5th Globis Cup

[Elom]

The Japanese preliminaries for the 2018 Globis Cup has finished. [Age given is what it would be on April 20th]

Mutsuura Yuta [18y, 11m] 7p,
Shibano Toramaru [18y, 4m] 7p,
Yo Chito (Yao Zhi Teng) [20y 2m*] 4p,
Fujisawa Rina [19y, 7m] 3p,
Onishi Ryuhei [18y, 1m] 3p,
Seki Koutarou [16y, 4m] 1p

*U-20 on January 1st 2018

The Nihon Kiin held a fun poll for users to predict qualifying entrants. 42 people got it right (and I think 5 have been invited to see the tournament and won a prize. )

(In japanese) https://ssl.nihonkiin.or.jp/globis/2018.html

Two days ago, the EGF qualification tournament for the European representative should have been resolved.

The AGA has also put out a call for a player.

Does anyone know the status of the Korean, Chinese or Oceanic selection process?

[macelee]

The Taiwanese representative is Xu Haohong 5p, winner of a preliminary tournament.

[amimjorge]

Korean representatives are :

Shin Jinseo
Shin Minjoon
Lee Donghoon

[Elom]

I think Fujisawa Rina 3p defeated Xie Ke 5p to enter the quarterfinals

Group A
Zhao Chenyu 6p
(Yo Chito) 4p
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Onishi Ryuhei 3p
Anton Chernykh 6d

Group B
Shin Minjun 7p
Fujisawa Rina 3p
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Xie Ke 5p
Chang Fukang Ama

Group C
Xu Jiayang 6p
Lee Donghoon 9p
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Shibano Toramaru 7p
Melissa Cao (Cao Xintian) Ama

Group D
Shin Jinseo 8p
Xu Haohong 5p
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Mutsuura Yuta 7p
Seki Koutarou 1p

[trout]

Round of 8;

Shin Jinseo defeated Fujisawa Rina by resign.
Shin Minjoon defeated Yao Zhiteng by resign.
Xu Jiayang defeated Xu Haohong by resign.
Lee Donghoon defeated Zhao Chenyu by resign.

Round of 4(Tonight);
Xu Jiayang vs Lee Donghoon
Shin Jinseo vs Shin Minjoon

[Uberdude]

Semi finals:
Xu Jiayang beat Lee Donghoon by 2.5
Shin Minjoon beat Shin Jinseo by 0.5

Final:
Xu Jiayang beat Shin Minjoon by 1.5

3rd place:
Shin Jinseo beat Lee Donghoon by resign.