Japan was eliminated from World Oza (Toyota-Denso Cup) in the semifinals when Cho U 9p lost by resignation to Gu Li 9p of China.
In the other semifinal game, Piao Wenyao 5p defeated his countryman Xie He 7p.
So the final will be played between the two Chinese players.
Gu Li and Piao Wenyao will clash in a best-of-three match to be played on September 6th, 8th and 9th, also in Tokyo.
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In a very unexpected turn of events, only China and Japan are left in the World Oza (Toyota-Denso) Cup semifinals!
In the quarterfinals that just ended three Chinese players eliminated the three Koreans, while Cho U of Japan won against Liu Xing of China.
Cho U defeated Liu Xing
Xie He defeated Lee Sedol
Link to game record
Gu Li defeated Cho Hanseung
Link to game record
Piao Wenyao defeated Mok Jinseok
Link to game record
In the semifinals (to be played in 2 days, on August 29th in Tokyo) Cho U will meet Gu Li, and Xie He will meet Piao Wenyao.
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