Korea is waiting time to arise.

Korea failed to be survived even 1 player in the round 16 of LG Cup last year. At that time, 6 Chinese players and 2 Japanese players were in the round 8.

It was the first time for Korea no player is in the round 8 in LG Cup since it was started. Thr round of 32 and 16 of 19^th LG Cup is going to be held in the same places in Korea on 9^th and 11^th.

Total 10 players are ready for round 32 from Korea like Park JungHwan, Kim JiSuk, Lee SeDol, Choi ChelHan, Park YoungHun, Kang DongYun who got seed and An KookHun, An HyongJun, Kim DongHo and Byun Sangil who got through the preliminary league.

China's fighting spirit is great this year too. Total 17 players are ready including 10 players who are world champions. It would be true that Korea is before the severe competition against China as the number of players and name value are better for China.

Thi Jiaxi(LG Cup), Juo Luiyang(BakLeong Cup), Chen Yaoye(ChunLan Cup), Shi Yue(LG Cup), Tang Weixing(SamSung Cup), Mi Yuting(MonBack Cup), Pan TingYu(Ing Cup), Pao Wenyao(LG Cup) are them who have won the world tournament at least one time. Plus Xie He, Li Je, An Dongshi, Sun Li, Liao Xingwen, Lixie Enhao, Xie Erhao, Li Weiching and Ding Shixueng who are very hot players in China recently.

There was no player from Japan and Taiwan who got through the preliminary league. So Yuki Satoshi, Jang Shi, Yamashita Geigo and Ida Azhisi got seed from Japan while only Lin Zhihan from for seed from Taiwan.