5th World Student Oza

27th - 28th February 2007

Sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc

In February 2007 the Nikkei Newspaper sponsored the fifth 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.

Final Placings

Pl Name CountryR1R2R3R4Wins
1 Lee Yeon HoKorea+15+4+2+34
2 Murakami FukashiJapan+8+6-1+73
3 Wang Yu QiaoChina+13+7+5-13
4 Takeda JunJapan+10-1+12+63
5 Oh KeiiJapan+16+9-3+113
6 Zhao Yan PeiChina+11-2+9-42
7 Yu Kun BoChina+14-3+8-22
8 Balogh PalHungary-2+10-7+132
9 Chen JinUSA+12-5-6+142
10 Cho Suk BinKorea-4-8+16+122
11 Tsou Meng-YuanTaiwan-6+16+14-52
12 Lin Kun-TeTaiwan-9+15-4-101
13 Sompaokaew PariwatThailand-3-14+15-81
14 Kuin MerlijnNetherlands-7+13-11-91
15 Mos EwaPoland-1-12-13+161
16 Bravo CristobalMexico-5-11-10-150

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)

Opening
1st Round
4th Round
Prize Ceremony

6th World Student Oza

4th World Student Oza