| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|
| 1979[1] | Wei-Ping Nie ( China) | Zu-De Chen ( China) | Jia-Rui Chen ( China) |
| 1980[2] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) | Zu-De Chen ( China) | Hajime Yasunaga ( Japan) |
| 1981[3] | Zhen-Zhong Shao ( China) | Xiao-Chun Ma ( China) | Bunsho Murakami ( Japan) |
| 1982[4] | Da-Yuan Cao ( China) | Jin-Ha Yang ( China) | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1983[5] | Xiao-Chun Ma ( China) | Hiroshi Miura ( Japan) | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) |
| 1984[6] | Qun Wang ( China) | Chang-Hyuk Yoo ( South Korea) | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1985[7] | Jian-Hong Wang ( China) | Jia-Rui Chen ( Hong Kong) | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) |
| 1986[8] | Jia-Rui Chen ( Hong Kong) | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) | Xue-Lin Song ( China) |
| 1987[9] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) | Bin Yu ( China) | Gwan-Cheol Lee ( South Korea) |
| 1988[10] | Wen-Dong Zhang ( China) | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) | Ronald Schlemper ( Netherlands) |
Chul-Joong Kim ( South Korea) |
| 1989[11] | Ze-Wu Che ( China) | Wen-He Cai ( Taiwan) | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1990[12] | Hao Chang ( China) | Quan-Wuk An ( South Korea) | Hiroshi Miura ( Japan) |
| 1991[13] | Fumiaki Imamura ( Japan) | Xia-Nyu Xia ( Taiwan) | Ronald Schlemper ( Netherlands) |
| 1992[14] | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) | Young-Man Lee ( South Korea) | Qi-Yu Han ( China) |
| 1993[15] | Yi-Guo Sun ( China) | Soon-Joo Seo ( South Korea) | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) |
| 1994[16] | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan) | Chun-Hsun Chou ( Taiwan) | Chun Wang ( China) |
| 1995[17] | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) | Hong-Yi Shi ( China) | Ying Kan ( Hong Kong) |
| 1996[18] | Jun Liu ( China) | Hironori Hirata ( Japan) | Yong-Man Yi ( South Korea) |
| 1997[19] | Jun Liu ( China) | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan) | Yeong-Sam Mun ( North Korea) |
| 1998[20] | Ch'an-U Kim ( South Korea) | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan) | Wen-Dong Zhao ( China) |
| 1999[21] | Chae-Seong Yu ( South Korea) | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan) | Pong-Il Ri ( North Korea) |
| 2000[22] | Hideyuki Sakai ( Japan) | Ho-Kil Pak ( North Korea) | Maleun-Saem Hong ( South Korea) |
| 2001[23] | Dai-Chun Li ( China) | Moriei Kanazawa ( Japan) | Dong Ming Liu ( Australia) |
| 2002[24] | Li Fu ( China) | Maleun-Saem Hong ( South Korea) | Yasuro Kikuchi ( Japan) |
| 2003 | Not held due toSARS outbreak. |
| 2004[25] | Kang-Wook Lee ( South Korea) | You-Zheng Lai ( Taiwan) | Li Fu ( China) |
| 2005[26] | Yu-Qing Hu ( China) | Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea) | Cheng-Rui Yu ( Taiwan) |
| 2006[27] | Satoshi Hiraoka ( Japan) | Weixing Tang ( China) | Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea) |
| 2007[28] | Zi-Teng Shan ( China) | Tong-Ha U ( South Korea) | Hironobu Mori ( Japan) |
| 2008[29] | Sung-Bong Ha ( South Korea) | Yu-Zheng Guo ( China) | Fernando Aguilar ( Argentina) |
| 2009[30] | Yu-Ging Hu ( China) | Shin-Hwan Yu ( South Korea) | Nai-San Chan ( Hong Kong) |
| 2010[31] | Hong-Suk Song ( South Korea) | Chen Wang ( China) | Tae-Weon Cho ( North Korea) |
| 2011[32] | Baoxiang Bai ( China) | Woo-Soo Choi ( South Korea) | Eric Lui ( United States) |
| 2012[33] | Zhi-Jian Qiao ( China) | Hyun-Joon Lee ( South Korea) | Cheng-Hsun Chen ( Taiwan) |
| 2013[34] | Hyun-Jae Choi ( South Korea) | Yu-Qing Hu ( China) | Artem Kachanovskyi ( Ukraine) |
| 2014[35] | Yi-Tien Chan ( Taiwan) | Tae-woong Wei ( South Korea) | Ruoran Wang ( China) |
| 2015[36] | Changhun Kim ( South Korea) | Aohua Hu ( China) | Jyun-Fu Lai ( Taiwan) |
| 2016[37] | Baoxiang Bai ( China) | Kibaek Kim ( South Korea) | CHia-Cheng Hsu ( Taiwan) |
| 2017[38] | Baoxiang Bai ( China) | Sang-bin Lee ( South Korea) | Yu-Cheng Lai ( Taiwan) |
| 2018[39] | Yi-Tien Chan ( Taiwan) | Sangcheon Kim ( South Korea) | Chen Wang ( China) |
| 2019[40] | Chen Wang ( China) | Jaesung Lee ( South Korea) | Nai-San Chan ( Hong Kong) |
| 2020 | Not held due toCOVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021[41] | Tianfang Ma ( China) | I-Tien Chan ( Taiwan) | Dabeen Kim ( South Korea) |
| 2022 | Held online (Fox server). |
| 2023[42] | Jung Seon Kim ( South Korea) | Chukun Yang ( China) | Yu-Cheng Lai ( Taiwan) |
| 2024[43] | Baoxiang Bai ( China) | Jung Seon Kim ( South Korea) | Minoru Ozeki ( Japan) |
| 2025[44] | Tianfang Ma ( China) | Minoru Ozeki ( Japan) | Sawoo Kim ( South Korea) |