Sponsors  The International Go Federation & China Qi-Yuan
Venue  Hangzhou Weiqi Association, Hangzhou, China
  ( Tian Yuan Tower No 2 Qian Chao Rd., Jiang Gan District, Hang Zhou, China
    tel : 0571-8811-1111 fax: 0571-8793-6341 ) MAP
Schedule  From May 24 (Mon) to May 31 (Mon) 2010
Competitors  60 players from 60 countries and regions
 (1) Asia : 14 countries and regions
China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, India, Japan, Korea, Macau China, Malaysia,Mongolia, D.P.R. Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietna
 (2) Near and Middle East : 2 countries
Israel, Turkey
 (3) Europe : 27 countries
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
 (4) Africa : 2 countries
Madagascar, South Africa
 (5) North & Central America : 5 countries
Canada, U.S.A., Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico
 (6) South America : 8 countries
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
 (7) Oceania: 2 countries
Australia, New Zealand

* Starting May 25th Ranka online (the bulletin of the International Go Federation) will have coverage of the 31st WAGC with news, interviews, photos, commented games and results.