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.
Formerly, the final was a best-of-3 match. In 2023, the final match was a single game.
It is broadcast live by KBS 1TV.
Past winners Player Titles Years Held Cho Hunhyun 11 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999 Lee Chang-ho 11 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007–2009 Park Junghwan 5 2010–2012, 2015, 2017 Shin Jinseo 4 2019–2021, 2023 Lee Sedol 3 2006, 2013, 2016 Seo Bongsoo 1 1983 Ha Chan-seok 1 1985 Yoo Changhyuk 1 1995 Mok Jin-seok 1 2000 Song Tae Kon 1 2003 Lee Dong-hoon 1 2014 Shin Minjun 1 2018
Final results Volume Year Winners Score Runners-up 1 1980 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 No Yeongha 2 1981 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 Kim Hui-jung not held 1982 - - - 3 1983 Seo Bongsoo 2–0 Kim Jwa-gi 4 1984 Cho Hunhyun 2–1 Seo Bong-soo 5 1985 Ha Chan-seok 2–1 Kim Hui-jung 6 1986 Cho Hunhyun 2–1 Kim Hui-jung 7 1987 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 Seo Nungwuk 8 1988 Lee Chang-ho 2–1 Kim Soojang 9 1989 Cho Hunhyun 2–1 Seo Nungwuk 10 1990 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 Seo Nungwuk 11 1991 Lee Chang-ho 2–1 Cho Hunhyun 12 1992 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 Yoo Changhyuk not held 1993 - - - 13 1994 Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Cho Hunhyun 14 1995 Yoo Changhyuk 2–0 Lee Chang-ho 15 1996 Cho Hunhyun 2–1 Lee Chang-ho 16 1997 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 Lee Chang-ho 17 1998 Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Jeong Su-hyeon 18 1999 Cho Hunhyun 2–0 Lee Chang-ho 19 2000 Mok Jin-seok 2–1 Lee Chang-ho 20 2001 Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Lee Sedol 21 2002 Lee Chang-ho 2–1 Lee Sanghun 22 2003 Song Tae-kon 2–0 Park Byeong-gyu 23 2004 Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Cho Hanseung 24 2005 Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Yoo Changhyuk 25 2006 Lee Sedol 2–0 Choi Cheol-han 26 2007 Lee Chang-ho 2–1 Cho Hanseung 27 2008 Lee Chang-ho 2–1 Lee Sedol 28 2009 Lee Chang-ho 2–0 Kang Dongyun 29 2010 Park Junghwan 2–0 Paek Hongsuk 30 2011 Park Junghwan 2–0 Paek Hongsuk 31 2012 Park Junghwan 2–1 Lee Chang-ho 32 2013 Lee Sedol 2–1 Park Junghwan 33 2014 Lee Dong-hoon 2–0 Park Junghwan 34 2015 Park Junghwan 2–1 Lee Sedol 35 2016 Lee Sedol 2–0 Na Hyeon 36 2017 Park Junghwan 2–0 Kim Ji-seok 37 2018 Shin Minjun 2–0 Park Junghwan 38 2019 Shin Jin-seo 2–1 Shin Minjun 39 2020 Shin Jin-seo 2–0 An Seongjun 40 2021 Shin Jin-seo 2–0 Park Junghwan 41 2023 Shin Jin-seo 1–0 Park Junghwan
References
External links
Korea Baduk Association (in Korean) Sensei's Library page Igo Kisen's recent years full results