The 44th Congress was held in Strausberg near Berlin in Germany.
Winner of the 501 player Main Tournament was Lee Hyuk (7 dan Korea) with 10/10. Second was Alexander Dinerstein (7 dan Russia) with 9/10
and third was Zhao Pei (6 dan China) with 8/10.
The Weekend Tournament was won by Kim Se Hyun (7 dan Korea) with 5/5. On 4/5 were Alexander Dinerstein (7 dan Russia), Lee Hyuk (7 dan Korea)
and Du Jingu (7 dan China). There were 403 players.
The Rapid was won by Andrej Kulkov (5 dan, Russia) in an field of 195.
The Pair Go event had 32 Pairs; winners were Fu Hongmei (1 dan pro Japan) and Dionisia Barrasa (2 kyu Spain).
Main Tournament
Weekend Tournament
Rapid Tournament