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.

Outline

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. (Formerly, the time limit was 3 hours with five 60-second byoyomi periods.) The komi is 7.5 points. The winner's prize is US$150,000.

Past winners and runners-up

EditionYearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1st1998–1999South Korea Cho Hunhyun2–1South Korea Lee Chang-ho
2nd1999–2000Japan O Rissei2–1China Ma Xiaochun
3rd2000–2001South Korea Yoo Changhyuk2–1Japan O Rissei
4th2002–2003South Korea Lee Chang-ho2–0Japan Hane Naoki
5th2003–2005South Korea Lee Chang-ho2–1China Zhou Heyang
6th2006–2007China Gu Li2–0China Chang Hao
7th2008–2009China Chang Hao2–0South Korea Lee Chang-ho
8th2010–2011South Korea Lee Sedol2–1China Xie He
9th2012–2013China Chen Yaoye2–1South Korea Lee Sedol
10th2014–2015China Gu Li2–0China Zhou Ruiyang
11th2016–2017China Tan Xiao2–1South Korea Park Yeong-hun
12th2018–2019South Korea Park Junghwan2–0South Korea Park Yeong-hun
13th2020–2021South Korea Shin Jin-seo2–0China Tang Weixing
14th2022–2023South Korea Byun Sang-il2–0China Li Xuanhao
15th2024–2025China Yang Kaiwen2–1South Korea Park Junghwan

By nation

NationWinnersRunners-up
South Korea86
China67
Japan12

External links

  • (in Chinese)