List of world champions in Go

Last updated October 29, 2025

The following list shows champions at major international Go tournaments.^[1]

Competitions

Competition	Period	Editions	Current champion
Fujitsu Cup	1988–2011	24	Defunct
Ing Cup	1988–present	10	Ichiriki Ryo
Tongyang Cup	1990–1998^[a]	7^[a]	Defunct
Samsung Fire Cup	1996–present	29	Ding Hao
LG Cup	1996–present	29	Byun Sangil
Chunlan Cup	1998–present	15	Yang Kaiwen
World Oza	2002–2009	4	Defunct
BC Card Cup	2009–2012	4	Defunct
Bailing Cup	2012–2019	4	Defunct
MLily Cup	2013–present	5	Li Xuanhao
Xinao Cup [ zh ]	2016–2017	1	Defunct
Tianfu Cup [ zh ]	2018	1	Defunct
Quzhou-Lanke Cup	2023–present	3	Dang Yifei
Nanyang Cup [ zh ]	2024–present	1	Shin Jinseo
Beihai Xinyi Cup [ zh ]	2025–present	1	Wang Xinghao

1 2 The 1st (1988–89) and 2nd (1989–90) Tongyang Cups are not recognised as major competitions.

Champions

Competition	Closing date	Champion	Association
1st Fujitsu Cup	3 September 1988	Takemiya Masaki	Japan

2nd Fujitsu Cup	5 August 1989	Takemiya Masaki	Japan
1st Ing Cup	5 September 1989	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea

3rd Fujitsu Cup	4 August 1990	Rin Kaiho	Japan

4th Fujitsu Cup	3 August 1991	Cho Chikun	Japan ^{[note 1]}

3rd Tongyang Cup	27 January 1992	Lee Changho	South Korea
5th Fujitsu Cup	1 August 1992	Otake Hideo	Japan

2nd Ing Cup	20 May 1993	Seo Bongsoo	South Korea
4th Tongyang Cup	8 June 1993	Lee Changho	South Korea
6th Fujitsu Cup	7 August 1993	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea

5th Tongyang Cup	22 June 1994	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea
7th Fujitsu Cup	6 August 1994	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea

6th Tongyang Cup	24 May 1995	Ma Xiaochun	China
8th Fujitsu Cup	5 August 1995	Ma Xiaochun	China

7th Tongyang Cup	20 March 1996	Lee Changho	South Korea
9th Fujitsu Cup	3 August 1996	Lee Changho	South Korea
3rd Ing Cup	6 November 1996	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea
1st Samsung Fire Cup	29 November 1996	Yoda Norimoto	Japan

8th Tongyang Cup	18 April 1997	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea
1st LG Cup	19 May 1997	Lee Changho	South Korea
10th Fujitsu Cup	2 August 1997	Kobayashi Koichi	Japan
2nd Samsung Fire Cup	28 November 1997	Lee Changho	South Korea

2nd LG Cup	23 March 1998	Ō Rissei	Japan ^{[note 2]}
9th Tongyang Cup	13 May 1998	Lee Changho	South Korea
11th Fujitsu Cup	1 August 1998	Lee Changho	South Korea

3rd Samsung Fire Cup	8 February 1999	Lee Changho	South Korea
3rd LG Cup	10 May 1999	Lee Changho	South Korea
1st Chunlan Cup	29 June 1999	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea
12th Fujitsu Cup	7 August 1999	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea
4th Samsung Fire Cup	7 December 1999	Lee Changho	South Korea

4th LG Cup	10 May 2000	Yu Bin	China
2nd Chunlan Cup	22 June 2000	Ō Rissei	Japan ^{[note 2]}
13th Fujitsu Cup	12 August 2000	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea
5th Samsung Fire Cup	14 December 2000	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea

4th Ing Cup	16 February 2001	Lee Changho	South Korea
5th LG Cup	19 May 2001	Lee Changho	South Korea
3rd Chunlan Cup	26 June 2001	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea
14th Fujitsu Cup	4 August 2001	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea
6th Samsung Fire Cup	14 December 2001	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea

6th LG Cup	1 April 2002	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea
15th Fujitsu Cup	3 August 2002	Lee Sedol	South Korea

7th Samsung Fire Cup	14 January 2003	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea
1st World Oza	29 January 2003	Lee Changho	South Korea
4th Chunlan Cup	18 March 2003	Lee Changho	South Korea
7th LG Cup	27 March 2003	Lee Sedol	South Korea
16th Fujitsu Cup	7 July 2003	Lee Sedol	South Korea
8th Samsung Fire Cup	11 December 2003	Cho Chikun	Japan ^{[note 1]}

8th LG Cup	1 April 2004	Lee Changho	South Korea
17th Fujitsu Cup	5 July 2004	Park Yeonghun	South Korea
9th Samsung Fire Cup	9 December 2004	Lee Sedol	South Korea

2nd World Oza	8 January 2005	Lee Sedol	South Korea
5th Ing Cup	5 March 2005	Chang Hao	China
5th Chunlan Cup	18 March 2005	Lee Changho	South Korea
9th LG Cup	20 April 2005	Cho U	Japan ^{[note 3]}
18th Fujitsu Cup	4 July 2005	Lee Sedol	South Korea

10th Samsung Fire Cup	13 January 2006	Luo Xihe	China
10th LG Cup	21 April 2006	Gu Li	China
19th Fujitsu Cup	3 July 2006	Park Jungsang	South Korea

3rd World Oza	9 January 2007	Lee Sedol	South Korea
11th Samsung Fire Cup	24 January 2007	Chang Hao	China
11th LG Cup	22 March 2007	Chou Chunhsun	Taiwan
6th Chunlan Cup	25 March 2007	Gu Li	China
20th Fujitsu Cup	9 July 2007	Park Yeonghun	South Korea

12th Samsung Fire Cup	24 January 2008	Lee Sedol	South Korea
12th LG Cup	28 February 2008	Lee Sedol	South Korea
21st Fujitsu Cup	7 July 2008	Gu Li	China

4th World Oza	8 January 2009	Gu Li	China
13th Samsung Fire Cup	21 January 2009	Lee Sedol	South Korea
13th LG Cup	25 February 2009	Gu Li	China
6th Ing Cup	23 April 2009	Choi Cheolhan	South Korea
1st BC Card Cup	4 May 2009	Gu Li	China
7th Chunlan Cup	24 June 2009	Chang Hao	China
22nd Fujitsu Cup	6 July 2009	Kang Dongyun	South Korea
14th Samsung Fire Cup	17 December 2009	Kong Jie	China

14th LG Cup	24 February 2010	Kong Jie	China
2nd BC Card Cup	27 April 2010	Lee Sedol	South Korea
23rd Fujitsu Cup	5 July 2010	Kong Jie	China
15th Samsung Fire Cup	10 December 2010	Gu Li	China

15th LG Cup	23 February 2011	Piao Wenyao	China
3rd BC Card Cup	28 April 2011	Lee Sedol	South Korea
8th Chunlan Cup	30 June 2011	Lee Sedol	South Korea
24th Fujitsu Cup	14 August 2011	Park Junghwan	South Korea
16th Samsung Fire Cup	7 December 2011	Won Seongjin	South Korea

16th LG Cup	15 February 2012	Jiang Weijie	China
4th BC Card Cup	16 May 2012	Paek Hongsuk	South Korea
17th Samsung Fire Cup	13 December 2012	Lee Sedol	South Korea

1st Bailing Cup	19 January 2013	Zhou Ruiyang	China
17th LG Cup	20 February 2013	Shi Yue	China
7th Ing Cup	6 March 2013	Fan Tingyu	China
9th Chunlan Cup	20 June 2013	Chen Yaoye	China
1st MLily Cup	6 December 2013	Mi Yuting	China
18th Samsung Fire Cup	11 December 2013	Tang Weixing	China

18th LG Cup	13 February 2014	Tuo Jiaxi	China
19th Samsung Fire Cup	10 December 2014	Kim Jiseok	South Korea

2nd Bailing Cup	14 January 2015	Ke Jie	China
19th LG Cup	12 February 2015	Park Junghwan	South Korea
10th Chunlan Cup	3 June 2015	Gu Li	China
20th Samsung Fire Cup	9 December 2015	Ke Jie	China

2nd MLily Cup	5 January 2016	Ke Jie	China
20th LG Cup	4 February 2016	Kang Dongyun	South Korea
8th Ing Cup	26 October 2016	Tang Weixing	China
21st Samsung Fire Cup	8 December 2016	Ke Jie	China
3rd Bailing Cup	16 December 2016	Chen Yaoye	China

21st LG Cup	8 February 2017	Dang Yifei	China
11th Chunlan Cup	26 June 2017	Tan Xiao	China
22nd Samsung Fire Cup	7 December 2017	Gu Zihao	China
Xinao Cup [ zh ]	26 December 2017	Ke Jie	China

3rd MLily Cup	2 January 2018	Park Junghwan	South Korea
22nd LG Cup	8 February 2018	Xie Erhao	China
23rd Samsung Fire Cup	5 December 2018	Ke Jie	China
Tianfu Cup [ zh ]	26 December 2018	Chen Yaoye	China

4th Bailing Cup	17 January 2019	Ke Jie	China
23rd LG Cup	14 February 2019	Yang Dingxin	China
12th Chunlan Cup	27 June 2019	Park Junghwan	South Korea
24th Samsung Fire Cup	6 September 2019	Tang Weixing	China

24th LG Cup	12 February 2020	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
25th Samsung Fire Cup	3 November 2020	Ke Jie	China

25th LG Cup	4 February 2021	Shin Minjun	South Korea
4th MLily Cup	5 May 2021	Mi Yuting	China
13th Chunlan Cup	15 September 2021	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
26th Samsung Fire Cup	3 November 2021	Park Junghwan	South Korea

26th LG Cup	9 February 2022	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
27th Samsung Fire Cup	8 November 2022	Shin Jinseo	South Korea

27th LG Cup	1 February 2023	Ding Hao	China
1st Quzhou-Lanke Cup	17 June 2023	Gu Zihao	China
14th Chunlan Cup	19 July 2023	Byun Sangil	South Korea
9th Ing Cup	23 August 2023	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
28th Samsung Fire Cup	28 November 2023	Ding Hao	China

28th LG Cup	31 January 2024	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
5th MLily Cup	4 May 2024	Li Xuanhao	China
2nd Quzhou-Lanke Cup	21 August 2024	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
10th Ing Cup	8 September 2024	Ichiriki Ryo	Japan
29th Samsung Fire Cup	22 November 2024	Ding Hao	China

29th LG Cup	23 January 2025	Byun Sangil	South Korea
Nanyang Cup [ zh ]	28 February 2025	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
Beihai Xinyi Cup [ zh ]	18 April 2025	Wang Xinghao	China
15th Chunlan Cup	23 June 2025	Yang Kaiwen	China
3rd Quzhou-Lanke Cup	15 October 2025	Dang Yifei	China

Statistics

Performance by player

Rank	Player	Association	Titles
1	Lee Changho	South Korea	17
2	Lee Sedol	South Korea	14
3	Cho Hunhyun	South Korea	9
4	Gu Li	China	8
	Ke Jie	China
	Shin Jinseo	South Korea
7	Yoo Changhyuk	South Korea	6
8	Park Junghwan	South Korea	5
9	Chang Hao	China	3
	Kong Jie	China
	Tang Weixing	China
	Chen Yaoye	China
	Ding Hao	China

Performance by association

Rank	Association	Titles
1	South Korea (Korea Baduk Association)	72
2	China (Chinese Weiqi Association)	53
3	Japan (Nihon Ki-in)	12
4	Taiwan (Taiwan Chi Yuan Culture Foundation)	1

Notes

1 2 Born in South Korea, Cho Chikun was attached to Nihon Ki-in.
1 2 Born in Taiwan, Ō Rissei was attached to Nihon Ki-in.
↑ Born in Taiwan, Cho U was attached to Nihon Ki-in.

References

↑ "围棋世冠数据：共产生133冠中国棋手夺51冠" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2025-02-09.

External links

International Go tournaments at GoBase

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[tongyang-2] 1 2 The 1st (1988–89) and 2nd (1989–90) Tongyang Cups are not recognised as major competitions.

[Cho-3] 1 2 Born in South Korea, Cho Chikun was attached to Nihon Ki-in.

[Rissei-4] 1 2 Born in Taiwan, Ō Rissei was attached to Nihon Ki-in.

[5] Born in Taiwan, Cho U was attached to Nihon Ki-in.

[1] "围棋世冠数据：共产生133冠中国棋手夺51冠" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2025-02-09.

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