European Go Federation facts for kids

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European Go Federation

Formation	1957
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Amstelveen, 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
Website	www.eurogofed.org
Organizational member of the International Go Federation Main organizer of the European Go Congress

The European Go Federation (EGF) is a non-profit organization for Go in Europe.

Championships

EGF has been organizing several tournaments including the European Go Congress. They are open to all European players.

• European Womens Go Championship
• European Youth Go Championship

Members

Membership is open to the Go-organising body in each country in or near to Europe. EU/NATO membership is not required.

Country	Member 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 Igo Alliance (Hrvatska Igo Udruga)
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

EGF Professional players

The European Professional System was established by the European Go Federation in 2014. Only few players who passed the qualification can obtain the EGF professional status.

• 2014: Pavol Lisy 1P and Ali Jabarin 1P
• 2015: Mateusz Surma 1P and Ilya Shikshin 1P
• 2016: Artem Kachanovskyii 1P
• 2017: Andrii Kravets 1P
• 2019: Tanguy Le Calvé 1P

Related pages

• Nihon Ki-in (Japanese Go Association)
• American Go Association
• Female Go players