European Go Federation

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

## Other websites

- EGF Official site
- Pandanet Go European Cup
- Sensei's Library (an online Go library)

## Infobox (organization)

- **name**: European Go Federation
- **image**: EGF 1 mono.svg
- **type**: Sports organization
- **footnotes**: Organizational member of the International Go Federation
Main organizer of the European Go Congress
- **formation**: 1957
- **headquarters**: Amstelveen, Netherlands
- **membership**: Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia (country), 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
- **language**: English language, English
- **website**: [http://www.eurogofed.org/ www.eurogofed.org]