LG Cup
Keywords: Tournament
The international LG Cup, begun in 1996, is the successor to the discontinued Korean domestic Kiwang title. The winner's prize is ₩250,000,000 (about $250,000 USD).
The main event is a 32-player knockout tournament, leading up to a best of five final match. Previous winners and defeated finalists:
1st (Jun 1996 - May 1997) Yi Ch'ang-ho (d. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 3-0) 2nd (Jun 1997 - Mar 1998) O Rissei (d. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 3-2) 3rd (Jun 1998 - May 1999) Yi Ch'ang-ho (d. Ma Xiaochun 3-0) 4th (Jun 1999 - May 2000) Yu Bin (d. Yu Ch'ang-hyeok 3-1) 5th (Jun 2000 - May 2001) Yi Ch'ang-ho (d. Yi Se-tol 3-2) 6th (Jun 2001 - Apr 2002) Yu Ch'ang-hyeok (d. Cho Hun-hyeon 3-2) 7th (Apr 2002 - Mar 2003) Yi Se-Tol (d. Yi Ch'ang-ho 3-1) 8th (Jun 2003 - Apr 2004) Yi Ch'ang-ho (d. Mok Chin-Seok 3-1) 9th (May 2004 - Apr 2005) Cho U (d. Yu Bin 3-1) 10th (May 2005 - Apr 2006) Gu Li (d. Chen Yaoye 3-2) 11th (May 2006 - Mar 2007) Zhou Junxun (d. Hu Yaoyu 2-1)