European Go Federation
The European Go Federation (EGF) is a non-profit organization for Go in Europe.
| 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 languages | English |
| Website | www.eurogofed.org |
Championships
EGF has been organizing several tournaments including the European Go Congress. They are open to all European players.
Members
Membership is open to the Go-organising body in each country in or near to Europe.[3] 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) Archived 2020-07-10 at the Wayback Machine |
 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.[4] Only few players who passed the qualification can obtain the EGF professional status.
Related pages
- Nihon Ki-in (Japanese Go Association)
- American Go Association
- Female Go players
References
- ↑ European Womens Go Championship at Sensei's Library
- ↑ European Youth Go Championship at Sensei's Library
- ↑ EGF Members
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "1st European Pro Qualification 2014". 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "2nd European Pro Qualification 2015". 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "Artem Kachanovskyii is the 5th EGF Professional". 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Andrii Kravets fulfilled his quest". 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "5th European Pro Qualification 2019". 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.