World Championships in Renju
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There are several world championships in Renju organized by the Renju International Federation, including World Championship, Women World Championships, Team World Championships, Youth World Championships and Correspondence World Championships.
World Championships
Renju World Championships have occurred every second year, since 1989. The opening rule was Yamaguchi from 2009 to 2015, and was Soosõrv-8 from 2017 to 2023.
The results of previous World Championships are following:
The statistics for the players in the Renju World Championships following.
| Place | Player | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia Ando Meritee | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Russia Vladimir Sushkov | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Estonia Tunnet Taimla | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | China Cao Dong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Japan Shigeru Nakamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Japan Tomoharu Nakayama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan Kazuto Hasegawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Japan Norihiko Kawamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | China Lu Hai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | China Qi Guan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | China Wu Di | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Japan Hideki Nara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Japan Mei Fan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Chinese Taipei Lin Huang-Yu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Russia Igor Sinyov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Russia Konstantin Chingin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Japan Yusui Yamaguchi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Japan Yuuki Oosumi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | China Zhu Jianfeng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Japan Shunsuke Kamiya | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Latvia Aldis Reims | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Sweden Stefan Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 23 | Japan Takashi Sagara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | China Lan Zhiren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | China Huang Jinxian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Russia Dmitry Ilyin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Chinese Taipei Lin Shu-Hsuan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Japan Toshio Nishimura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women World Championships
The Women World Championships started in 1997 and are played every second year, at the same time and place with the World Championships. The results are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Opening rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Russia Irina Metreveli | Russia Natalya Vasilyeva | Russia Yelena Lebedeva | RIF |
| 1999 | Beijing, China | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Russia Irina Metreveli | Russia Yelena Lebedeva | RIF |
| 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Russia Irina Metreveli | Chinese Taipei Hsu Wen-Ching | RIF |
| 2003 | Vadstena, Sweden | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Chinese Taipei Yang Hsiao-Yu | Russia Irina Metreveli | RIF |
| 2005 | Tallinn, Estonia | Russia Oxana Sorokina | Russia Irina Metreveli | Estonia Maris Tuvikene | RIF |
| 2007 | Tyumen, Russia | Russia Tatyana Krayeva | Russia Oxana Sorokina | Russia Irina Metreveli | RIF |
| 2009 | Pardubice, Czech Republic | Russia Yulia Savrasova | China Yao Jinrui | China Hu Xi | Yamaguchi |
| 2011 | Huskvarna, Sweden | Japan Kazumi Arai | Russia Irina Metreveli | Russia Anastasja Oborina | Yamaguchi |
| 2013 | Tallinn, Estonia | Russia Irina Metreveli | Russia Kira Lashko | Russia Olga Kurdina | Yamaguchi |
| 2015 | Suzdal, Russia | Russia Kira Lashko | China Wang Qingqing | Russia Irina Metreveli | Yamaguchi |
| 2017 | Taipei, Taiwan | Chinese Taipei Chien Yung-Hsuan | China Wang Qingqing | China Liu Xun | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia | China Wu Zhiqin | China Li Xiaoqing | Russia Irina Metreveli | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey | China Wang Qingqing | Ekaterina Porokhina | Japan Maiko Fujita | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2025 | Brno, Czech Republic | China Wang Qingqing | China Wan Junhong | China Shen Lanxin | Taraguchi-10 |
Team World Championships
Team World Championships in Renju have occurred every second year since 1996, except for 2020. From 2010 to 2016, the opening rule was Yamaguchi. In 2018, the opening rule was Soosõrv-8. Since 2024, the opening rule has become Taraguchi-10. The results are following.
| Title year | Hosting city, country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Russia Dmitry Ilyin Stepan Peskov Igor Sinyov Konstantin Nikonov Mikhail Kozhin | Estonia Ando Meritee Ants Soosõrv Margus Tuvikene Marek Kolk | Latvia Aldis Reims Arnis Veidemanis Nerses Grigorian Eduard Voskanian |
| 1998 | Yerevan, Armenia | No champion title awarded | ||
| 2000 | Tallinn, Estonia | Russia-1 Igor Sinyov Alexandr Klimashin Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Mikhail Kozhin | Sweden Stefan Karlsson Rickard Johannesson Joachim Gaulitz Tord Andersson | Japan Kazuto Hasegawa Hideki Nara Yoshimi Hayakawa Hirouji Sakamoto |
| 2002 | Vadstena, Sweden | Russia-1 Pavel Salnikov Alexandr Klimashin Sergey Artemyev Alexey Skuridin Vladimir Semyonov | Estonia Ants Soosõrv Tunnet Taimla Johann Lents Timo Ilu Maris Tuvikene | Sweden-1 Stefan Karlsson Peter Gardstrom Goran Holgersson Linus Hermansson Joachim Gaulitz |
| 2004 | Tyumen, Russia | Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Alexandr Klimashin Konstantin Chingin Konstantin Nikonov Igor Sinyov | Estonia Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Timo Ilu Irene Karlsson | Russia-2 Pavel Salnikov Pavel Makarov Sergey Artemyev Vladimir Semyonov Mikhail Kozhin |
| 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia | Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Konstantin Chingin Sergey Artemyev Yulia Savrasova Pavel Vershinin | Estonia-1 Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Aivo Oll Johann Lents | China Chen Wei Wu Hao Zhu Jianfeng Ge Lingfeng |
| 2008 | Helsinki, Finland | Estonia Tunnet Taimla Aivo Oll Andry Purk Ants Soosõrv Johann Lents | Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Egor Serdyukov Konstantin Chingin Yulia Savrasova Alexandr Kadulin | China Cao Dong Wu Di Wu Hao Chen Wei |
| 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | China Li Yi Cao Dong Yin Licheng Xi Zhenyang | Estonia-1 Tunnet Taimla Aivo Oll Andry Purk Ants Soosõrv | Japan-1 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Hiroshi Okabe Yusui Yamaguchi Norihiko Kawamura Taizan Isobe |
| 2012 | Beijing, China | Japan Yuuki Oosumi Shigeru Nakamura Takahiro Kudomi Kazumasa Tamura Hiroshi Okabe Tomoharu Nakayama | China-1 Cao Dong Zhu Jianfeng He Qifa Lu Hai | China-2 Yang Yanxi Chen Jing Qi Guan Chen Wei |
| 2014 | Taipei, Taiwan | Estonia Tunnet Taimla Martin Hõbemägi Ants Soosõrv Johann Lents Ando Meritee | Chinese Taipei-1 Lin Shu-Hsuan Lin Huang-Yu Chen Ko-Han Yang Yu-Hsiung Lin Shih-Pin Cheng Chih-Liang | Japan-1 Shigeru Nakamura Yoshihiro Iio Nobuhiro Fukui Ayako Tada Yuuki Oosumi Kazumasa Tamura |
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia-1 Aivo Oll Tunnet Taimla Martin Hõbemägi Renee Pajuste Johann Lents | China Qi Guan Lan Zhiren Zhu Jianfeng Chen Xin Liu Yang | Russia-1 Oleg Fedorkin Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Konstantin Nikonov Dmitry Epifanov Maxim Karasyov |
| 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | China Yang Yanxi Zhu Jianfeng Cao Dong Liu Yang Lan Zhiren | Japan Tomoharu Nakayama Yudai Fujita Yoshihiro Iio Jun Koyama Hiroshi Okabe Maiko Fujita | Russia-2 Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Mikhail Kozhin Denis Kachaev Maxim Karasyov Sergey Artemyev |
| 2024 | Xintai, China | China-2 Huang Liqin Cao Dong Jiang Qiwen He Shujun Ai Xianping | China-1 Mei Fan Huang Shengming Chen Xin Wu Di Lu Hai | China-3 Wang Qingqing Liu Xun Liu Qin Huang Xiangning Wan Junhong |
The statistics for the Renju Team World Championships following.
| Place | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Estonia | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Youth World Championships
Renju Youth World Championships have occurred every second year since 1996.
The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for boys are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | U25 | U23 | U20 | U18 | U17 | U15 | U14 | U12 | U11 | U9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | - | Estonia Margus Tuvikene | Russia Konstantin Chingin | |||||||
| 1998 | Beijing, China | - | Sweden Hannes Hermansson | China Shao Xiaodong | |||||||
| 2000 | Arjeplog, Sweden | - | Russia Konstantin Chingin | Russia Denis Nekrasov | |||||||
| 2002 | Podyuga, Russia | - | Russia Konstantin Chingin | Estonia Tunnet Taimla | |||||||
| 2004 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Japan Hiroshi Okabe | Russia Evgeny Sumarokov | |||||||
| 2006 | Beijing, China | - | China Wu Hao | Russia Mikhail Lysakov | China Hu Yu | ||||||
| 2008 | Haapsalu, Estonia | - | Estonia Aivo Oll | Russia Alexandr Kadulin | Estonia Martin Hõbemägi | ||||||
| 2010 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Armenia Rafik Nersisyan | Russia Artyom Merkulov | Russia Aleksey Vostryakov | ||||||
| 2012 | Suzdal, Russia | - | Russia Artyom Merkulov | Russia Roman Kruchok | Russia Denis Fedotov | ||||||
| 2014 | Suure-Jaani, Estonia | - | Estonia Martin Hõbemägi | Russia Denis Fedotov | China Tang Xudong | ||||||
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia Martin Hõbemägi | Estonia Georg-Romet Topkin | Russia Denis Fedotov | China Fan Shihao | ||||||
| 2018 | Kuşadası, Turkey | Estonia Martin Hõbemägi | Russia Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin | China Kang Zheming | China Zhang Junyu | ||||||
| 2024 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | South Korea Kang Sang-min | ChinaWu Yanwei | Sergey Mikryukov |
The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for girls are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | U25 | U23 | U20 | U18 | U17 | U15 | U14 | U12 | U11 | U9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | - | Russia Yelena Lebedeva | ||||||||
| 1998 | Beijing, China | - | Russia Yelena Lebedeva | China Wu Dan | |||||||
| 2000 | Arjeplog, Sweden | - | Russia Yelena Lebedeva | Russia Yulia Savrasova | |||||||
| 2002 | Podyuga, Russia | - | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Russia Alyona Mikhailova | |||||||
| 2004 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Russia Mariya Pestereva | |||||||
| 2006 | Beijing, China | - | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Russia Tatyana Krayeva | Russia Anastasja Oborina | ||||||
| 2008 | Haapsalu, Estonia | - | Russia Yulia Savrasova | Russia Tatyana Krayeva | Russia Alexandra Sumarokova | ||||||
| 2010 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Armenia Gayane Petrosyan | Russia Anastasja Oborina | Russia Kira Lashko | ||||||
| 2012 | Suzdal, Russia | - | Russia Tatyana Krayeva | Russia Anastasja Oborina | Estonia Tuuli Tiivel | ||||||
| 2014 | Suure-Jaani, Estonia | - | China Wang Qingqing | China Jin Yichan | China Fan Xuanzuo | ||||||
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | China Wang Qingqing | Russia Kira Lashko | Russia Ksenia Matushkina | China Lou Qiongwen | ||||||
| 2018 | Kuşadası, Turkey | China Liu Xun | Russia Tatyana Prokopets | China Xu Xicheng | China Wang Kemiao | ||||||
| 2024 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Anna Fokicheva | China Deng Yuanxi | China Zhang Yan | China Cao Xinyu |
Renju World Championships via Correspondence
World Championships in Renju via Correspondence were held in 1982 to 1993 (by paper letters, later by e-mails), and now are played every year since 1996 with an exception in 2009, 2010 and 2016. The opening rule being played is Soosõrv-N from 2014 to 2020, and was changed to Taraguchi-10 since 2021.
The results from 1982 to 1993 are in the following.
| Title year | Champion | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Vladimir Sapronov | Soviet Union |
| 1984 | Alexandr Nosovsky | Soviet Union |
| 1985 | Alexandr Nosovsky | Soviet Union |
| 1991 | Albert Poghosyan | Soviet Union |
| 1993 | Albert Poghosyan | Armenia |
The results since 1996 are in the following.
| Title year | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Latvia Aldis Reims | Lithuania Linas Laibinis | Russia Igor Sinyov |
| 1997 | Russia Yuriy Tarannikov | Latvia Aldis Reims | Sweden Stefan Karlsson |
| 1998 | Russia Oleg Fedorkin | Latvia Aldis Reims | Japan Kazuto Hasegawa |
| 1999 | Russia Oleg Fedorkin | Russia Alexander Nosovsky | Russia Konstantin Nikonov |
| 2000 | Latvia Aldis Reims | Russia Evgeniy Bobkov | Russia Konstantin Nikonov |
| 2001 | Russia Konstantin Nikonov | China Zhang Jinyu | Russia Vitaly Lunkin |
| 2002 | Russia Vitaly Lunkin | China Zhang Jinyu | Russia Vladimir Dvoeglazov |
| 2003 | China Chen Wei | Russia Sergey Filippov | Russia Oleg Klimachev |
| 2004 | China Sun Chengmin | Russia Alexey Potapov | China Chen Wei |
| 2005 | Russia Victor Barykin | China Zhang Jinyu | China Lu Wenzhe |
| 2006 | No gold awarded | Russia Dmitry Epifanov | Russia Victor Barykin |
| 2007 | Russia Dmitry Epifanov | China Zhang Jinyu | Russia Anatoly Ustimov |
| 2008 | China Zhang Jinyu | Latvia Jelena Balanova | Russia Alexey Potapov |
| 2011 | Latvia Jelena Balanova | Estonia Aivo Oll | Russia Alexey Potapov |
| 2012 | Russia Alexey Potapov | Latvia Jelena Balanova | Estonia Aivo Oll |
| 2013 | Russia Vladimir Sushkov | Russia Alexey Potapov | Russia Viktor Balabhai |
| 2014 | Russia Vladimir Sushkov | Russia Evgeniy Bobkov | Russia Oleg Fedorkin |
| 2015 | Russia Konstantin Nikonov | Russia Oleg Fedorkin | Russia Pavel Makarov |
| 2017 | China Hao Tianyi | China Qi Bo | Russia Dmitry Epifanov |
| 2018 | China Hao Tianyi | Russia Dmitry Epifanov | Russia Vladimir Filinov |
| 2019 | China Wang Qichao | Russia Vladimir Sushkov | Estonia Aivo Oll |
| 2020 | Estonia Aivo Oll | China Qiu Weifu | Russia Vladimir Sushkov |
| 2021 | China Yao Yujie | China Qian Yunbing | Estonia Aivo Oll |
| 2022 | China Yao Yujie | Estonia Aivo Oll | Russia Vladimir Filinov |
| 2023 | Estonia Aivo Oll | China Ni Zhongxing | Russia Valery Koreshkov |
| 2024 | China Ni Zhongxing | China Jin Rui | China Su Baowen |