WAGC 2002

23rd World Amateur Go Championship

Takayama City, 2nd - 6th June 2002

61 countries took part in the World Amateur in Takayama, Japan. Unbeaten winner was Li Fu of China. Hong of Korea was second with 7 wins. The group on 6 wins was: Kikuchi of Japan, Ri of North Korea, Victor Chow of South Africa, Cristian Pop of Romania, Yu of Taipei, Guo of Australia, Pierre Colmez of France. USA topped the 5-win group in 10th.

Winners From left to right:
Alexis Hernandez 1-dan (Venezuela) - Asada fighting spirit prize
Cheng-Juei Yu 7-dan (Chinese Taipei) - seventh place
Victor Guan Chow 7-dan (South Africa) - fifth place
Yasuro Kikuchi 8-dan (Japan) - third place
Li Fu 6-dan (China) - first place
Mal Eun Saem Hong 7-dan (Korea) - second place
Il Ri 7-dan (DPR Korea) - fourth place
Christian Pop 6-dan (Romania) - sixth place
Yiming Guo 7-dan (Australia) - eighth place

Final Standings

Players

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