The 8th LG Cup featured:
- 12 players from
South Korea - An Choyoung, An Young-gil, Cho Hanseung, Cho Hunhyun, Hong Jang-sik, Kim Joo-ho, Lee Chang-ho, Lee Sedol, Mok Jin-seok, Won Seong-jin, Yoo Changhyuk - 5 players from
Japan - Cho Chikun, Hane Naoki, O Meien, O Rissei, Ryu Shikun - 4 players from
China - Chang Hao, Wang Lei, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang - 1 player from
Taiwan - Zhou Junxun - 1 player from
North America - Michael Redmond - 1 player from
Europe - Alexandre Dinerchtein
Out of the 24 players that participated, the holder of the 7th LG Cup, Lee Sedol, and runner-up Lee Chang-ho were given automatic berths.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| Yu Bin | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Sedol | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Sedol | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hanseung | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Dinerchtein | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hanseung | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hanseung | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Chikun | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kim Joo-ho | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kim Joo-ho | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Zhou Heyang | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Mok Jin-seok | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Wang Lei | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Song Tae Kon | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wang Lei | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mok Jin-seok | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mok Jin-seok | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Cho Hunhyun | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mok Jin-seok | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Won Seong-jin | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Won Seong-jin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Redmond | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Won Seong-jin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Chang Hao | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yoo Changhyuk | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chang Hao | 1 | |||||||||||||