World Student Oza

The World Student Oza

The World Student Oza is the de facto world university championship. Sponsored by Japanese publisher Nikkei Newspaper, this tournament brings representatives from universities in Asia, Europe and the Americas together for top-level competition.

Selection Process

The North American representative to the student Oza championship is selected through an online tournament held each year. To be eligible, players must

be under the age of 30
speak basic English or Japanese
be currently enrolled in full-time college/university studies in a program that leads to degree certification

American go players are governed by the AGA policy on the selection of international representatives, which requires US citizenship or permanent residency. Other go players must be simple residents of a North American country and members of their national go association. Foreign go players may also be subject to agreements between their national go association and the AGA (see posted AGA policy documents).

Current Selection Tournament

Registration for the 2010 Student Oza selection tournament is now open. See the tournament webpage for details.

Past Representatives

Event	Year	US Representative	Final Standing
1st	2003	Jie Li	11
2nd	2004	Jie Li	9
3rd	2005	Yuan Zhou	13
4th	2006	Jie Li	2
5th	2007	Jin Chen	9
6th	2008	Eric Lui	12
7th	2009	Jie Li	2
7th	2010	-	-