Bailing Cup Explained

The Bailing Cup was an international Go competition. The tournament was held every two years between 2012 and 2019, for a total of four times. It was sponsored by the Bailing Group of China.^[1]

Seeded players and preliminaries

16 seeded players were invited and 48 players qualified from preliminaries. Seeded players were chosen as follows:

• 2 top players of last tournament
• 5 from
• 3 from
• 3 from
• 1 from
• 2 from wild cards (issued from the host)

The winner's purse was ¥1,800,000.

In the 4th Bailing Cup, it became a tournament with 16 players competing. Players were chosen as follows:

• 2 top players of last tournament
• 6 from
• 3 from
• 3 from
• 1 from
• 1 from a wild card (issued from the host)

The winner's purse was ¥1,000,000.^[2]

Winners and runners-up

Edition	Years	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1st	2012–2013		3–0	Chen Yaoye
2nd	2014–2015		3–2	Qiu Jun
3rd	2016–2017		3–1	Ke Jie
4th	2018–2019		2–0	Shin Jinseo

Notes and References

1. http://post.weiqi.tom.com/s/310008DE5941.html 冠军奖金高达180万人民币 富士通走了贵州百灵来了
2. http://post.weiqi.tom.com/s/79000A9F5496.html 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