About LG Cup

The LG Cup (also known as the LG Cup World Baduk Championship) is sponsored by the LG Group of Korea. The Cup is the international successor to the domestic Kiwang tournament. Players are invited to a knockout, in term 1 the make up was 32 players but is now 24 from Korea (11), Japan (6), China (4), Taiwan (1), USA (1) and Europe (1). The final uses best-of-5 format, time limits are 3 hours each. Komi was 5.5 points in terms 1 and 2 but it is increased to 6.5 points afterwards. The champion prize is 200 million South Korean Won (about US$ 169 thousands), and the runner-up gets 50 million South Korean Won. The total prize fund is 1 billion South Korean Won.