In the round of 16, 5 players of China and 3 players of Korea advanced to the quarter final. Ahn Joyoung 9P had a close win against Gu Li 9P. 

One interesting thing is Gu Li resigned at the very end of the game. When counted the score, it is actually 0.5 point difference.

The 15th LG Cup World Baduk Championship is sponsored by LG and supervised by the Korea Baduk Association. The winner's prize is 250 Million Won (about $ 224,000) and runner-up prize is 80 Million Won (about $ 71,658)
All the finals are broadcast on Wbaduk server.