Tournament Outline
- Name
- :The 25th International Amateur Pair Go Championship (IAPG CUP / JAPG CUP)
- Date
- : October 25th (Sat) & 26th (Sun), 2014
- Venue
- : HOTEL METROPOLITAN EDMONT (3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyodaku-ku, Tokyo)
- Participation
- : 21 countries and territories, 32 pairs, 64 individuals
| Asia | China , Indonesia , Japan , Korea , Singapore , Thailand , Chinese Taipei Hong Kong China |
|---|---|
| Europe | Czech , France , Germanｙ , Hungary , Italy , Russia Serbia , Spain , Switzerland , United Kingdom |
| North America | USA |
| Central & South America | Mexico |
| Oceania / Africa | Australia |
- Organizers
- : Japan Pair Go Association /
The International Amateur Pair Go Championship Executive Committee - Supervisors
- : World Pair Go Association / International Go Federation
- Supported by
- : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan /
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism /
Agency for Cultural Affairs / Tokyo Metropoiltan Government / Nihon Ki-in / Kansai Ki-in /
THE Yomiuri Shimbun / Sankei Shimbun CO., Ltd. / Nikkei Inc. /
The Mainichi Newspapers / The Asahi Shimbun Company - Special Cooperation
- : East Japan Railway / HITACHI / Japan Airlines
- Sponsored by
- : IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL INC. / its communications Inc. / NTT DOCOMO, INC. /
Gurunavi, Inc. / Keikyu Corporation / East Japan Marketing & Communications,Inc. /
JR East Urban Development Corporation / JR East Building Co., Ltd. /
JR East Retail Net Co., Ltd. / Softbrain Co.,Ltd. / DAIKO DENSHI TSUSHIN,LTD. /
Taki Foundation / TetsudoKaikan co.Ltd. / TOKYU CORPORATION /
The Tokyo Station Hotel / Tokyo Metro Co.,Ltd. / Topy Industries Ltd. /
transcosmos inc. / Japan Freight Railway Company /
Nippon Computer Dynamics Co., Ltd. / Nihon Michelin Tire Co., Ltd. /
Nippon Restaurant Enterprise Co., Ltd. / Nomura Holdings, Inc. / NTT EAST /
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. / Hitachi Document Solutions Co., Ltd. /
FUSOSHA Publishing Inc. / Hotel Metropolitan Edmont /
YAMAZAKI BAKING CO.,LTD. / YOU COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION /
LUMINE Co.,Ltd. / YKK CORPORATION / PANDANET Inc. /
Japan Traffic Culture Association / NKB Inc. - Cooperation
- : East Japan Marketing & Communications,Inc./ Go Weekly
- Planning and
Administration - : NKB Inc.
Tournament Details
IAPG CUP / JAPG CUP
[ Explanation of Championship ]
Five-rounds of tournament style games will be played by 32 representative pairs from 20 overseas countries and territories, and 11 pairs selected from 8 domestic regions.
The International Championship and Japan Championship are combined as the International Amateur Pair Go Championship, and the highest ranked Japanese pair will be crowned the Japan Amateur Pair Go Champion.
[ Prizes ]
| First Place | Second Place | Third Place | 4th to 8th Place | Best Japanese Pair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAPG CUP, Certificate, Medal, Prize | Certificate, Medal, Prize | Certificate, Medal, Prize | Certificate, Prize | JAPG CUP, Medal, Prize |
Handicap Games (The Araki Cup)
[ Explanation of Championship ]
Players who would like to join are freely invited. Four-rounds Swiss system league competition will be held. There will be three groups, A, B and C, according to their skill.
[ Prizes ] (The Araki Cup, Groups A, B C )
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | Gifts will be presented to all players in appreciation for their participation. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Araki Cup, Certificate, Medal, Prize |
Certificate, Medal, Prize |
Certificate, Medal, Prize |
Directors
Chairman, Tournament Executive Committee
| Masaaki Kokubun |
Tournament Advisers
| Masatake Matsuda |
| Koichiro Matsuura |
| Shinji Yazaki |
| Yuichi Iwasaki |
| Akira Shiota |
| Kenji Yoshihara |
| Takehiko Kiyohara |
| Hidehiko Sato |
| Shigeru Tanabe |
| Takuji Kawata |
| Yoshiaki Honpo |
| Naohiko Ito |
| Kaoru Yosano |
| Masazumi Gotoda |
Executive Committee
| Hisao Taki |
| Akira Yakushi |
| Mikio Suziki |
Executive Committee (Director of overseas division)
| Hiroko Taki |
Executive Subcommittee
| Takamasa Nakanori |
| Toru Ishida |
Official Guests
| Liu Siming |
| Yang Jae-Ho |
| Martin Stiassny |
| Thomas Hsiang |
| Eduardo López Herrero |
| Wang Runan |
| Wang Yi |
| Cha Younggu |
| Lee Hajin |
Chief Referee
| Yoshio Ishida (24th Honinbo Shuho) / Mika Yoshida (8-dan) / |
Referee
| Michael Redmond (9-dan) |
Chairman of the Committee Decide the Best Dresser Prize
| Junko Koshino |
Professionals in attendance
|
Wang Li Chen (9-dan) /
Naoki Hane (9-dan) /
Noboru Ishikura (9-dan) / |
| Toshiya Imamura (9-dan) / Kimio Yamada (9-dan) / Mika Yoshida (8-dan) / |
| Mizuma Toshifumi (7-dan) / Taiki Seto (7-dan) / Sachiko Hara (4-dan) / |
| Kaori Chinen (4-dan) / Aoba Kaori (4-dan)/ Narumi Osawa (4-dan) |
PGPP Advisers and Special guests
Asia
| Wu Jin |
| Cai Weiyan |
| Sun Yuan |
| Xie Xu-Ming |
| Tang Chuan Tan |
| Korsak Chairasmisak |
| Vanthanee Namasonthi |
| Chang Cheng-Ping |
USA
| Andy Okun |
| Todd Heidenreich |
| Susanna Pfeffer |
Oceania
| Neville Smythe |
Europe
| Sari Kohonen |
| Vesa Laatikainen |
| Motoki Noguchi |
| Michael Marz |
| Steffi Hebsacher |
| Tobias Berben |
| Martin Finke |
| Ion Florescu |
| Victor Bogdanov |
| Natalia Kovaleva |
| Tony Atkins |
| Francis Roads |
| Alison Bexfield |
| Simon Bexfield |