Nongshim Cup
The Nongshim Cup is a Go competition played between three teams representing China, Japan, and South Korea. The competition was created in 1999 and is held annually. It is officially named the Nongshim Shin Ramyun Cup World Baduk Championship, and sponsored by Nongshim, a South Korean food company.
Format and rules
Each team consists of five players. On each day of competition, a single game is played. After each game, the losing player is eliminated and the winning player continues to the next game. The last team with players remaining wins the competition.The scheduling of the games is divided into three stages in different locations. Four games are played in the first stage, five games in the second stage, and up to five games in the third stage.
The winning team's prize is 500 million Korean won, raised in 2016 from the previous 200 million Korean won. Players receive a 3 million won match fee for each game played. Players with a winning streak of at least 3 games also receive a 10 million won prize for each win beginning with the third.
Detailed results
18th Nongshim Cup (2016–2017)
Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Ke Jie, Tuo Jiaxi, Lian Xiao19th Nongshim Cup (2017–2018)
Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Park Junghwan20th Nongshim Cup (2018–2019)
Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Shi Yue, Gu Zihao, Ke Jie22nd Nongshim Cup (2020–2021)
Members of the winning team who did not need to play: Park Junghwan25th Nongshim Cup (2023–2024)
Games 1–4 were played in Beijing, games 5–9 in Busan, and games 10–14 in Shanghai.Shin Jinseo's six wins and zero losses was the longest-ever winning streak to finish the competition. He also extended his Nongshim Cup winning streak to 16–0 across four Nongshim Cups beginning in 2020, breaking the previous record of 14–0 set by Lee Changho across six tournaments.
| No. | Date | Winner | Loser | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2023-10-17 |  26th Nongshim Cup (2024–2025)
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