title: Fujitsu Cup
text: # Fujitsu Cup
  
  The Fujitsu Cup (富士通杯) was an international Go competition that ran from 1988-2011.
  
  ## Outline
  
  The Fujitsu Cup was an international Go competition hosted by Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun. The players were selected as follows:
  
  * The top 3 players from the previous year's competition
  * 7 players from Japan
  * 5 players from China
  * 5 players from South Korea
  * 1 player from Taiwan
  * 1 player from North America
  * 1 player from South America
  * 1 player from Europe
  
  All 24 players played through preliminaries, until 8 players with the best record were given automatic advancement to the second round. The other 16 played against each other in the first round. The format was a single knockout, with 5.5 komi until 2002, 6.5 komi from 2003. The time limit was 3 hours' thinking time, and the winner's purse was ¥15,000,000 (≈$142,000).
  
  In December 2011, the Japanese Go Association announced the permanent closure of the tournament.
  
  ## Past winners and runners-up
  
  | Edition | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1988 | Takemiya Masaki | Rin Kaiho |
  | 2 | 1989 | Takemiya Masaki | Rin Kaiho |
  | 3 | 1990 | Rin Kaiho | Nie Weiping |
  | 4 | 1991 | Cho Chikun | Qian Yuping |
  | 5 | 1992 | Otake Hideo | O Rissei |
  | 6 | 1993 | Yoo Changhyuk | Cho Hunhyun |
  | 7 | 1994 | Cho Hunhyun | Yoo Changhyuk |
  | 8 | 1995 | Ma Xiaochun | Kobayashi Koichi |
  | 9 | 1996 | Lee Chang-ho | Ma Xiaochun |
  | 10 | 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei |
  | 11 | 1998 | Lee Chang-ho | Chang Hao |
  | 12 | 1999 | Yoo Changhyuk | Ma Xiaochun |
  | 13 | 2000 | Cho Hunhyun | Chang Hao |
  | 14 | 2001 | Cho Hunhyun | Choi Myung-Hoon |
  | 15 | 2002 | Lee Sedol | Yoo Changhyuk |
  | 16 | 2003 | Lee Sedol | Song Tae Kon |
  | 17 | 2004 | Pak Yeong-hun | Yoda Norimoto |
  | 18 | 2005 | Lee Sedol | Choi Cheol-han |
  | 19 | 2006 | Park Jungsang | Zhou Heyang |
  | 20 | 2007 | Pak Yeong-hun | Lee Chang-ho |
  | 21 | 2008 | Gu Li | Lee Chang-ho |
  | 22 | 2009 | Kang Dongyun | Lee Chang-ho |
  | 23 | 2010 | Kong Jie | Lee Sedol |
  | 24 | 2011 | Park Junghwan | Qiu Jun |
  