Korea top rankers collapsed Chinese hot player's wall.

Park JungHwan, Lee SeDol, Choi ChelHan etc listed their names in the round 8. There were 7 matches between Korea and China in the round 16, and Korea got 5 matches in the end.

Rank 1 Park JungHwan, rank 2 Lee SeDol, rank 3  Choi ChelHan, rank 5 Won SungJin, rank 7 Kang DongYun won against all Chinese players. All Chinese players were hot players these days called after 90s.

However Back HongSuk and An KookHun lost against Chen YaoYe and Guli. Back Hongsuk showed really strong points in the world tournament this year, but not in the Samsung Cup.

An KookHun 3Dan won against KongJie in the round 32 but lost against Guli. He fought very well until the end game, but he could not keep it until the end.

Chen YaoYe, Pan TingWei, Guli from China got in the round 8. Pan TingWei is only after 90s. rank 2 and 3 Thi Jiashi, Shi Wei lost which was too painful for China.

Last player from Japan Gomachi Hideki 9Dan could not get over Pan TingWei and by this game, no Japanese player are in the round 8.

By this result, the rumor of Korea Baduk crisis will be away. Korea got poor results in the world tournament in the beginning of this year. But after that, Korea showed better position than China in the several tournaments.

Next matches are as below.

Won SungJin vs Park JungHwan

Kang DongYun vs Guli

Choi ChelHan vs Pan TingWei

Lee SeDol vs Chen YaoYe