The International Amateur Pair Go Championship (I・A・P- GO Cup). The All Japan Amateur Pair Go Championship (J・A・P- GO Cup)
A five-round Swiss system league competition will be held for 32 representative pairs selected from 21 overseas countries and regions, and 8 domestic regional preliminary rounds. The International Championship, and All Japan Championship are combined as the International Amateur Pair Go Championship and the highest ranked of the Japanese Pairs being crowned as the All Japan Amateur Pair Go Championship.
First prize: I.A.P-GO Cup, Shield, Certificate, trip for two to a trip abroad.
Second prize: Shield, Certificate, trip for two to a trip abroad.
Third prize: Shield, Certificate, Prize
4th to 8th place: Certificate, Prize
Players who would like to join are freely invited. A four-round Swiss system league competition will be held. They will divided into three groups(A,B and C) according to their abilities.
Prizes(for A,B and C groups)
First prizes: The Araki Cup, Shield, Certificate, Prize
Second prizes: Shield, Certificate, Prize
Third prizes: Shield, Certificate, Prize
Both the winner and the player ranked second in the 5th Panda-Net Cup Internet World Amateur Go Championship will make a team with another player respectively, and the two paired teams will compete with each other to win the pair championship using the Internet communication Go system, "Panda-Net".