The group stage is ongoing today. The full profile of this tournament is now online at:

http://www.go4go.net/go/tournaments/globis

16 players:

Japan (6): Ida Atsushi, Ichiriki Ryo, Tsuruta Kazushi, Sun Zhe, Koyama Kuya, Hsu Chiayuan (all selected via a preliminary)
Korea (3): Na Hyun, Shin Jinseo, Choi Jeong
China (3): Xia Chenkun, Li Qincheng, Lian Xiao
Chinese Taipei (1): Lin Junyan
Europe (1): Lukas Podpera
North America (1): Gansheng Shi
Oceania (1): Hei Jiajia

They are divided into 4 groups. The top two finishers in each group join the next stage.

Thanks for the detailed profile, macelee.

Li Qincheng seems to be winning a lot these days.

Yes. He suffered a surprise defeat earlier this year, losing to Yu Zhiying (now considered one of the strongest female players in the world) in the Chinese Xinren Wang final. However, just a few days ago, he won six games in a row to win the Chinese CCTV tournament (keep an eye on him in the coming Asian TV cup).

Folks from the US and Canada should be happy that Gansheng Shi managed to win against Joanne Missingham.

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Just for the unaware, Joanne Missingham ~ Hei Jiajia

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Wbaduk doesn't get the names right but Gansheng is white and Joanne Missingham is black.

I dithered for a while trying to figure out which name to use.

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I saw one comment that since she's Oceania's rep, she was introduced as Joanne Missingham. Everyone knows both names now in that community though.

Here is a post from Mimura Tomoyasu of the event reception.

http://mimura15.jp/1259.html

After round 3 of group stage, entering next stage:

Ichiriki Ryo, Hsu Chiayuan, Na Hyun, Shin Jinseo, Xia Chenkun, Li Qincheng, Lian Xiao and Lin Junyan.

The winners of quarter-final round:

Ichiriki Ryo, Hsu Chiayuan, Xia Chenkun and Lian Xiao.

Hsu Chiayuan is a Japanese professional from Taiwan. He's also known as Kyo Kagen.

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Ichiriki and Hsu (Kyo) meet in an all-Japan final! Who honestly saw that coming.

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BTW, China is hosting a separate world new star tournament. The top 4 finishers in GLOBIS Cup have guaranteed seats in the top 16 of that event. The remaining 12 are decided via two preliminary tournaments.

Ichiriki captures the title.

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Will be receive a (significant) promotion?

There is no mention of this on Nihon Kiin's website. I guess this U20 tournament is not counted as a full international tournament.