World Xiangqi Championship

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The World Xiangqi Championship is organised by the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF) and is held every two years since 1991. The inaugural edition took place in 1990 in Singapore.

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List of winners

#YearLocationMenWomenNon-Chinese
11990 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Qin Flag of Singapore.svg Teo Sim Hua Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winston Williams
21991 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kunming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Guorong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Ming Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winston Williams
31993 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Tianhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Ming Flag of Vietnam.svg Mai Thanh Minh
41995 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Qin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Huang Yuying Flag of Vietnam.svg Vo Van Hoang Tung
51997 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Qin Flag of Italy.svg Lin Ye Flag of Vietnam.svg Mai Thanh Minh
Non-Chinese&Vietnamese
61999 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yinchuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Haiying Flag of Japan.svg Shoshi Kazuharu
72001 Flag of Macau.svg Macau Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Qin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Linna Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Gao Yiping Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kon Island
82003 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yinchuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Liping Flag of Japan.svg Shoshi Kazuharu
92005 Flag of France.svg Paris Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Qin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Liping Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kon Island
102007 Flag of Macau.svg Macau Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yinchuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Xia Flag of Japan.svg Shoshi Kazuharu
112009 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xintai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xinxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg You Yingqin Flag of Indonesia.svg Iwan Setiawan
122011 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Chuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Dan Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kon Island
132013 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huizhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tianyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Dan Flag of Thailand.svg Krishna Sankirtan [1]
142015 [2] Flag of Germany.svg Munich Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Weitong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Linna Flag of Japan.svg Shoshi Kazuharu
152017 Flag of the Philippines.svg Manila Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tianyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Dan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joep Nabuurs
162019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Chao Flag of the United States.svg Jie Dan Flag of Japan.svg Shoshi Kazuharu
172022 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuching Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tianyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zuo Wenjing

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References

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