68 countries took part. This year it was held at Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Sasebo near Nagasaki.
After seven rounds the 13-year old from China was unbeaten, but he lost in round 8 to Japan.
So it ended with four players on 7/8, in order:
1. Hiraoka Satoshi (Japan), 2. Tang Wei-Xing (China), 3. Jo Tae-Won (North Korea), 4. Hong Man-Ki (South Korea).
The group on 6/8 was:
5. Chun Nai-San (Hong Kong), 6. Joey Hung (USA), 7. Cristian Pop (Romania), 8. Ondrej Silt (Czechia),
9. Christoph Gerlach (Germany), 10. Ge Yong-Fei (Canada).