World Amateur Go Championship

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The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF).

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Each participating country sends one player, although in the beginning of the contest there were multiple players from the stronger Go Countries (e.g. China, Japan, South Korea); in 2007 there were 68 participants.

Some of the participants have gone on to become top Go professionals.

Past champions

The names are ordered as Given name and Surname.

YearWinner2nd3rd
1979 [1] Wei-Ping Nie (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Zu-De Chen (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Jia-Rui Chen (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
1980 [2] Fumiaki Imamura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Zu-De Chen (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Hajime Yasunaga (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1981 [3] Zhen-Zhong Shao (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Xiao-Chun Ma (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Bunsho Murakami (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1982 [4] Da-Yuan Cao (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Jin-Ha Yang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Hironori Hirata (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1983 [5] Xiao-Chun Ma (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Hiroshi Miura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Fumiaki Imamura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1984 [6] Qun Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Chang-Hyuk Yoo (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea ) Hironori Hirata (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1985 [7] Jian-Hong Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Jia-Rui Chen (Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong ) Yasuro Kikuchi (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1986 [8] Jia-Rui Chen (Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong ) Yasuro Kikuchi (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Xue-Lin Song (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
1987 [9] Fumiaki Imamura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Bin Yu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Gwan-Cheol Lee (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea )
1988 [10] Wen-Dong Zhang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Fumiaki Imamura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Ronald Schlemper (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands)
Chul-Joong Kim (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea )
1989 [11] Ze-Wu Che (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Wen-He Cai (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Hironori Hirata (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1990 [12] Hao Chang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Quan-Wuk An (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea ) Hiroshi Miura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1991 [13] Fumiaki Imamura (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Xia-Nyu Xia (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Ronald Schlemper (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands)
1992 [14] Yasuro Kikuchi (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Young-Man Lee (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea ) Qi-Yu Han (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
1993 [15] Yi-Guo Sun (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Soon-Joo Seo (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea ) Hironori Hirata (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan )
1994 [16] Satoshi Hiraoka (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Chun-Hsun Chou (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Chun Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
1995 [17] Hironori Hirata (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Hong-Yi Shi (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Ying Kan (Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong )
1996 [18] Jun Liu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Hironori Hirata (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Yong-Man Yi (Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea )
1997 [19] Jun Liu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Hideyuki Sakai (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Yeong-Sam Mun (Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea)
1998 [20] Ch'an-U Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Satoshi Hiraoka (Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ) Wen-Dong Zhao (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
1999 [21] Chae-Seong Yu (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Hideyuki Sakai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan) Pong-Il Ri (Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea)
2000 [22] Hideyuki Sakai (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan) Ho-Kil Pak (Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea) Maleun-Saem Hong (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)
2001 [23] Dai-Chun Li (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Moriei Kanazawa (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan) Dong Ming Liu (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia)
2002 [24] Li Fu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Maleun-Saem Hong (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Yasuro Kikuchi (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2003Not held due to SARS outbreak.
2004 [25] Kang-Wook Lee (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) You-Zheng Lai (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Li Fu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
2005 [26] Yu-Qing Hu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Tae-Weon Cho (Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea) Cheng-Rui Yu (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2006 [27] Satoshi Hiraoka (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan) Weixing Tang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Tae-Weon Cho (Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea)
2007 [28] Zi-Teng Shan (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Tong-Ha U (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Hironobu Mori (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2008 [29] Sung-Bong Ha (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Yu-Zheng Guo (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Fernando Aguilar (Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina)
2009 [30] Yu-Ging Hu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Shin-Hwan Yu (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Nai-San Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2010 [31] Hong-Suk Song (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Chen Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Tae-Weon Cho (Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea)
2011 [32] Baoxiang Bai (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Woo-Soo Choi (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Eric Lui (Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States)
2012 [33] Zhi-Jian Qiao (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Hyun-Joon Lee (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Cheng-Hsun Chen (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2013 [34] Hyun-Jae Choi (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Yu-Qing Hu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Artem Kachanovskyi (Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine)
2014 [35] Yi-Tien Chan (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Tae-woong Wei (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Ruoran Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
2015 [36] Changhun Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Aohua Hu (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Jyun-Fu Lai (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2016 [37] Baoxiang Bai (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Kibaek Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) CHia-Cheng Hsu (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2017 [38] Baoxiang Bai (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Sang-bin Lee (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Yu-Cheng Lai (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2018 [39] Yi-Tien Chan (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Sangcheon Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Chen Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China)
2019 [40] Chen Wang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Jaesung Lee (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Nai-San Chan (Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong)
2020Not held due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2021 [41] Tianfang Ma (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) I-Tien Chan (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan) Dabeen Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)
2022Held online (Fox server).
2023 [42] Jung Seon Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Chukun Yang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Yu-Cheng Lai (Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan)
2024 [43] Baoxiang Bai (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Jung Seon Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea) Minoru Ozeki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)
2025 [44] Tianfang Ma (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China) Minoru Ozeki (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan) Sawoo Kim (Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea)

See also

References

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  18. ↑ "E.G.D. – European Go Database – Tournament card" . Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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  34. ↑ "The 34th World Amateur Go Championship in Sendai, Miyagi" . Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  35. ↑ "35th WAGC – Results" . Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  36. ↑ John Richardson (2015-06-10). "Gold for Korea, Silver for China and Bronze for Chinese Taipei". RANKA online
  37. ↑ European Go Database
  38. ↑ European Go Database
  39. ↑ European Go Database
  40. ↑ European Go Database
  41. ↑ Official Site
  42. ↑ International Go Federation Report
  43. ↑ Official Website
  44. ↑ Tournament Results
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