Pair Go World Cup
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:30 am
The 2016 Pair Go World Cup will be held on July 9 and 10 in Tokyo. This is the second version of the event, after the first was held in Hangzhou in 2010.
Sixteen pairs of the world’s best male-female players will compete for the top prize of 10 million JPY. The star-studded field includes all the top male and female players from C-J-K-T: Ke Jie – Yu Zhiying (China); Iyama Yuta – Hsieh Yimin (Japan); Park Junghwan – Choi Jeong (Korea); Chen Shih-Iuan – Hei Jiajia (Taiwan). Additionally, notable pairs from the West include Eric Lui – Sarah Yu (North America); Fernando Aguilar – Rosario Papeschi (Latin America); Ilya Shikshin – Natalia Kovaleva (Europe). All games will be broadcast on Pendant. For details, see http://www.pairgo.or.jp/pgwc/2016/index_e.htm.
Sixteen pairs of the world’s best male-female players will compete for the top prize of 10 million JPY. The star-studded field includes all the top male and female players from C-J-K-T: Ke Jie – Yu Zhiying (China); Iyama Yuta – Hsieh Yimin (Japan); Park Junghwan – Choi Jeong (Korea); Chen Shih-Iuan – Hei Jiajia (Taiwan). Additionally, notable pairs from the West include Eric Lui – Sarah Yu (North America); Fernando Aguilar – Rosario Papeschi (Latin America); Ilya Shikshin – Natalia Kovaleva (Europe). All games will be broadcast on Pendant. For details, see http://www.pairgo.or.jp/pgwc/2016/index_e.htm.