6th World Student Oza
1st - 2nd March 2008
Sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc
In March 2008 the Nikkei Newspaper sponsored the sixth World Student Oza in Tokyo. The match was held at the Nihon Kiin Headquarters in Ichigaya. 16 students were invited to take part, both male and female. As well as Asian countries, Europe got to send three players and North and South/Central American one player each. The Japanese female player was a student from Korea.
Final Placings
| Pl | Name | Country | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Wins |
| 1 | Lee Yong Hee | Korea | +16 | +7 | +6 | +2 | 4 |
| 2 | Hong Seo Kui | Korea | +14 | +9 | +3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Murakami Fukashi | Japan | +12 | +4 | -2 | +6 | 3 |
| 4 | Cui Chao | China | +5 | -3 | +11 | +8 | 3 |
| 5 | Itoyama Tsuyoshi | Japan | -4 | +16 | +10 | +7 | 3 |
| 6 | Kim Eun Ock | Korea | +11 | +8 | -1 | -3 | 2 |
| 7 | Kang Shuan Hao | Taiwan | +15 | -1 | +13 | -5 | 2 |
| 8 | Yoon Seon Yeong | Japan | +13 | -6 | +9 | -4 | 2 |
| 9 | An Hang | China | +10 | -2 | -8 | +12 | 2 |
| 10 | Liu Yeh Yang | Taiwan | -9 | +15 | -5 | +13 | 2 |
| 11 | Martin Jurek | Czechia | -6 | -12 | +14 | +15 | 2 |
| 12 | Eric Lui | USA | -3 | +11 | -4 | -9 | 1 |
| 13 | Joan Alemany | Spain | -8 | +14 | -7 | -10 | 1 |
| 14 | Bruno Borchartt | Brasil | -2 | -13 | -12 | +16 | 1 |
| 15 | Prawat Nikornponsin | Thailand | -7 | -10 | +16 | -11 | 1 |
| 16 | Manuela Marz | Germany | -1 | -5 | -15 | -14 | 0 |
Photographs
Links to photo pages on the Nikkei site - note you will need a browser that supports Japanese to see the Japanese text - see their site for more reports (in Japanese)
Opening1st Round
4th Round
Prize Ceremony