1st Nongshim Cup

1999–2000 Go competition The 1st Nongshim Cup was the inaugural edition of the team Go tournament consisting of five players each from China, Japan and South Korea. The tournament began on 16 December 1999 in Shanghai and finished on 28 March 2000.http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/international/archive/nongshim1.html International: The 1st Nong Shim msoworld.com 21 June 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071025053411/http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/international/archive/nongshim1.html October 25, 2007 http://gobase.org/games/nn/nongshim/1/ tournaments: nongshim cup, 1st edition, 1999 gobase.org 21 June 2011 On Lee Chang-ho and Ma Xiaochun met in the final, with Lee defeating China's top player and leading Korea to their first of six straight Nongshim Cup titles.http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/pg_titlelist_detail.php?title=Nong%20Shim%20Cup%20Ring%20Contest Go Tournament: Nong Shim Cup Ring Contest gogameworld.com 21 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110524112840/http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/pg_titlelist_detail.php?title=Nong%20Shim%20Cup%20Ring%20Contest 24 May 2011 dead Teams Preliminaries were held in Korea, while Japan and China sent pre-selected teams. Players listed in order that they appeared for their respective teams. China China Qiu Jun Luo Xihe Wang Lei Chang Hao Ma Xiaochun Japan Japan Yamashita Keigo Kudo Norio Yoda Norimoto Yamada Kimio Cho Sonjin South Korea South Korea Mok Jin-seok Kim Yeong-sam Cho Hunhyun Yoo Changhyuk Lee Chang-ho Tournament Mok Jin-seok of Korea defeated Yamashita Keigo in the first game. He would go on to defeat China representative Qiu Jun before losing to Japanese player Kudo Norio on 19 December. Luo Xihe beat Kudo Norio before the tournament moved to Tokyo. Luo lost to Kim Yeong-sam of Korea, who then lost to Japan's Yoda Norimoto. Korea's Cho Hunhyun defeated Yoda after the Japanese representative eliminated China's Wang Lei from the tournament. The third and final stage moved to Seoul. Korea had three players left (including Hunhyun), while China (Chang Hao and Ma Xiaochun) and Japan (Cho Sonjin and Yamada Kimio) were left with two players each. Cho Hunhyun would lose the opening match of the third stage to Chang, who then stringed together two more victories by defeating Yamada (Japan) and Yoo Changhyuk (Korea). Cho Sonjin of Japan defeated Chang, but then lost his next match against Korea's Lee Chang-ho. First stage Players First round Second round Third round Fourth round South Korea Mok Jin-seok Mok Jin-seok Mok Jin-seok Kudo Norio Luo Xihe Japan Yamashita Keigo China Qiu Jun Japan Kudo Norio China Luo Xihe Second stage Players First round Second round Third round Fourth round China Luo Xihe Kim Yeong-sam Yoda Norimoto Yoda Norimoto Cho HunhyunSouth Korea Kim Yeong-sam Japan Yoda Norimoto China Wang Lei South Korea Cho Hunhyun Third stage Players First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth roundSouth Korea Cho Hunhyun Chang Hao Chang Hao Chang Hao Cho Sonjin Lee Chang-ho Lee Chang-hoChina Chang Hao Japan Yamada Kimio South Korea Yoo Changhyuk Japan Cho Sonjin South Korea Lee Chang-ho China Ma Xiaochun References Category:Nongshim Cup