About us

 

The World Shogi League (WSL) is an online shogi tournament for national teams, played annually in a league-based structure.

 

It's non profit, open to all, the aim is to strengthen the friendship across borders in the shogi-world, helping to popularize the game internationally.

 

The WSL was started in 2016, following the success of the pioneering World Shogi Tournament.

 

In the founding season 2016, 28 countries - representing all six continents - participated.
The WSL logo consists of the flags of all founding members.

 

Participating countries 2024

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision DDivision E
1 Austria Australia 1 Brazil 3 Canada 2 Australia 2
2 Brazil 1 Brazil 2 Canada 1 Great Britain 2 Bolivia
3 China Brazil 4 Denmark Guatemala 1 Brazil 5
4 France 2 France 3 France 1 Italy Canada 3
5 Germany 1 Great Britain 1 France 5 New Zealand 2 Chile
6 Germany 2 Poland 1 Japan 3 Peru 2 Colombia
7 Japan 1 Ukraine 1 Malaysia 2 Poland 2 Guatemala 2
8 Peru 1 Ukraine 2 Mexico 1 Poland 3 Malaysia 3
9 Singapore Vietnam New Zealand 1 Slovakia 1 Mexico 2
10 Taiwan WSL 1 Spain Slovakia 2 Mongolia
11 United States 1 WSL 2 United States 3 Ukraine 3 United States 6
12   United States 5 WSL 3 WSL 4

Participating countries 2023

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision DDivision E
1 Austria Australia 1 Brazil 2 Brazil 3 Australia 2
2 Brazil 1 Brazil 4 Great Britain 2 Brazil 5 Bolivia
3 China Denmark 1 Guatemala 1 Canada Chile
4 France 2 France 1 Hong Kong France 4 Guatemala 2
5 Germany 1 France 3 Japan 3 Italy Malaysia 3
6 Japan 2 Germany 2 Mexico 1 Malaysia 2 Mexico 2
7 Peru 1 Great Britain 1 New Zealand 1 New Zealand 2 Mongolia
8 Taiwan Japan 1 Ukraine 4 Poland 2 Peru 2
9 Ukraine 1 Poland 1 United States 3 Ukraine 3 Slovakia
10 Ukraine 2 WSL 2 Vietnam United States 5 Spain
11 United States 1 WSL 4   United States 6

Participating countries 2022

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision DDivision E
1 Austria Australia 1 Brazil 2 Australia 2 Argentina
2 Brazil 1 China Colombia Canada Bolivia
3 France 2 Czech Republic Great Britain 2 Chile 1 Brazil 3
4 Germany Denmark 1 Hong Kong Guatemala Chile 2
5 Hungary 1 France 1 Mexico 1 Indonesia Mexico 2
6 Netherlands France 3 New Zealand 1 Italy Mongolia
7 Peru 1 Great Britain 1 Ukraine 4 Japan 3 Peru 2
8 Ukraine 1 Japan 1 United Arab Emirates Malaysia 2 Slovakia
9 Ukraine 2 Malaysia 1 United States 3 New Zealand 2 Spain
10 United States 1 Poland 1 Vietnam Poland 2 Ukraine 3
11 United States 2 Taiwan WSL 2 United States 4 United States 5
12 WSL 1 WSL 3 WSL 4  Venezuela

Participating countries 2021

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision D
1 Austria Denmark 1 Australia 1 Brazil 3
2 Canada 1 France 2 Australia 2 Canada 2
3 Great Britain 1 Great Britain 2 Chile 1 Chile 2
4 Hungary 1 Japan 1 Colombia Guatemala
5 Japan 2 Malaysia 1 France 3 Indonesia
6 Netherlands Peru 1 Hong Kong Italy 1
7 Russia 1 Poland New Zealand Italy 2
8 Ukraine 1 Russia 2 Russia 4 Ivory Coast
9 Ukraine 2 Russia 3 Ukraine 4 Japan 3
10 United States 1 Spain 1 United Arab Emirates Malaysia 2
11   Vietnam Mexico
12    Mongolia
13    Peru 2
14    Spain 2
15    Ukraine 3
16    United States 3

Participating countries 2020

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision D
1 Austria Brazil 1 Australia 1 Brazil 3
2 Belarus 1 Chile Australia 2 China 2
3 Belarus 2 Czech Republic 2 Brazil 2 Colombia
4 Canada Denmark 1 France 2 Guatemala
5 Hungary 1 Great Britain 1 France 3 Italy 2
6 Japan 1 Malaysia Great Britain 2 Ivory Coast
7 Russia 1 Peru 1 Hong Kong Mexico
8 Taiwan Portugal Hungary 2 Mongolia
9 Ukraine 2 Russia 2 Italy 1 Peru 2
10 United States 1 Ukraine 1 New Zealand Slovakia
11   Ukraine 3 United Arab Emirates

Participating countries 2019

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision D
1 Austria Brazil Australia 2 Australia 1
2 Belarus 1 Chile Czech Republic France 3
3 Belarus 2 Denmark France 2 Guatemala
4 France 1 Great Britain Italy 1 Indonesia
5 Hungary Hong Kong Malaysia Italy 2
6 Russia 1 Japan 1 Mongolia Ivory Coast
7 Spain 1 Netherlands Russia 2 Mexico
8 Taiwan Peru 1 Russia 3 New Zealand
9 United States 1 Ukraine 1 Ukraine 3 Peru 2
10 United States 2 Ukraine 2 United Arab Emirates Spain 2

Participating countries 2018

NrEurope IEurope IIEurope IIIEurope IVEurope V
1 Czech Republic Belarus Denmark 1 Denmark 2 Austria
2 France 1 Russia Italy France 2 Hungary
3 Great Britain Ukraine 1 Netherlands Germany Spain
4 Ukraine 2 United Arab Emirates Poland Slovakia Ukraine 3

NrAsia/Oceania IAsia/Oceania IIAsia/Oceania IIIAmericas IAmericas II
1 Australia 2 Indonesia 2 Australia 1 Chile Brazil
2 Hong Kong Japan China Colombia Guatemala
3 Indonesia 1 Malaysia Indonesia 3 Peru 1 Mexico
4 Mongolia New Zealand Macau United States Peru 2

Participating countries 2017

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision D
1 Austria Brazil 2 Australia Chile 2
2 Brazil 1 Chile 1 Czech Republic Finland
3 China Denmark 1 Denmark 2 Guatemala
4 France 1 Japan 2 France 2 Mexico
5 Germany 1 Netherlands Germany 2 Peru 2
6 Hong Kong 1 Peru 1 Hong Kong 2 Slovakia
7 Japan 1 Poland 2 Italy Spain 2
8 Poland 1 Spain 1 Poland 3 
9 Russia Ukraine 1 United Arab Emirates 
10 Sweden Ukraine 2 United Kingdom 
11 United States   

Participating countries 2016

NrDivision ADivision BDivision CDivision D
1 Austria Brazil 2 Denmark 2 Australia
2 Belarus Canada 1 France 3 Brazil 3
3 Brazil 1 Denmark 1 Germany 2 Canada 2
4 China France 2 Hong Kong 2 Chile
5 France 1 Italy Mongolia Czech Republic
6 Germany 1 Japan 2 Netherlands Côte d'Ivoire
7 Hong Kong 1 Sweden Poland 2 Finland
8 Hungary Ukraine 1 Slovakia Guatemala
9 Japan 1 United Arab Emirates Spain 
10 Poland 1 United Kingdom Ukraine 2 
11 Russia   
12 Russia 2