Fujitsu Cup
# Fujitsu Cup

The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988-2011.

## Outline

The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows:

* The top 3 players from the previous year's competition
* 7 players from Japan
* 5 players from China
* 5 players from South Korea
* 1 player from Taiwan
* 1 player from North America
* 1 player from South America
* 1 player from Europe

All 24 players played through preliminaries, until 8 players with the best record were given automatic advancement to the second round. The other 16 played against each other in the first round. The format was a single knockout, with 5.5 komi until 2002, 6.5 komi from 2003. The time limit was 3 hours' thinking time, and the winner's purse was ¥15,000,000 (≈$142,000).

In December 2011, the Japanese Go Association announced the permanent closure of the tournament.

## Past winners and runners-up

| Edition | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1988 | Takemiya Masaki | Rin Kaiho |
| 2 | 1989 | Takemiya Masaki | Rin Kaiho |
| 3 | 1990 | Rin Kaiho | Nie Weiping |
| 4 | 1991 | Cho Chikun | Qian Yuping |
| 5 | 1992 | Otake Hideo | O Rissei |
| 6 | 1993 | Yoo Changhyuk | Cho Hunhyun |
| 7 | 1994 | Cho Hunhyun | Yoo Changhyuk |
| 8 | 1995 | Ma Xiaochun | Kobayashi Koichi |
| 9 | 1996 | Lee Chang-ho | Ma Xiaochun |
| 10 | 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei |
| 11 | 1998 | Lee Chang-ho | Chang Hao |
| 12 | 1999 | Yoo Changhyuk | Ma Xiaochun |
| 13 | 2000 | Cho Hunhyun | Chang Hao |
| 14 | 2001 | Cho Hunhyun | Choi Myung-Hoon |
| 15 | 2002 | Lee Sedol | Yoo Changhyuk |
| 16 | 2003 | Lee Sedol | Song Tae Kon |
| 17 | 2004 | Pak Yeong-hun | Yoda Norimoto |
| 18 | 2005 | Lee Sedol | Choi Cheol-han |
| 19 | 2006 | Park Jungsang | Zhou Heyang |
| 20 | 2007 | Pak Yeong-hun | Lee Chang-ho |
| 21 | 2008 | Gu Li | Lee Chang-ho |
| 22 | 2009 | Kang Dongyun | Lee Chang-ho |
| 23 | 2010 | Kong Jie | Lee Sedol |
| 24 | 2011 | Park Junghwan | Qiu Jun |
