Korean Baduk League

The Korean Baduk League, founded in 2004, is South Korea's premier professional team Go competition modeled after professional sports leagues. Corporate-sponsored teams compete in a double round-robin regular season, selecting five players per round, adding a strategic team-management dimension absent from individual tournaments. The league has spawned a Women's Baduk League (2015), a Senior League (2016), and a Rookie League (2018), creating a comprehensive competitive structure unique in the Go world. The team format generates intense rivalries and dramatic late-season scenarios popular with Korean Go fans.

Country Korea Type League Format Team League Cycle 1y Komi 6.5 Editions 23

2026

Champion: Park Junghwan · Runner-up: Han T'ae-heui

Playoff, Final 1 game

Mar 29 Park Junghwan B+8.5 Han T'ae-heui

Playoff, Round 1 2 games

Feb 28 Byun Sangil W+R Pak Min-kyu Mar 1 Han Sangjoo W+R Kang Seung-min

Playoff 2 games

Mar 4 Dang Yifei B+R Han Sang-cho Mar 4 Byun Sangil B+R Dang Yifei

Round 14 12 games

Feb 8 Kim Myeonghoon W+R Shin Minjun Feb 8 Dang Yifei B+R Xu Haohong Feb 8 Weon Seongjin B+0.5 Byun Sangil Feb 8 Ch'oe Chae-yeong W+R Park Junghwan Feb 20 Kang Yu-t'aek B+R Kim Cheong-hyeon Sr. Feb 20 Pak Chi-hyeon W+R Pak Sang-chin Feb 20 Shin Jinseo B+R Song Chi-hun Feb 20 An Cheong-ki B+R Kweon Hyo-chin (m) Feb 20 Kang Dongyun W+R Yi Chae-seong Feb 20 Yang Dingxin B+R Kim Seung-chae Feb 20 An Sungjoon W+R Kim Eun-chi Feb 20 Hong Seong-chi B+R Pak Min-kyu

Round 13 4 games

Jan 29 An Cheong-ki W+1.5 Liao Yuanhe Jan 30 Shin Minjun B+R Tu Xiaoyu Jan 31 Kang Dongyun W+R Kim Myeonghoon Feb 1 Lee Jihyun W+R Xu Haohong

Round 12 10 games

Jan 22 Kang Dongyun B+R Song Kyu-sang Jan 23 Kim Seungjin W+R Kang Yu-t'aek Jan 24 Na Hyun B+R Park Junghwan Jan 25 Lee Jaesung W+R Pak Sang-chin Jan 26 Pak Min-kyu W+R An Sungjoon Jan 26 Yi Ch'ang-seok W+R Byun Sangil Jan 26 Han Sang-cho W+R Shin Minjun Jan 26 O Pyeong-u W+R Han T'ae-heui Jan 26 Ch'oe Chae-yeong B+R Kang Seung-min Jan 26 Ryu Min-hyeong W+R Song Chi-hun

Round 11 11 games

Jan 15 An Sungjoon W+R Kim Myeonghoon Jan 16 Kim Eun-chi W+R Shin Minjun Jan 17 Xu Haohong B+R Byun Sangil Jan 18 Song Chi-hun W+0.5 Kweon Hyo-chin (m) Jan 18 Fan Yin B+R Lee Jihyun Jan 18 Ch'oe Chae-yeong B+R Pak Ha-min Jan 18 Kim Seung-chin W+R Park Junghwan Jan 18 Ch'oe Min-seo W+R Ryu Min-hyeong Jan 18 Song Kyu-sang B+R An Kuk-hyeon Jan 21 Kim Seung-chae B+R O Pyeong-u Jan 21 Kang Dongyun B+R Kim Cheong-hyeon Sr.

Round 10 3 games

Jan 9 An Kuk-hyeon W+R Jin Yucheng Jan 10 Shin Minjun W+R An Sungjoon Jan 11 Byun Sangil W+1.5 Dang Yifei

Round of 16 5 games

Jan 1 Kang Dongyun W+0.5 Jin Yucheng Jan 2 Song Kyu-sang W+R Tu Xiaoyu Jan 3 Byun Sangil W+R Pak Sang-chin Jan 4 Xu Haohong W+R Shin Minjun Jan 5 Han T'ae-heui B+R Weon Seong-chin

League 24 games

Jan 1 Song Chi-hun W+0.5 Park Junghwan Jan 1 Yi Weon-yeong B+R O Pyeong-u Jan 1 Kim Eun-chi W+R Pak Min-kyu Jan 2 Ryu Min-hyeong B+R Kim Seung-chae Jan 2 Kim Cheong-hyeon Sr. B+R Ch'oe Chae-yeong Jan 2 Na Hyeon W+R An Sungjoon Jan 3 Kim Myeong-hun W+R An Cheong-ki Jan 3 An Kuk-hyeon W+R Han Sang-cho Jan 3 Kang Yu-t'aek B+R Pak Ha-min Jan 4 Yi Ch'ang-seok B+R Yi Chae-seong Jan 4 Kim Hyeong-u B+R Sim Chae-ui Jan 4 Hong Seong-chi B+R Kim Seung-chin Jan 4 Fan Yin W+R Shin Jinseo Jan 8 Weon Seong-chin B+R Hong Seong-chi Jan 8 Sim Chae-ui W+R Kim Cheong-hyeon Sr. Jan 9 Kim Eun-chi B+R Ch'oe Min-seo (m) Jan 9 Park Junghwan B+R Pak Ha-min Jan 9 Yi Weon-yeong W+R Kim Myeong-hun Jan 9 Pak Sang-chin B+R Yi Chi-hyeon (m) Jan 10 Ch'oe Chae-yeong B+R Kim Seung-chin Jan 10 Fan Yin B+R Song Kyu-sang Jan 11 Song Chi-hun B+R An Cheong-ki Jan 11 Pak Chin-sol W+R Kang Dongyun Jan 11 Pak Min-kyu W+R Yang Dingxin

2026-01-10 1 game

Jan 10 Han T'ae-heui B+2.5 Yi Ch'ang-seok