The 9th LG Cup featured:
- 12 players from
South Korea - Cho Hanseung, Cho Hunhyun, Choi Cheol-han, Choi Won Yong, Kim Mansoo, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol, Mok Jin-seok, Park Seunghyun, Song Tae Kon, Won Seong-jin, Yoo Changhyuk - 5 players from
Japan - Cho U, Hane Naoki, O Meien, O Rissei, Yamashita Keigo - 4 players from
China - Gu Li, Kong Jie, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang - 1 player from
Taiwan - Zhou Junxun - 1 player from
North America - Jiang Mingjiu - 1 player from
Europe - Franz-Josef Dickhut
Out of the 24 (16 of which competed in the main tournament below), 2 players were given automatic berths. These were Lee Chang-ho, the winner of the 8th LG Cup, and the runner up, Mok Jin-seok.
Knockout stages edit
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
 Yoo Changhyuk | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Gu Li | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yoo Changhyuk | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho U | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Cho U | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mok Jin-seok | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho U | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hanseung | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yamashita Keigo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hanseung | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hanseung | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kong Jie | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Choi Cheol-han | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kong Jie | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho U | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Yu Bin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Park Seunghyun | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yu Bin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Yu Bin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Won Seong-jin | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Won Seong-Jin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kim Man Soo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yu Bin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| O Rissei | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Sedol | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Sedol | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Jiang Mingjiu | 0 | |||||||||||||
Final edit
| Players | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho U
|
Loss | Won | Won | Won | N.P. |
| Yu Bin
|
Won | Loss | Loss | Loss | N.P. |