:World Youth Go Championship

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The World Youth Go Championship (WYGC) is a Go tournament that has been held annually since 1984 making it the second longest running amateur Go tournament in the world.{{cite web|title=The World Youth Goe Championship|url=http://www.usgo.org/tournaments/WYGC/|publisher=American Go Association|accessdate=9 February 2012}}

This event is sponsored by the Ing Foundation, and therefore Ing's rules are used. A number of strong participants in the World Youth Go Championship eventually became World Champions, such as Chang Hao, Gu Li, Lee Sedol.{{cite web|title=World Youth Goe Championship|url=http://senseis.xmp.net/?WorldYouthGoeChampionship}}

There is a Junior division for players aged under 12, and a Senior division for players aged under 16.

Past results

Event	Year	Location	Junior Winner	Senior Winner	US Junior Rep	US Senior Rep	Canada Senior Rep{{cite web\|title=U.S. World Youth Go Championship Rep \|url=http://www.usgo.org/world-youth-goe-championship}} !Singapore Junior Rep !Singapore Senior Rep !Malaysia Junior Rep !Malaysia Senior Rep
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1st	1984	Taipei, Taiwan	金荣桓(韩)	N/A	Janice Kim	N/A	NA \| \|
2nd	1985	Taipei, Taiwan	孔柄柱(韩)	N/A	Janice Kim	N/A	NA \| \|
3rd	1986	Taipei, Taiwan	李相勋(韩)	N/A	Tony Pa	N/A	NA \| \|
4th	1987	Hong Kong, China	余平(中)	N/A	Tony Pa/Alan Chen	N/A	NA \| \|
5th	1988	Paris, France	Chang Hao	N/A	David Mechner/Tony Pa	N/A	NA \| \|
6th	1989	Singapore	夏衔誉(台)	金万树(韩)	Lisa Chen/Irene Chen	?	? \| \|
7th	1990	Guilin, China	李君凯(中)	夏衔誉(台)	Lisa Chen/Irene Chen	?	? \| \|
8th	1991	Ningbo, China	韩文德(韩)	Wang Lei	David Haff	?	? \| \|
9th	1992	San José, USA	Lin Chih-han	Zhou Heyang	None	Joey Hung / David Zeng / Yuan Zhou	Vincent Wong \| \|
10th	1993	Ottawa, Canada	王尧(中)	An Cho-young	John Lee	?	? \| \|
11th	1994	San Francisco, USA	Gu Li	安达勋(韩)	?	?	? \| \|
12th	1995	Amsterdam{{cite web\|last=Jan\|first=Van der Steen\|title=12th World Youth Go Championship\|url=http://gobase.org/attic/html/events/WCY95/main.html\|publisher=GoBase.org\|accessdate=9 February 2012}}	李秀勇(韩)	Huang Yizhong	Bellamy Liu	James Chien	? \|Cai Geng Yang \|Tan Yee Fan (4th)
13th	1996	Seoul, Korea	Park Yeong-hun	Hu Yaoyu	Eric Lui	Janathan Wang	? \| \|
14th	1997	Nantou County, Taiwan	Lee Young-gu	刘熙(中)	Jesse Chao	Janathan Wang	? \|Cai Geng Yang \|Tan Jia Cheng
15th	1998	Guiyang, China	李康(中)	Liu Xing	Eric Lui	Janathan Wang	? \|Ong Sze Han \|Loh Min Ming
16th	1999	Singapore	景石(中)	彭荃(中)	Eric Lui	Janathan Wang	? \|Chen Yu Zhong \|Tan Jia Cheng
17th	2000	Prague, Czech Republic{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2000 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W000716}}	Tong-yun Kang	Lei Wang	Eric Liu	Matthew Curran	? \|Alden Cheng \|Loh Min Ming
18th	2001	Maui, USA{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2001 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W010805}}	Hyeong-chin Kweon	Hyeong-hwan Kim	Curtis Tang	Eric Lui	? \| \|
19th	2002	Bangkok, Thailand{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2002 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W020812}}	Zhou Ruiyang	Kang Li	Mozheng Guan	-	? \| \|
20th	2003	Shanghai, China	강유택	Chen Yaoye	?	?	? \| \|
21st	2004	Vancouver, Canada{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2004 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W040817}}	Yulin Tong	Gu Lingyi	Curtis Tang	Mozheng guan	? \|Lee Chi-Chien \|Lai Wei
22nd	2005	Barcelona, Spain{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2005 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W050824&pin=14050685}}	Hyeon Na	Hao Zhang	Calvin Sun	Sichen Zhong	Hao Zhang \|Lee Jun Wei \|Ong Siong Hwai
23rd	2006	Shenzhen, China{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2006 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W060823&pin=14050685}}	Hyeon Na	Peng Liyao	Calvin Sun	Curtis Tang	? \|Chou Zi Long \|Zhang Xiang
24th	2007	Waltham, USA{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2007 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W070807&pin=14050685}}	Seung-yu Han	Xingwen Liao	Calvin Sun	William Zhou	? \| \|
25th	2008	Guiyang, China{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2008 \|url=http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=W080707&pin=14050685}}	Ke Jie	Mi Yuting	Calvin Sun	William Zhou	? \| \|
26th	2009	Changzhi, China{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2009 \|url=http://wygc2009.com/index.php}}	Yang Dingxin	Li Xuanhao	Andrew Lu	Calvin Sun	Andrew Huang \|Kwa Jie Hui \|Loh Yu Xiang
27th	2010	Penghu Island, Taiwan{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2010 \|url=http://wygc2010.com/index.php}}	Li Qincheng	Han Seung Joo	Kevin Fang	Calvin Sun	Andrew Huang \|Yue Yi Fei (4th) \|Kwa Jie Hui
28th	2011	Bucharest, Romania{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2011 Finals\|url=http://eurogotv.com/index.php?menu=News&archief=1313578260\|publisher=EuroGoTV\|accessdate=9 February 2012}}	Yuanpei Liao	Ke Jie	Aaron Ye{{cite web\|title=2011 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers \|url=http://www.usgo.org/news/2011/04/ye-sweeps-wygc-qualifier/}}	Vincent Zhuang	Amira Song \|Yue Yi Fei \|Kwa Jie Hui
29th	2012	Luoyang, China{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2012 \|url=http://www.eurogofed.org/results/world/wygc2012.htm}}	Wang Shi Yi	Li Qincheng	Aaron Ye{{cite web\|title=2012 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers \|url=http://www.usgo.org/news/2012/02/ye-wins-usygc/}}	Calvin Sun	Bill Lin \|Ho Fei Yang \|Yue Yi Fei
30th	2013	Prague, Czech Republic{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2013 \|url=http://wygc2013.com/index.php}}	Seki Kotaro	Wang Zejin	Jeremy Chiu{{cite web\|title=2013 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers \|url=http://www.usgo.org/news/2013/04/chiu-wins-usygc/}}	Andrew Lu	Amira Song \|Lucas Rahardja \|Xi Yue
31st	2014	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2014 \|url=http://wygc2014.weiqi.org.my/}}	Huang Mingyu	Xu Jiayang	Brandon Zhou{{cite web\|title=2014 U.S. World Youth Go Championship Qualifiers \|url=http://www.usgo.org/news/2014/04/yen-and-zhou-win-wygc-qualifiers/}}	Albert Yen	David Lu \|Brian Lee Jun Xiang \|Zhu Yu Hao
32nd	2015	Harbin, China{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2015 \|url=http://wuqingyuan.com.cn/}}	Xinghao Wang	Weiqing Li	Ary Cheng	Jeremy Chiu	Melissa Zhang \|Lucas Yeo Chun Teng \|Lucas Rahardja
33rd	2016	Tokyo, Japan{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2016 \|url=http://wygc2016.com/}}	Yeom Jiwoong	Jiang Qirun	Matthew Cheng	Aaron Ye	Kevin Wan \|Gao Ji Yang \|Ho Fei Yang
34th	2017	Chiangmai, Thailand{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2017 \|url=http://wygc2016.com/}}	Chunhui Wang	Xinghao Wang	Frederick Bao	Gabriella Su	Kevin Wan \|NA \|Chen Yilin \| \|Lee Shou Wei
35th	2018	Bacharach, Germany{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2018 \|url=https://www.eurogofed.org/index.html?id=216}}	Xiào Zébīn	Lǐ Zéruì	Elwin Li	Melissa Cao	Henry Chen \|NA \|Gao Ji Yang \|Goh Gan Wei \|Lee Shou Kai
36th	2019	Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2019 \| url=http://wygc2019.weiqi.org.my/ }}	JUNG Junwoo{{flagicon\|KOR}}	YANG YuJun{{flagicon\|KOR}}			\|Chen Yu Qi \|Lucas Yeo Chun Teng \| \|
37th \|2022 \|Online(Due to Covid 19) \|Kim Hayun{{flagicon\|KOR}} \|Xu YiDi \| \| \| \|Chen Yi Han (3rd) \|Lucas Lee Jing Tai \| \|
38th \|2023 \|Singapore{{cite web\|title=World Youth Go Championship 2023 \| url=https://www.facebook.com/38thwygc2023}} \|Wenzheng Zhang \|Shunbo Wang \|Eric Yang \|Tony Yang \|Ben Gong \|Hu Ming Xuan (4th) \|Keddrick Lin Han \| \|Kwee Song He

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Past results

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