World Oza

The Toyota-Denso Cup - World Oza was an international Go competition, sponsored by auto maker Toyota and parts manufacturer Denso.^[1]

The World Oza, sponsored by ToyotaDenso of Japan, was regarded as the newest international tournament, the first sponsored by a Japanese company.

32 players were invited from the following countries/regions:

• 10 from Japan
• 7 from China
• 7 from South Korea
• 1 from Chinese Taipei
• 3 from Europe
• 2 from North America
• 3 from the rest of Asia/Oceania/Africa
• 1 from South America

The tournament was held every 2 years. The first rounds were knockouts, and the final match is a best-of-three. The winner's purse is 30,000,000 Yen ($285,000) and a new Toyota car that is worth almost 10,000,000 Yen ($95,000).

As of June 16, 2009, the Nihon Ki-in has confirmed that the Toyota & Denso Cup World Go Oza has been canceled by the sponsors.

Year	Nat.	Winner	Score	Nat.	Runner-up
2002-2003		Lee Chang-ho	1–0		Chang Hao
2004-2005		Lee Sedol	2–1
2006-2007			2–1		Cho U
2008-2009		Gu Li	2–0		Piao Wenyao