Yeongam-gun Successfully Concludes the 7th Jeollanam-do Guksusanmaek International Baduk Tournament

Domestic Pro Tournament Held in Yeongam Including Opening Ceremony

The 7th Jeollanam-do Guksu Sanmaek International Baduk Tournament held in Yeongam and Sinan was successfully concluded. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 16th that the 7th Jeollanam-do Guksu Sanmaek International Baduk Tournament, held for four days from the 9th in Yeongam and Sinan, was successfully concluded.

Hosted by the Korea Baduk Association and organized by the Korea Baduk Association and the Jeollanam-do Baduk Association, with support from Yeongam-gun, Sinan-gun, and the Jeollanam-do Office of Education, the opening ceremony and domestic professional tournament were held in Yeongam-gun, while the closing ceremony and the World Professional Championship were held in Sinan.

Due to COVID-19, this tournament was held in a hybrid format of online and offline for the first time in two years. Top players from around the world, including China, Taiwan, and Japan, participated online to compete, while the domestic professional tournament was held face-to-face in Yeongam from the round of 16.

In the World Professional Championship, 9-dan Byeon Sang-il defeated Kono Rin, Fan Ting-yu, and Xu Jiayuan consecutively from the round of 16, and then defeated the giant Shin Jin-seo 9-dan in the final to claim his first international title. In the domestic professional tournament, 9-dan Park Young-hoon defeated 9-dan An Sung-jun to win the championship for the second consecutive time in the same tournament.

A county official said, “We hope that the 7th Jeollanam-do Guksu Sanmaek Baduk Tournament will serve as a stepping stone to firmly establish Baduk as a representative sport of Korea once again and expand its base. This tournament has now become an event that raises the level of Korean Baduk by one step and enhances the skills and pride of local Baduk players.”

Meanwhile, the Guksu Sanmaek International Baduk Tournament has been held since 2014 to promote Jeollanam-do, the home of Baduk that produced the three great Guksu players?Cho Hun-hyun of Yeongam, Lee Sedol of Sinan, and Kim In of Gangjin?to the world, and to foster and spread Baduk awareness, promote international sports exchange, and revitalize the local economy.

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