Bailing Cup

The Bailing Cup is a Go competition.

Outline

The Bailing Cup is an international Go open tournament sponsored and hosted by the Bailing Group of China. It is held every other year.[1]

Seeded players and Preliminaries

16 seeded players are invited and 48 players will qualify from preliminaries. Seeded players are chosen as follows:

• 2 top players of last tournament
• 5 from  China
• 3 from  Japan
• 3 from  South Korea
• 1 from  Chinese Taipei
• 2 from wild cards (issued from the host)

The winner's purse is ￥1,800,000.

From the 4th Bailing Cup, it became a tournament and only 16 players invited are competing. Players are chosen as follows:

• 2 top players of last tournament
• 6 from  China
• 3 from  Japan
• 3 from  South Korea
• 1 from  Chinese Taipei
• 1 from a wild card (issued from the host)

The winner's purse is ￥1,000,000.[2]

Winners and Runners-up

Years	Nat.	Winner	Score	Nat.	Runner-up
2012-2013		Zhou Ruiyang	3–0		Chen Yaoye
2014-2015		Ke Jie	3–2		Qiu Jun
2016-2017		Chen Yaoye	3–1		Ke Jie
2018-2019		Ke Jie	2–0		Shin Jinseo

References

1. 冠军奖金高达180万人民币 富士通走了贵州百灵来了 Archived January 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. 为广大业余棋手提供舞台 百灵杯世界围棋公开赛重磅登场 Archived January 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine