World Amateur Go Championship
The World Amateur Go Championship has been running for nearly
30 years. This is the list of the winners (detailed table
here).
| |
Year |
Winner |
|
|
Date |
Winner |
|
| 29th |
2008 |
Sung Bong Ha |
S. Korea |
15th |
1993 |
Sun Yiguo |
China |
| 28th |
2007 |
Shan Ziteng |
China |
14th |
1992 |
Kikuchi Yasuro |
Japan |
| 27th |
2006 |
Hiraoka Satoshi |
Japan |
13th |
1991 |
Imamura Fumiaki |
Japan |
| 26th |
2005 |
Hu Yu Qing |
China |
12th |
1990 |
Chang Hao |
China |
| 25th |
2004 |
Lee Kang Wook |
S. Korea |
11th |
1989 |
Che Zewu |
China |
| 24th |
2002 |
Fu Li |
China |
10th |
1988 |
Zhang Wendong |
China |
| 23rd |
2001 |
Li Dai Chun |
China |
9th |
1987 |
Imamura Fumiaki |
Japan |
| 22nd |
2000 |
Sakai Hideuki |
Japan |
8th |
1986 |
Chan Ka Yui |
Hong Kong |
| 21st |
1999 |
Yoo Jae-Sung |
S. Korea |
7th |
1985 |
Wang Jianhong |
China |
| 20th |
1998 |
Kim Chan-Woo |
S. Korea |
6th |
1984 |
Wang Qun |
China |
| 19th |
1997 |
Liu Jun |
China |
5th |
1983 |
Ma Xiaochun |
China |
| 18th |
1996 |
Liu Jun |
China |
4th |
1982 |
Cao Dayuan |
China |
| 17th |
1995 |
Hirata Hironori |
Japan |
3rd |
1981 |
Shao Zhenzhong |
China |
| 16th |
1994 |
Hiraoka Satoshi |
Japan |
2nd |
1980 |
Imamura Fumiaki |
Japan |
| |
|
|
|
1st |
1979 |
Nie Weiping |
China |
At the World Amateur Go Championships,
each year
an increasing number of countries send one of their top amateur players
to compete for the title.
Here we can see some of the boards at a WAGC, with players, game
recorders and spectators.
Despite other countries trying hard to win, only Asian countries have
won the WAGC so far.
