[Samsung Cup] Korea had a dark day
Korea had no win in the normal league, and also 1 lose against Japan.
19 tickets to final have been decided. Korea 6, China 12, Japan 1.
Koreans are Kang DongYun 9Dan, Jin SiYoung 5Dan, An KookHun 3Dan , Han WongGue 4Dan, Yoo ChangHuk 9Dan, Choi Jung2Dan and Chinese are Thu Jiaxi 3Dan, Mi WiTing 3Dan, Li Ming 3Dan, Jong WonJing 5Dan, Peng Liyao 5Dan, Shi Yue 5Dan, Pan TingWi 3Dan, Tang Weixing 3Dan, Xie He 9Dan, Li JinCheng 2Dan, Juo Hexi 4Dan, Lui Naiwei 9Dan, lastly Gomachi Hideki 9Dan from Japan are survived in the preliminary.
220 players from Korea, 64 players from China, 26 from Japan and 17 from Taiwan total 328 players fought to be survived in the 17th Samsung Cup.
There are 8 matches between Korea and China, but Korea had 1 win 7 loses in the end. Yoo ChangHuk 9Dan won against Wi Bin 9Dan only, and Kim SeDong, Lee JiHun, Hong SungJi, Choi MyongHun, Kim SeongJae, Park YoungHun, Kang JiHun all lost against Chinese players.
During the preliminary, Kim JiSuk 8Dan, Jo HanSeong 9Dan etc who are high rankers in Korea lost against Chinese players and also young generation like Lee DongHun 1Dan, Byun Sangil 1Dan also failed to go up.
Last player from Taiwan lost in the 3 round and there will be no Taiwan player is in the final, so only players from three countries are competing in the final.
Choi Jung 2Dan won against Kim YunYoung 3Dan and Lui 9Dan won against Li He 2 Dan. Only player from Japan Gomachi Hideki 9Dan won against Kim SuJang 9Dan and stepped to final.
Check the seeds this time. 6 from Korea, 4 from China, 2 from Japan are assigned. Park JungHwan 9Dan, Lee SeDol 9Dan, Choi ChelHan 9Dan, Won SungJin 9Dan, Back HongSuk 9Dan are from Korea and Guli 9Dan, Chen YaoYe 9Dan, Jang Weijie 9Dan, Dang Wifei 4Dan and Jang Shi 9Dan Seto Daiki 7Dan from Japan are assigned as well. Last seed from sponsor will be announced after preliminary league.
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