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25th Meijin title

Newcomers

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted, and entrance matches determine which three new players enter the League.

game date black white result sgf
Qualification final 1999-10-28 Kono Rin Imamura Yoshiaki W+R sgf
Qualification final 1999-11-04 Hane Naoki Sonoda Yuichi B+3.5 sgf
Qualification final 1999-11-04 O Meien Awaji Shuzo B+R sgf

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# player result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Yoda Norimoto 6-2 W+1.5 B+0.5 W+0.5 W+R
2. Kobayashi Koichi 3-5 B+R W+R B+2.5 W+R
3. Ryu Shikun 4-4 B+0.5 B+0.5 W+5.5 W+R
4. O Rissei 5-3 W+13.5 B+0.5 B+9.5 B+R
5. Kato Masao 4-4 B+R W+0.5 B+R W+R
6. Takemiya Masaki 2-6 B+19.5 B+R B+R B+6.5
7. O Meien 6-2 W+4.5 B+3.5 B+R W+2.5
8. Imamura Yoshiaki 1-7 W+1.5 B+4.5 B+2.5 B+0.5
9. Hane Naoki 5-3 B+R W+R W+4.5 B+R

Imamura Yoshiaki, Takemiya Masaki, and Kobayashi Koichi are demoted.

Playoff

Yoda Norimoto and O Meien both had 6 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Yoda Norimoto.

game date black white result sgf
Challenger playoff 2000-08-07 Yoda Norimoto O Meien B+2.5 sgf

25th Meijin Title

game date black white result sgf
1 2000-09-06,07 Yoda Norimoto Cho Chikun B+R sgf
2 2000-09-20,21 Cho Chikun Yoda Norimoto W+R sgf
3 2000-09-27,28 Yoda Norimoto Cho Chikun B+R sgf
4 2000-10-11,12 Cho Chikun Yoda Norimoto W+R sgf

Yoda Norimoto won 4-0.