European Go Federation

The European Go Federation (EGF) is a non-profit organization with the purpose of encouraging, regulating, co-ordinating, and disseminating the playing of the board game Go in Europe. The EGF was founded in 1957, the same year that the inaugural European Go Congress (EGC) took place - in Cuxhaven, Germany. The latter congress has been an annual event in every year since then, moving around European countries,[1] and it is at the EGC that the European Go Championship takes place, as well as the Annual General Meeting (AGM). In 2014, the European Professional System was established by the European Go Federation.[2]

European Go Federation
Formation1957
TypeSports federation, International Go Federation
HeadquartersAmstelveen, Netherlands
Membership
Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Official language
English
President
Martin Stiassny
Websitewww.eurogofed.org

Membership is open to the Go-organising body in each country in or near to Europe. There are currently 37 members.[3]

Functioning

The EGF elects an Executive Committee which supervises a number of commissions in charge of normal activities in between the AGMs.

Major European tournaments do not fall under the Executive Committee's supervision, but are directly co-ordinated by the EGF itself. Some of these Major tournaments are part of the European Cup. There are European Championships for Youth, Pairs, Women and Teams, as well as the main Championship held at the European Go Congress. An official European Rating List is maintained by processing the results of as many European tournaments as possible.[4]

The European Go Federation is a member of the International Go Federation.[5]

Members
CountryMember name
Armenia Armenian Draughts and Go Federation
Austria Austrian Go Federation (Go Verband Österreich)
Belarus Belarus Go Federation
Belgium Belgian Go Federation (Belgische Go Federatie - Fédération Belge de Go)
Bosnia Go Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Go Asocijacija Bosne i Hecegovine)
Bulgaria Bulgarian Go Association (Bulgarska Go Asotsiatsija)
Croatia Croatian Go Alliance (Hrvatski Go Savez)
Cyprus Cyprus Go Association (Kypriakos Syndesmos Go)
Czech Republic Czech Go Association (Ceska Asociace Go)
Denmark Danish Go Association (Dansk Go Forbund)
Finland Finnish Go Association (Suomen Go-liitto ry)
France French Go Federation (Fédération Française de Go)
Germany German Go Federation (Deutscher Go-Bund)
Georgia Georgian Go Federation (საქართველოს გო-ს ეროვნული სპორტული ფედერაცია)
Hungary Hungarian Go Association (Magyar Goszovetseg)
Iceland Icelandic Go Association (Hið Íslenska Gofélag)
Ireland Irish Go Association (Irish Go Association)
Israel Israeli Go Association (Agudat Ha-Go Ha-Yisraelit)
Italy Italian Go Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Go)
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Go Federation (Kazakhstan Go Federation)
Lithuania Lithuanian Go Association (Lietuvos Go Asociacija)
Luxembourg Go Club Luxemburg (Le Club de Go du Luxembourg)
Netherlands Dutch Go Association (Nederlandse Go Bond)
Norway Norwegian Go Association (Go i Norge)
Poland Polish Go Association (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Go)
Portugal Portuguese Go Association (Associaçăo Portuguesa de Go)
Romania Romanian Go Federation (Federatia Romana de Go)
Russia Russian Go Federation (Rossiiskaya Federatziaya Go)
Serbia Serbian Go Federation (Go Savez Srbije)
Slovakia Slovak Go Association (Slovenská Asociácia Go)
Slovenia Slovenian Go Association (Go Zveza Slovenije)
Spain Spanish Go Association (Asociacion Espanola de Go)
Sweden Swedish Go Association (Svenska Goförbundet)
Switzerland Swiss Go Association (Schweizer Go Verband - Fédération Suisse de Go - Federazione Svizzera di Go)
Turkey Turkish Go Players' Association (Türkiye Go Oyunculari Dernegi)
Ukraine Ukrainian Go Federation (Ukrainska' Federatsiya Go)
United Kingdom British Go Association (British Go Association)

EGF Professional players
  • 2014: Pavol Lisy 1P and Ali Jabarin 1P[2]
  • 2015: Mateusz Surma 1P and Ilya Shikshin 1P[6]
  • 2016: Artem Kachanovskyii 1P[7]
  • 2017: Andrii Kravets 1P[8]
  • 2019: Tanguy Le Calvé 1P[9]

See also

References
  1. List of European Go Congresses
  2. "1st European Pro Qualification 2014". 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. EGF Members
  5. "List of official members of the International Go Federation". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  6. "2nd European Pro Qualification 2015". 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  7. "Artem Kachanovskyii is the 5th EGF Professional". 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. "Andrii Kravets fulfilled his quest". 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  9. "5th European Pro Qualification 2019". 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.


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