World Amateur Go Championship

International tournament for amateur Go players

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The World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation (IGF).

Each participating country sends one player, although in the beginning of the contest there were multiple players from the stronger Go Countries (e.g. China, Japan, South Korea); in 2007 there were 68 participants.

Some of the participants have gone on to become top Go professionals.

## Past champions

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The names are ordered as Given name and Surname.

Year  | Winner  | 2nd  | 3rd

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1979[1] | Wei-Ping Nie ( China)  | Zu-De Chen ( China)  | Jia-Rui Chen ( China)
1980[2] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan)  | Zu-De Chen ( China)  | Hajime Yasunaga ( Japan)
1981[3] | Zhen-Zhong Shao ( China)  | Xiao-Chun Ma ( China)  | Bunsho Murakami ( Japan)
1982[4] | Da-Yuan Cao ( China)  | Jin-Ha Yang ( China)  | Hironori Hirata ( Japan)
1983[5] | Xiao-Chun Ma ( China)  | Hiroshi Miura ( Japan)  | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan)
1984[6] | Qun Wang ( China)  | Chang-Hyuk Yoo ( South Korea)  | Hironori Hirata ( Japan)
1985[7] | Jian-Hong Wang ( China)  | Jia-Rui Chen ( Hong Kong)  | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan)
1986[8] | Jia-Rui Chen ( Hong Kong)  | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan)  | Xue-Lin Song ( China)
1987[9] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan)  | Bin Yu ( China)  | Gwan-Cheol Lee ( South Korea)
1988[10] | Wen-Dong Zhang ( China)  | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan)  | Ronald Schlemper ( Netherlands)
Chul-Joong Kim ( South Korea)
1989[11] | Ze-Wu Che ( China)  | Wen-He Cai ( Taiwan)  | Hironori Hirata ( Japan)
1990[12] | Hao Chang ( China)  | Quan-Wuk An ( South Korea)  | Hiroshi Miura ( Japan)
1991[13] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan)  | Xia-Nyu Xia ( Taiwan)  | Ronald Schlemper ( Netherlands)
1992[14] | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan)  | Young-Man Lee ( South Korea)  | Qi-Yu Han ( China)
1993[15] | Yi-Guo Sun ( China)  | Soon-Joo Seo ( South Korea)  | Hironori Hirata ( Japan)
1994[16] | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan)  | Chun-Hsun Chou ( Taiwan)  | Chun Wang ( China)
1995[17] | Hironori Hirata ( Japan)  | Hong-Yi Shi ( China)  | Ying Kan ( Hong Kong)
1996[18] | Jun Liu ( China)  | Hironori Hirata ( Japan)  | Yong-Man Yi ( South Korea)
1997[19] | Jun Liu ( China)  | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan)  | Yeong-Sam Mun ( North Korea)
1998[20] | Ch'an-U Kim ( South Korea)  | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan)  | Wen-Dong Zhao ( China)
1999[21] | Chae-Seong Yu ( South Korea)  | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan)  | Pong-Il Ri ( North Korea)
2000[22] | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan)  | Ho-Kil Pak ( North Korea)  | Maleun-Saem Hong ( South Korea)
2001[23] | Dai-Chun Li ( China)  | Moriei Kanazawa ( Japan)  | Dong Ming Liu ( Australia)
2002[24] | Li Fu ( China)  | Maleun-Saem Hong ( South Korea)  | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan)
2003  | Not held due to SARS outbreak.
2004[25] | Kang-Wook Lee ( South Korea)  | You-Zheng Lai ( Taiwan)  | Li Fu ( China)
2005[26] | Yu-Qing Hu ( China)  | Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea)  | Cheng-Rui Yu ( Taiwan)
2006[27] | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan)  | Weixing Tang ( China)  | Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea)
2007[28] | Zi-Teng Shan ( China)  | Tong-Ha U ( South Korea)  | Hironobu Mori ( Japan)
2008[29] | Sung-Bong Ha ( South Korea)  | Yu-Zheng Guo ( China)  | Fernando Aguilar ( Argentina)
2009[30] | Yu-Ging Hu ( China)  | Shin-Hwan Yu ( South Korea)  | Nai-San Chan ( Hong Kong)
2010[31] | Hong-Suk Song ( South Korea)  | Chen Wang ( China)  | Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea)
2011[32] | Bao-Xiang Bai ( China)  | Woo-Soo Choi ( South Korea)  | Eric Lui ( United States)
2012[33] | Zhi-Jian Qiao ( China)  | Hyun-Joon Lee ( South Korea)  | Cheng-Hsun Chen ( Taiwan)
2013[34] | Hyun-Jae Choi ( South Korea)  | Yu-Qing Hu ( China)  | Artem Kachanovskyi ( Ukraine)
2014[35] | Yi-Tien Chan ( Taiwan)  | Tae-woong Wei ( South Korea)  | Ruoran Wang ( China)
2015[36] | Changhun Kim ( South Korea)  | Aohua Hu ( China)  | Jyun-Fu Lai ( Taiwan)
2016[37] | Baoxiang Bai ( China)  | Kibaek Kim ( South Korea)  | CHia-Cheng Hsu ( Taiwan)
2017[38] | Baoxiang Bai ( China)  | Sang-bin Lee ( South Korea)  | Yu-Cheng Lai ( Taiwan)
2018[39] | Yi-Tien Chan ( Taiwan)  | Sangcheon Kim ( South Korea)  | Chen Wang ( China)
2019[40] | Chen Wang ( China)  | Jaesung Lee ( South Korea)  | Nai-San Chan ( Hong Kong)
2020  | Not held due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2021[41] | Tianfang Ma ( China)  | I-Tien Chan ( Taiwan)  | Dabeen Kim ( South Korea)

## See also

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* Go competitions
* Go players
* List of top title holders in Go
* List of world championships in mind sports

## References

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34. ^ "The 34th World Amateur Go Championship in Sendai, Miyagi". Retrieved 10 May 2016.
35. ^ "35th WAGC – Results". Retrieved 10 May 2016.
36. ^ John Richardson (2015-06-10). "Gold for Korea, Silver for China and Bronze for Chinese Taipei". RANKA online
37. ^ European Go Database[1]
38. ^ European Go Database[2]
39. ^ European Go Database[3]
40. ^ European Go Database[4]
41. ^ Official Site [5]

## External links

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* World Amateur Go Championship all detailed results
* Sensei's Library WAGC page
* Official website of 28th WAGC with detailed results
* Official website of the 29th WAGC
* Official website of the 30th WAGC
* Official website of the 31st WAGC
* Official website of the 32nd WAGC

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World championships

* List of world sports championships

Olympic sports|

| Team|

* Association football
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Baseball
* men
* women
* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3 basketball
* club
* Beach volleyball
* Curling
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Handball
* men
* women
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby 7s
* Softball
* men
* women
* Volleyball
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Water polo
* men
* women

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Individual|

* Aquatic sports
* Archery
* Athletics
* outdoor
* race walking
* Badminton
* men
* women
* mixed
* individual
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Boxing
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* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* Cycling
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* Dance sport
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* Equestrianism
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* show jumping
* Fencing
* Golf
* men
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* Gymnastics
* artistic
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* trampoline
* Ice skating
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* Rowing
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* Olympic Class Combined Worlds
* Shooting
* Skateboarding
* Skiing
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* freestyle
* snowboarding
* Sport climbing
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* men
* women
* Triathlon
* mixed relay
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Discontinued|

* Basque pelota
* Croquet
* singles
* team
* Karate
* Lacrosse
* men
* women
* Polo
* Rackets
* Real tennis
* Tug of war
* outdoor
* indoor

Paralympic sports|

| Team|

* Blind football
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair handball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed team
* Goalball
* Sitting volleyball

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Individual|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Climbing
* Cycling
* track cycling
* road cycling
* Powerlifting
* Shooting
* Snowboard
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* Swimming
* Table tennis

Combat sports|

* Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
* Ju-Jitsu World Championships
* Kendo
* Kickboxing (amateur)
* Muaythai
* Sambo
* Sumo
* Wrestling
* beach wrestling
* Wushu

Cue sports|

* Carom billiards
* Three-cushion
* men
* women
* team
* Five-pins
* individual
* team
* artistic
* English billiards
* amateurs
* women
* Pool
* blackball
* chinese eight ball
* eight-ball
* men nine-ball
* women nine-ball
* team nine-ball
* pyramid
* ten-ball
* straight pool
* Snooker
* men
* women
* team
* amateurs
* six-red

Mind sports|

* Backgammon
* Bridge
* Chess
* open
* women
* team
* Draughts
* men
* women
* checkers
* draughts-64
* draughts-64 women
* Go
* Puzzles
* Scrabble
* Sudoku
* Xiangqi

Motorsport|

| Auto racing|

* Formula E
* Formula One
* Hill climb
* Karting
* Rallying
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sports Car Endurance
* Touring Car

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Motorcycle sports|

* Endurance
* Enduro
* SuperEnduro
* Hard Enduro
* team endurance
* Ice racing
* individual
* team
* Grand Prix
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Motocross
* individual
* women
* nations
* Supercross
* SuperMotocross
* Sidecarcross
* Snowcross
* Production
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Women
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sidecar
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* long track
* team long track
* flat track
* Supermoto
* team
* Trial
* nations
* E-Bike
* cross

Other|

* Aeroplane sport
* Aerobatic
* Aerobatic GP
* Powerboating
* Aquabike
* F1
* F4s
* offshore
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:10 electric off-road
* 1:8 nitro off-road
* Tank biathlon

Other sports|

| Team|

* American football
* men
* women
* Australian football
* Baseball5
* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Cricket
* Test
* ODI (men)
* ODI (women)
* T20 (men)
* T20 (women)
* Beach handball
* Beach soccer
* Beach tennis
* Canoe polo
* Dancesport
* Formation Latin
* Dodgeball
* Fistball
* Flag football
* Floorball
* men
* women
* Futsal
* men
* women
* men's club
* women
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Inline hockey
* Kabaddi
* Circle
* Standard
* Kho kho
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* indoor
* Life saving
* Minifootball
* Netball
* Padel tennis
* Quidditch/Quadball
* Ringette
* Rogaining
* Roll Ball
* Roller derby
* men
* women
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* men's club
* women
* Rugby union
* men
* women
* Sailing
* Yachts
* Dinghies
* Sepaktakraw
* Socca
* Synchronized skating
* Tchoukball
* Underwater hockey
* Underwater rugby

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Individual|

* Air sports
* ballooning
* gliding
* parachuting
* paragliding
* Aquatics
* water skiing
* Armwrestling
* Archery
* indoor
* 3D
* field
* Athletics
* cross country
* half marathon
* indoor
* women's decathlon
* relays
* 100 km
* mountain running
* long distance mountain running
* snowshoe running
* skyrunning
* trail running
* Bowling
* Tenpin
* Ninepin (singles, team)
* Bowls
* indoor
* outdoor
* Canoeing
* marathon
* ocean race
* wildwater
* SUP
* canoe sailing
* freestyle
* waveski
* Crokinole
* CrossFit
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* team
* Finswimming
* Fishing
* freshwater
* fly fishing
* Gymnastics
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* parkour
* Ice Climbing
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle
* triathle
* laser run
* Mounted games
* Orienteering
* foot
* ski
* mountain bike
* trail
* Pétanque
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Roller Sports
* artistic skating
* inline alpine
* inline downhill
* inline speed skating
* roller freestyle
* scooter
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* ski mountaineering
* telemarking
* Squash
* individual
* doubles
* team
* Summer biathlon
* Strength athletics
* men
* women
* Surfing
* short board
* long board
* big wave
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming
* short course
* Teqball
* Triathlon
* Aquathlon
* Duathlon
* Ironman
* Ironman 70.3
* cross
* cross duathlon
* long distance
* long distance duathlon
* sprint
* winter
* Yo-yo

Esports|

* Call of Duty
* Counter-Strike
* Dota 2
* eSailing
* FIFA
* Fortnite
* League of Legends
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* NES Tetris
* Overwatch
* Pro Evolution Soccer
* Rainbow Six Siege
* Rocket League
* Smite
* StarCraft II
* Valorant

* See also: World cups

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