

Date 27 May−30 May 2009 Venue ECOPA Arena （ Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan ） Sponsored by The Nihon Ki-in ／The 30th WAGC in Shizuoka Executive Committee Supervised by The International Go Federation With the

support of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ／ The Japan Foundation ／ Shizuoka Prefecture ／ Fukuroi City ／ The Shizuoka Shimbun・Shizuoka Broadcasting System Sponsor NEC ／ Autodesk,Inc. ／ Chubu Electric Power Co,Inc.／ Kowa Kogyo ／ Suzuyo Co,Ltd. Financial Support The Tokyo Club With the

cooperation of The Kansai Ki-in ／ The Alliance of Shizuoka Branches of the Nihon Ki-in



※ Starting May 25th Ranka online （the bulletin of the International Go Federation） will have coverage of the 30th WAGC with news, interviews, photos, commented games and results.