The World Youth Go Championship (WYGC) is a Go tournament that has been held annually since 1984 making it the second longest running amateur Go tournament in the world.

This event is sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules are used. A number of strong participants in the World Youth Go Championship eventually became World Champions, such as Chang Hao, Gu Li, Lee Sedol.

There is a Junior division for players aged under 12, and a Senior division for players aged under 18.

Past results Event Year Location Junior Winner Senior Winner US Junior Rep US Senior Rep Canada Senior RepSingapore Junior RepSingapore Senior RepMalaysia Junior RepMalaysia Senior Rep 1st 1984 Taipei, Taiwan 金荣桓(韩) N/A Janice Kim N/A NA 2nd 1985 Taipei, Taiwan 孔柄柱(韩) N/A Janice Kim N/A NA陈德胜 3rd 1986 Taipei, Taiwan 李相勋(韩) N/A Tony Pa N/A NA卓伟俊 4th 1987 Hong Kong, China 余平(中) N/A Tony Pa/Alan Chen N/A NA陈德胜 5th 1988 Paris, France Chang Hao N/A David Mechner/Tony Pa N/A NA林国荣 6th 1989 Singapore 夏衔誉(台) 金万树(韩) Lisa Chen/Irene Chen ? ?王炳义，杨友福，王炳川 7th 1990 Guilin, China 李君凯(中) 夏衔誉(台) Lisa Chen/Irene Chen ? ?许伟良 8th 1991 Ningbo, China 韩文德(韩) Wang Lei David Haff ? ?沈凯洪庆杰 9th 1992 San José, USA Lin Chih-han Zhou Heyang None Joey Hung / David Zeng / Yuan Zhou Vincent Wong胡颖汉黄世文 10th 1993 Ottawa, Canada Wang Yao An Cho-young John Lee ? ?Mai KaojieTan Yee FanTeng Boon Ping 11th 1994 San Francisco, USA Gu Li 安达勋(韩) ? ? ?罗敏铭麦考杰 12th 1995 Amsterdam 李秀勇(韩) Huang Yizhong Bellamy Liu James Chien ?Cai Geng YangTan Yee Fan (4th) 13th 1996 Seoul, Korea Park Yeong-hun Hu Yaoyu Eric Lui Janathan Wang ? 14th 1997 Nantou County, Taiwan Lee Young-gu 刘熙(中) Jesse Chao Janathan Wang ?Cai Geng YangTan Jia Cheng 15th 1998 Guiyang, China 李康(中) Liu Xing Eric Lui Janathan Wang ?Ong Sze HanLoh Min Ming 16th 1999 Singapore 景石(中) 彭荃(中) Eric Lui Janathan Wang ?Chen Yu ZhongTan Jia Cheng 17th 2000 Prague, Czech Republic Tong-yun Kang Lei Wang Eric Liu Matthew Curran ?Alden ChengLoh Min Ming 18th 2001 Maui, USA Hyeong-chin Kweon Hyeong-hwan Kim Curtis Tang Eric Lui ? 19th 2002 Bangkok, Thailand Zhou Ruiyang Kang Li Mozheng Guan - ? 20th 2003 Shanghai, China 강유택 Chen Yaoye ? ? ? 21st 2004 Vancouver, Canada Yulin Tong Gu Lingyi Curtis Tang Mozheng guan ?Lee Chi-ChienLai Wei 22nd 2005 Barcelona, Spain Hyeon Na Hao Zhang Calvin Sun Sichen Zhong Hao ZhangLee Jun WeiOng Siong Hwai 23rd 2006 Shenzhen, China Hyeon Na Peng Liyao Calvin Sun Curtis Tang ?Chou Zi LongZhang Xiang 24th 2007 Waltham, USA Seung-yu Han Xingwen Liao Calvin Sun William Zhou ? 25th 2008 Guiyang, China Ke Jie Mi Yuting Calvin Sun William Zhou ? 26th 2009 Changzhi, China Yang Dingxin Li Xuanhao Andrew Lu Calvin Sun Andrew HuangKwa Jie HuiLoh Yu Xiang 27th 2010 Penghu Island, Taiwan Li Qincheng Han Seung Joo Kevin Fang Calvin Sun Andrew HuangYue Yi Fei (4th)Kwa Jie Hui 28th 2011 Bucharest, Romania Yuanpei Liao Ke Jie Aaron Ye Vincent Zhuang Amira SongYue Yi FeiKwa Jie Hui 29th 2012 Luoyang, China Wang Shi Yi Li Qincheng Aaron Ye Calvin Sun Bill LinHo Fei YangYue Yi Fei 30th 2013 Prague, Czech Republic Seki Kotaro Wang Zejin Jeremy Chiu Andrew Lu Amira SongLucas RahardjaXi Yue 31st 2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Huang Mingyu Xu Jiayang Brandon Zhou Albert Yen David LuBrian Lee Jun XiangZhu Yu Hao 32nd 2015 Harbin, China Xinghao Wang Weiqing Li Ary Cheng Jeremy Chiu Melissa ZhangLucas Yeo Chun TengLucas Rahardja 33rd 2016 Tokyo, Japan Yeom Jiwoong Jiang Qirun Matthew Cheng Aaron Ye Kevin WanGao Ji YangHo Fei Yang 34th 2017 Chiangmai, Thailand Chunhui Wang Xinghao Wang Frederick Bao Gabriella Su Kevin WanNAChen YilinLee Shou Wei 35th 2018 Bacharach, Germany Xiào Zébīn Lǐ Zéruì Elwin Li Melissa Cao Henry ChenNAGao Ji YangGoh Gan WeiLee Shou Kai 36th 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia JUNG JunwooYANG YuJun Alexander Qi Ary ChengChen Yu QiLucas Yeo Chun Teng37th2022Online(Due to Covid 19)Kim HayunXu YiDiChen Yi Han (3rd)Lucas Lee Jing Tai38th2023SingaporeWenzheng ZhangShunbo WangEric YangTony YangBen GongHu Ming Xuan (4th)Keddrick Lin HanKwee Song He39th2024Vatra Dornei, RomaniaZhang Yimiao (China)Kim Tae Heon (South Korea)40th2025Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaKim Jeong HyunAlexander QiDennis KuvshynovAlexander Qi

See also

Mind sport

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