| now in progress | 24 |
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| past | 23
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| Tournament name | The World Go Championship The Fujitsu Cup |
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| Sponsor | The Yomiuri Newspaper、The Nihon Ki-in、The Kansai Ki-in |
| Support | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| Special assistance | - |
| Assistance | Fujitsu (The World Go Championship ) |
| Special cooperation | - |
| Cooperation | The International Go Federation(IGF) , Chinese Weiqi Association , Korea Baduk Association , Chinese Taipei Wei-chi Association , American Go Association(AGA) , EUROPEAN GO FEDERATION , Nihon Ki-in Do Brasil , Japan Airlines |
| Winner’s prize | 15,000,000 (Japanese yen) |
| Title match, play-off | play-off game |
| Tournament system | Tournament with 24 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 three in previous tournament, Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo |
| Year of founding | 1987 |
| Term | Year | Winner | Wins and Losses | Opponent | Komi |
| 24 | 2011 | PARK Jeong-Hwan(Korea) | QIU Jun(China) | 6.5 | |
| 23 | 2010 | Kong Jie (China) | LEE Se-Dol(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 22 | 2009 | Kang Dong-Yoon(Korea) | Lee Changho(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 21 | 2008 | Gu Li(China) | Lee Changho(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 20 | 2007 | Park Young-hoon(Korea) | Lee Changho(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 19 | 2006 | Park Jungsangk(Korea) | Zhou Heyang(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 18 | 2005 | LEE Se-Dol(Korea) | Ch'oe ch'eol-han(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 17 | 2004 | Park Young-hoon(Korea) | Yoda Norimoto(Japan) | 6.5 | |
| 16 | 2003 | LEE Se-Dol(Korea) | Song Taegon(Korea) | 6.5 | |
| 15 | 2002 | LEE Se-Dol(Korea) | Yoo Changhyuk(Korea) | 5.5 | |
| 14 | 2001 | Cho Hoonhyun(Korea) | CHOI Myunghoon(Korea) | 5.5 | |
| 13 | 2000 | Cho Hoonhyun(Korea) | Chang Hao(China) | 5.5 | |
| 12 | 1999 | Yoo Changhyuk(Korea) | Ma Xiaochun(China) | 5.5 | |
| 11 | 1998 | Lee Changho(Korea) | Chang Hao(China) | 5.5 | |
| 10 | 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi(Japan) | Wang Li Chen(Japan) | 5.5 | |
| 9 | 1996 | Lee Changho(Korea) | Ma Xiaochun(China) | 5.5 | |
| 8 | 1995 | Ma Xiaochun(China) | Kobayashi Koichi(Japan) | 5.5 | |
| 7 | 1994 | Cho Hoonhyun(Korea) | Yoo Changhyuk(Korea) | 5.5 | |
| 6 | 1993 | Yoo Changhyuk(Korea) | Cho Hoonhyun(Korea) | 5.5 | |
| 5 | 1992 | Otake Hideo(Japan) | Wang Li Chen(Japan) | 5.5 | |
| 4 | 1991 | Cho Chi Hun(Japan) | Qian Yuping(China) | 5.5 | |
| 3 | 1990 | Lin Hai Fong(Japan) | Nie Weiping(China) | 5.5 | |
| 2 | 1989 | Takemiya Masaki(Japan) | Lin Hai Fong(Japan) | 5.5 | |
| 1 | 1988 | Takemiya Masaki(Japan) | Lin Hai Fong(Japan) | 5.5 |
* 16st- : Komi6.5
