9th LG Cup

The 9th LG Cup featured:


 * 12 players from 🇰🇷 South Korea - Cho Hanseung, Cho Hunhyun, Choi Cheol-han, Choi Won Yong, Kim Mansoo, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol, Mok Jin-seok, Park Seunghyun, Song Tae Kon, Won Seong-jin, Yoo Changhyuk
 * 5 players from 🇯🇵 Japan - Cho U, Hane Naoki, O Meien, O Rissei, Yamashita Keigo
 * 4 players from 🇨🇳 China - Gu Li, Kong Jie, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang
 * 1 player from 🇹🇼 Taiwan - Zhou Junxun
 * 1 player from 🇺🇸 North America - Jiang Mingjiu
 * 1 player from Europe - Franz-Josef Dickhut

Out of the 24 (16 of which competed in the main tournament below), 2 players were given automatic berths. These were Lee Chang-ho, the winner of the 8th LG Cup, and the runner up, Mok Jin-seok.