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List of world Go champions

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The following list shows champions at major international Go tournaments.

Competitions

Main article: List of professional Go tournaments

Each of the following competitions has been competed between 16 or more players for an over $150,000 prize. Go associations are recognising the two requirements as standards of major tournaments.

CompetitionPeriodEditionsCurrent champion
Fujitsu Cup1988–201124Defunct
Ing Cup1988–present10Ichiriki Ryo
Tongyang Cup1990–19987Defunct
Samsung Fire Cup1996–present30Liao Yuanhe
LG Cup1996–present30Shin Minjun
Chunlan Cup1998–present15Yang Kaiwen
World Oza2002–20094Defunct
BC Card Cup2009–20124Defunct
Bailing Cup2012–20194Defunct
MLily Cup2013–present5Li Xuanhao
2016–20171Defunct
20181Defunct
Quzhou-Lanke Cup2023–present3Dang Yifei
2024–present1Shin Jinseo
2025–present1Wang Xinghao

Champions

CompetitionClosing dateChampionAssociation
1st Fujitsu Cup3 September 1988Takemiya MasakiJPN Japan
2nd Fujitsu Cup5 August 1989Takemiya MasakiJPN Japan
1st Ing Cup5 September 1989Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
3rd Fujitsu Cup4 August 1990Rin KaihoJPN Japan
4th Fujitsu Cup3 August 1991Cho ChikunJPN Japan
3rd Tongyang Cup27 January 1992Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
5th Fujitsu Cup1 August 1992Otake HideoJPN Japan
2nd Ing Cup20 May 1993Seo BongsooKOR South Korea
4th Tongyang Cup8 June 1993Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
6th Fujitsu Cup7 August 1993Yoo ChanghyukKOR South Korea
5th Tongyang Cup22 June 1994Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
7th Fujitsu Cup6 August 1994Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
6th Tongyang Cup24 May 1995Ma XiaochunCHN China
8th Fujitsu Cup5 August 1995Ma XiaochunCHN China
7th Tongyang Cup20 March 1996Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
9th Fujitsu Cup3 August 1996Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
3rd Ing Cup6 November 1996Yoo ChanghyukKOR South Korea
1st Samsung Fire Cup29 November 1996Yoda NorimotoJPN Japan
8th Tongyang Cup18 April 1997Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
1st LG Cup19 May 1997Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
10th Fujitsu Cup2 August 1997Kobayashi KoichiJPN Japan
2nd Samsung Fire Cup28 November 1997Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
2nd LG Cup23 March 1998Ō RisseiJPN Japan
9th Tongyang Cup13 May 1998Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
11th Fujitsu Cup1 August 1998Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
3rd Samsung Fire Cup8 February 1999Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
3rd LG Cup10 May 1999Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
1st Chunlan Cup29 June 1999Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
12th Fujitsu Cup7 August 1999Yoo ChanghyukKOR South Korea
4th Samsung Fire Cup7 December 1999Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
4th LG Cup10 May 2000Yu BinCHN China
2nd Chunlan Cup22 June 2000Ō RisseiJPN Japan
13th Fujitsu Cup12 August 2000Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
5th Samsung Fire Cup14 December 2000Yoo ChanghyukKOR South Korea
4th Ing Cup16 February 2001Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
5th LG Cup19 May 2001Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
3rd Chunlan Cup26 June 2001Yoo ChanghyukKOR South Korea
14th Fujitsu Cup4 August 2001Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
6th Samsung Fire Cup14 December 2001Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
6th LG Cup1 April 2002Yoo ChanghyukKOR South Korea
15th Fujitsu Cup3 August 2002Lee SedolKOR South Korea
7th Samsung Fire Cup14 January 2003Cho HunhyunKOR South Korea
1st World Oza29 January 2003Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
4th Chunlan Cup18 March 2003Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
7th LG Cup27 March 2003Lee SedolKOR South Korea
16th Fujitsu Cup7 July 2003Lee SedolKOR South Korea
8th Samsung Fire Cup11 December 2003Cho ChikunJPN Japan
8th LG Cup1 April 2004Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
17th Fujitsu Cup5 July 2004Park YeonghunKOR South Korea
9th Samsung Fire Cup9 December 2004Lee SedolKOR South Korea
2nd World Oza8 January 2005Lee SedolKOR South Korea
5th Ing Cup5 March 2005Chang HaoCHN China
5th Chunlan Cup18 March 2005Lee ChanghoKOR South Korea
9th LG Cup20 April 2005Cho UJPN Japan
18th Fujitsu Cup4 July 2005Lee SedolKOR South Korea
10th Samsung Fire Cup13 January 2006Luo XiheCHN China
10th LG Cup21 April 2006Gu LiCHN China
19th Fujitsu Cup3 July 2006Park JungsangKOR South Korea
3rd World Oza9 January 2007Lee SedolKOR South Korea
11th Samsung Fire Cup24 January 2007Chang HaoCHN China
11th LG Cup22 March 2007Chou ChunhsunROC Taiwan
6th Chunlan Cup25 March 2007Gu LiCHN China
20th Fujitsu Cup9 July 2007Park YeonghunKOR South Korea
12th Samsung Fire Cup24 January 2008Lee SedolKOR South Korea
12th LG Cup28 February 2008Lee SedolKOR South Korea
21st Fujitsu Cup7 July 2008Gu LiCHN China
4th World Oza8 January 2009Gu LiCHN China
13th Samsung Fire Cup21 January 2009Lee SedolKOR South Korea
13th LG Cup25 February 2009Gu LiCHN China
6th Ing Cup23 April 2009Choi CheolhanKOR South Korea
1st BC Card Cup4 May 2009Gu LiCHN China
7th Chunlan Cup24 June 2009Chang HaoCHN China
22nd Fujitsu Cup6 July 2009Kang DongyunKOR South Korea
14th Samsung Fire Cup17 December 2009Kong JieCHN China
14th LG Cup24 February 2010Kong JieCHN China
2nd BC Card Cup27 April 2010Lee SedolKOR South Korea
23rd Fujitsu Cup5 July 2010Kong JieCHN China
15th Samsung Fire Cup10 December 2010Gu LiCHN China
15th LG Cup23 February 2011Piao WenyaoCHN China
3rd BC Card Cup28 April 2011Lee SedolKOR South Korea
8th Chunlan Cup30 June 2011Lee SedolKOR South Korea
24th Fujitsu Cup14 August 2011Park JunghwanKOR South Korea
16th Samsung Fire Cup7 December 2011Won SeongjinKOR South Korea
16th LG Cup15 February 2012Jiang WeijieCHN China
4th BC Card Cup16 May 2012Paek HongsukKOR South Korea
17th Samsung Fire Cup13 December 2012Lee SedolKOR South Korea
1st Bailing Cup19 January 2013Zhou RuiyangCHN China
17th LG Cup20 February 2013Shi YueCHN China
7th Ing Cup6 March 2013Fan TingyuCHN China
9th Chunlan Cup20 June 2013Chen YaoyeCHN China
1st MLily Cup6 December 2013Mi YutingCHN China
18th Samsung Fire Cup11 December 2013Tang WeixingCHN China
18th LG Cup13 February 2014Tuo JiaxiCHN China
19th Samsung Fire Cup10 December 2014Kim JiseokKOR South Korea
2nd Bailing Cup14 January 2015Ke JieCHN China
19th LG Cup12 February 2015Park JunghwanKOR South Korea
10th Chunlan Cup3 June 2015Gu LiCHN China
20th Samsung Fire Cup9 December 2015Ke JieCHN China
2nd MLily Cup5 January 2016Ke JieCHN China
20th LG Cup4 February 2016Kang DongyunKOR South Korea
8th Ing Cup26 October 2016Tang WeixingCHN China
21st Samsung Fire Cup8 December 2016Ke JieCHN China
3rd Bailing Cup16 December 2016Chen YaoyeCHN China
21st LG Cup8 February 2017Dang YifeiCHN China
11th Chunlan Cup26 June 2017Tan XiaoCHN China
22nd Samsung Fire Cup7 December 2017Gu ZihaoCHN China
26 December 2017Ke JieCHN China
3rd MLily Cup2 January 2018Park JunghwanKOR South Korea
22nd LG Cup8 February 2018Xie ErhaoCHN China
23rd Samsung Fire Cup5 December 2018Ke JieCHN China
26 December 2018Chen YaoyeCHN China
4th Bailing Cup17 January 2019Ke JieCHN China
23rd LG Cup14 February 2019Yang DingxinCHN China
12th Chunlan Cup27 June 2019Park JunghwanKOR South Korea
24th Samsung Fire Cup6 September 2019Tang WeixingCHN China
24th LG Cup12 February 2020Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
25th Samsung Fire Cup3 November 2020Ke JieCHN China
25th LG Cup4 February 2021Shin MinjunKOR South Korea
4th MLily Cup5 May 2021Mi YutingCHN China
13th Chunlan Cup15 September 2021Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
26th Samsung Fire Cup3 November 2021Park JunghwanKOR South Korea
26th LG Cup9 February 2022Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
27th Samsung Fire Cup8 November 2022Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
27th LG Cup1 February 2023Ding HaoCHN China
1st Quzhou-Lanke Cup17 June 2023Gu ZihaoCHN China
14th Chunlan Cup19 July 2023Byun SangilKOR South Korea
9th Ing Cup23 August 2023Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
28th Samsung Fire Cup28 November 2023Ding HaoCHN China
28th LG Cup31 January 2024Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
5th MLily Cup4 May 2024Li XuanhaoCHN China
2nd Quzhou-Lanke Cup21 August 2024Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
10th Ing Cup8 September 2024Ichiriki RyoJPN Japan
29th Samsung Fire Cup22 November 2024Ding HaoCHN China
29th LG Cup23 January 2025Byun SangilKOR South Korea
28 February 2025Shin JinseoKOR South Korea
18 April 2025Wang XinghaoCHN China
15th Chunlan Cup23 June 2025Yang KaiwenCHN China
3rd Quzhou-Lanke Cup15 October 2025Dang YifeiCHN China
30th Samsung Fire Cup17 November 2025Liao YuanheCHN China
30th LG Cup15 January 2026Shin MinjunKOR South Korea

Statistics

Performance by player

RankPlayerAssociationTitles
1
2
3
4
Ke Jie
Shin Jinseo
7
8
9
Kong Jie
Tang Weixing
Chen Yaoye
Ding Hao

Performance by association

RankAssociationTitles
1South Korea (Korea Baduk Association)73
2China (Chinese Weiqi Association)54
3Japan (Nihon Ki-in)12
4Taiwan (Taiwan Chi Yuan Culture Foundation)1

Notes

References

References

  1. (2024-11-22). "围棋世冠数据：共产生133冠 中国棋手夺51冠". Sina Sports.
  2. link. Kukinews. (2025-09-19)
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