KBS Cup

The KBS Cup is a South Korean Go competition.

Outline

The KBS Cup is sponsored by KBS. From 1980 to 2003, the tournament was named the KBS Baduk Wang, but was recently renamed to the KBS Cup. The main tournament consists of 16 players who compete in a knockout tournament. There is a winner's and a loser's round to decide the challenger. The thinking time is 5 minutes with byo-yomi. The final is a best-of-3 match.

It is broadcast live by KBS 1TV.

Past winners

PlayerTitlesYears Held
Cho Hunhyun121980, 1981, 1984–1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999
Lee Chang-ho111988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007–2009
Park Junghwan52010–2012, 2015, 2017
Lee Sedol32006, 2013, 2016
Seo Bongsoo11983
Yoo Changhyuk11995
Mok Jin-seok12000
Song Tae Kon12003
Lee Dong-hoon12014
Shin Minjun12018

Final Results

VolumeYearWinnersScoreRunners-up
11980Cho Hunhyun2 x 0No Yeongha
21981Cho Hunhyun2 x 0김희중
not held1982---
31983Seo Bongsoo2 x 0김좌기
41984Cho Hunhyun2 x 1Seo Bong-soo
51985하찬석2 x 1김희중
61986Cho Hunhyun2 x 1김희중
71987Cho Hunhyun2 x 0Seo Bongsoo
81988Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Kim Soojang
91989Cho Hunhyun2 x 1Seo Nungwuk
101990Cho Hunhyun2 x 1Cho Hun-hyun
111991Lee Chang-Ho2 x 1Cho Hunhyun
121992Cho Hunhyun2 x 0Yoo Changhyuk
not held1993---
131994Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Cho Hunhyun
141995Yoo Changhyuk2 x 0Lee Chang-Ho
151996Cho Hunhyun2 x 1Lee Chang-Ho
161997Cho Hunhyun2 x 0Lee Chang-Ho
171998Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Jung SooHyun
181999Cho Hunhyun2 x 0Lee Chang-Ho
192000Mok Jin-seok2 x 1Lee Chang-Ho
202001Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Lee Sedol
212002Lee Chang-Ho2 x 1Lee Sanghun
222003Song Tae Kon2 x 0Park Byeongkyu
232004Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Cho Hanseung
242005Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Yoo Changhyuk
252006Lee Sedol2 x 0Choi Cheol-han
262007Lee Chang-Ho2 x 1Cho Hanseung
272008Lee Chang-Ho2 x 1Lee Sedol
282009Lee Chang-Ho2 x 0Kang Dongyun
292010Park Junghwan2 x 0Paek Hongsuk
302011Park Junghwan2 x 0Paek Hongsuk
312012Park Jeong-hwan2 x 1Lee Chang-ho
322013Lee Sedol2 x 1Park Junghwan
332014Lee Dong-hoon2 x 0Park Junghwan
342015Park Junghwan2 x 1Lee Sedol
352016Lee Sedol2 x 0Na Hyun
362017Park Junghwan2 x 0Kim Ji-seok
37 2018 Shin Minjun 2 x 0 Park Junghwan
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