Min SangYun, Bak ChanHee and Choi ChelHan became a representative of Korea for NongSim Cup this year. Park JungHwan 9P got a seed and 4 players are decided while one player who gets an wildcard has not been assinged yet. Kim JiSuk, Lee SeDol and Kang DongYun who are top rankers of Korea are expeected to be nominees.

Bak ChanHee 1P beats Kim JiSuk 9P in the last game of the preliminary league of NongSim Cup by resign with black. His ranking is 106 which has a lot of gap with Kim JiSuk 9P ranked 2. But Bak 1P beats strong players a lot and got a ticket finally. He has beat Lee DungHun and Kim KiYoung and won 6 games in a row.

Min SangYun 4P won agaisnt Heo YoungHo 9P in the last game of the prelininary league of NongSim Cup. It is first time for him to be a representative of Korea, he mentioned his will in the interview that he would prove his great condition in Nongsim Cup.

In another league, Choi ChelHan 9P won agasint An KoojHun 5P by resign with white and got a ticket. It is 8th times for him to be a representative of Korea. This is seond record after Lee ChangHo 9P.