Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) won 8-4 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan. of the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan; Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) won 8-4 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan. Kang lost
6-4 to
Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan;
Kang finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kang defeated
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN) 8-1, then won
8-2 against
Japan's Honoka Sasaki and
8-2 against
Kitazawa. Kang won
7-5 against
Misaki Tanaka (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Kang earn
21.150 world rankings points and 1881CDN. Kang move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 30.175 points improving upon their best 1 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with
169.363 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kang ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
30.175 points earned so far this season.
