European Go Championships

The European Go Championships or the European Go Congress ( EGC ) is an annual event organized by the European Go Federation . The event, which includes tournaments as well as lectures and information events, is considered the main event in European go- sport. It usually extends over a period of two weeks, with the European Go Master being determined within the first eight days.

The next venues are planned to be Kamjanez-Podilskyj in Ukraine in 2021 and Vatra Dornei in Romania in 2022 .

European champion

The European champions have been determined since 1957.

European champion from 1957 to 1983

year	master	Second place	third place	venue
1957	Germany Fritz Dueball			Germany Cuxhaven
1958	Germany Fritz Dueball	Lenz	John	Austria Altenmarkt
1959	Germany Fritz Dueball	Paech	Chandler	Germany Bayreuth
1960	Germany Günter Ciessow	Germany Leonard Grebe	Germany Fritz Dueball	Netherlands Leiden (city)
1961	Germany Wichard von Alvensleben	Germany Leonard Grebe	Germany Fritz Dueball	Austria Baden near Vienna
1962	Germany Wichard von Alvensleben	Germany Fritz Dueball	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1963	Germany Wichard von Alvensleben	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Netherlands Max Rebattu	Germany Barsinghausen
1964	Germany Wichard von Alvensleben	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Yugoslavia Eduard Ekart	Netherlands Scheveningen
1965	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Netherlands Max Rebattu	Germany Fritz Dueball	Czech Republic Mnosek pod Brdy
1966	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Austria Manfred Wimmer	Netherlands Max Rebattu	United Kingdom of London
1967	Yugoslavia Zoran Mutabzija	Austria Manfred Wimmer	Netherlands Max Rebattu	Germany Staufen im Breisgau
1968	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Yugoslavia Zoran Mutabzija	Germany Fritz Dueball	Germany Berlin
1969	Austria Manfred Wimmer	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Yugoslavia Zoran Mutabzija	Yugoslavia Ljubljana
1970	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Austria Manfred Wimmer	Netherlands Max Rebattu	Austria Vienna
1971	Yugoslavia Zoran Mutabzija	Netherlands Henk de Vries	Netherlands Max Rebattu	United Kingdom Bristol
1972	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Netherlands Max Rebattu	United Kingdom John Diamond	Netherlands Enschede
1973	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Germany Michael Katscher	Yugoslavia Zoran Mutabzija	Germany Sprendlingen
1974	Austria Manfred Wimmer	Greece Michael Kitsos	United Kingdom Tony Goddard	Yugoslavia Zagreb
1975	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Austria Manfred Wimmer	France Patrick Merissert	Austria Krems
1976	France Patrick Merissert	United Kingdom Tony Goddard	United Kingdom John Diamond	United Kingdom Cambridge
1977	Germany Wolfgang Isele	Austria Helmut Hasibeder	Netherlands Ronald Schlemper	Netherlands Rijswijk
1978	Austria Helmut Hasibeder	Netherlands Max Rebattu	United Kingdom Mathew Macfadyen	France Paris
1979	Germany Jürgen Mattern	Netherlands Ronald Schlemper	Netherlands Robert Rehm	Germany Koenigswinter
1980	United Kingdom Mathew Macfadyen	Germany Jürgen Mattern	France André Moussa	Yugoslavia Mali Lošinj
1981	Netherlands Rob van Zeijst	Austria Helmut Hasibeder	Netherlands Robert Rehm	Austria Linz
1982	Netherlands Ronald Schlemper	Netherlands Robert Rehm	France André Moussa	Denmark Copenhagen
1983	Poland Janusz Kraszek	United Kingdom Terry Stacey	United Kingdom Mathew Macfadyen	United Kingdom Edinburgh

European champion from 1984

Since 1984, participation in the tournament is no longer restricted to European players. The European champion is the highest ranked player of European origin.

year	Winner - Open Championship	European champion	venue
1984	South Korea Hong Tay-You	United Kingdom Mathew Macfayden	Switzerland Porrentruy
1985		United Kingdom Mathew Macfayden	Netherlands Terschelling
1986		Netherlands Ronald Schlemper	Hungary Budapest
1987		United Kingdom Mathew Macfayden	France Grenoble
1988		Hungary Tibor Pocsai	Germany Hamburg
1989	Japan Toshiyuki Sogabe	United Kingdom Mathew Macfayden	Yugoslavia Niš
1990		Netherlands Rob van Zeijst	Austria Vienna
1991	People's Republic of China Zhang Shutai	Russia Alexei Lazarev	Belgium Namur
1992	Japan T. Matsumoto	Russia Alexei Lazarev	United Kingdom Canterbury
1993		Netherlands Rob van Zeijst	Czech Republic Prague
1994		Netherlands Guo Juan	Netherlands Maastricht
1995		Netherlands Guo Juan	Poland Tuchola
1996		Netherlands Guo Juan	Italy Abano Terme
1997	South Korea Hyuk Lee	Netherlands Guo Juan	France Marseille
1998	South Korea Hyuk Lee	Romania Robert Mateescu	Romania Mamaia
1999		Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Slovakia Podbanské
2000	South Korea Hyuk Lee	Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Germany Strausberg
2001		Russia Andrei Kulkov	Ireland Dublin
2002		Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Croatia Zagreb
2003	South Korea Hong Seul Ki	Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Russia Saint Petersburg
2004	South Korea Young Kwang Sun	Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Poland Tuchola
2005		Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Czech Republic Prague
2006	South Korea Park Chi Seon	Russia Svetlana Shikshina	Italy Frascati
2007	South Korea Hong Seok-Ui	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Austria Villach
2008	South Korea Park Jong-Wook	Romania Catalin Taranu	Sweden Leksand
2009	South Korea Kim Eunkuk	Russia Alexandre Dinerchtein	Netherlands Groningen
2010		Russia Ilya Shikshin	Finland Tampere
2011	South Korea Kim Youngsam	Russia Ilya Shikshin	France Bordeaux
2012	South Korea Song Jun Hyup	Czech Republic Jan Simara	Germany Bonn - Bad Godesberg
2013		France Fan Hui	Poland Olsztyn
2014	People's Republic of China Tong Yulin	France Fan Hui	Romania Sibiu (Hermannstadt)

European champion from 2015

Since 2015, the European Championship has been taking place independently of the Open European Championship, so the European Champion will again be played exclusively among Europeans. It is, however, possible for the European champion to become a winner in the European Open Championship.

year	Winner - Open Championship	European champion	venue
2015	People's Republic of China Wang Zheming	France Fan Hui	Czech Republic Liberec
2016	South Korea Kim Young-Sam	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Russia Saint Petersburg
2017	People's Republic of China Zhang Tao	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Germany Oberhof
2018	South Korea Yoon Namgi	Slovakia Pavol Lisy	Italy Pisa
2019	People's Republic of China Sun Tengyu	Russia Ilya Shikshin	Belgium Brussels

See also

• Go
• German champions in Go

credentials

1. ↑ ^{a b} European Tournament Calendar . European Go Federation . Retrieved August 7, 2017.
2. ^ European Go Congresses . Eurogofed.org. Retrieved August 5, 2010.