TeamTournamentFormat
There are a number of Team Tournament Formats. The one described here is used in the Nongshim Cup, the Jeongganjang Cup, and Yayi Cup Tournaments.
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. Teams are matched using the round robin tournament format. 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 Jeongganjang Cup
Teams:
- 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
Games:
- Lee Minjin defeats Cao Cheng: China 4, Japan, 5, Korea 5
- Umezawa Yukari defeats Lee Minjin: 4, 5, 4
- Ye Gui defeats Umezawa Yukari: 4, 4, 4
- Ye Gui defeats Hyun Mijin: 4, 4, 3
- Ye Gui defeats Yashiro Kumiko: 4, 3, 3
- Ye Gui defeats Kim Eunseon: 4, 3, 2
- Ye Gui defeats Suzuki Ayumi: 4, 2, 2
- Yun Yeongseon defeats Ye Gui: 3, 2, 2
- Yun Yeongseon defeats Mannami Kana: 3, 1, 2
- Xu Ying defeats Yun Yeongseon: 3, 1, 1
- Xu Ying defeats Kobayashi Izumi: 3, 0, 1
- Park Jieun defeats Xu Ying: 2, 0, 1
- Park Jieun defeats Zhang Xuan: 1, 0, 1
- Rui Naiwei defeats Park Jieun: 1, 0, 0
Team China won the 3rd Jeongganjang Cup