[LG Cup] Park Junghwan loses the fight against Byun Sangil; 2 Koreans VS 1 Taiwanese and 1 Japanese in the Top 4
Top 4 matchup
Byun Sangil (left) wins against Park Junghwan (right)
Shin Minjun (left) wins against Kang Dongyun (right)
Ichiriki Ryo (right) wins against Ahn Kukhyun (left)
All matchups and kifus can be found here.
Results for Round of 8:
Ichiriki Ryo 1-0 Ahn Kukhyun
Kang Dongyun 0-1 Shin Minjun
Park Junghwan 1-0 Byun Sangil
Hsu Haohung wins against Seol Hyunjun by forfeit(as Seol Hyunjun has to serve in the army)
Matchups for Semifinals:
Ichiriki Ryo VS Byun Sangil
Hsu Haohung VS Shin Minjun
Schedule:
Round of 24: 19th May 2025
Round of 16: 21st May 2025
Quarterfinals: 4th August 2025
Semi-finals: 6th August 2025
Finals Game 1: 19th January 2026
Finals Game 2: 21st January 2026
Finals Game 3: 22nd January 2026
All games begin at 10:00 AM (GMT+9) and have a time limit of 3 hours per player, plus a 40-second byoyomi 5 times.
The prize money is 300 million Korean won for the winner, 100 million Korean won for the runner-up, 24 million Korean won for the semifinalists, 12 million Korean won for the quarterfinalists, 6 million Korean won for the round of 16 participants, and 4 million Korean won for the round of 24 participants. Historically, Korea has won the tournament 14 times, China 12 times, Japan 2 times, and Taiwan 1 time.