Agon Cup

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The Agon Cup is a single knockout title in Japan, properly the Agon-Kiriyama Cup. This is a pro-am event, called the Acom Cup until 1998. The winner's prize is ¥10,000,000.

Winners and defeated finalists
Ed. Year Winner Runner-up
1st 1994 O Rissei Cho Chikun
2nd 1995 Kato Masao Kobayashi Satoru
3rd 1996 Kato Masao Yoda Norimoto
4th 1997 Yoda Norimoto Kato Masao
5th 1998 Kobayashi Satoru Cho Chikun
6th 1999 Kobayashi Koichi Takao Shinji
7th 2000 Cho Sonjin Cho Chikun
8th 2001 Cho Sonjin O Rissei
9th 2002 Cho Chikun Cho U
10th 2003 Kato Masao Cho U
11th 2004 Hane Naoki Kobayashi Koichi
12th 2005 Iyama Yuta Kobayashi Satoru
13th 2006 Cho U Hane Naoki
14th 2007 Cho U Cho Chikun
15th 2008 Cho U Takanashi Seiken
16th 2009 Hane Naoki Cho U
17th 2010 Yamashita Keigo Cho Chikun
18th 2011 Iyama Yuta Yamashita Keigo

John Fairbairn has written about the structure of the Agon. [ext] http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/japan/agon.html. In 2011, for the first time, amateurs (Sung Bong Ha and Kim Seong-chin?) reached the final sixteen players.

See also: Amateur versus Professional


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