World Amateur Go Championships Archive

Medalists of World Amateur Go Championships

Year	World Champion	2nd place	3rd place
2025	Tianfang Ma, 8d (CN)	Minoru Ozeki, 7d (JP)	Sawoo Kim, 7d (KR)
2024	Baoxiang Bai, 8d (CN)	Jung-Seon Kim, 7d (KR)	Minoru Ozeki, 7d (JP)
2023	Jeong-seon Kim, 7d (KR)	Chukun Yang, 7d (CN)	Yu-Cheng Lai, 7d (TW)
2022	Baoxiang Bai, 8d (CN)	Choi Hwan Young, 7d (KR)	Park Young Woon, 7d (HK)
2021	Tianfang Ma, 7d (CN)	Yi-Tien Chan, 7d (TW)	Dabeen Kim, 7d (KR)
2019	Chen Wang, 7d (CN)	Jaesung Lee, 7d (KR)	Nai-San Chan, 7d (HK)
2018	Yi-Tien Chan, 7d (TW)	Sangcheon Kim, 7d (KR)	Chen Wang, 7d (CN)
2017	Baoxiang Bai, 8d (CN)	Sang-bin Lee, 7d (KR)	Yu-Cheng Lai, 7d (TW)
2016	Baoxiang Bai, 8d (CN)	Kibaek Kim, 7d (KR)	Chia Cheng Hsu, 7d (TW)
2015	Changhun Kim, 7d (KR)	Aohua Hu, 7d (CN)	Jyunfu Lai, 7d (TW)
2014	Yi-Tien Chan, 7d (TW)	Tae-Woong Wei, 7d (KR)	Wang Ruoran, 7d (CN)
2013	Hyunjae Choi, 7d (KR)	Yuqing Hu, 7d (CN)	Artem Kachanovskyi, 6d (UA)
2012	Zhijian Qiao, 7d (CN)	Hyunjoon Lee, 7d (KR)	Cheng-Hsun Chen, 7d (TW)
2011	Baoxiang Bai, 7d (CN)	Woo-Soo Choi, 7d (KR)	Eric Lui, 7d (US)
2010	Hong-suk Song, 7d (KR)	Chen Wang, 7d (CN)	Tae-weon Cho, 7d (KP)
2009	Yuqing Hu, 7d (CN)	Shin-hwan Yu, 7d (KR)	Nai-San Chan, 6d (HK)
2008	Sung-Bong Ha, 7d (KR)	Yuzheng Guo, 7d (CN)	Fernando Aguilar, 7d (AR)
2007	Ziteng Shan, 7d (CN)	Tong-ha U, 7d (KR)	Hironobu Mori, 7d (JP)
2006	Satoshi Hiraoka, 7d (JP)	Weixing Tang, 7d (CN)	Tae-weon Cho, 7d (KP)
2005	Yuqing Hu, 7d (CN)	Tae-weon Cho, 7d (KP)	Chengrui Yu, 7d (TW)
2004	Kang-wuk Yi, 7d (KR)	Yu-Cheng Lai, 7d (TW)	Li Fu, 7d (CN)
2002	Li Fu, 7d (CN)	Maleun-Saem Hong, 7d (KR)	Yasuro Kikuchi, 7d (JP)
2001	Daichun Li, 7d (CN)	Moriei Kanazawa, 7d (JP)	Dong-Ming Liu, 7d (AU)
2000	Hideyuki Sakai, 7d (JP)	Ho-kil Pak, 7d (KP)	Maleun-Saem Hong, 7d (KR)
1999	Chae-seong Yu, 7d (KR)	Hideyuki Sakai, 7d (JP)	Pong-il Ri, 7d (KP)
1998	Ch`an-u Kim, 7d (KR)	Satoshi Hiraoka, 7d (JP)	Wendong Zhao, 7d (CN)
1997	Jun Liu, 7d (CN)	Hideyuki Sakai, 7d (JP)	Yeong-sam Mun, 7d (KP)
1996	Jun Liu, 7d (CN)	Hironori Hirata, 7d (JP)	Yong-man Yi, 7d (KR)
1995	Hironori Hirata, 7d (JP)	Hongyi Shi, 7d (CN)	Ying Kan, 7d (HK)
1994	Satoshi Hiraoka, 6d (JP)	Chun-hsun Chou, 7d (TW)	Cun Wang, 7d (CN)
1993	Yiguo Sun, 7d (CN)	Soonjoo Seo, 5d (KR)	Hironori Hirata, 7d (JP)
1992	Yasuro Kikuchi, 7d (JP)	Yong-man Yi, 5d (KR)	Qi-Yu Han, 6d (CN)
1991	Fumiaki Imamura, 7d (JP)	Hsien-yu Hsia, 7d (TW)	Ronald Schlemper, 6d (NL)
1990	Hao Chang, 3d (CN)	Gwanwook Ann, 6d (KR)	Hiroshi Miura, 7d (JP)
1989	Zewu Che, 6d (CN)	Wenhe Tsai, 7d (TW)	Hironori Hirata, 7d (JP)
1988	Wendong Zhang, 6d (CN)	Fumiaki Imamura, 7d (JP)	Ronald Schlemper, 6d (NL), Chul-jung Kim, 6d (KR)
1987	Fumiaki Imamura, 7d (JP)	Bin Yu, 6d (CN)	Kwan-Chol Lee, 5d (KR)
1986	Ka-Yui Chan, 7d (HK)	Yasuro Kikuchi, 7d (JP)	Xue-Lin Song, 7d (CN)
1985	Jian-Hong Wang, 6d (CN)	Ka-Yui Chan, 7d (HK)	Yasuro Kikuchi, 7d (JP)
1984	Qun Wang, 6d (CN)	Chang-hyeok Yoo, 5d (KR)	Hironori Hirata, 7d (JP)
1983	Xiaochun Ma, 7d (CN)	Hiroshi Miura, 7d (JP)	Fumiaki Imamura, 7d (JP)
1982	Ta-yuan Tsao, 7d (CN)	Chin-Hua Yang, 7d (CN)	Hironori Hirata, 7d (JP)
1981	Zhen-zhong Shao, 7d (CN)	Xiaochun Ma, 7d (CN)	Bunsho Murakami, 7d (JP)
1980	Fumiaki Imamura, 6d (JP)	Chai-jui Chen, 7d (CN)	Hajime Yasunaga, 7d (JP)
1979	Weiping Nie, 7d (CN)	Tsu-te Chen, 7d (CN)	Chai-jui Chen, 7d (CN)

Medal standings


China	26	12	8
South Korea	8	16	6
Japan	8	9	12
Taiwan	2	5	6
Hong Kong	1	1	4
North Korea	0	2	4
Netherlands	0	0	2
United States	0	0	1
Argentina	0	0	1
Australia	0	0	1
Ukraine	0	0	1

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Medalists


Baoxiang Bai (CN)	5	0	0
Fumiaki Imamura (JP)	3	1	1
Satoshi Hiraoka (JP)	2	1	0
Yuqing Hu (CN)	2	1	0
Yi-Tien Chan (TW)	2	1	0
Jun Liu (CN)	2	0	0
Tianfang Ma (CN)	2	0	0
Hideyuki Sakai (JP)	1	2	0
Hironori Hirata (JP)	1	1	4
Yasuro Kikuchi (JP)	1	1	2
Chen Wang (CN)	1	1	1
Xiaochun Ma (CN)	1	1	0
Ka-Yui Chan (HK)	1	1	0
Jung-Seon Kim (KR)	1	1	0
Li Fu (CN)	1	0	1
Qun Wang (CN)	1	0	0
Yiguo Sun (CN)	1	0	0
Weiping Nie (CN)	1	0	0
Zhen-zhong Shao (CN)	1	0	0
Ta-yuan Tsao (CN)	1	0	0
Jian-Hong Wang (CN)	1	0	0
Wendong Zhang (CN)	1	0	0
Zewu Che (CN)	1	0	0
Hao Chang (CN)	1	0	0
Ch`an-u Kim (KR)	1	0	0
Chae-seong Yu (KR)	1	0	0
Daichun Li (CN)	1	0	0
Kang-wuk Yi (KR)	1	0	0
Ziteng Shan (CN)	1	0	0
Sung-Bong Ha (KR)	1	0	0
Hong-suk Song (KR)	1	0	0
Zhijian Qiao (CN)	1	0	0
Hyunjae Choi (KR)	1	0	0
Changhun Kim (KR)	1	0	0
Yu-Cheng Lai (TW)	0	1	2
Tae-weon Cho (KP)	0	1	2
Chai-jui Chen (CN)	0	1	1
Hiroshi Miura (JP)	0	1	1
Yong-man Yi (KR)	0	1	1
Maleun-Saem Hong (KR)	0	1	1
Minoru Ozeki (JP)	0	1	1
Chun-hsun Chou (TW)	0	1	0
Moriei Kanazawa (JP)	0	1	0
Tsu-te Chen (CN)	0	1	0
Chin-Hua Yang (CN)	0	1	0
Chang-hyeok Yoo (KR)	0	1	0
Bin Yu (CN)	0	1	0
Wenhe Tsai (TW)	0	1	0
Gwanwook Ann (KR)	0	1	0
Hsien-yu Hsia (TW)	0	1	0
Soonjoo Seo (KR)	0	1	0
Hongyi Shi (CN)	0	1	0
Ho-kil Pak (KP)	0	1	0
Weixing Tang (CN)	0	1	0
Tong-ha U (KR)	0	1	0
Yuzheng Guo (CN)	0	1	0
Shin-hwan Yu (KR)	0	1	0
Woo-Soo Choi (KR)	0	1	0
Hyunjoon Lee (KR)	0	1	0
Tae-Woong Wei (KR)	0	1	0
Aohua Hu (CN)	0	1	0
Kibaek Kim (KR)	0	1	0
Sang-bin Lee (KR)	0	1	0
Sangcheon Kim (KR)	0	1	0
Jaesung Lee (KR)	0	1	0
Choi Hwan Young (KR)	0	1	0
Chukun Yang (CN)	0	1	0
Nai-San Chan (HK)	0	0	2
Ronald Schlemper (NL)	0	0	2
Fernando Aguilar (AR)	0	0	1
Ying Kan (HK)	0	0	1
Chul-jung Kim (KR)	0	0	1
Yeong-sam Mun (KP)	0	0	1
Chengrui Yu (TW)	0	0	1
Bunsho Murakami (JP)	0	0	1
Hajime Yasunaga (JP)	0	0	1
Pong-il Ri (KP)	0	0	1
Eric Lui (US)	0	0	1
Artem Kachanovskyi (UA)	0	0	1
Yongwoon Park (HK)	0	0	1
Xue-Lin Song (CN)	0	0	1
Kwan-Chol Lee (KR)	0	0	1
Qi-Yu Han (CN)	0	0	1
Cun Wang (CN)	0	0	1
Wendong Zhao (CN)	0	0	1
Dong-Ming Liu (AU)	0	0	1
Hironobu Mori (JP)	0	0	1
Cheng-Hsun Chen (TW)	0	0	1
Wang Ruoran (CN)	0	0	1
Jyunfu Lai (TW)	0	0	1
Chia Cheng Hsu (TW)	0	0	1
Dabeen Kim (KR)	0	0	1
Sawoo Kim (KR)	0	0	1

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Archive in numbers

Events - 45
Participants - 1131
Games - 8280
Games with colors - 3257
% won by black - 50.11%
Won by resign - 1653
Won by time - 58
Games with SGF records - 2787
Relays on OGS - 16