Win and Continue Team Tournament Format

There are a number of Team Tournament Formats. The one described here is used in the Nongshim Cup, the Cheongkwanjang Cup, GG Auction Cup and Yayi Cup Tournaments. This system may well be called a "Ring Contest/Tournament", as in the Jinro Cup Ring Contest (predecessor of the Nongshim Cup).

Each team has the same number of players. Each team designates the order in which their players will participate. The first player from each team is paired against a first player from another team. The losing player is knocked out of the tournament, and the second player from that team plays in the next round. While the pairing system appears to be similar to round robin, only a single game is played at a time. The tournament ends when all the players of every team but one have been eliminated. The remaining team is the tournament winner.

Example from the 3rd Cheongkwanjang Cup

The tournament consisteed of three national teams of five players each:

• China: Cao Cheng, Ye Gui, Xu Ying, Zhang Xuan, and Rui Naiwei
• Japan: Umezawa Yukari, Yashiro Kumiko, Suzuki Ayumi, Mannami Kana, and Kobayashi Izumi
• Korea: Lee Minjin, Hyun Mijin, Kim Eunsun, Yun Yeongseon, and Park Jieun

Results and number of player left in each team:

1. Lee Minjin defeats Cao Cheng: China 4, Japan, 5, Korea 5
2. Umezawa Yukari defeats Lee Minjin: 4, 5, 4
3. Ye Gui defeats Umezawa Yukari: 4, 4, 4
4. Ye Gui defeats Hyun Mijin: 4, 4, 3
5. Ye Gui defeats Yashiro Kumiko: 4, 3, 3
6. Ye Gui defeats Kim Eunseon: 4, 3, 2
7. Ye Gui defeats Suzuki Ayumi: 4, 2, 2
8. Yun Yeongseon defeats Ye Gui: 3, 2, 2
9. Yun Yeongseon defeats Mannami Kana: 3, 1, 2
10. Xu Ying defeats Yun Yeongseon: 3, 1, 1
11. Xu Ying defeats Kobayashi Izumi: 3, 0, 1
12. Park Jieun defeats Xu Ying: 2, 0, 1
13. Park Jieun defeats Zhang Xuan: 1, 0, 1
14. Rui Naiwei defeats Park Jieun: 1, 0, 0

Team China won the 3rd Jeongganjang Cup