The Chunlan Cup, officially the Chunlan Cup World Professional Weiqi Championship (Chinese: 春兰杯世界职业围棋锦标赛), is an international Go competition.

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The Chunlan Cup is an international Go tournament sponsored and hosted by the Chunlan Group of China. 24 players are chosen as follows:

The 24 players are reduced to 16 after the first round. The top 8 players are qualified for the next round while the bottom 8 play each other in a knockout tournament.

Each player has 2 hours and 30 minutes of time with five 60-second byoyomi periods, since the 12th cup.[1] (Formerly, the time limit was 3 hours with five 60-second byoyomi periods.[2]) The komi is 7.5 points. The winner's prize is US$150,000.

Past winners and runners-up

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Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up
1st 1998–1999   Cho Hunhyun 2–1   Lee Chang-ho
2nd 1999–2000   O Rissei 2–1   Ma Xiaochun
3rd 2000–2001   Yoo Changhyuk 2–1   O Rissei
4th 2002–2003   Lee Chang-ho 2–0   Hane Naoki
5th 2003–2005   Lee Chang-ho 2–1   Zhou Heyang
6th 2006–2007   Gu Li 2–0   Chang Hao
7th 2008–2009   Chang Hao 2–0   Lee Chang-ho
8th 2010–2011   Lee Sedol 2–1[3]   Xie He
9th 2012–2013   Chen Yaoye 2–1[4]   Lee Sedol
10th 2014–2015   Gu Li 2–0   Zhou Ruiyang
11th 2016–2017   Tan Xiao 2–1[2]   Park Yeong-hun
12th 2018–2019   Park Junghwan 2–0[1]   Park Yeong-hun
13th 2020–2021   Shin Jin-seo 2–0[5]   Tang Weixing
14th 2022–2023   Byun Sang-il 2–0[6]   Li Xuanhao

By nation

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Nation Winners Runners-up
  South Korea 8 5
  China 5 7
  Japan 1 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "박정환, 춘란배 우승… 메이저 세계대회 4번째 챔피언". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2019-06-27.
  2. ^ a b "春兰杯决赛檀啸2-1朴永训 夺个人世界首冠". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2017-06-26.
  3. ^ Jing (2011-06-30). "Lee Sedol wins 8th Chunlan Cup". Go Game Guru. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28.
  4. ^ Jing (2013-06-20). "Chen Yaoye wins 9th Chunlan Cup, finally achieves international success". Go Game Guru. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28.
  5. ^ "春兰杯决赛不敌申真谞:唐韦星告诫年轻棋手多练棋艺少玩游戏". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2021-09-15.
  6. ^ "변상일 메이저 첫 우승...'남버 3′ 설움 털었다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2023-07-19.
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