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now in progress 4
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tournament name The TOYOTA & DENSO CUP　World Go Oza
sponsor The Nihon Ki-in
support -
special assistance -
assistance TOYOTA MOTOR Corporation、DENSO Corporation
special cooperation Nihon Keizai Shinbun,Inc
cooperation The Kansai Ki-in、Chinese Weiqi Association、Korea Baduk Association、The South African Go Association C/O、EUROPEAN GO FEDERATION、Australian Go Association、Argentine Go Association、Singapore Weiqi Association 、American Go Association、Asociacion Peruana do Igo-Shogi 、The International Go Federation(IGF)
winner’s prize 30,000,000 (Japanese yen)
title match, play-off best-of-three final
tournament system Tournament with 32 players.
time allowance Final, main tournament: 3 hours each.
byo-yomi Final, main tournament: 5 minutes before end of time.
komi 6.5
qualification for participation All professionals, each country and territory hold preliminaries.
rules for retaining places and seeds Top four in previous tournament, Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo
year of founding 2001

term Year winner wins and losses opponent komi
3 2006 LEE Se-Dol（Korea） 2-1 Cho U(Japan) 6.5
2 2004 LEE Se-Dol（Korea） 2-0 Chang Hao(China) 6.5
1 2002 Lee Changho（Korea） 1-0 Chang Hao(China) 5.5