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World Youth Go Championship

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World Youth Go Championship
Full nameWorld Youth Go Championship
Started1984
SponsorsIng Wei'Chi Foundation

The World Youth Go Championship (WYGC) is a Go tournament that has been held annually since 1984 making it the second longest running amateur Go tournament in the world.[1]

This event is sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules are used. A number of strong participants in the World Youth Go Championship eventually became World Champions, such as Chang Hao, Gu Li, Lee Sedol.[2]

There is a Junior division for players aged under 12, and a Senior division for players aged under 16.

Past results

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Event Year Location Junior Winner Senior Winner US Junior Rep US Senior Rep Canada Senior Rep[3] Singapore Junior Rep Singapore Senior Rep Malaysia Junior Rep Malaysia Senior Rep
1st 1984 Taipei, Taiwan 金荣桓(韩) N/A Janice Kim N/A NA
2nd 1985 Taipei, Taiwan 孔柄柱(韩) N/A Janice Kim N/A NA
3rd 1986 Taipei, Taiwan 李相勋(韩) N/A Tony Pa N/A NA
4th 1987 Hong Kong, China 余平(中) N/A Tony Pa/Alan Chen N/A NA
5th 1988 Paris, France Chang Hao N/A David Mechner/Tony Pa N/A NA
6th 1989 Singapore 夏衔誉(台) 金万树(韩) Lisa Chen/Irene Chen ? ?
7th 1990 Guilin, China 李君凯(中) 夏衔誉(台) Lisa Chen/Irene Chen ? ?
8th 1991 Ningbo, China 韩文德(韩) Wang Lei David Haff ? ?
9th 1992 San José, USA Lin Chih-han Zhou Heyang None Joey Hung / David Zeng / Yuan Zhou Vincent Wong
10th 1993 Ottawa, Canada 王尧(中) An Cho-young John Lee ? ?
11th 1994 San Francisco, USA Gu Li 安达勋(韩) ? ? ?
12th 1995 Amsterdam[4] 李秀勇(韩) Huang Yizhong Bellamy Liu James Chien ? Cai Geng Yang Tan Yee Fan (4th)
13th 1996 Seoul, Korea Park Yeong-hun Hu Yaoyu Eric Lui Janathan Wang ?
14th 1997 Nantou County, Taiwan Lee Young-gu 刘熙(中) Jesse Chao Janathan Wang ? Cai Geng Yang Tan Jia Cheng
15th 1998 Guiyang, China 李康(中) Liu Xing Eric Lui Janathan Wang ? Ong Sze Han Loh Min Ming
16th 1999 Singapore 景石(中) 彭荃(中) Eric Lui Janathan Wang ? Chen Yu Zhong Tan Jia Cheng
17th 2000 Prague, Czech Republic[5] Tong-yun Kang Lei Wang Eric Liu Matthew Curran ? Alden Cheng Loh Min Ming
18th 2001 Maui, USA[6] Hyeong-chin Kweon Hyeong-hwan Kim Curtis Tang Eric Lui ?
19th 2002 Bangkok, Thailand[7] Zhou Ruiyang Kang Li Mozheng Guan - ?
20th 2003 Shanghai, China 강유택 Chen Yaoye ? ? ?
21st 2004 Vancouver, Canada[8] Yulin Tong Gu Lingyi Curtis Tang Mozheng guan ? Lee Chi-Chien Lai Wei
22nd 2005 Barcelona, Spain[9] Hyeon Na Hao Zhang Calvin Sun Sichen Zhong Hao Zhang Lee Jun Wei Ong Siong Hwai
23rd 2006 Shenzhen, China[10] Hyeon Na Peng Liyao Calvin Sun Curtis Tang ? Chou Zi Long Zhang Xiang
24th 2007 Waltham, USA[11] Seung-yu Han Xingwen Liao Calvin Sun William Zhou ?
25th 2008 Guiyang, China[12] Ke Jie Mi Yuting Calvin Sun William Zhou ?
26th 2009 Changzhi, China[13] Yang Dingxin Li Xuanhao Andrew Lu Calvin Sun Andrew Huang Kwa Jie Hui Loh Yu Xiang
27th 2010 Penghu Island, Taiwan[14] Li Qincheng Han Seung Joo Kevin Fang Calvin Sun Andrew Huang Yue Yi Fei (4th) Kwa Jie Hui
28th 2011 Bucharest, Romania[15] Yuanpei Liao Ke Jie Aaron Ye[16] Vincent Zhuang Amira Song Yue Yi Fei Kwa Jie Hui
29th 2012 Luoyang, China[17] Wang Shi Yi Li Qincheng Aaron Ye[18] Calvin Sun Bill Lin Ho Fei Yang Yue Yi Fei
30th 2013 Prague, Czech Republic[19] Seki Kotaro Wang Zejin Jeremy Chiu[20] Andrew Lu Amira Song Lucas Rahardja Xi Yue
31st 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[21] Huang Mingyu Xu Jiayang Brandon Zhou[22] Albert Yen David Lu Brian Lee Jun Xiang Zhu Yu Hao
32nd 2015 Harbin, China[23] Xinghao Wang Weiqing Li Ary Cheng Jeremy Chiu Melissa Zhang Lucas Yeo Chun Teng Lucas Rahardja
33rd 2016 Tokyo, Japan[24] Yeom Jiwoong Jiang Qirun Matthew Cheng Aaron Ye Kevin Wan Gao Ji Yang Ho Fei Yang
34th 2017 Chiangmai, Thailand[25] Chunhui Wang Xinghao Wang Frederick Bao Gabriella Su Kevin Wan NA Chen Yilin Lee Shou Wei
35th 2018 Bacharach, Germany[26] Xiào Zébīn Lǐ Zéruì Elwin Li Melissa Cao Henry Chen NA Gao Ji Yang Goh Gan Wei Lee Shou Kai
36th 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia[27] JUNG JunwooSouth Korea YANG YuJunSouth Korea Chen Yu Qi Lucas Yeo Chun Teng
37th 2022 Online(Due to Covid 19) Kim HayunSouth Korea Xu YiDi Chen Yi Han (3rd) Lucas Lee Jing Tai
38th 2023 Singapore[28] Wenzheng Zhang Shunbo Wang Eric Yang Tony Yang Ben Gong Hu Ming Xuan (4th) Keddrick Lin Han Kwee Song He

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The World Youth Goe Championship". American Go Association. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ "World Youth Goe Championship".
  3. ^ "U.S. World Youth Go Championship Rep".
  4. ^ Jan, Van der Steen. "12th World Youth Go Championship". GoBase.org. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  5. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2000".
  6. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2001".
  7. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2002".
  8. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2004".
  9. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2005".
  10. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2006".
  11. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2007".
  12. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2008".
  13. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2009".
  14. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2010".
  15. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2011 Finals". EuroGoTV. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  16. ^ "2011 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers".
  17. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2012".
  18. ^ "2012 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers".
  19. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2013".
  20. ^ "2013 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers".
  21. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2014".
  22. ^ "2014 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers".
  23. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2015".
  24. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2016".
  25. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2017".
  26. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2018".
  27. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2019".
  28. ^ "World Youth Go Championship 2023".
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