The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (Chinese :春兰杯世界职业围棋锦标赛), is an international Go competition.
The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the Chunlan Group of China. 24 players are chosen as follows:
The 24 players are reduced to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament.
Each player has 2 hours and 30 minutes of time with five 60-second byoyomi periods, since the 12th cup. [1] (Formerly, the time limit was 3 hours with five 60-second byoyomi periods. [2] ) The komi is 7.5 points. The winner's prize is US$150,000.
Edition | Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1st | 1998–1999 | ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
2nd | 1999–2000 | ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
3rd | 2000–2001 | ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
4th | 2002–2003 | ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
5th | 2003–2005 | ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
6th | 2006–2007 | ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
7th | 2008–2009 | ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
8th | 2010–2011 | ![]() | 2–1 [3] | ![]() |
9th | 2012–2013 | ![]() | 2–1 [4] | ![]() |
10th | 2014–2015 | ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
11th | 2016–2017 | ![]() | 2–1 [2] | ![]() |
12th | 2018–2019 | ![]() | 2–0 [1] | ![]() |
13th | 2020–2021 | ![]() | 2–0 [5] | ![]() |
14th | 2022–2023 | ![]() | 2–0 [6] | ![]() |
Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
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![]() | 8 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 7 |
![]() | 1 | 2 |
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