South Korean National Championships

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South Korea
National Championships
Years held: 1997 to 2011
2017 & 2018
Host cities: Goyang
Seoul
Repeat titles: Jung Heung-Jin
Kang Jun-hee

National Championship tournaments were held annually in South Korea from 1997 through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named South Korean Champion and headed the national team at that years' World Championship.

Between 2012 and 2016, the title South Korean Champion was instead given to the South Korean player with the highest amount of Pro Points in a particular Pro Tour season.

National Championships (1997 to 2011)

National team members for the World Championships, where known, are marked in bold.

  • Between 1997 and 2000, and in 2007, teams had 4 players.[3]
  • Between 2001 and 2006, and 2008 to 2011, teams consisted of three players. The two losing semi-finalists would play off for 3rd place. 4th place still received an invitation as an Alternate. (Italicised)

Invitations could be formally declined and would be offered in turn to the next player in the standings.

Note: An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates their exact placing is unknown.

1997 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats:
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Son Dong-Woo
2. KOR flag Lee Sang-seok (이상석)*
3. KOR flag Kim Ju Nyun*
4. KOR flag Kim Kyung-Nyun*
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[4]  

1998 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats:
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Kwak Dong-Ho
2. NOFLAG flag
3. NOFLAG flag
4. NOFLAG flag
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[5]  

1999 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Jung Heung-Jin
2. KOR flag Koo Joo-Hyun
3. KOR flag Park Jung-Bock
4. KOR flag Kang Ji-Sang (강지상)
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[6]  

2000 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Jung Heung-Jin
2. KOR flag Lee Suk-Ju*
3. KOR flag Lee Sang-seok (이상석)*
4. KOR flag Lee Sung-Bum*
5. KOR flag Lee Sang-ryeol (이상렬)
6. KOR flag Lee Gil-ho (이길호)*
7. KOR flag Kim Dong-Ku*
8. KOR flag Son Won-Ho*

Sources[7][8][9]  

2001 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: May 5-6, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Kim Ji-Hun
2. KOR flag Bae Sung-Kyoon
3. KOR flag Son Dong-Woo
4. KOR flag Park Jun Young (박준영)
5. KOR flag Lee Ju-Min
6. KOR flag Jung Eu-Seung
7. KOR flag Kim-Sung-Mook
8. KOR flag Kim Min Soo (김민수)

Sources[10][11][12][13]  

2002 National Championship

Location:
Date:
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Yoo Sang-oh
2. KOR flag Kim Kyoung-Soo (김경수)
3. KOR flag Kim Ji-Hoon
4. KOR flag Nam Gyeong-geun (남경근)
5. KOR flag Lee Ji-Hoon (이지훈)
6. KOR flag Lee Sang-ryeol (이상렬)
7. KOR flag Jang Hyun-il (장현일)
8. KOR flag Kim Jang-hong (김장홍)

Sources[9][14][15][16]  

2003 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: June 6-7, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Lee Ji-Hoon (이지훈)
2. KOR flag Kang Ji-Sang (강지상)
3. KOR flag Yoon Sang-woong (윤상웅)
4. KOR flag Lee Sang-ryeol (이상렬)
5. KOR flag Jeong Ga-ram (정가람)
6. KOR flag Lee Sang-seok (이상석)
7. KOR flag Nam Gyeong-geun (남경근)
8. KOR flag Jeong Yu-Seung (정유승)

Sources[9][17][18][19][20][21]  

2004 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: June 26-27, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Nam Gyeong-geun (남경근)
2. KOR flag Park Jun Young (박준영)
3. KOR flag Kim Min Soo (김민수)
4. KOR flag Choi Wonsuk (최원석)
5. KOR flag Kwak Yo-han (곽요한)
6. KOR flag Jeong Hyeon-woo (정현우)
7. KOR flag Jeong Ga-ram (정가람)
8. KOR flag Lee Jun-young (이준영)

Sources[22][23][24][25][26][27]  

2005 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: August 27-28, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Kang Jun-hee (강준희)
2. DEU flag Martin Keding
3. KOR flag Kim Yong-pil
4. KOR flag Jeong Hyeon-woo (정현우)
5. NOFLAG flag
6. KOR flag Baek Su-mu (백수무)
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[28][29][5][30]  

2006 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: August 5-6, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Lee Ju-Min
2. KOR flag Han Ho-jae (한호재)*
3. KOR flag Jang Hyun-il (장현일)*
4. JPN flag Kim Min Soo (김민수)*
5. KOR flag Lee Sang-ryeol (이상렬)*
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[31][32]  

2007 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: July 28-29, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 62

1. KOR flag Jeong Hyeon-woo (정현우)
2. KOR flag Kang Ji-Sang (강지상)
3. KOR flag Kang Jun-hee (강준희)
4. KOR flag Yoo Young-min (유영민)
5. KOR flag Bradley Yoo
6. KOR flag Yoon Sang-woong (윤상웅)
7. KOR flag Jeong Jae-hoon (정재훈)
8. KOR flag Jang Hyun-il (장현일)

Sources[33][34][35][36][37][38][39]  

2008 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: August 23-24, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 61

1. KOR flag Kang Jun-hee (강준희)
2. KOR flag Choi Hee-jae
3. KOR flag Lee Ji-Hoon (이지훈)
4. KOR flag Lee Jun-young (이준영)
5. KOR flag Jeong Ga-ram (정가람)
6. KOR flag Kang Sung Mook
7. KOR flag Kim Shin-ik (김신익)
8. KOR flag Song Ji-young (송지영)

Sources[40][41][42]  

2009 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: July 25-26, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Kim Jang-hong (김장홍)
2. KOR flag Kim Kyoung-Soo (김경수)
3. KOR flag Han Dong-hee (한동희)
4. KOR flag Han Ho-jae (한호재)
5. KOR flag Lee Yohwan (이요환)
6. CAN flag Filip Hajduk*
7. KOR flag Park Seo-young (박서영)*
8. KOR flag Cho Jeong-Woo (조정우)

Sources[43][44][45][46][47][48][49]  

2010 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: August 21-22, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 74

1. KOR flag Jeong Hyeon-woo (정현우)
2. KOR flag Yoon Tae-Sun (윤태선)
3. KOR flag Park Jun Young (박준영)
4. USA flag Eric Klug
5. USA flag Joe Waller
6. KOR flag Won Dae-hoon (원대훈)
7. KOR flag Song Ji-young (송지영)
8. KOR flag Lee Ji-Hoon (이지훈)

Sources[50][51][52]  

2011 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: August 6-7, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 72 (87 qualified)

1. KOR flag Jang Tae-jin (장태진)
2. KOR flag Kim Shin-ik (김신익)
3. KOR flag Cho Jeong-Woo (조정우)
4. KOR flag Kim Sang-eun (김상은)
5. KOR flag Park Young-jin (박영진)
6. KOR flag Lee Gil-ho (이길호)
7. KOR flag Kim Kyoung-Soo (김경수)
8. KOR flag Kim Min Soo (김민수)

Sources[53][54][55][56]  

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
2012[57] Kim Shin-ik (김신익) Jeong Ga-ram (정가람) Lee Sungbum Choi Hoyeon
2013[58] Kim Shin-ik (김신익) Goh Jung Suk Nam Sung Wook Lee Dongkyu
2014[59] Nam Sung Wook Oh Joo Hyun Cho Jeong-Woo (조정우) Kim Sang-eun (김상은)
2015[60] Nam Sung Wook Oh Joo Hyun Lee Joon Soo Park Jun Young (박준영)
2016[61] Park Jun Young (박준영) Kwak Jae Hwan Park Heechan Bae Sanghoo

National Championships (2017 and 2018)

2017 National Championship

Location: Seoul
Date: October 14-15, 2017
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 157

1. KOR flag Cho Jeong-Woo (조정우)
2. KOR flag Jeong Ga-ram (정가람)
3. KOR flag Park Bi-Oh (박비오)
4. KOR flag Kim Chang-Kyum (김창겸)
5. KOR flag Park Jong-Sun (박종선)
6. KOR flag Je Soon-geun (제순근)
7. KOR flag Lee Gil-ho (이길호)
8. KOR flag Bang Sang-Mun (방상문)

Pro Points Champion: Nam Sung Wook
[62][63][64][65]  

2018 National Championship

Location: Goyang
Date: August 11-12, 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. KOR flag Immanuel Garcia
2. KOR flag Kim Seok Hyun
3. KOR flag Kim Donghyouk
4. KOR flag Han Ho-jae (한호재)
5. USA flag Travis Compton
6. KOR flag Kim Chang-Kyum (김창겸)
7. KOR flag Im Hyun-Ho
8. KOR flag Cho Jeong-Woo (조정우)

Pro Points Champion: Nam Sung Wook
[66][67]  

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