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33rd Meijin title

Qualification tournament

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

Shuto Shun Shuto Shun Kono Rin
(W+5.5)		 Iyama Yuta
(W+R)
Honda Kunihisa
Nakamura Hidehito Kono Rin
(B+R)		 Kono Rin
(B+R)
Kono Rin
Han Zenki
Yata Naoki Nakaonoda Tomomi Iyama Yuta
Nakaonoda Tomomi
Iyama Yuta Iyama Yuta
(W+1.5)
Yamashita Keigo
Ueki Yoshio Yuki Satoshi Ogata Masaki Chin Kaei
(W+R)
Yuki Satoshi
Ogata Masaki Ogata
Masaki		 Ogata Masaki
Imamura Toshiya
Mizokami Tomochika
Ogaki Yusaku Hane Naoki Hane Naoki Chin Kaei
Hane Naoki
So Yokoku
Chin Kaei Chin Kaei
Mimura Tomoyasu
Yamada Takuji Kobayashi Koichi
(B+R)		 Sonoda Yuichi
(B+R)		 Cho Chikun
(B+4.5)
Kobayashi Koichi
Katayama Yasuo Kurotaki
Masanori		 Sonoda Yuichi
Kurotaki Masanori
Sonoda Yuichi
Sato Masaharu Cho Chikun
(W+R)		 Cho Chikun
(W+R)		 Cho Chikun
(W+R)
Cho Chikun
O Meien
Cho Sonjin Cho Sonjin
Hikosaka Naoto

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Takao Shinji 4-4 W+R W+R B+R W+R
2. Yamada Kimio 5-3 W+0.5 B+R B+2.5 W+1.5
3. Sakai Hideyuki 4-4 W+2.5 B+0.5 W+2.5 W+R
4. Kobayashi Satoru 4-4 B+R W+2.5 W+1.5 B+R
5. Yoda Norimoto 4-4 W+2.5 B+7.5 B+1.5 W+R
6. Ko Iso 4-4 B+3.5 W+0.5 B+R B+R
7. Cho Chikun 5-3 B+R W+R W+1.5 W+R
8. Chin Kaei 0-8 B+R B+R B+R B+2.5
9. Iyama Yuta 6-2 W+4.5 W+3.5 B+R W+R

33rd Meijin Title

1 2008-09-04,05 Cho U Iyama Yuta W+5.5 sgf
2 2008-09-17,18 Iyama Yuta Cho U B+0.5 sgf
3 2008-09-24,25 Cho U Iyama Yuta B+R sgf
4 2008-10-08,09 Iyama Yuta Cho U W+R sgf
5 2008-10-15,16 Cho U Iyama Yuta B+0.5 sgf
6 2008-10-30,31 Iyama Yuta Cho U B+R sgf
7 2008-11-05,06 Iyama Yuta Cho U W+R sgf

Cho U won with 4-3.