Daejoo Cup
The Daejoo Cup_ (or Daeju Cup) is a Korean title for older professionals of both sexes, first held in 2010. The first prize was 7,000,000 won in the first edition and ₩10M in the second (second prize ₩2M then ₩3M). As of the ninth edition, the first prize is ₩15M and the second prize is ₩5M.
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Format
In the first edition, 62 players over 50 competed in the preliminar tournament; 14 pros qualified for the final knockout tournament (Cho Hunhyun and Kim In were seeded). Time is 1 hour per player.
Currently, the male players have to be over 50 but the female players only have to be over 30.
Tournament crosstables are available at Go to Everyone, ![[ext]](images/extlink.gif)
Daejoo Cup
1st 2010
Cho Hunhyun and Seo Bongsoo reached the final match (best of 3) and Cho won 2–0. Before this match, Cho and Seo had met in 363 games (and Cho had won 244 of them) and in 69 title match games (55 won by Cho).
2nd 2011
Seo Neung-uk won the 2nd edition, beating Cho Hunhyun in the final on a single game.
3rd 2012–3
In January 2013, Seo Neung-uk won also the 3rd edition, beating Seo Bongsoo in the final, again on a single game.
4th 2013
On 2013-12-16 Cho Hunhyun won the 4th edition, beating Choi Kyubyeong.
Then there was a hiatus for five years.
5th 2018
6th 2019
Choi Kyubyeong d. Cho Hyeyeon
7th 2020
Cho Hyeyeon finally won, defeating Kim Younghwan, becoming the first female winner.
8th 2021
[Seo Bongsoo[ returned to the final, this time winning by defeating [Yoo Changhyuk].
9th 2022
Kim Hyemin d. Lee Minjin, the first time that both finalists were female. They are also very good friends off the board)], both of them are mothers. “Kim Hyemin was due to give birth to her second child ten days later.”
10th 2023
Yoo Chang-hyuk d. Kwon Hyo-jin
11th 2024
Seo Bong-soo d. Han Jong-jin for his second win of this competition and oldest winner of a domestic professional Baduk competition (71 years, 4 months, 23 days)
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