The 9th LG Cup featured: 12 players from South Korea - Cho Hanseung, Cho Hunhyun, Choi Cheol-han, Choi Won Yong, Kim Mansoo, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol, Mok Jin-seok, Park Seunghyun, Song Tae Kon, Won Seong-jin, Yoo Changhyuk 5 players from Japan - Cho U, Hane Naoki, O Meien, O Rissei, Yamashita Keigo 4 players from China - Gu Li, Kong Jie, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang 1 player from Taiwan - Zhou Junxun 1 player from North America - Jiang Mingjiu 1 player from Europe - Franz-Josef DickhutOut of the 24, 2 players were given automatic berths. Wikipedia