OsramCup

This is a tournament for new Korean professionals. 25 players are identified for a preliminary round. The players are put in some order (the mechanism is unclear to me), then the first 2 play each other. The winner plays the third player on the list, the winner of that match the fourth, and so on until 24 matches have been played. All players winning 2 or more games qualify for the knockout round, and the final player also qualifies if he wins his game.

These knockout round qualifiers are seeded (again, mechanism here is unclear to me) into a knockout tournament, with a best-of 3 final.

2005 sees the fourth Osram Cup.

Current news: 21 July 2005: Kang Dongyun (3d) has qualified for the final of the 4th Osram Cup.

Previous results: Yi Heui-seong won the 3rd Osram Cup in 2004.

Winners:

• 2001 Lee Sedol
• 2002 Song Taekon
• 2003 Song Taekon
• 2004 Lee Heesung
• 2005 Kang Dongyun
• 2006 Park Jungsang
• 2007 Kang Dongyun
• 2008 Kim Sungjae