Zhugang Cup World Weiqi Team Tournament

The Zhugang Cup (also known as the PCK Cup or Golden Dragon City Cup) was an international team Weiqi tournament that brought together national teams from multiple countries. The tournament went through several naming iterations reflecting its evolving sponsorship, a common pattern in East Asian Go competitions. Team events at the international level carry special significance, as they transform individual competition into matters of national pride and collective strategy.

Country International Type Team Format Team Cycle 1y Komi 7.5 Editions 2

2015

Champion: Pak Cheong-hwan & Kim Chi-seok & Yi Tong-hun · Runner-up: Ke Jie & Shi Yue & Zhou Ruiyang

Final 1 game

Dec 22 Ke Jie & Shi Yue & Zhou Ruiyang W+0.5 Pak Cheong-hwan & Kim Chi-seok & Yi Tong-hun

3rd-4th Place Playoff 1 game

Dec 21 Yu Zhengqi, Yoda Norimoto & So Yokoku W+R Yi Se-tol, Pak Yeong-hun & Ch'oe Ch'eol-han

Semi-final 1 game

Dec 20 Yi Se-tol, Pak Yeong-hun & Ch'oe Ch'eol-han W+R Ke Jie, Shi Yue & Zhou Ruiyang

Quarterfinals 4 games

Dec 19 O Rissei W+R Gu Li Dec 19 Kobayashi Koichi W+4.5 Nie Weiping Dec 19 Chang Hao B+R Cho Chikun Dec 19 Zheng Hong W+4.5 Ke Jie

Round 4 6 games

Dec 18 Kim Jiseok B+R Chang Hao Dec 18 Ke Jie B+R Lee Sedol Dec 18 Nie Weiping W+R Park Junghwan Dec 18 Pak Yeong-hun W+R Shi Yue Dec 18 Gu Li W+R Yi Tong-hun Dec 18 Zhou Ruiyang W+R Choi Cheolhan

Round 3 5 games

Dec 18 Yi Tong-hun W+R Zhou Ruiyang Dec 18 Chang Hao W+0.5 Pak Yeong-hun Dec 18 Lee Sedol B+R Nie Weiping Dec 18 Shi Yue B+R Kim Jiseok Dec 18 Choi Cheolhan W+R Gu Li

Round 2 2 games

Dec 17 Chen Naishen W+R Ke Jie Dec 17 Zheng Hong W+2.5 Mateusz Surma

Round 1 2 games

Dec 17 Nie Weiping B+R Zheng Hong Dec 17 Jonas Welticke B+R Ali Jabarin