Nongshim Cup

The Nongshim Cup is a Go tournament sponsored by Nongshim, an instant noodle food company of South Korea.

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The Nongshim Cup is a gathering of the best players from South Korea, Japan, and China. The Nongshim Cup is sponsored by Nongshim, an instant noodle food company of South Korea.^{[citation needed]} Each team sends 5 best players to compete. The prize is 500 million Korean Won (approximately $450,000 USD) raised in 2016 from the previous 200 million Korean Won (about $180,000 USD).^[1]

Past winners[]

Edition	Year	Winner	Runner-Up	Third Place
1st	1999–2000	South Korea 6W-4L	China 4W-5L	Japan 4W-5L
2nd	2000–2001	South Korea 7W-4L	Japan 4W-5L	China 3W-5L
3rd	2001–2002	South Korea 6W-4L	China 7W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
4th	2002–2003	South Korea 6W-4L	China 6W-5L	Japan 2W-5L
5th	2003–2004	South Korea 5W-4L	Japan 6W-5L	China 3W-5L
6th	2004–2005	South Korea 6W-4L	China 4W-5L	Japan 4W-5L
7th	2005–2006	Japan 6W-4L	South Korea 5W-5L	China 3W-5L
8th	2006–2007	South Korea 6W-4L	China 6W-5L	Japan 2W-5L
9th	2007–2008	China 7W-3L	South Korea 4W-5L	Japan 2W-5L
10th	2008–2009	South Korea 7W-3L	China 5W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
11th	2009–2010	South Korea 6W-4L	China 6W-5L	Japan 2W-5L
12th	2010–2011	South Korea 7W-3L	China 4W-5L	Japan 2W-5L
13th	2011–2012	China 8W-4L	South Korea 6W-5L	Japan 0W-5L
14th	2012–2013	South Korea 6W-4L	China 7W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
15th	2013–2014	China 8W-4L	South Korea 5W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
16th	2014–2015	China 6W-3L	South Korea 4W-5L	Japan 3W-5L
17th	2015-2016	China 5W-4L	South Korea 5W-5L	Japan 4W-5L
18th	2016-2017	China 8W-1L	South Korea 2W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
19th	2017-2018	South Korea 8W-3L	China 5W-5L	Japan 0W-5L
20th	2018-2019	China 8W-1L	South Korea 2W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
21st	2019-2020	China 8W-4L	South Korea 5W-5L	Japan 1W-5L
22nd	2020-2021	South Korea 7W-3L	China 4W-5L	Japan 2W-5L

By nation[]

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
South Korea	13	9
China	8	11
Japan	1	2

References[]

External links[]

• Korea Baduk Association archive of the Nongshim Cup (in Korean)
• Nihon Ki-in archive of the Nongshim Cup (in Japanese)

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