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.[1]
Renju World Championships have occurred every second year, since 1989.[2] 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:
The statistics for the players in the Renju World Championships following.
| 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 |
The Women World Championships started in 1997 and are played every second year, at the same time and place with the World Championships.[3] 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 |
Team World Championships in Renju have occurred every second year since 1996, except for 2020.[4] 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 | 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 | |||
| 2000 | Tallinn, Estonia | -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 | -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 | -1 Vladimir Sushkov Alexandr Klimashin Konstantin Chingin Konstantin Nikonov Igor Sinyov | Estonia Ando Meritee Tunnet Taimla Ants Soosõrv Timo Ilu Irene Karlsson | -2 Pavel Salnikov Pavel Makarov Sergey Artemyev Vladimir Semyonov Mikhail Kozhin | |
| 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia | -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 | -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 | -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 | -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 | -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 | |
The statistics for the Renju Team World Championships following.
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Renju Youth World Championships have occurred every second year since 1996.[5]
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 | Konstantin Chingin | ||||||||
| 1998 | Beijing, China | - | Hannes Hermansson | Shao Xiaodong | ||||||||
| 2000 | Arjeplog, Sweden | - | Konstantin Chingin | Denis Nekrasov | ||||||||
| 2002 | Podyuga, Russia | - | Konstantin Chingin | Tunnet Taimla | ||||||||
| 2004 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Hiroshi Okabe | Evgeny Sumarokov | ||||||||
| 2006 | Beijing, China | - | Wu Hao | Mikhail Lysakov | Hu Yu | |||||||
| 2008 | Haapsalu, Estonia | - | Aivo Oll | Alexandr Kadulin | Martin Hõbemägi | |||||||
| 2010 | Yerevan, Armenia | - |  Rafik Nersisyan | Artyom Merkulov | Aleksey Vostryakov | |||||||
| 2012 | Suzdal, Russia | - | Artyom Merkulov | Roman Kruchok | Denis Fedotov | |||||||
| 2014 | Suure-Jaani, Estonia | - | Martin Hõbemägi | Denis Fedotov | Tang Xudong | |||||||
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Martin Hõbemägi | Georg-Romet Topkin | Denis Fedotov | Fan Shihao | |||||||
| 2018 | Kuşadası, Turkey | Martin Hõbemägi | Maksim Lavrik-Karmazin | Kang Zheming | 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 | |||||||||
| 1998 | Beijing, China | - | Yelena Lebedeva | Wu Dan | ||||||||
| 2000 | Arjeplog, Sweden | - | Yelena Lebedeva | Yulia Savrasova | ||||||||
| 2002 | Podyuga, Russia | - | Yulia Savrasova | Alyona Mikhailova | ||||||||
| 2004 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Yulia Savrasova | Mariya Pestereva | ||||||||
| 2006 | Beijing, China | - | Yulia Savrasova | Tatyana Krayeva | Anastasja Oborina | |||||||
| 2008 | Haapsalu, Estonia | - | Yulia Savrasova | Tatyana Krayeva | Alexandra Sumarokova | |||||||
| 2010 | Yerevan, Armenia | - | Gayane Petrosyan | Anastasja Oborina | Kira Lashko | |||||||
| 2012 | Suzdal, Russia | - | Tatyana Krayeva | Anastasja Oborina | Tuuli Tiivel | |||||||
| 2014 | Suure-Jaani, Estonia | - | Wang Qingqing | Jin Yichan | Fan Xuanzuo | |||||||
| 2016 | Tallinn, Estonia | Wang Qingqing | Kira Lashko | Ksenia Matushkina | Lou Qiongwen | |||||||
| 2018 | Kuşadası, Turkey | Liu Xun | Tatyana Prokopets | Xu Xicheng | Wang Kemiao | |||||||
| 2024 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | |||||||||||
Since 2020, due to the spread of COVID-19, a new series of Youth World Cups have been held online, as a supplement of the Youth World Championships. [6]
The results of Youth World Cups of different groups for boys are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | U25 | U20 | U15 | U11 | U9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Laagri, Estonia |  Zoltán László | Georg-Romet Topkin | Jiao Zhengrui | Hu Jinrui | ||
| 2021 | Laagri, Estonia | Georg-Romet Topkin | Zhou Nan | Kang Tingrui | Alexander Pinsky | ||
| 2022 | Laagri, Estonia | He Shujun | Peter Burtsev | Jiao Zhengrui | Zhou Chenli | ||
| 2023 | Laagri, Estonia | Mao Weiming | Shōma Kawamoto | Ding Zeyu | Alexander Pinsky | Xu Dongzhe | |
The results of Youth World Cups of different groups for girls are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | U25 | U20 | U15 | U11 | U9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Laagri, Estonia | Cao Xueyu | Ksenia Matushkina | Zhu Jiayi | Qin Shaoya | ||
| 2021 | Laagri, Estonia | Liu Mengyun | Sofia Tolstoguzova | Darya Yusupmurzina | Ruan Jintong | ||
| 2022 | Laagri, Estonia | Zheng Yining | Yang Yimeng | Liu Shaoqi | Kong Siyu | ||
| 2023 | Laagri, Estonia | Jin Rui | Ekaterina Porokhina | Mariia Petrova | Wang Haoyan | Qian Peiyan | |
The International Open Tournaments of World Championship (BT) started in 1989 and happens every two years, at the same time and place with the World Championship (AT). This tournament is open to all Renju players who do not have the right to play in the World Championship. The first three places in BT have the right to participate in the Qualification Tournament (QT) of the next World Championship. There are no world champion titles awarded in this tournament.[7]
The results of previous International Open Tournaments of World Championship are following:
| Title year | Hosting city, country | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Opening rule | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Kyoto, Japan | Norihiko Kawamura | Norio Nishizono | Akihiko Kashihara | Swap | |
| 1991 | Moscow, Soviet Union | Ando Meritee | Yoshimi Hayakawa | Mikhail Biryukov | Swap | |
| 1993 | Arjeplog, Sweden |  Dmitry Ilyin | Igor Sinyov | Victor Alexandrov | Swap | |
| 1995 | Tallinn, Estonia | Igor Sinyov | Yoshimi Hayakawa | Gatis Gurckis | Swap | |
| 1997 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Stepan Peskov | Arnis Veidemanis | Evgeniy Bobkov | RIF | |
| 1999 | Beijing, China | Bai Tao | Hideki Nara | Shao Xiaodong | RIF | |
| 2001 | Kyoto, Japan | Kazuto Hasegawa | Masato Kusajima | Yoshihiro Iio | RIF | |
| 2003 | Vadstena, Sweden | Yuriy Tarannikov | Chen Wei | Johann Lents | RIF | |
| 2005 | Tallinn, Estonia | Yusui Yamaguchi | Timo Ilu | Chen Ko-Han | RIF | |
| 2007 | Tyumen, Russia | Yuuki Oosumi | Lin Huang-Yu | Egor Serdyukov | RIF | |
| 2009 | Pardubice, Czech Republic | Lin Huang-Yu | Yuuki Oosumi | Renee Pajuste | Yamaguchi | |
| 2011 | Huskvarna, Sweden | Alexey Potapov | Katsumi Kise | Yoshihiro Iio | Yamaguchi | |
| 2013 | Tallinn, Estonia | Alexey Potapov | Nikolay Poltaratsky | Shin-ichi Ishitani | Yamaguchi | |
| 2015 | Suzdal, Russia | Tomoharu Nakayama | Dmitry Epifanov | Maxim Karasyov | Yamaguchi | |
| 2017 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei |  Tang Kai Lam | Liu Yang | Jun Koyama | Soosõrv-8 | |
| 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia | Wai Chan Keong | Villem Mesila | Jang Won-Cheol | Soosõrv-8 | |
| 2023 | Istanbul, Turkey | Peter Burtsev | Renee Pajuste | Park Do-Young | Soosõrv-8 |
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.[8] 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 | ||
| 1984 | Alexandr Nosovsky | ||
| 1985 | Alexandr Nosovsky | ||
| 1991 | Albert Poghosyan | ||
| 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[9] | Konstantin Nikonov | Oleg Fedorkin | Pavel Makarov | |
| 2017[10] | Hao Tianyi | Qi Bo | Dmitry Epifanov | |
| 2018[11] | Hao Tianyi | Dmitry Epifanov | Vladimir Filinov | |
| 2019[12] | Wang Qichao | Vladimir Sushkov | Aivo Oll | |
| 2020[13] | Aivo Oll | Qiu Weifu | Vladimir Sushkov | |
| 2021[14] | Yao Yujie | Qian Yunbing | Aivo Oll | |
| 2022[15] | Yao Yujie | Aivo Oll | Vladimir Filinov | |
| 2023[16] | Aivo Oll | Ni Zhongxing | Valery Koreshkov |