CCTV Cup
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The CCTV Cup is a Zhongguo Qiyuan
Zhongguo Qiyuan
Zhongguo Qiyuan is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China...

 Go competition.

Outline

The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 and the sponsor is the Chinese CCTV
China Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...

 station. 64 players play in a single knockout format. The time limit is one move every 30 seconds. The title holder and the runner up get a place in the Asian TV Cup
Asian TV Cup
The Asian TV Cup is a Go competition.-Outline:The Asian TV Cup is the oldest continental tournament, dating back to 1989. The winners and runner up's of the biggest hayago competitions from Asia battle in the biggest hayago tournament of all.-Past winners:-See also:*...

. The winner's purse is 80,000 CY ($9,700).

Winners

Player Years Held
Ma Xiaochun
Ma Xiaochun
Ma Xiaochun is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Ma was born in Zhejiang, China. He began playing Go at the age of nine and was awarded 7 dan rank in 1982. In 1983, Ma was promoted to 9 dan. He visited Japan in 1982 and later won the World Amateur Go Championship in 1983...

1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002
Qian Yuping
Qian Yuping
Qian Yuping is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Qian was born in Shanghai, China. He started playing Go when he was 6 years old. In 1987, he reached 9 dan, the highest rank. At the time he was one of the youngest 9 dans. A year later, he won his first title, the National Go Individual...

1990
Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping in Shen, Hebei, China) is a professional Go player.- Biography :Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural World Amateur Go Championship in 1979. Nie was given 9 dan rank in 1982. He became famous in the Go world after leading China to victory in the China-Japan...

1993, 1997
Cao Dayuan
Cao Dayuan
Cáo Dàyuán , born January 26, 1962) is a professional Go player.- Biography :Cao started learning Go when he was 11. He won the 4th World Amateur Go Championship in 1982 and turned professional in 1985. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986....

1996, 1998
Chang Hao
Chang Hao
Chang Hao is a professional Go player. He is a 9 dan Go player from China. He is China's best player of the 1990s and one of the best in the world. Growing up he was a prodigy in China. He has won many titles, two of them international titles. He is best friends with Lee Chang-ho, whom he most...

1999
Ding Wei
Ding Wei
Ding Wei is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :In 1992, Ding became a professional. He advanced a rank every year until 2001, where he reached 8 dan. After six years, he reached his current rank of 9 dan....

2000
Hu Yaoyu
Hu Yaoyu
Hu Yaoyu is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Hu became a pro at the age most Chinese players do which is 11. He quickly achieved 5 dan in 5 years, and became 8 dan in 2005. He has beaten some of the best players in the world, and he did it in order...

2001
Zhou Heyang
Zhou Heyang
Zhou Heyang is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Zhou Heyang was born in Luoyang, Henan, China. He is a Chinese professional Go player. He turned professional in 1988, and advanced to 9 dan in 2001. He started learning how to play Go at the age of 8...

2003
Gu Li
Gu Li
Gu Li is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Gu Li is currently the #1 ranked Chinese player by the Zhongguo Qiyuan. He became a pro in 1994 when he was only 12. In 2006, he won the 10th LG Cup and became the youngest Chinese player to ever win a major international title; as a result,...

2004
Liu Xing
Liu Xing
Liu Xing is a Chinese professional Go player.-Biography:Liu started to learn Go at the age of 6. He turned professional in 1995, and joined the Chinese national squad in 1997. He was promoted to 7 dan in 2005.-Titles & runners-up:...

2005
Luo Xihe
Luo Xihe
Luo Xihe is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Luo Xihe started learning Go at the age of six. He turned pro in 1989, and was promoted to 9 dan in 2002.- Titles & runners-up :- External links :*...

2006
Piao Wenyao
Piao Wenyao
Piao Wenyao is a Chinese professional Go player of Korean descent currently residing in Harbin, Heilongjiang.- Biography :...

2007
Xie He
Xie He (Go)
- Career record :*2006: 58 wins, 25 losses.*2007: 37 wins, 17 losses.*2008: 47 wins, 24 losses.*2009: 29 wins, 23 losses.*2010: 51 wins, 21 losses.- Titles and runners-up :-References:...

2008
Kong Jie
Kong Jie
Kong Jie is a Chinese professional Go player.- Biography :Kong Jie turned professional in 1994 at the age of 12. He was promoted to 7-dan after 8-years in 2001. In 2004 he was sent into the Teda Cup as China's representative against Lee Chang-ho and Yoda Norimoto...

2009
Chen Yaoye
Chen Yaoye
Chen Yaoye is a professional Chinese Go player.- Biography :...

2010
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