World Amateur Go Championship
| World Amateur Go Championship | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Montien Riverside Hotel (2015) |
| Location |
 Bangkok (2015) |
| Start date | March, 1979 |
| Competitors | 57 players (2015) from 57 nations |
| Total prize money | None |
| Champions | |
| Men |
 Changhun Kim (2015) |
The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF).
Each participating country sends one player, although in the beginning of the contest there were multiple players from the stronger Go Countries (e.g. China, Japan, South Korea); in 2007 there were 68 participants.
Some of the participants have gone on to become top Go professionals.
Past champions
The names are ordered as Given name and Surname.
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979[1] | Wei-Ping Nie ( China) |
Zu-De Chen ( China) |
Jia-Rui Chen ( China) |
| 1980[2] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) |
Zu-De Chen ( China) |
Hajime Yasunaga ( Japan) |
| 1981[3] | Zhen-Zhong Shao ( China) |
Xiao-Chun Ma ( China) |
Bunsho Murakami ( Japan) |
| 1982[4] | Da-Yuan Cao ( China) |
Jin-Ha Yang ( China) |
Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1983[5] | Xiao-Chun Ma ( China) |
Hiroshi Miura ( Japan) |
Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) |
| 1984[6] | Qun Wang ( China) |
Chang-Hyuk Yoo ( South Korea) |
Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1985[7] | Jian-Hong Wang ( China) |
Jia-Rui Chen ( Hong Kong) |
Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) |
| 1986[8] | Jia-Rui Chen ( Hong Kong) |
Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) |
Xue-Lin Song ( China) |
| 1987[9] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) |
Bin Yu ( China) |
Gwan-Cheol Lee ( South Korea) |
| 1988[10] | Wen-Dong Zhang ( China) |
Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) |
Ronald Schlemper ( Netherlands) |
| Chul-Joong Kim ( South Korea) | |||
| 1989[11] | Ze-Wu Che ( China) |
Wen-He Cai ( Taiwan) |
Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1990[12] | Hao Chang ( China) |
Quan-Wuk An ( South Korea) |
Hiroshi Miura ( Japan) |
| 1991[13] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) |
Xia-Nyu Xia ( Taiwan) |
Ronald Schlemper ( Netherlands) |
| 1992[14] | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) |
Young-Man Lee ( South Korea) |
Qi-Yu Han ( China) |
| 1993[15] | Yi-Guo Sun ( China) |
Soon-Joo Seo ( South Korea) |
Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1994[16] | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan) |
Chun-Hsun Chou ( Taiwan) |
Chun Wang ( China) |
| 1995[17] | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
Hong-Yi Shi ( China) |
Ying Kan ( Hong Kong) |
| 1996[18] | Jun Liu ( China) |
Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
Yong-Man Yi ( South Korea) |
| 1997[19] | Jun Liu ( China) |
Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan) |
Yeong-Sam Mun ( North Korea) |
| 1998[20] | Ch'an-U Kim ( South Korea) |
Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan) |
Wen-Dong Zhao ( China) |
| 1999[21] | Chae-Seong Yu ( South Korea) |
Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan) |
Pong-Il Ri ( North Korea) |
| 2000[22] | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan) |
Ho-Kil Pak ( North Korea) |
Maleun-Saem Hong ( South Korea) |
| 2001[23] | Dai-Chun Li ( China) |
Moriei Kanazawa ( Japan) |
Dong Ming Liu ( Australia) |
| 2002[24] | Li Fu ( China) |
Maleun-Saem Hong ( South Korea) |
Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) |
| 2003 | Not held due to SARS outbreak. | ||
| 2004[25] | Kang-Wook Lee ( South Korea) |
You-Zheng Lai ( Taiwan) |
Li Fu ( China) |
| 2005[26] | Yu-Qing Hu ( China) |
Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea) |
Cheng-Rui Yu ( Taiwan) |
| 2006[27] | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan) |
Wei-Xing Tang ( China) |
Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea) |
| 2007[28] | Zi-Teng Shan ( China) |
Tong-Ha U ( South Korea) |
Hironobu Mori ( Japan) |
| 2008[29] | Sung-Bong Ha ( South Korea) |
Yu-Zheng Guo ( China) |
Fernando Aguilar ( Argentina) |
| 2009[30] | Yu-Ging Hu ( China) |
Shin-Hwan Yu ( South Korea) |
Nai-San Chan ( Hong Kong) |
| 2010[31] | Hong-Suk Song ( South Korea) |
Chen Wang ( China) |
Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea) |
| 2011[32] | Bao-Xiang Bai ( China) |
Woo-Soo Choi ( South Korea) |
Eric Lui ( United States) |
| 2012[33] | Zhi-Jian Qiao ( China) |
Hyun-Joon Lee ( South Korea) |
Cheng-Hsun Chen ( Taiwan) |
| 2013[34] | Hyun-Jae Choi ( South Korea) |
Yu-Qing Hu ( China) |
Artem Kachanovskyi ( Ukraine) |
| 2014[35] | Yi-Tien Chan ( Chinese Taipei) |
Tae-woong Wei ( South Korea) |
Ruoran Wang ( China) |
| 2015[36] | Changhun Kim ( South Korea) |
Aohua Hu ( China) |
Jyun-Fu Lai ( Chinese Taipei) |
See also
- Go competitions
- Go players
- List of top title holders in Go
- List of world championships in mind sports
References
- ↑ 1st WAGC 1979 result
- ↑ 2nd WAGC 1980 result
- ↑ 3rd WAGC 1981 result
- ↑ 4th WAGC 1982 result
- ↑ 5th WAGC 1983 result
- ↑ 6th WAGC 1984 result
- ↑ 7th WAGC 1985 result
- ↑ 8th WAGC 1986 result
- ↑ 9th WAGC 1987 result
- ↑ 10th WAGC 1988 result
- ↑ 11th WAGC 1989 result
- ↑ 12th WAGC 1990 result
- ↑ 13th WAGC 1991 result
- ↑ 14th WAGC 1992 result
- ↑ 15th WAGC 1993 result
- ↑ 16th WAGC 1994 result
- ↑ 17th WAGC 1995 result
- ↑ 18th WAGC 1996 result
- ↑ 19th WAGC 1997 result
- ↑ 20th WAGC 1998 result
- ↑ 21st WAGC 1999 result
- ↑ 22nd WAGC 2000 result
- ↑ 23rd WAGC 2001 result
- ↑ 24th WAGC result
- ↑ 25th WAGC 2004 result
- ↑ 26th WAGC 2005 result
- ↑ 27th WAGC 2006 result
- ↑ 28th WAGC 2007 result
- ↑ 29th WAGC 2008 result
- ↑ 30th WAGC 2009 result
- ↑ 31st WAGC 2010 result
- ↑ 32nd WAGC 2011 result
- ↑ 33rd WAGC 2012 result
- ↑ 34th WAGC 2013 result
- ↑ 35th WAGC – Results | RANKA online
- ↑ John Richardson (2015-06-10). "Gold for Korea, Silver for China and Bronze for Chinese Taipei". RANKA online
External links
- World Amateur Go Championship all detailed results
- Sensei's Library WAGC page
- Official website of 28th WAGC with detailed results
- Official website of the 29th WAGC
- Official website of the 30th WAGC
- Official website of the 31st WAGC
- Official website of the 32nd WAGC
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