# World Championships in Renju

There are several world championships in Renju organized by the Renju International Federation, including World Championship, Women World Championships, Team World Championships, Youth World Championships and Correspondence World Championships.

## World Championships

Renju World Championships have occurred every second year, since 1989. The opening rule was Yamaguchi from 2009 to 2015, and was Soosõrv-8 from 2017 to 2023.
The results of previous World Championships are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Opening rule |
| 1989 | Kyoto, Japan | Shigeru Nakamura | Hideki Nara | Toshio Nishimura | Swap |
| 1991 | Moscow, Soviet Union | Shigeru Nakamura | Makoto Yamaguchi | Aldis Reims | Swap |
| 1993 | Arjeplog, Sweden | Ando Meritee | Hideki Nara | Aldis Reims | Swap |
| 1995 | Tallinn, Estonia | Norihiko Kawamura | Ando Meritee | Dmitry Ilyin | Swap |
| 1997 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Kazuto Hasegawa | Ando Meritee | Takashi Sagara | RIF |
| 1999 | Beijing, China | Ando Meritee | Igor Sinyov | Stefan Karlsson | RIF |
| 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Ando Meritee | Vladimir Sushkov | Igor Sinyov | RIF |
| 2003 | Vadstena, Sweden | Tunnet Taimla | Vladimir Sushkov | Ando Meritee | RIF |
| 2005 | Tallinn, Estonia | Ando Meritee | Vladimir Sushkov | Konstantin Chingin | RIF |
| 2007 | Tyumen, Russia | Wu Di | Konstantin Chingin | Yusui Yamaguchi | RIF |
| 2009 | Pardubice, Czech Republic | Vladimir Sushkov | Tunnet Taimla | Cao Dong | Yamaguchi |
| 2011 | Huskvarna, Sweden | Cao Dong | Lin Huang-Yu | Huang Jinxian | Yamaguchi |
| 2013 | Tallinn, Estonia | Tunnet Taimla | Yuuki Oosumi | Vladimir Sushkov | Yamaguchi |
| 2015 | Suzdal, Russia | Qi Guan | Lin Huang-Yu | Lan Zhiren | Yamaguchi |
| 2017 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Vladimir Sushkov | Zhu Jianfeng | Lin Shu-Hsuan | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia | Cao Dong | Vladimir Sushkov | Shunsuke Kamiya | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey | Lu Hai | Mei Fan | Tomoharu Nakayama | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2025 | Brno, Czech Republic | | | | Taraguchi-10 |
The statistics for the players in the Renju World Championships following.
| Place | Player | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Entries |
| 1 | Ando Meritee | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Vladimir Sushkov | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Tunnet Taimla | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Cao Dong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Shigeru Nakamura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Kazuto Hasegawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Norihiko Kawamura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Wu Di | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Qi Guan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Lu Hai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hideki Nara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Lin Huang-Yu | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Igor Sinyov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Yusui Yamaguchi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Konstantin Chingin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Mei Fan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Yuuki Oosumi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Zhu Jianfeng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Aldis Reims | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | Stefan Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | Shunsuke Kamiya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Takashi Sagara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Tomoharu Nakayama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Lan Zhiren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Toshio Nishimura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Dmitry Ilyin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Huang Jinxian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Lin Shu-Hsuan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Women World Championships

The Women World Championships started in 1997 and are played every second year, at the same time and place with the World Championships. The results are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Opening rule |
| 1997 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Irina Metreveli | Natalya Vasilyeva | Yelena Lebedeva | RIF |
| 1999 | Beijing, China | Yulia Savrasova | Irina Metreveli | Yelena Lebedeva | RIF |
| 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Yulia Savrasova | Irina Metreveli | Hsu Wen-Ching | RIF |
| 2003 | Vadstena, Sweden | Yulia Savrasova | Yang Hsiao-Yu | Irina Metreveli | RIF |
| 2005 | Tallinn, Estonia | Oxana Sorokina | Irina Metreveli | Maris Tuvikene | RIF |
| 2007 | Tyumen, Russia | Tatyana Krayeva | Oxana Sorokina | Irina Metreveli | RIF |
| 2009 | Pardubice, Czech Republic | Yulia Savrasova | Yao Jinrui | Hu Xi | Yamaguchi |
| 2011 | Huskvarna, Sweden | Kazumi Arai | Irina Metreveli | Anastasja Oborina | Yamaguchi |
| 2013 | Tallinn, Estonia | Irina Metreveli | Kira Lashko | Olga Kurdina | Yamaguchi |
| 2015 | Suzdal, Russia | Kira Lashko | Wang Qingqing | Irina Metreveli | Yamaguchi |
| 2017 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Chien Yung-Hsuan | Wang Qingqing | Liu Xun | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia | Wu Zhiqin | Li Xiaoqing | Irina Metreveli | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey | Wang Qingqing | Ekaterina Porokhina | Maiko Fujita | Soosõrv-8 |
| 2025 | Brno, Czech Republic | | | | Taraguchi-10 |
* ↑ According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

## Team World Championships

Team World Championships in Renju have occurred every second year since 1996, except for 2020. From 2010 to 2016, the opening rule was Yamaguchi. In 2018, the opening rule was Soosõrv-8. Since 2024, the opening rule has become Taraguchi-10. The results are following.
| Title year | Hosting city, country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1996 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Russia Dmitry Ilyin Stepan Peskov Igor Sinyov Konstantin Nikonov Mikhail Kozhin | Estonia Ando Meritee Ants Soosõrv Margus Tuvikene Marek Kolk | Latvia Aldis Reims Arnis Veidemanis Nerses Grigorian Eduard Voskanian |
| 1998 | Yerevan, Armenia | No champion title awarded | No champion title awarded | No champion title awarded |
| 2000 | Tallinn, Estonia | Russia-1 Igor Sinyov Alexandr Klimashin Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Mikhail Kozhin | Sweden Stefan Karlsson Rickard Johannesson Joachim Gaulitz Tord Andersson | Japan Kazuto Hasegawa Hideki Nara Yoshimi Hayakawa Hirouji Sakamoto |
| 2002 | Vadstena, Sweden | Russia-1 Pavel Salnikov Alexandr Klimashin Sergey Artemyev Alexey Skuridin Vladimir Semyonov | Estonia Ants Soosõrv Tunnet Taimla Johann Lents Timo Ilu Maris Tuvikene | Sweden-1 Stefan Karlsson Peter Gardstrom Goran Holgersson Linus Hermansson Joachim Gaulitz |
| 2004 | Tyumen, Russia | Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Alexandr Klimashin Konstantin Chingin Konstantin Nikonov Igor Sinyov | Estonia Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Timo Ilu Irene Karlsson | Russia-2 Pavel Salnikov Pavel Makarov Sergey Artemyev Vladimir Semyonov Mikhail Kozhin |
| 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia | Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Konstantin Chingin Sergey Artemyev Yulia Savrasova Pavel Vershinin | Estonia-1 Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Aivo Oll Johann Lents | China Chen Wei Wu Hao Zhu Jianfeng Ge Lingfeng |
| 2008 | Helsinki, Finland | Estonia Tunnet Taimla Aivo Oll Andry Purk Ants Soosõrv Johann Lents | Russia-1 Vladimir Sushkov Egor Serdyukov Konstantin Chingin Yulia Savrasova Alexandr Kadulin | China Cao Dong Wu Di Wu Hao Chen Wei |
| 2010 | Tokyo, Japan | China Li Yi Cao Dong Yin Licheng Xi Zhenyang | Estonia-1 Tunnet Taimla Aivo Oll Andry Purk Ants Soosõrv | Japan-1 Shigeru Nakamura Kazuto Hasegawa Hiroshi Okabe Yusui Yamaguchi Norihiko Kawamura Taizan Isobe |
| 2012 | Beijing, China | Japan Yuuki Oosumi Shigeru Nakamura Takahiro Kudomi Kazumasa Tamura Hiroshi Okabe Tomoharu Nakayama | China-1 Cao Dong Zhu Jianfeng He Qifa Lu Hai | China-2 Yang Yanxi Chen Jing Qi Guan Chen Wei |
| 2014 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Estonia Tunnet Taimla Martin Hõbemägi Ants Soosõrv Johann Lents Ando Meritee | Chinese Taipei-1 Lin Shu-Hsuan Lin Huang-Yu Chen Ko-Han Yang Yu-Hsiung Lin Shih-Pin Cheng Chih-Liang | Japan-1 Shigeru Nakamura Yoshihiro Iio Nobuhiro Fukui Ayako Tada Yuuki Oosumi Kazumasa Tamura |
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Estonia-1 Aivo Oll Tunnet Taimla Martin Hõbemägi Renee Pajuste Johann Lents | China Qi Guan Lan Zhiren Zhu Jianfeng Chen Xin Liu Yang | Russia-1 Oleg Fedorkin Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Konstantin Nikonov Dmitry Epifanov Maxim Karasyov |
| 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | China Yang Yanxi Zhu Jianfeng Cao Dong Liu Yang Lan Zhiren | Japan Tomoharu Nakayama Yudai Fujita Yoshihiro Iio Jun Koyama Hiroshi Okabe Maiko Fujita | Russia-2 Vladimir Sushkov Pavel Salnikov Mikhail Kozhin Denis Kachaev Maxim Karasyov Sergey Artemyev |
| 2024 | Xintai, China | China-2 Huang Liqin Cao Dong Jiang Qiwen He Shujun Ai Xianping | China-1 Mei Fan Huang Shengming Chen Xin Wu Di Lu Hai | China-3 Wang Qingqing Liu Xun Liu Qin Huang Xiangning Wan Junhong |
* ↑ In this year an Armenia-Sweden match was played instead of Team World Championship. The result is a draw between the two teams, but no champion title was awarded.
The statistics for the Renju Team World Championships following.
| Place | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Entries |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Estonia | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Youth World Championships

Renju Youth World Championships have occurred every second year since 1996.
The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for boys are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | U25 | U23 | U20 | U18 | U17 | U15 | U14 | U12 | U11 | U9 |
| 1996 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | - | - | - | Margus Tuvikene | Margus Tuvikene | Margus Tuvikene | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin |
| 1998 | Beijing, China | - | - | - | Hannes Hermansson | Hannes Hermansson | Hannes Hermansson | Shao Xiaodong | Shao Xiaodong | Shao Xiaodong | Shao Xiaodong |
| 2000 | Arjeplog, Sweden | - | - | - | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Denis Nekrasov | Denis Nekrasov | Denis Nekrasov | Denis Nekrasov |
| 2002 | Podyuga, Russia | - | - | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Konstantin Chingin | Tunnet Taimla | Tunnet Taimla | Tunnet Taimla | Tunnet Taimla |
| 2004 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | - | Hiroshi Okabe | Hiroshi Okabe | Hiroshi Okabe | Hiroshi Okabe | Evgeny Sumarokov | Evgeny Sumarokov | Evgeny Sumarokov | Evgeny Sumarokov |
| 2006 | Beijing, China | - | Wu Hao | Wu Hao | Wu Hao | Mikhail Lysakov | Mikhail Lysakov | Mikhail Lysakov | Hu Yu | Hu Yu | Hu Yu |
| 2008 | Haapsalu, Estonia | - | Aivo Oll | Aivo Oll | Aivo Oll | Alexandr Kadulin | Alexandr Kadulin | Alexandr Kadulin | Martin Hõbemägi | Martin Hõbemägi | Martin Hõbemägi |
| 2010 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Rafik Nersisyan | Rafik Nersisyan | Rafik Nersisyan | Artyom Merkulov | Artyom Merkulov | Artyom Merkulov | Aleksey Vostryakov | Aleksey Vostryakov | Aleksey Vostryakov |
| 2012 | Suzdal, Russia | - | Artyom Merkulov | Artyom Merkulov | Artyom Merkulov | Roman Kruchok | Roman Kruchok | Roman Kruchok | Denis Fedotov | Denis Fedotov | Denis Fedotov |
| 2014 | Suure-Jaani, Estonia | - | Martin Hõbemägi | Martin Hõbemägi | Martin Hõbemägi | Denis Fedotov | Denis Fedotov | Denis Fedotov | Tang Xudong | Tang Xudong | Tang Xudong |
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Martin Hõbemägi | Martin Hõbemägi | Georg-Romet Topkin | Georg-Romet Topkin | Georg-Romet Topkin | Denis Fedotov | Denis Fedotov | Denis Fedotov | Fan Shihao | Fan Shihao |
| 2018 | Kuşadası, Turkey | Martin Hõbemägi | Martin Hõbemägi | Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin | Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin | Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin | Kang Zheming | Kang Zheming | Kang Zheming | Zhang Junyu | Zhang Junyu |
| 2024 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | | | | | | | | | | |
The results of Youth World Championships of different groups for girls are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | U25 | U23 | U20 | U18 | U17 | U15 | U14 | U12 | U11 | U9 |
| 1996 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | - | - | - | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva |
| 1998 | Beijing, China | - | - | - | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Wu Dan | Wu Dan | Wu Dan | Wu Dan |
| 2000 | Arjeplog, Sweden | - | - | - | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yelena Lebedeva | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova |
| 2002 | Podyuga, Russia | - | - | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Alyona Mikhailova | Alyona Mikhailova | Alyona Mikhailova | Alyona Mikhailova |
| 2004 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | - | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Mariya Pestereva | Mariya Pestereva | Mariya Pestereva | Mariya Pestereva |
| 2006 | Beijing, China | - | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Tatyana Krayeva | Tatyana Krayeva | Tatyana Krayeva | Anastasja Oborina | Anastasja Oborina | Anastasja Oborina |
| 2008 | Haapsalu, Estonia | - | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Yulia Savrasova | Tatyana Krayeva | Tatyana Krayeva | Tatyana Krayeva | Alexandra Sumarokova | Alexandra Sumarokova | Alexandra Sumarokova |
| 2010 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Gayane Petrosyan | Gayane Petrosyan | Gayane Petrosyan | Anastasja Oborina | Anastasja Oborina | Anastasja Oborina | Kira Lashko | Kira Lashko | Kira Lashko |
| 2012 | Suzdal, Russia | - | Tatyana Krayeva | Tatyana Krayeva | Tatyana Krayeva | Anastasja Oborina | Anastasja Oborina | Anastasja Oborina | Tuuli Tiivel | Tuuli Tiivel | Tuuli Tiivel |
| 2014 | Suure-Jaani, Estonia | - | Wang Qingqing | Wang Qingqing | Wang Qingqing | Jin Yichan | Jin Yichan | Jin Yichan | Fan Xuanzuo | Fan Xuanzuo | Fan Xuanzuo |
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Wang Qingqing | Wang Qingqing | Kira Lashko | Kira Lashko | Kira Lashko | Ksenia Matushkina | Ksenia Matushkina | Ksenia Matushkina | Lou Qiongwen | Lou Qiongwen |
| 2018 | Kuşadası, Turkey | Liu Xun | Liu Xun | Tatyana Prokopets | Tatyana Prokopets | Tatyana Prokopets | Xu Xicheng | Xu Xicheng | Xu Xicheng | Wang Kemiao | Wang Kemiao |
| 2024 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | | | | | | | | | | |

## Renju World Championships via Correspondence

World Championships in Renju via Correspondence were held in 1982 to 1993 (by paper letters, later by e-mails), and now are played every year since 1996 with an exception in 2009, 2010 and 2016. The opening rule being played is Soosõrv-N from 2014 to 2020, and was changed to Taraguchi-10 since 2021.
The results from 1982 to 1993 are in the following.
| Title year | Champion | Country |
| 1982 | Vladimir Sapronov | Soviet Union |
| 1984 | Alexandr Nosovsky | Soviet Union |
| 1985 | Alexandr Nosovsky | Soviet Union |
| 1991 | Albert Poghosyan | Soviet Union |
| 1993 | Albert Poghosyan | Armenia |
The results since 1996 are in the following.
| Title year | Champion | Runner-up | Third |
| 1996 | Aldis Reims | Linas Laibinis | Igor Sinyov |
| 1997 | Yuriy Tarannikov | Aldis Reims | Stefan Karlsson |
| 1998 | Oleg Fedorkin | Aldis Reims | Kazuto Hasegawa |
| 1999 | Oleg Fedorkin | Alexander Nosovsky | Konstantin Nikonov |
| 2000 | Aldis Reims | Evgeniy Bobkov | Konstantin Nikonov |
| 2001 | Konstantin Nikonov | Zhang Jinyu | Vitaly Lunkin |
| 2002 | Vitaly Lunkin | Zhang Jinyu | Vladimir Dvoeglazov |
| 2003 | Chen Wei | Sergey Filippov | Oleg Klimachev |
| 2004 | Sun Chengmin | Alexey Potapov | Chen Wei |
| 2005 | Victor Barykin | Zhang Jinyu | Lu Wenzhe |
| 2006 | No gold awarded | Dmitry Epifanov | Victor Barykin |
| 2007 | Dmitry Epifanov | Zhang Jinyu | Anatoly Ustimov |
| 2008 | Zhang Jinyu | Jelena Balanova | Alexey Potapov |
| 2011 | Jelena Balanova | Aivo Oll | Alexey Potapov |
| 2012 | Alexey Potapov | Jelena Balanova | Aivo Oll |
| 2013 | Vladimir Sushkov | Alexey Potapov | Viktor Balabhai |
| 2014 | Vladimir Sushkov | Evgeniy Bobkov | Oleg Fedorkin |
| 2015 | Konstantin Nikonov | Oleg Fedorkin | Pavel Makarov |
| 2017 | Hao Tianyi | Qi Bo | Dmitry Epifanov |
| 2018 | Hao Tianyi | Dmitry Epifanov | Vladimir Filinov |
| 2019 | Wang Qichao | Vladimir Sushkov | Aivo Oll |
| 2020 | Aivo Oll | Qiu Weifu | Vladimir Sushkov |
| 2021 | Yao Yujie | Qian Yunbing | Aivo Oll |
| 2022 | Yao Yujie | Aivo Oll | Vladimir Filinov |
| 2023 | Aivo Oll | Ni Zhongxing | Valery Koreshkov |
| 2024 | Ni Zhongxing | Jin Rui | Su Baowen |