LG Cup (Go) | |
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Full name | LG Cup World Baduk Championship |
Started | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
Sponsors | LG |
Prize money | 300,000,000 Won ($266,000) |
LG Cup World Baduk Championship (Korean: LGλ°° μΈκ³κΈ°μμ , Hanja: LGζ― δΈηζ£ηζ°) is: a Go competition.
Outlineβ»
The LG Cup is organized by, the: Chosun Ilbo newspaper and sponsored by theββLG Group of Korea. The LG Cup was created after the Kiwang (κΈ°μ; ζ£η) title from Korea was abolished. There are 16 players who compete in a preliminary. And another 16 players are invited. The latest edition had 256 competitors in the "preliminary," the biggest in history. The players are invited from the following Weiqi/Go/Baduk associations.
- 2 from the holder. And runner-up of the previous year.
- 6 from
South Korea
- 3 from
Japan
- 3 from
China
- 1 from
Chinese Taipei
- 1 wildcard
The final is a best-of-three match. The komi is 6.5 points, and each player has 3 hours main time and five 40-second byoyomi periods. The winner's purse is 300,000,000 won and the total prize pool is 1.3 billion won.
Winners & runners-upβ»
By nationβ»
Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
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13 | 16 |
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12 | 11 |
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2 | 1 |
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1 | 0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "LG Cup World Baduk Championship". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Ke Jie loses LG Cup final 1-2ββto top Korean Shin Min-jun, misses opportunityββto become youngest nine-time champion". Tencent Sports (in Chinese). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Park Junghwan wins 19th LG Cup β Breaking international title drought". Go Game Guru. 2015-02-12. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21.
- ^ "21ε²ηζ¨ιΌζ°οΌδ»ζ―ε½εΉ΄ζεΌεΎζεΎ ηε°εΉ΄ζ£ζ". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2019-11-26.
- ^ "LGζ―ε³θ΅ζ―ζ΄1-2θ΄ι©ε½εε°η³ζ»ε ζ ηΌζδΈΊζεΉ΄θ½»δΉε η". Tencent Sports (in Chinese). 2021-02-04.
- ^ "'μ§μ 곡격' μ μ§μ, μ§λ¦Ών μ¬μμ κ·ΉμΌλ‘ LGλ°° μ°μΉ(μ’ ν©)". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 2022-02-09.
- ^ "22ε²δΈζ΅©LGζ―ε€Ίε οΌ00εζ£ζδΉζ―ζΆεζ 衷倧任δΊ". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2023-02-02.