The Nongshim Cup is a Go competition played between three teams representing China, Japan, and South Korea. The competition was created in 1999 and is held annually. It is officially named the Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup World Baduk Championship, and sponsored by Nongshim, a South Korean food company.
Format and rules Each team consists of five players. On each day of competition, a single game is played. After each game, the losing player is eliminated and the winning player continues to the next game. The last team with players remaining wins the competition.
The scheduling of the games is divided into three stages in different locations. Four games are played in the first stage, five games in the second stage, and up to five games (as necessary) in the third stage.
The winning team's prize is 500 million Korean won (approximately $340,000 USD), raised in 2016 from the previous 200 million Korean won. Players receive a 3 million won match fee for each game played. Players with a winning streak of at least 3 games also receive a 10 million won prize for each win beginning with the third.
Past winners EditionYearWinnerRunner-UpThird Place1st1999–2000 6–4 4–5 4–52nd2000–2001 7–4 4–5 3–53rd2001–2002 6–4 7–5 1–54th2002–2003 6–4 6–5 2–55th2003–2004 5–4 6–5 3–56th2004–2005 6–4 4–5 4–57th2005–2006 6–4 5–5 3–58th2006–2007 6–4 6–5 2–59th2007–2008 7–3 4–5 2–510th2008–2009 7–3 5–5 1–511th2009–2010 6–4 6–5 2–512th2010–2011 7–3 4–5 2–513th2011–2012 8–4 6–5 0–514th2012–2013 6–4 7–5 1–515th2013–2014 8–4 5–5 1–516th2014–2015 6–3 4–5 3–517th2015–2016 5–4 5–5 4–518th2016–2017 8–1 2–5 1–519th2017–2018 8–3 5–5 0–520th2018–2019 8–1 2–5 1–521st2019–2020 8–4 5–5 1–522nd2020–2021 7–3 4–5 2–523rd2021–2022 6–4 5–5 3–524th2022–2023 7–4 6–5 1–525th2023–2024 6–4 7–5 1–526th2024–2025 7–4 6–5 1–527th2025–2026 6–4 4–5 4–5
By nation Nation Winners Runners-up 18 9 8 14 1 4
Detailed results 18th Nongshim Cup (2016–2017) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2016-09-27 Ichiriki Ryo Lee Sedol 2 2016-09-28 Fan Tingyu Ichiriki Ryo 3 2016-09-29 Lee Dong-hoon 4 2016-09-30 Cho U 5 2016-11-25 Kang Dong-yun 6 2016-11-26 Kono Rin 7 2016-11-27 Kim Ji-seok 8 2016-11-28 Murakawa Daisuke 9 2016-11-29 Park Junghwan Fan Tingyu 10 2017-02-21 Iyama Yuta 11 2017-02-22 Fan Yunruo Park Junghwan Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Ke Jie, Tuo Jiaxi, Lian Xiao
19th Nongshim Cup (2017–2018) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2017-09-19 Shin Min-jun Fan Tingyu 2 2017-09-20 Yu Zhengqi 3 2017-09-21 Zhou Ruiyang 4 2017-09-22 Hsu Chia-yuan 5 2017-11-24 Chen Yaoye 6 2017-11-25 Yamashita Keigo 7 2017-11-26 Dang Yifei Shin Min-jun 8 2017-11-27 Ichiriki Ryo 9 2017-11-28 Kim Myeong-hoon 10 2018-02-26 Iyama Yuta 11 2018-02-27 Shin Jin-seo 12 2018-02-28 Kim Ji-seok Dang Yifei 13 2018-03-01 Ke Jie Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Park Junghwan
20th Nongshim Cup (2018–2019) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2018-10-16 Shibano Toramaru An Guk-hyeon 2 2018-10-17 Fan Tingyu Shibano Toramaru 3 2018-10-18 Shin Min-jun 4 2018-10-19 Motoki Katsuya 5 2018-11-23 Choi Cheol-han 6 2018-11-24 Hsu Chia-yuan 7 2018-11-25 Lee Sedol 8 2018-11-26 Ichiriki Ryo 9 2018-11-27 Park Junghwan Fan Tingyu 10 2019-02-18 Iyama Yuta 11 2019-02-19 Dang Yifei Park Junghwan Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Shi Yue, Gu Zihao, Ke Jie
21st Nongshim Cup (2019–2020) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2019-10-15 Won Seong-jin Murakawa Daisuke 2 2019-10-16 Yang Dingxin Won Seong-jin 3 2019-10-17 Yamashita Keigo 4 2019-10-18 Kim Ji-seok 5 2019-11-22 Ichiriki Ryo 6 2019-11-23 Lee Dong-hoon 7 2019-11-24 Hsu Chia-yuan 8 2019-11-25 Shin Jin-seo 9 2019-11-26 Iyama Yuta Yang Dingxin 10 2020-08-18 Park Junghwan Iyama Yuta 11 2020-08-19 Mi Yuting 12 2020-08-21 Fan Tingyu 13 2020-08-21 Xie Erhao 14 2020-08-22 Ke Jie Park Junghwan
22nd Nongshim Cup (2020–2021) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2020-10-13 Hong Ki-pyo Fan Tingyu 2 2020-10-14 Hsu Chia-yuan Hong Ki-pyo 3 2020-10-15 Gu Zihao Hsu Chia-yuan 4 2020-10-16 Kang Dong-yun 5 2020-11-20 Murakawa Daisuke 6 2020-11-21 Shin Min-jun Gu Zihao 7 2020-11-22 Shibano Toramaru Shin Min-jun 8 2020-11-23 Tang Weixing Shibano Toramaru 9 2020-11-24 Shin Jin-seo Tang Weixing 10 2021-02-22 Iyama Yuta 11 2021-02-23 Yang Dingxin 12 2021-02-24 Ichiriki Ryo 13 2021-02-25 Ke Jie Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Park Junghwan
23rd Nongshim Cup (2021–2022) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2021-10-11 Won Seong-jin Shibano Toramaru 2 2021-10-12 Li Weiqing Won Seong-jin 3 2021-10-13 Hsu Chia-yuan Li Weiqing 4 2021-10-14 Park Junghwan Hsu Chia-yuan 5 2021-11-26 Fan Tingyu Park Junghwan 6 2021-11-27 Iyama Yuta Fan Tingyu 7 2021-11-28 Byun Sang-il 8 2021-11-29 Li Qincheng 9 2021-11-30 Shin Min-jun 10 2022-02-21 Mi Yuting Iyama Yuta 11 2022-02-23 Shin Jin-seo Mi Yuting 12 2022-02-24 Yu Zhengqi 13 2022-02-25 Ke Jie 14 2022-02-26 Ichiriki Ryo
24th Nongshim Cup (2022–2023) No. Date Winner Loser 1 2022-10-11 Fan Tingyu Ichiriki Ryo 2 2022-10-12 Shin Min-jun 3 2022-10-13 Hsu Chia-yuan 4 2022-10-14 Kang Dong-yun Fan Tingyu 5 2022-11-25 Shibano Toramaru 6 2022-11-26 Tuo Jiaxi 7 2022-11-27 Yu Zhengqi 8 2022-11-28 Lian Xiao Kang Dong-yun 9 2022-11-29 Iyama Yuta Lian Xiao 10 2023-02-20 Park Junghwan Iyama Yuta 11 2023-02-21 Ke Jie 12 2023-02-22 Gu Zihao Park Junghwan 13 2023-02-23 Byun Sang-il 14 2023-02-24 Shin Jin-seo Gu Zihao
25th Nongshim Cup (2023–2024) Games 1–4 were played in Beijing, games 5–9 in Busan, and games 10–14 in Shanghai.
Shin Jinseo's six wins and zero losses was the longest-ever winning streak to finish the competition. He also extended his Nongshim Cup winning streak to 16–0 across four Nongshim Cups beginning in 2020, breaking the previous record of 14–0 set by Lee Changho across six tournaments.
No. Date Winner Loser 1 2023-10-17 Hsu Chia-yuan Seol Hyunjun 2 2023-10-18 Xie Erhao Hsu Chia-yuan 3 2023-10-19 Byun Sang-il 4 2023-10-20 Shibano Toramaru 5 2023-11-30 Won Seong-jin 6 2023-12-01 Ichiriki Ryo 7 2023-12-02 Park Junghwan 8 2023-12-03 Yu Zhengqi 9 2023-12-04 Shin Jin-seo Xie Erhao 10 2024-02-19 Iyama Yuta 11 2024-02-20 Zhao Chenyu 12 2024-02-21 Ke Jie 13 2024-02-22 Ding Hao 14 2024-02-23 Gu Zihao
26th Nongshim Cup (2024–2025)
No. Date Winner Loser 1 2024-09-05 Ke Jie Seol Hyunjun 2 2024-09-06 Hirose Yuichi 3 2024-09-07 Kim Myeong-hoon Ke Jie 4 2024-09-08 Iyama Yuta 5 2024-11-30 Fan Tingyu 6 2024-12-01 Hsu Chia-yuan 7 2024-12-02 Xie Erhao Kim Myeong-hoon 8 2024-12-03 Ichiriki Ryo 9 2024-12-04 Shin Min-jun 10 2025-02-17 Shibano Toramaru Xie Erhao 11 2025-02-18 Park Junghwan Shibano Toramaru 12 2025-02-19 Li Xuanhao Park Junghwan 13 2025-02-20 Shin Jinseo Li Xuanhao 14 2025-02-21 Ding Hao
27th Nongshim Cup (2025–2026)
No. Date Winner Loser 1 2025-09-03 Lee Ji-hyeon Li Qincheng 2 2025-09-04 Fukuoka Kotaro 3 2025-09-05 Tan Xiao Lee Ji-hyeon 4 2025-09-06 Hsu Chia-yuan 5 2025-11-21 Kang Dongyun Tan Xiao 6 2025-11-22 Shibano Toramaru Kang Dongyun 7 2025-11-23 Yang Kaiwen Shibano Toramaru 8 2025-11-24 An Seong-jun 9 2025-11-25 Iyama Yuta Yang Kaiwen102026-02-02 Park Junghwan112026-02-03 Ding Hao 12 2026-02-04 Shin Jinseo Iyama Yuta 13 2026-02-05 Wang Xinghao 14 2026-02-06 Ichiriki Ryo
References
External links Korea Baduk Association archive of the Nongshim Cup (in Korean) Nihon Ki-in archive of the Nongshim Cup (in Japanese)