World Youth Goe Championship

Keywords: Tournament

The World Youth Goe Championship (WYGC) is an annual international tournament for youths. This is a Goe event, sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules are used. A number of strong participants in the World Youth Goe Championship eventually became professional players.

The championship consists of a junior edition and a senior edition. When the championship started in 1984, it had only the junior edition. The senior edition was added for the first time in the 6th edition of the championship in 1989. The junior edition is for players under 12, and the senior edition is for players under 16 (the age limit used to be 18 until the 26th edition in 2009).

Amongst other things, using Ing's rules means that komi is 8 points (with Black winning in the case of draws). To compensate slightly for the large komi, the winner of nigiri is allowed to choose colours, rather than having to take Black.

Seki Kotaro's 2013 victory was the first time that either division had ever been won by a Japanese player.

No	Year	Venue	Junior Division Winner	Senior Division Winner	Links
1st	1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Young Hwan (Korea)	N/A	link, link
2nd	1985	Taipei, Taiwan	(Korea)	N/A	link
3rd	1986	Taipei, Taiwan	Lee Sang-Hoon (Korea)	N/A	link
4th	1987	Hong Kong, U.K. (now China)	Xu Ping (China)	N/A
5th	1988	Paris, France	Chang Hao (China)	N/A
6th	1989	Singapore	Hsia Hsien-Yu (Taiwan)	Kim Mansoo (Korea)
7th	1990	Guilin, China	Li Junkai (China)	Hsia Hsien-Yu (Taiwan)
8th	1991	Ningbo, China	Han Mun-Teok (Korea)	Wang Lei (China)
9th	1992	San Francisco, U.S.A.	Lin Chih-han (Taiwan)	Zhou Heyang (China)
10th	1993	Ottawa, Canada	Wang Yao (China)	An Joyoung (Korea
11th	1994	California, U.S.A.	Gu Li (China)	An Dalhun (Korea)
12th	1995	Amstelveen, The Netherlands	Lee Yong-Soo (Korea)	Huang Yizhong (China)	link, link
13th	1996	Seoul, Korea	Pak Yeong-hun (Korea)	Hu Yaoyu (China)
14th	1997	Taipei, Taiwan	Lee Youngkyu (Korea)	Liu Xi (China)	link, link
15th	1998	Guiyang, China	Li Kang (China)	Liu Xing (China)	link
16th	1999	Singapore	Jing Shi (China)	Peng Quan (China)	link
17th	2000	Prague, Czech Republic	Kang Dong Yoon (Korea)	Hur Young Ho (Korea)	link, link
18th	2001	Hawaii, U.S.A.	Kwon Hyung-Jin (Korea)	Kim Hyung-Hwan (Korea)	link
19th	2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Zhou Ruiyang (China)	Li Kang (China)	link
20th	2003	Shanghai, China	Kang Yu-Taek (Korea)	Chen Yaoye (China)
21st	2004	Vancouver, Canada	Park Jung-Hwan (Korea)	Gu Lingyi (China)	link, link
22nd	2005	Barcelona, Spain	Liao Xingwen (China)	Song Sang-Min (Korea)	link, link
23nd	2006	Shenzen, China	Na Hyun (Korea)	Peng Liyao (China)	link, link
24th	2007	Boston, U.S.A.	Han Seung-Joo (Korea)	Ming Sang-Yeon (Korea)	link, link
25th	2008	Guiyang, China	Ke Jie (China)	Kang Byung-Kwon (Korea)	link
26th	2009	Changzhi, China	Yang Ding (China)	Li Xuanhao (China)	link
27th	2010	Peng-Hu, Taiwan	Li Qincheng (China)	Han Seung Joo (Korea)	link
28th	2011	Bucharest, Romania	Liao Yuanpei (China)	Ke Jie (China)	link
29th	2012	Luoyang, China	Wang Shiyi (China)	Li Qincheng (China)	link
30th	2013	Prague, Czech Republic	Seki Kotaro (Japan)	Wang Zejin (China)	link, link
31st	2014	Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia	Xu Jiayang (China)	Lee Eeodeokdung (Korea)	link
32nd	2015	Harbin,China	Wang Xinghao (China)	Li Weiqing (China)	link, link
33rd	2016	Tokyo, Japan	Wang Chuxuan (China)	Qirun Jiang (China)	link, link
34th	2017	Chiangmai, Thailand	Wang Chunhui (China)	Wang Xinghao (China)	link
35th	2018	Bacharach, Germany	Xiao Zebin? (China)	Li Zerui (China)	link
36th	2019	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jung Junwoo (Korea)	Li Haotong (China)	link
37th	2022	Online (due to COVID-19)	Kim Hayun (Korea)	Xu Yidi (China)
38th	2023	Singapore	Zhang Wenzheng (China)	Wang Shunbo (China)	link
39th	2024	Vatra Dornei, Romania	Zhang Yimiao (China)	Kim Tae Heon (Korea)	link, link

During the 10th edition of the championship, a "super league" took place in addition to the junior and senior divisions. The winner of the super league was Chang Hao.

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