SportAccord World Mind Games 2011
SportAccord (previously known as IMSA) held its first ever World Mind Games in Beijing, China,
from 10th - 16th December 2011.
Go teams from six countries/regions took part: China, Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei, USA and Europe.
Teams
Player 5 on each team was female.
China
Kong Jie
Gu Li
Xie He
Piao Wenyao
Li He
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Korea
Lee Saedol
Choi Chulhan
Park Jeonghwan
Lee Younggu
Kim Hyemin
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Japan
Yamashita Keigo
Yamashiro Hiroshi
Sakai Hideyuki
Ogata Masaki
Mukai Chiaki
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Chinese Taipei
Chen Shih-iuan
Hsiao Cheng-hao
Chou Chun-hsun
Wang Yuan-jun
Joanne Missingham
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USA
Mingjiu Jiang
Jie Li
Andy Liu
Kevin Yuang
Feng Yun
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Europe
Catalin Taranu
Cristian Pop
Cornel Burzo
Jan Simara
Vanessa Wong
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Results
Round 1
China 5 - 0 Europe
Japan 5 - 0 USA
Korea 3 - 2 Taipei
(Taipei won 1 and 5)
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Round 2
Japan 5 - 0 Europe
Korea 5 - 0 USA
China 5 - 0 Taipei
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Round 3
China 3 - 2 Korea
Japan 4 - 1 Taipei
USA 3 - 2 Europe
(Korea won 1 and 4)
(Taipei won 2)
(Europe won 2 and 4)
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Round 4
China 4 - 1 Japan
Korea 5 - 0 Europe
USA 0 - 5 Taipei
(Japan won 5)
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Round 5
China 5 - 0 USA
Korea 4 - 1 Japan
Europe 0 - 5 Taipei
(Japan won 3)
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Final Team Places
- 5 wins - China
- 4 wins - Korea
- 3 wins - Japan
- 2 wins - Chinese Taipei
- 1 win - USA
- 0 wins - Europe
Round 1: Chinese Taipei beat USA; Japan beat Europe (China and Korea seeded to round 2)
Round 2: China beat Chinese Taipei; Korea beat Japan
Round 3: China beat Korea; Japan beat Chinese Taipei; USA beat Europe
Final Pair Go Places
- China (Li He/Piao Wenyao)
- Korea (Kim Hyemin/Choi Chunlan)
- Japan (Mukai Chiaki/Yamashita Keigo)
- Chinese Taipei (Joanne Missingham/Chou Chun-hsun)
- USA (Feng Yun/Jie Li)
- Europe (Vanessa Wong/Catalin Taranu)
For further info visit the Ranka Online reports
and SportAccord World Mind Games site.
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