World Amateur Go Championship
YearEventPlayerNotes
1979WAGC 01Sang Dae HahnTokyo
1980WAGC 02John PowerTokyo
1981WAGC 03John ChenTokyo
1982WAGC 04Neville SmytheTokyo
1983WAGC 05Sang Dae HahnOsaka
1984WAGC 06Kwang Ho AnTokyo
1985WAGC 07John ChenTokyo
1986WAGC 08Sang Dae HahnTokyo
1987WAGC 09Francis TungBeijing
1988WAGC 10Kwang Ho AnTokyo
1989WAGC 11Sang Dae HahnNagoya
1990WAGC 12Neville SmytheHiroshima
1991WAGC 13Michael ParkKanazawa
1992WAGC 14Stephen ReyeChiba
1993WAGC 15Sang Dae HahnFukuoka
1994WAGC 16Jim BatesKyoto
1995WAGC 17Andrew ChiTokyo
1996WAGC 18Neville SmytheOsaka
1997WAGC 19Andrew ChiSapporo
1998WAGC 20Charles ZhouTokyo
1998WWAGC 1Wei ChenWomens World Amateur Go Championship, Yokohama
1999WAGC 21Wu Ge BriscoeOita
2000WAGC 22Andrew ChiSendai
2001WAGC 23Dong Ming LiuHyuga Miyazaki (3rd Place!!)
2002WAGC 24Yiming GuoHida Takayama
2003WAGC-not held due to SARS
2004WAGC 25Tony PurcellKurashiki
2005WAGC 26Yiming GuoAichi
2006WAGC 27Wei QianSasebo
2007WAGC 28Hae-Taek ChoiTokyo
2008WAGC 29Raphael ShinTokyo
2009WAGC 30David HeShizuoka
2010WAGC 31David OrmerodHangzhou
2011WAGC 32Neville SmytheMatsue
2012WAGC 33David BofingerGuangzhou
2013WAGC 34Billy SunSendai
2014WAGC 35Sang Dae HahnGyeongju
2015WAGC 36Raphael ShinBangkok
2016WAGC 37Amy SongWuxi
2017WAGC 38Daniel LiGuiyang
2018WAGC 39Xin LeiTokyo
2019WAGC 40Cary JinShimane
2020WAGC-not held due to Covid-19
2020WWAGCAmy SongWomens World Amateur Go Championship (online)
2021WAGC 41David MitchellVladivostock and online
2022WAGC 42Horatio Davisonline
2023WAGC 43Tom ChenShenzhen, China