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:

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).