LG Cup World
Baduk Championship is an international Baduk championship
which is promoted by the Cho-sun Ilbo and sponsored by LG.
Since the first game in 1996, all the world-class leading Baduk
players from such countries as
China, Japan, USA, Taiwan, European countries and the host country
Korea have participated
in the Championship and competed with each other for the LG Cup
.
Since 1988 Fujitsu
Cup held in Japan, which was the first international Baduk championship,
many of international Baduk tournaments have been competitively
held throughout the world.
Under such circumstance, the quarterfinals of the LG Cup World
Baduk Championship were held touring round the major cities of
the world as New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and Paris, so worldwide
Baduk fans could have chances to see the matches of world-best
players at first hand. Additionally, every game was cast in realtime
via Internet, in such context, the LG Cup World Baduk Championship
has been considered that it made a new beginning of the Baduk
history.
After the tournament of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds and semifinals,
5 final matches are to be held and the player who wins three final matches
will take the Championship and be awarded the prize of 300,000,000 Won(USD
250,000), which is the biggest as a prize money of a Baduk championship.
ΆΖ The History of Champions
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LiChangH |
WangLiC |
YuBin |
YuChangH |
LiSeD |
ChangHsu |
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7,12
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GuLi |
ZhouJunXin |
KongJie |
PiaoWenY |
JiangWeiJ |
ShiYue |
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TuoJiaX |
ParkJungH |
KangDongY |
DangYiF |
XieErH1 |
YangDingX |
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SinJinS |
SinMinJ |
DingHao |
ByunSangI |
SinMinJ |
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