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| 2024-12-30 22:00:00 | D |  | skykeeper | vs. |  | Alfieri |  | ||
| 2024-12-31 14:00:00 | B |  | Barselona15 | vs. | | BaoThach | | ||
| 2025-01-01 20:00:00 | A |  | Spinaltap | vs. |  | M_D_K | | ||
| 2025-01-03 12:00:00 | E |  | Osvaldo | vs. | | Darkmun | | ||
| 2025-01-03 19:00:00 | C |  | shogiban | vs. |  | Trash_et_al | | ||
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| Date | Div. | Rd. | Player 1 | Result | Player 2 | Links | |||
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| 2017-02-02 | B | 9 |  | christhoper | 1 - 0 |  | stevenc | Kifu | |
| 2017-01-29 | A | 11 |  | Mouse | 1 - 0 |  | CSP | Kifu | |
| 2017-01-03 | C | 9 |  | IKWolf | 0 - 0 |  | nick777 | | |
| 2017-01-02 | B | 9 | | hassan525 | 0 - 1 | | imosuji | Kifu | |
| 2016-12-31 | A | 11 |  | inamura | 0 - 1 | | jochum | Kifu | |
News
Teaching games with professional players for WSL 2023 winners divisions C to E | |
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| Supported by the Japan Shogi Association the WSL 2023 winner teams of divisions C to E will also play teaching games on 81Dojo against professional players: Brazil 2 (Divison C winner) will play on Sunday, August 11th (JST) Canada (Division D winner) will play on Sunday, August 11th (EDT) Spain (Division E winner) will play on Saturday, August 10th (CEST) | read more... |
Teaching games with professional players for WSL 2023 winners | |
| Thanks to support of Japan Shogi Association the WSL 2023 winner teams will play teaching games on 81Dojo against professional players. United States 1 (Divison A winner) will play on 18th July 2024 (EDT). Germany 2 (Division B winner) will play on 20th July 2024 (CEST). Planning is ongoing for the teaching games of the winning teams of the other divisions and will be announced soon. | read more... |
WSL 2024 season well under way | |
| The WSL 2024 season is in full swing. These are the leaderboards after 5 rounds ... | read more... |
Registration for WSL 2024 | |
| 58 teams have registered for the 2024 season. We will have again 5 divisions this year! We are now preparing the pairings etc. and will be coming back with information to you soon! The format will be the same as last season. The first round will start in February, with one game per month. Teams consist of at least 3 players, which have to have nationality or residence in the country they represent. New teams will be added (according to the average 81dojo rating of the 3 standard players) to the divisions, if there are places available. Best wishes, the WSL team | |
WSL 2023 Winners | |
| Division A: 1. United States 12.  Taiwan3. Brazil 1Relegated teams: Ukraine 1 and Ukraine 2Division B: 1. Germany 2 (promoted)2.  Japan 1 (promoted)3. Great Britain 1Relegated teams:  Denmark 1 and France 1Division C: 1. Brazil 2 (promoted)2.  Vietnam (promoted)3.  Hong KongRelegated teams: Guatemala 1 and Great Britain 2Division D: 1. Canada (promoted)2. Brazil 3 (promoted)3. United States 5Relegated teams:  Poland 2 and Brazil 5Division E: 1.  Spain (promoted)2.  Slovakia (promoted)3. Peru 2Congratulations to the winners! | |
Registration for WSL 2023 | |
| Dear all, the registration for the 2023 World Shogi League has finished! 53 teams have registered for the 2023 season. We will have again 5 divisions this year! We are now preparing the pairings etc. and will be coming back with information to you soon! The format will be the same as last season. The first round will start in February, with one game per month. Teams consist of at least 3 players, which have to have nationality or residence in the country they represent. New teams will be added (according to the average 81dojo rating of the 3 standard players) to the divisions, if there are places available. Teams from Russia and Belarus are allowed to participate, they will however have to play under the neutral flag WSL like in 2022. Best wishes, the WSL team | |
WSL 2022 Winners | |
| Division A: 1.  Netherlands2. United States 23. United States 1Relegated team: Germany Withdrawn:  WSL 1Division B: 1. Taiwan (promoted)2. China (promoted)3. France 1Relegated team:  Malaysia 1Withdrawn: WSL 3Division C: 1. WSL 4 (promoted)2. WSL 2 (promoted)3. Ukraine 4Relegated teams: United Arab Emirates and  ColombiaDivision D: 1. United States 4 (promoted)2. Guatemala (promoted)3. Japan 3Relegated teams:  Australia 2 and Chile 1Division E: 1. United States 5 (promoted)2. Brazil 3 (promoted)3. Ukraine 3Congratulations to the winners! | |
Teaching games with professional players for WSL 2021 winners | |
| Thanks to support of Japan Shogi Association the WSL 2021 winner teams played teaching games on 81Dojo against professional players. Netherlands (Divison A winner) played on July 9th. France 2 (Division B winner) played on July 10th. Australia 1 (Division C winner) played on August 6th. United States 3 (Division D winner) played on August 7th. | read more... |
WSL believes in peace! | |
| WSL is a non political organization. We see WSL as a possibilty to come together peacefully with people from all over the world and to enjoy playing shogi together. We all love to play shogi. We are against the attacking war against Ukraine! Many international sports organizations have currently banned sportsmen from Russia. We will implement the following for WSL: - Players from Russia are allowed to continue their participation under the neutral name "WSL" and under a neutral flag. - There will be no matches between Ukrainian teams and players from Russia. With the difficulties of the war in Ukraine, players of Ukraine have of course problems to play their games. The Ukrainian teams and players can postpone their games and play them later. We are hoping for the safety of our Ukrainian shogi friends! | |
WSL 2022 started | |
| We have 59 teams in 5 divisions. Please add your team setups for the first round in February and the games can be started! Please check also the rules. The team captains have to add their team setup for the month until the 10th of the month. Each player has to make at least one proposal for their game until the 20th of the month. WSL day is always the last Saturday of the month, in February it is February 26th. The games have to be played until the end of each month! The WSL team: Christopher Gallardo Cerón (chief producer)  Thomas Pfaffel (chief organizer) Andreas Neumaier (web designer) | |
Registration for WSL 2022 | |
| Dear all, the registration for the 2022 World Shogi League has finished! 59 teams have registered for the 2022 season. We will have 5 divisions this year! We are now preparing the pairings etc. and will be coming back with information to you soon! The format will be the same as last season. The first round will start in February, with one game per month. Teams consist of at least 3 players, which have to have nationality or residence in the country they represent. New teams will be added (according to the average 81dojo rating of the 3 standard players) to the divisions, if there are places available. Best wishes, the WSL team | |
WSL 2021 Winners | |
| Division A: 1. Netherlands2. Russia 13. United States 1Relegated teams: Great Britain 1 and Canada 1Division B: 1. France 2 (promoted)2. Peru 1 (promoted)3. Russia 3Relegated teams: Russia 2 and Great Britain 2Division C: 1. Australia 1 (promoted)2. France 3 (promoted)3. Hong KongRelegated teams: Chile 1 and Australia 2Division D: 1. United States 3 (promoted)2.  Mexico (promoted)3. Japan 3Congratulations to the winners! | |
Teaching games with professional players for WSL 2020 winners | |
| Thanks to support of Japan Shogi Association the WSL 2020 winner teams played teaching games on 81Dojo against professional players. Russia 1 (Divison A winner) played on May 8th. Ukraine 1 (Division B winner) played on May 9th. France 2 (Division C winner) played on May 23rd. United Arab Emirates (Division D winner) played on May 22nd. | read more... |
Start of WSL 2021 | |
| The WSL 2021 has started with 47 teams in 4 divisions. The 1st round games (March) can be started! Please check the new rules. The team captains have to add their team setup for the month until the 10th of the month. Each player has to make at least one proposal for their game until the 20th of the month. WSL day is always the last Saturday of the month, in March it is March 27th. The games have to be played until the end of each month! The WSL team: Christopher Gallardo Cerón (chief producer) Thomas Pfaffel (chief organizer) Andreas Neumaier (web designer) | |
Registration for WSL 2021 | |
| Dear all, the registration for the 2021 World Shogi League has finished! 47 teams have registered for the 2021 season. We are now preparing the pairings etc. and will be coming back with information to you soon! The format will be the same as last season. The first round will start in March, with one game per month. Teams consist of 3 players, which have to have nationality or residence in the country they represent. New teams will be added (according to the average 81dojo rating of the 3 standard players) to the divisions, if there are places available. Best wishes, the WSL team! | |
WSL 2020 Winners | |
| Division A: 1. Russia 12.  Belarus 13.  Hungary 1Relegated team: Japan 1 Division B: 1. Ukraine 1 (promoted)2. Great Britain 13. Russia 2Relegated teams: Chile and  Portugal.Division C: 1. France 2 (promoted)2. Great Britain 2 (promoted)3.  New ZealandRelegated team: Ukraine 3Division D: 1. United Arab Emirates (promoted)2. Colombia3. SlovakiaCongratulations to the winners! Playoff matches: Division A and Division B: Taiwan - Great Britain 1Taiwan renounced to play the playoff match. Great Britain 1 is promoted to Division A. Division C and Division D:  Italy 1 - Colombia 0-2Colombia is promoted to Division C. Italy 1 is relegated to Division D. | |
Teaching games for WSL 2019 winners on 81dojo! | |
| Japan Shogi Associaton supports the World Shogi League! The WSL 2019 winner teams were granted teaching games with professionals. | read more... |
WSL 2020 has started | |
| The WSL 2020 has started with 42 teams in 4 divisions. 1st round games (April) can be started. WSL day in April is April 18th, 14:00 GMT/UTC. Please arrange your games until WSL day, the games have to be played until the end of each month! The WSL team: Christopher Gallardo Cerón (chief producer) Thomas Pfaffel (chief organizer) Andreas Neumaier (web designer) | |
Registration for 2020 | |
| Dear all, the registration for the 2020 World Shogi League has finished! 41 teams have registered for the 2020 season. The format will be the same as last season. The first round will start in March (and has to be finished until end of April), and continue with one game per month from May on. Teams consist of 3 players, which have to have nationality or residence in the country they represent. New teams will be added (according to the average 81dojo rating of the 3 standard players) to the divisions, if there are places available. Best wishes, the WSL team! | |
WSL 2019 Winners | |
| Division A: 1. Hungary2. Belarus 13. Belarus 2Relegated team: Spain 1 (did not play several matches)Division B: 1. Ukraine 2 (promoted)2. Japan 13. Peru 1Relegated team: Hong KongDivision C: 1. Malaysia (promoted)2. Russia 23. France 2Relegated team:  Czech RepublicDivision D: 1. France 3 (promoted)2. Australia 13. MexicoCongratulations to the winners! Prizes from our sponsors Shogi.cz, Nekomado and Greencat will be awarded. Thanks to all who participated, we will be back shortly with the invitation to the 2020 edition! | |
WSL 2019 Finished | |
| Dear All, the most recent WSL-Season has come to an end. Winners will be announced shortly! Thank you for your participation! Best regards, Your WSL Team | |
WSL 2018 prizes | |
| Prizes have been delivered - see fotos below! Thanks to all our sponsors - Shogi.cz, Nekomado and Greencat!          | |
WSL 2018 Winners | |
 Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all participating players! | |
WSL 2018 Tournament System | |
| Groupstage: 10 groups of 4 teams. Round 1 - Team 1 plays team 2. Team 3 plays team 4. Round 2 - The 2 winning teams play each other, the two losing teams play each other. Teams with 2 wins qualify directly for Knock-out Stage pool A, teams with 2 losses for B. Round 3 - The team who won round 1 but lost round 2 in group A, plays the team who lost round one but won round 2 from group B and vice-versa. Similar for groups C+D E+F G+H I+J. Knock out stage: Pool A, round 1 - The 10 teams with 2 wins and no losses will be drawn at random vs. the 10 teams with 2 wins and one loss. Exception: Teams who already played each other in groupstage can't play each other again. Pool B, round 1 - The 10 teams with 1 win and two losses will be drawn at random vs. the 10 teams with 2 losses. Exception: Teams who already played each other in groupstage can't play each other again. 2nd round - Random draw for pairings between the 10 winning teams in each group of round 1. Extra round: Due to 5 remaining teams in each pool, by drawing of lots, 2 teams will be selected to play an extra match in order to get the amount of teams remaining in each pool to 4. Semifinals: Random draw. Finals | |
Registration for 2018 | |
| Dear all, the registration for the 2018 World Shogi League is now open! Please register your teams at: https://goo.gl/forms/yZLLCJF0kpDms7hT2 Registration has ended! We have changed the format to a Knockout-based tournament with a preliminary group-stage similar to the World Cup in soccer, or the ISF shogi tournament. Preliminary stage: 2-3 matches. March-July. Knock-out stage: 1-4 matches, August-December. The groups of the preliminary stages will be allocated based on time-zones in order to make it easier for teams to arrange their matches. Teams consists of 3 players, which have to have nationality or residence in the country they represent. Best wishes, the WSL team! | |
WSL Winners 2017 | |
| Division A: Japan Division B: Netherlands Division C: Hong Kong 2 Division D: Slovakia Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to all who participated, we will be back shortly with the invitation to the 2018 edition, which will change formats to an ISF inspired system with preliminary groups and a knock-out stage. | |
Greencat's prizes for WSL 2016 runner-ups | |
| The Japanese player ”Greencat” has been most helpful in arranging memorabilia prizes by Pro-players! As you can see from the photos below, legandary 9 Dan Hifumi Kato as well as lady professionals Yamaguti, Hasegawa and Karolina Styczynska have issued authographs and signed photos!    The prizes are the following: 1) Kato autograph 2) Hasegawa autograph 3) Yamaguti autograph 4) Kato Clear file 5) Kato signed Tendo photo 6) Karolina Clear file As the winners of each division has been presented with teaching games by the JSA, Greencat has decided these prizes will go to the runner-ups in each division, as well as the team with the best percentual score. Congratulations to Russia, Germany, France 2, Netherlands, Czech Republic and China! | read more... |
JSA grand prize! | |
| Due to sponsorship from the Shogi Renmei, we are proud to announce that each division winners will be granted teaching games by professionals! Top pros, including recent Ouza challenger Nakamura, will play individual games against 3 team members of each winning team. The games will be followed by a post-game discussion, and if necessary, translation help will be provided by 81-dojo creator Hidetchi. We are very thankful and honored for this generous gift, and would like to express our gratefulness to the JSA. It provides an excellent finale to this year's WSL, the deciding games to identify the divisions winners, and especially the upcoming teaching games themselves! | read more... |
Welcome to the new homepage | |
| Welcome to World Shogi League's new home! I hope you are satisfied with its design and features. If you encounter any errors, or if you have suggestions for improvement, please contact one of the following organizing members: Christopher Gallardo Cerón (chief producer) Peter Heine Nielsen (chief organizer) Andreas Neumaier (web designer) Note: Please state your username when sending a PM - else we can't reply. | |
Updates | |
| - Blog modified (2016-09-11) - Test article was uploaded into blog section (2016-08-29) - Whitecat's Blog environment (2016-07-25) - Added number of matches played to division result tables (2016-07-25) - Profile picture upload | |