LG Cup

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Korean: LG배 세계기왕전

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 (three in the 11th) final match. Time limits are 3 hours main time with 5 periods of one minute byoyomi. 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)
 12th (May 2007 - Feb 2008)  Yi Se-Tol        (d. Han Sanghoon 2-1)
 13th (May 2008 - Feb 2009)  Gu Li            (d. Yi Se-Tol 2-0]
 14th (May 2009 - Feb 2010)  Currently in progress)


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