The 11th World Students Go OZA Championship was held again in Tokyo. The organizers of the tournament were: The All-Japan Students Go Association, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc and Pandnet Inc in co-operation with The Nihon Ki-in and The International Go Federation.
As usual qualifying for the European players (and other non-Asians) was by a tournament held online on Pandanet in Autumn 2012.
The European players who qualified this year were Antti Tormanen (6d) from Finland, Dusan Mitic (6d) from Serbia and Laura Avram (2d) from Romania. Of these Antti Tormanen, managed to finish in the top 3 at this tournament and the best European result yet.
Pl | Name | Country | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Wins | SOS |
1 | Kim Youwhan | Korea | +3 | +7 | +6 | +2 | 4 | 10 |
2 | Su GuangYue | China | +12 | +11 | +4 | -1 | 3 | 10 |
3 | Antti Tormanen | Finland | -1 | +13 | +9 | +7 | 3 | 9 |
4 | Go Risa | Japan | +15 | +8 | -2 | +6 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Lo Sheng-Chieh | Chinese Taipei | +13 | -6 | +14 | +8 | 37 | |
6 | Chae Hyunji | Korea | +14 | +5 | -1 | -4 | 2 | 11 |
7 | Lin Hung-ping | Chinese Taipei | +9 | -1 | +12 | -3 | 2 | 10 |
8 | Maojie Xia | USA | +10 | -4 | +11 | -5 | 2 | 10 |
9 | Dusan Mitic | Serbia | -7 | +10 | -3 | +12 | 2 | 8 |
10 | Ouyang YiZhuo | China | -8 | -9 | +13 | +15 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Yanagida Tomoya | Japan | +16 | -2 | -8 | +14 | 2 | 6 |
12 | Nuttakrit Taechaamnuayvit | Thailand | -2 | +15 | -7 | -9 | 1 | 8 |
13 | Laura Avram | Romania | -5 | -3 | -10 | +16 | 1 | 8 |
14 | Zhang Xiang | Singapore | -6 | +16 | -5 | -11 | 1 | 6 |
15 | Leonardo Sepulveda | Chile | -4 | -12 | +16 | -10 | 1 | 6 |
16 | Ho Lam Tsang | Australia | -11 | -14 | -15 | -13 | 0 | 5 |