Chunlan Cup

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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.

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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.

Past winners and runners-up

EditionYearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1st1998–1999 Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Hunhyun 2–1 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-ho
2nd1999–2000 Flag of Japan.svg O Rissei 2–1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Xiaochun
3rd2000–2001 Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Changhyuk 2–1 Flag of Japan.svg O Rissei
4th2002–2003 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Flag of Japan.svg Hane Naoki
5th2003–2005 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-ho 2–1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Heyang
6th2006–2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Li 2–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chang Hao
7th2008–2009 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chang Hao 2–0 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-ho
8th 2010–2011 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sedol 2–1 [3] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie He
9th2012–2013 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yaoye 2–1 [4] Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sedol
10th2014–2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Li2–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Ruiyang
11th2016–2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tan Xiao 2–1 [2] Flag of South Korea.svg Park Yeong-hun
12th2018–2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Junghwan 2–0 [1] Flag of South Korea.svg Park Yeong-hun
13th2020–2021 Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Jin-seo 2–0 [5] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Weixing
14th2022–2023 Flag of South Korea.svg Byun Sang-il 2–0 [6] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuanhao

By nation

NationWinnersRunners-up
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 85
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12

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