About Samsung Cup

The Samsung Cup World Go Championship is sponsored by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance of Korea, a subsidiary of Samsung Corp., and hosted by Korean Baduk Association. It is held once every year, and so far the world biggest event. Samsung Cup is well known for flexible rules, the unique feature is its preliminary tournament, all world professional players even amateur players can participate. After several rounds in the preliminary, 16 players will have chance to advance, together with the recommended seed players from China, Japan and Korea and the final four players of last year, a total of 32 players will get into the main event. The semi final may use single-game elimination or best-of-3 format, and the final may use best-of-3 or best-of-5 format.