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| Formation | 1957 |
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| Type | Sports federation, International Go Federation |
| 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 |
President | Martin Stiassny |
| Website | www.eurogofed.org |
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 Congress has been an annual event every year since then, held each time in a different European city.[1] The European Go Championship takes place during the EGC, as well as the Annual General Meeting (AGM). In 2014, the European Professional System was established by the European Go Federation.[2]
Membership is open to any Go-organising association in a country in or near Europe. There are currently 35 full members, and two suspended members.[3]
- ^ "List of European Go Congresses". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ "1st European Pro Qualification 2014". 2014. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "EGF Members". Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-07-17.