asian TV Cup | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Asian TV Cup |
| Started | 1989 |
| Sponsors | NHK KBS CCTV |
The Asian TV Cup is a Go competition.
The Asian TV Cup is the oldest continental tournament, dating back to 1989. The winners and runner ups of the biggest hayago competitions from Asia (Japan: NHK Cup, Korea: KBS Cup, China: CCTV Cup) battle in the biggest hayago tournament of all.
| No. | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1989 |  Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Satoru |
| 2 | 1990 | Takemiya Masaki |  Lee Chang-ho |
| 3 | 1991 | Takemiya Masaki |  Cao Dayuan |
| 4 | 1992 | Takemiya Masaki | Cho Hun-hyun |
| 5 | 1993 | Yoda Norimoto | Seo Bong-soo |
| 6 | 1994 | Ōtake Hideo | Qian Yuping |
| 7 | 1995 | Lee Chang-ho | Cho Hun-hyun |
| 8 | 1996 | Lee Chang-ho | Yoo Chang-hyuk |
| 9 | 1997 | Yu Bin | Ō Rissei |
| 10 | 1998 | Yoda Norimoto | Ma Xiaochun |
| 11 | 1999 |  Yoda Norimoto |  Lee Changho |
| 12 | 2000 | Cho Hun-hyun | Lee Changho |
| 13 | 2001 | Cho Hun-hyun | Mok Jin-seok |
| 14 | 2002 | Lee Chang-ho | Cho Hun-hyun |
| 15 | 2003 | Zhou Heyang | Mimura Tomoyasu |
| 16 | 2004 | Yu Bin | Song Tae-kon |
| 17 | 2005 | Cho U | Cho Han-seung |
| 18 | 2006 | Wang Xi | Lee Changho |
| 19 | 2007 | Lee Sedol | Chen Yaoye |
| 20 | 2008 | Lee Sedol | Cho Han-seung |
| 21 | 2009 | Kong Jie | Lee Sedol |
| 22 | 2010 | Kong Jie | Yuki Satoshi |
| 23 | 2011 | Kong Jie | Paek Hong-suk |
| 24 | 2012 | Paek Hong-suk | Kong Jie |
| 25 | 2013 | Iyama Yuta | Park Junghwan |
| 26 | 2014 | Lee Sedol | Kono Rin |
| 27 | 2015 | Lee Sedol | Park Junghwan |
| 28 | 2016 | Li Qincheng | Shin Jinseo |
| 29 | 2017 | Na Hyeon | Lee Sedol |
| 30 | 2018 | Kim Ji-seok | Na Hyeon |
| 31 | 2019 | Shin Jinseo | Ding Hao |
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