* A photograph is the thing last year.

Sponsors The International Go Federation & China Qi-Yuan
Venue Guangzhou Qi-Yuan, Guangzhou, China
Schedule From 13th to 16th May 2012
Competitors 55 players from 55 countries and regions
(1) Asia: 12 countries and regions
China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Japan, Korea, Macau China, Malaysia, Mongolia, D.P.R. Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
(2) Near and Middle East: 1 countries
Turkey
(3) Europe: 30 countries
Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
(4) Africa: 2 countries
Morocco, South Africa
(5) North & Central America: 4 countries
Canada, U.S.A., Costa Rica, Mexico
(6) South America: 4 countries
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia
(7) Oceania: 2 countries
Australia, New Zealand

¦ Starting May 13th Ranka online (the bulletin of the International Go Federation) will have coverage of the 33rd WAGC with news, interviews, photos, commented games and results.