China-Japan Supermatches

The China-Japan Supermatches (日中スーパー囲碁) was a Go competition.

Outline

The China-Japan Supermatches were a series of team competition between China and Japan in the board game of Go. The tournament was hosted by NEC; it was held 16 times from 1984 to 2001. The matches were in the knock-out format with 6 to 9 players on each side for the first 11 times (1984-1996). In the later games, each side had 3 players for one-on-one matches.

Before the late 1980s top Japanese players were generally considered to be at a higher level than the rest of the world, but in the end, China won 9 times in total. The result has had a great impact on the development of the game in China afterward.

Winners

Edition	Years Held	Winner	Score
1st	1984–1985	Template:Flagicon China	8–7
2nd	1986	Template:Flagicon China	9–8
3rd	1987	Template:Flagicon China	9–8
4th	1988	Template:Flagicon Japan	7–2
5th	1989–1990	Template:Flagicon China	8–3
6th	1991–1992	Template:Flagicon Japan	8–7
7th	1992–1993	Template:Flagicon Japan	7–5
8th	1993–1994	Template:Flagicon Japan	7–3
9th	1994	Template:Flagicon China	6–3
10th	1995–1996	Template:Flagicon China	7–5
11th	1996	Template:Flagicon China	7–2
12th	1997	Template:Flagicon China	2–1
13th	1998	Template:Flagicon Japan	2–1
14th	1999	Template:Flagicon Japan	2–1
15th	2000	Template:Flagicon China	2–1
16th	2001	Template:Flagicon Japan	2–1