The China-Japan Supermatches (日中スーパー囲碁) was a Go competition.
Outline The China-Japan Supermatches were a series of team competition between China and Japan in the board game of Go. The tournament was hosted by NEC; it was held 16 times from 1984 to 2001. The matches were in the knock-out format with 6 to 9 players on each side for the first 11 times (1984-1996). In the later games, each side had 3 players for one-on-one matches.
Before the late 1980s top Japanese players were generally considered to be at a higher level than the rest of the world, but in the end, China won 9 times in total. The result has had a great impact on the development of the game in China afterward.
Winners Edition Years Held WinnerScore 1st 1984–1985 China8–7 2nd 1986 China9–8 3rd 1987 China9–8 4th 1988 Japan7–2 5th 1989–1990 China8–3 6th 1991–1992 Japan8–7 7th 1992–1993 Japan7–5 8th 1993–1994 Japan7–3 9th 1994 China6–3 10th 1995–1996 China7–5 11th 1996 China7–2 12th 1997 China2–1 13th 1998 Japan2–1 14th 1999 Japan2–1 15th 2000 China2–1 16th 2001 Japan2–1
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