Samsung Fire Cup


The Samsung Fire Cup is a Go competition.

Outline

The Samsung Cup is an international Go competition. The official name is The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance World Masters Baduk. The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance of South Korea and Hanguk Kiwon host the competition. The format starts with a preliminary tournament in which even amateur players are allowed to play. After the preliminaries, 16 players who advance plus the last four players of the previous year make up the main event. The semi-finals have a best-of-3 format, while the final has a best-of-3 match.
The latest edition starts off with the preliminaries, and then it is followed by splitting the players into 8 groups, with 4 players in each. There are three rounds, which are used to determine the 16 players that will be in the main tournament. The players must win two of their matches in order to advance to the round of 16. If there is someone with one win and one loss, they will play each other to see who can gain the second win. Obviously the people with two losses, whether they have a win or not, will be eliminated from the tournament.

Past winners and runners-up

YearNat.WinnerScoreNat.Runner-up
1996Yoda Norimoto2–1Yoo Chang-hyuk
1997Lee Chang-ho3–0Kobayashi Satoru
1998-1999Lee Chang-ho3–2Ma Xiaochun
1999Lee Chang-ho3–0Cho Son-jin
2000Yoo Chang-hyuk3–1Yamada Kimio
2001Cho Hun-hyun2–1Chang Hao
2002-2003Cho Hun-hyun2–0Wang Lei
2003Cho Chikun2–1Pak Yeong-hun
2004Lee Se-dol2–0Wang Xi
2005-2006Luo Xihe2–1Lee Chang-ho
2006-2007Chang Hao2–0Lee Chang-ho
2007-2008Lee Se-dol2–1Pak Yeong-hun
2008-2009Lee Se-dol2–0Kong Jie
2009Kong Jie2–0Qiu Jun
2010Gu Li2–1Heo Yeong-ho
2011Won Seong-jin2–1Gu Li
2012Lee Se-dol2–1Gu Li
2013Tang Weixing2–0Lee Se-dol
2014Kim Ji-seok2–0Tang Weixing
2015Ke Jie2–0Shi Yue
2016Ke Jie2–1Tuo Jiaxi
2017Gu Zihao2-1Tang Weixing
2018Ke Jie2-1An Kukhyun