1st Nongshim Cup

Preliminaries were held in Korea, while Japan and China sent pre-selected teams.^[1][2] Players listed in order that they appeared for their respective teams.

Mok Jin-seok of Korea defeated Yamashita Keigo in the first game. He would go on to defeat China representative Qiu Jun before losing to Japanese player Kudo Norio on 19 December. Luo Xihe beat Kudo Norio before the tournament moved to Tokyo.^[1][2]

Luo lost to Kim Yeong-sam of Korea, who then lost to Japan's Yoda Norimoto. Korea's Cho Hunhyun defeated Yoda after the Japanese representative eliminated China's Wang Lei from the tournament. The third and final stage moved to Seoul. Korea had three players left (including Hunhyun), while China (Chang Hao and Ma Xiaochun) and Japan (Cho Sonjin and Yamada Kimio) were left with two players each.^[1][2]

Cho Hunhyun would lose the opening match of the third stage to Chang, who then stringed together two more victories by defeating Yamada (Japan) and Yoo Changhyuk (Korea). Cho Sonjin of Japan defeated Chang, but then lost his next match against Korea's Lee Chang-ho.^[1][2]

Players	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round
Mok Jin-seok	Mok Jin-seok	Mok Jin-seok	Kudo Norio	Luo Xihe
Yamashita Keigo
Qiu Jun
Kudo Norio
Luo Xihe

Players	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round
Luo Xihe	Kim Yeong-sam	Yoda Norimoto	Yoda Norimoto	Cho Hunhyun
Kim Yeong-sam
Yoda Norimoto
Wang Lei
Cho Hunhyun

Players	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round
Cho Hunhyun	Chang Hao	Chang Hao	Chang Hao	Cho Sonjin	Lee Chang-ho	Lee Chang-ho
Chang Hao
Yamada Kimio
Yoo Changhyuk
Cho Sonjin
Lee Chang-ho
Ma Xiaochun