International Title Statistics

From 1988 onwards there have been a number of major international tournaments in which the best players from all three major go-playing countries have been able to compete. On this page we present some statistics on the winners of these tournaments. At the end are listed the tournaments which are included.

The Statistics

These figures are as of June 2019, and 155 tournaments are included. (Some omissions are possible.)

Numbers of tournament wins for each player are as follows:

Player	Country	Titles
Yi Ch'ang-ho		21
Yi Se-tol		18
Cho Hun-hyeon		11
Gu Li		8
Ke Jie		8
Takemiya Masaki		6
Yu Ch'ang-hyeok		6
Kong Jie		6
Park Junghwan		6
Shin Jinseo		5
Yoda Norimoto		4
Otake Hideo		3
Chang Hao		3
Pak Yeong-hun		3
Yu Bin		3
Chen Yaoye		3
Tang Weixing		3
Ma Xiaochun		2
O Rissei		2
Cho Chikun		2
Cho U		2
Choi Cheolhan		2
Baek Hongsuk		2
Kang Dongyun		2
Kim Jiseok		2
Mi Yuting		2
Kobayashi Koichi		1
Rin Kaiho		1
Seo Pong-su		1
Luo Xihe		1
Pak Cheong-sang		1
Wang Xi		1
Zhou Heyang		1
Zhou Junxun		1
Ishida Yoshio		1
Kobayashi Satoru		1
Piao Wenyao		1
Won Sungjin		1
Jiang Weijie		1
Zhou Ruiyang		1
Shi Yue		1
Fan Tingyu		1
Iyama Yuta		1
Tuo Jiaxi		1
Li Qincheng		1
Dang Yifei		1
Tan Xiao		1
Na Hyun		1
Gu Zihao		1
Xie Erhao		1
Yang Dingxin		1
Shin Minjun		1

The tallies for each country are as follows. (note: the total number hasn't been updated for a while)

Korea   78
China   52
Japan   24
Taiwan   1

valerio: this chinese statistic counts 99 tournaments (all editions of Tongyang and don't count the IBM). The figure is: Korea 60, Japan 20, China 18 and Taiwan 1.

The Tournaments

The following tournaments are included in the above statistics:

• Fujitsu Cup (24 tournaments)
• Asian TV Cup (31 tournaments)
• Tong Yang Securities Cup (7 tournaments, as I don't count the first two, discontinued, won by Yang Jaeho and Seo Pong-su)
• IBM Hayago Open Championship (3 tournaments, discontinued)
• Samsung Cup (25 tournaments)
• LG Cup (25 tournaments)
• Ing Cup (8 tournaments)
• Chunlan Cup (12 tournaments)
• Toyota & Denso Cup (4 tournaments. Discontinued)
• Zhonghuan Cup (3 tournaments. Discontinued)
• BCcard Cup (4 tournament)
• Bailing Cup (4 tournaments)
• Mlily Cup (4 tournaments)
• Xinao Cup (1 tournament)
• Tianfu Cup (1 tournament)
• World Go Championship (only 3rd edition)

The following is a list of the winners, in chronological order of the date of the win (that is, the date of the last game of the tournament - although in the case of the 4th Fujitsu Cup this game wasn't actually played).

1st	Asian TV	1989-08-12	Takemiya Masaki
1st	Fujitsu	1988-09-03	Takemiya Masaki
1st	IBM	1988-10-05	Ishida Yoshio
2nd	Fujitsu	1989-08-05	Takemiya Masaki
1st	Ing	1989-09-05	Cho Hun-hyeon
2nd	IBM	1989-10-07	Otake Hideo
3rd	Fujitsu	1990-08-04	Rin Kaiho
2nd	Asian TV	1990-08-15	Takemiya Masaki
3rd	IBM	1990-09-08	Kobayashi Satoru
4th	Fujitsu	1991-08-03	Cho Chikun
3rd	Asian TV	1991-08-30	Takemiya Masaki
3rd	Tong Yang	1992-01-27	Yi Ch'ang-ho
5th	Fujitsu	1992-08-01	Otake Hideo
4th	Asian TV	1992-08-23	Takemiya Masaki
2nd	Ing	1993-05-20	Seo Pong-su
4th	Tong Yang	1993-06-08	Yi Ch'ang-ho
5th	Asian TV	1993-07-30	Yoda Norimoto
6th	Fujitsu	1993-08-07	Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
5th	Tong Yang	1994-06-22	Cho Hun-hyeon
6th	Asian TV	1994-07-23	Otake Hideo
7th	Fujitsu	1994-08-06	Cho Hun-hyeon
6th	Tong Yang	1995-05-24	Ma Xiaochun
7th	Asian TV	1995-07-14	Yi Ch'ang-ho
8th	Fujitsu	1995-08-05	Ma Xiaochun
7th	Tong Yang	1996-03-20	Yi Ch'ang-ho
8th	Asian TV	1996-05-04	Yi Ch'ang-ho
9th	Fujitsu	1996-08-03	Yi Ch'ang-ho
3rd	Ing	1996-11-06	Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
1st	Samsung	1996-11-29	Yoda Norimoto
8th	Tong Yang	1997-04-18	Cho Hun-hyeon
9th	Asian TV	1997-05-15	Yu Bin
1st	LG	1997-05-19	Yi Ch'ang-ho
10th	Fujitsu	1997-08-02	Kobayashi Koichi
2nd	Samsung	1997-11-28	Yi Ch'ang-ho
2nd	LG	1998-03-23	O Rissei
9th	Tong Yang	1998-05-13	Yi Ch'ang-ho
11th	Fujitsu	1998-08-01	Yi Ch'ang-ho
10th	Asian TV	1998-08-15	Yoda Norimoto
3rd	Samsung	1999-02-08	Yi Ch'ang-ho
3rd	LG	1999-05-10	Yi Ch'ang-ho
11th	Asian TV	1999-05-29	Yoda Norimoto
1st	Chunlan	1999-06-29	Cho Hun-hyeon
12th	Fujitsu	1999-08-07	Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
4th	Samsung	1999-12-07	Yi Ch'ang-ho
4th	LG	2000-05-10	Yu Bin
12th	Asian TV	2000-05-31	Cho Hun-hyeon
2nd	Chunlan	2000-06-22	O Rissei
13th	Fujitsu	2000-08-12	Cho Hun-hyeon
5th	Samsung	2000-12-14	Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
4th	Ing	2001-02-16	Yi Ch'ang-ho
13th	Asian TV	2001-05-10	Cho Hun-hyeon
5th	LG	2001-05-21	Yi Ch'ang-ho
3rd	Chunlan	2001-06-26	Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
14th	Fujitsu	2001-08-04	Cho Hun-hyeon
6th	Samsung	2001-12-14	Cho Hun-hyeon
6th	LG	2002-04-01	Yu Ch'ang-hyeok
14th	Asian TV	2002-05-10	Yi Ch'ang-ho
15th	Fujitsu	2002-08-03	Yi Se-tol
7th	Samsung	2003-01-14	Cho Hun-hyeon
1st	Toyota	2003-01-29	Yi Ch'ang-ho
4th	Chunlan	2003-03-18	Yi Ch'ang-ho
7th	LG	2003-03-27	Yi Se-tol
16th	Fujitsu	2003-07-07	Yi Se-tol
15th	Asian TV	2003-09-07	Zhou Heyang
8th	Samsung	2003-12-11	Cho Chikun
8th	LG	2004-04-01	Yi Ch'ang-ho
16th	Asian TV	2004-05-14	Yu Bin
17th	Fujitsu	2004-07-05	Pak Yeong-hun
9th	Samsung	2004-12-10	Yi Se-tol
2nd	Toyota	2005-01-08	Yi Se-tol
1st	Zhonghuan	2005-01-15	Park Yeonghun
5th	Ing	2005-03-06	Chang Hao
5th	Chunlan	2005-03-08	Yi Ch'ang-ho
9th	LG	2005-04-20	Cho U
18th	Fujitsu	2005-06-04	Yi Se-tol
17th	Asian TV	2005-06-17	Cho U
2nd	Zhonghuan	2005-08-20	Choi Cheolhan
10th	Samsung	2006-01-13	Luo Xihe
10th	LG	2006-04-21	Gu Li
19th	Fujitsu	2006-07-03	Pak Cheong-sang
18th	Asian TV	2006-08-11	Wang Xi
3rd	Toyota	2007-01-09	Yi Se-tol
11th	Samsung	2007-01-24	Chang Hao
11th	LG	2007-03-22	Zhou Junxun
6th	Chunlan	2007-03-25	Gu Li
19th	Asian TV	2007-06-14	Yi Se-tol
20th	Fujitsu	2007-07-09	Pak Yeonghun
3rd	Zhonghuan	2007-08-17	Yi Ch'ang-ho
12th	Samsung	2008-01-24	Yi Se-tol
12th	LG	2008-02-28	Yi Se-tol
20th	Asian TV	2008-06-04	Yi Se-tol
21st	Fujitsu	2008-07-07	Gu Li
4th	Toyota	2009-01-08	Gu Li
13th	Samsung	2009-01-22	Yi Se-tol
13th	LG	2009-02-25	Gu Li
6th	Ing	2009-04-23	Choi Cheolhan
1st	BCcard	2009-05-04	Gu Li
21th	Asian TV	2009-06-12	Kong Jie
7th	Chunlan	2009-06-24	Chang Hao
22th	Fujitsu	2009-07-06	Kang Dongyun
14th	Samsung	2009-12-17	Kong Jie
14th	LG	2010-02-24	Kong Jie
2nd	BCcard	2010-04-27	Yi Se-tol
22th	Asian TV	2010-06-03	Kong Jie
23rd	Fujitsu	2010-07-05	Kong Jie
15th	Samsung	2010-12-10	Gu Li
15th	LG	2011-02-24	Piao Wenyao
3rd	BCcard	2011-04-28	Yi Se-tol
23rd	Asian TV	2011-06-10	Kong Jie
8th	Chunlan	2011-06-30	Yi Se-tol
24th	Fujitsu	2011-08-14	Park Junghwan
16th	Samsung	2011-12-07	Won Sungjin
16th	LG	2012-02-15	Jiang Weijie
4th	BCcard	2012-05-16	Baek Hongsuk
24th	Asian TV	2012-08-17	Baek Hongsuk
17th	Samsung	2012-12-13	Yi Se-tol
1st	Bailing Cup	2013-01-19	Zhou Ruiyang
17th	LG	2013-02-20	Shi Yue
7th	Ing	2013-03-06	Fan Tingyu
9th	Chunlan	2013-06-20	Chen Yaoye
25th	Asian TV	2013-06-30	Iyama Yuta
1st	Mlily Cup	2013-12-06	Mi Yuting
18th	Samsung	2013-12-11	Tang Weixing
18th	LG	2014-02-13	Tuo Jiaxi
26th	Asian TV	2014-08-19	Yi Se-tol
19th	Samsung	2014-12-10	Kim Jiseok
2nd	Bailing Cup	2015-01-14	Ke Jie
19th	LG	2015-02-12	Park Junghwan
10th	Chunlan	2015-06-03	Gu Li
27th	Asian TV	2015-08-28	Yi Se-tol
20th	Samsung	2015-12-09	Ke Jie
2nd	Mlily Cup	2016-01-05	Ke Jie
20th	LG	2016-02-04	Kang Dongyun
28th	Asian TV	2016-09-04	Li Qincheng
8th	Ing	2016-10-26	Tang Weixing
21st	Samsung	2016-12-08	Ke Jie
3rd	Bailing Cup	2016-12-14	Chen Yaoye
21st	LG Cup	2017-02-08	Dang Yifei
11th	Chunlan Cup	2017-06-26	Tan Xiao
29th	Asian TV	2017-09-17	Na Hyun
22nd	Samsung Cup	2017-12-07	Gu Zihao
1st	Xinao Cup	2017-12-29	Ke Jie
3rd	MLily	2018-01-02	Park Junghwan
22nd	LG Cup	2018-02-08	Xie Erhao
30th	Asian TV	2018-05-04	Kim Jiseok
23rd	Samsung	2018-12-05	Ke Jie
1st	Tianfu	2018-12-26	Chen Yaoye
4th	Bailing Cup	2019-01-17	Ke Jie
23rd	LG Cup	2019-02-14	Yang Dingxin
3rd	WGC	2019-03-20	Park Junghwan
31st	Asian TV	2019-06-23	Shin Jinseo
12th	Chunlan	2019-06-27	Park Junghwan
24th	Samsung	2019-09-06	Tang Weixing
24th	LG Cup	2020-02-12	Shin Jinseo
25th	Samsung	2020-11-03	Ke Jie
25th	LG Cup	2021-02-04	Shin Minjun
4th	MLily	2021-05-05	Mi Yuting
13th	Chunlan Cup	2021-09-15	Shin Jinseo
26th	Samsung Cup	2021-11-03	Park Junghwan
26th	LG Cup	2022-02-09	Shin Jinseo
27th	Samsung	2022-11-08	Shin Jinseo