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Park Junghwan Reclaims Nongshim Cup for Korea

Park Junghwan continued Korea's dominance of the Nongshim Cup, defeating Jiang Weijie 9P to take home the 11th Korean win in the Cup's 14-year history. Park was the new anchor for Korea in the team tournament,  handpicked by Lee Changho himself. Jiang was a newcomer to the tournament as well. The final round kicked off on February 26th, with Choi Cheolhan breaking his personal 8-game losing streak against Chen Yaoye. However, he lost his next game to China's Xie He 9P. Xie's record at the Nongshim Cup is 2nd best in the cup's history, and got him promoted to 9P in the first place. That left Park to face both Xie and Jiang, but he was able to pull out victories against them both and bring the Cup back to Korea after China won the tournament last year. 
Adapted from a report on Go Game Guru; click for game records and more information. Edited by Ben Williams