{{Short description|European championship for the board game Go}} {{multiple issues| {{Update|date=September 2014}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2014}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} The '''European Go Championship''' or '''Congress''' ('''EGC''') is the annual and main event organised by the [[European Go Federation]] for players of the [[board game]] [[Go (game)|Go]]. It consists of a 2-week [[Open (sport)|open]] competition, one round per day, making a total of 10 rounds with a champion ultimately emerging – the player with the most (or best) wins. The Congress has taken place in a different European city each year,<ref>{{cite book|last=Botermans|first=Jack|title=The Book of Games: Strategy, Tactics & History|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4221-7|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgamesstrat0000bote|url-access=registration|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgamesstrat0000bote/page/325 325]|year=2008}}</ref> since the first contest in 1983.<ref name=interg/> During these two weeks, the best Go players in Europe fight for the title of European Champion. The number of participants in recent years has ranged from a low of 290 to a high of 718 players.<ref>[http://www.eurogofed.org/history/congress.htm EGF congress history].</ref>

[[File:Contestants relaxing at the 'Congress Center Villach', Austria, during the 2007 European Go Championship (EGC).jpg|thumb|Contestants relaxing at the 'Congress Center [[Villach]]', [[Austria]], during the 2007 European Go Championship (EGC)]]

== History ==

The first European Go Championship was held in 1938.<ref name=interg>{{cite web |url=https://intergofed.org/history/gohistory.htm |title=History of the Game of Go |access-date=2010-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109173358/http://www.intergofed.org/history/gohistory.htm |archive-date=2010-01-09 }}</ref> The current annual series begun in 1957, with the first championship held in [[Cuxhaven]], Germany. Germany has been quite dominant at the championships.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fairbairn|first=John|title=Invitation to Go|year=2004|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-43356-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWCiH224gEoC&pg=PA75|location=Mineola, N.Y|page=75}}</ref>

In 1961 the 5th European Go Championship was held in August in [[Baden]], where Japanese professional players [[Kensaku Segoe]] and [[Utaro Hashimoto]] gave exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=133191301|format=fee required|title=Go Goes to Munich|agency=AP|work=Pacific Stars and Stripes|date=August 5, 1961|page=27|location=Japan}}</ref>

In 1976 European Go Congress was held in [[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]] with 150 European players vying for titles among five separate tournaments which varied the games played, and including a tournament at the game of 'Lightning Go,' where the game must be played far more rapidly than in a traditional match.<ref name="UPI">{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=141746161|format=fee required|title=Japanese Game 'Go' Goes Well With Englishman|agency=UPI|work=Pacific Stars and Stripes|date=August 21, 1976|page=29|location=Japan}}</ref> The festivities were described by United Press International, reporting on the event, as a "two week orgy of go."<ref name="UPI" />

In 1977 the 21st championship was held in [[Rijswijk]] in the Netherlands.<ref name="Gazette">{{cite news|title=Brockbank to Attend GO Congress in Europe|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pv0wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QeEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1022,3617367|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|date=July 15, 1977|page=9}}</ref> Although not allowed to play in the competition, two Japanese professional players attended and provided instruction and engaged in [[simultaneous exhibition]]s. Seminars were given in go theory, computer go and lightning go.<ref name="Gazette" />

== Recent highlights ==

=== Czech Republic 2005 === In [[Prague]], Alexandre Dinerchtein won against [[Cătălin Țăranu]] in the 5th round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goweb.cz/egc2005/results.asp?id=144&lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115133819/http://www.goweb.cz/egc2005/results.asp?id=144&lang=en|title=49th European Go Congress - The Results|archive-date=15 January 2006|access-date=22 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Italy 2006 === In [[Frascati]], Alexandre Dinerchtein lost against the 2001 Champion Andrei Kulkov in the 6th round.

[[Svetlana Shikshina]] won the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figg.it/rome2006/results/main/results.html |title=Results - 50th European Go Congress - Rome 2006 |publisher=Figg.it |access-date=2010-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221131259/http://www.figg.it/rome2006/results/main/results.html |archive-date=December 21, 2008 }}</ref>

=== Austria 2007 === In [[Villach]], [[Ilya Shikshin]]<ref>[http://goverband.at/egc2007/results/main_wall.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218054621/http://goverband.at/egc2007/results/main_wall.htm|date=February 18, 2009}}</ref> won the title, despite losing to Alexandre Dinerchtein in the 8th round.

=== Sweden 2008 === In [[Leksand]], Ondrej Silt from the [[Czech Republic]] beat [[Cătălin Țăranu]] in Round 4. In Round 5, Alexandre Dinerchtein won against the 2006 Champion Svetlana Shikshina. Cătălin Țăranu beat the 2007 Champion Ilya Shikshin in Round 8. The 5-[[Dan (rank)|dan]] [[Go professional]] Cătălin Țăranu became the second Romanian player to become European Go Champion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eurogotv.com/index.php?menu=News&archief=1218477393 |title=EuroGoTV presents Go-Baduk-Weiqi-TV 24/7 - News - Congress Champions 2008 |publisher=Eurogotv.com |access-date=2010-08-05 |archive-date=3 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703075628/http://eurogotv.com/index.php?menu=News |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Netherlands 2009 === In [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]], the young 5-dan Thomas Debarre from France defeated Cătălin Țăranu in Round 4. In round 5, the 3-times European Champion from the [[Netherlands]], Rob van Zeijst, lost against Alexandre Dinerchtein. Round 9 saw victory by the 2008 Champion Cătălin Țăranu against Alexandre Dinerchtein. Alexandre Dinerchtein remained ahead on tiebreak to win the title,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://egc2009.nl/?q=node/1472 |title=Final Wall List of the Main Tournament &#124; European Go Congress 2009 |publisher=Egc2009.nl |access-date=2010-08-05 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724151651/http://egc2009.nl/?q=node/1472 |url-status=dead }}</ref> his seventh time as European go Champion.

=== Finland 2010 === In [[Tampere]], as a first act of the championship, Cornel Burzo from [[Romania]] beat the reigning champion, the Russian professional Alexandre Dinerchtein.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eurogotv.com/index.php?menu=News&archief=1280091948 |title=EuroGoTV presents Go-Baduk-Weiqi-TV 24/7 - News - Coverage of the 2010 European Go Congress |publisher=Eurogotv.com |access-date=2010-08-05 |archive-date=3 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703075628/http://eurogotv.com/index.php?menu=News |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cătălin Țăranu won against Rob Van Zeijst in the 3rd round. The fourth round featured a very long game between Taranu and Ilya Shikshin. These two players were undefeated since the beginning of this year's competition. Shikshin finally won the game, to continue his consecutive victories (6 winning rounds).

The young [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] from [[Ukraine]] stopped the winning ascension of Shikshin at the seventh round. The next rounds were a fight for the title for these two players. Kachanovskyi led first by beating [[Csaba Mérő]] at the 8th round, and the 2009 [[European Youth Go Championship|European Youth Champion]], Ali Jabarin, in the 9th round, but he lost his final game against Kim JungHyeop, a Korean player. Shikshin won the title by beating Cristian Pop in the 8th round and Dinerchtein in the final round. During this tournament, the two leaders won games against Korean players. This is the second European title for Ilya Shikshin.

=== France 2011 ===

The Championship was held at the "[[University of Bordeaux]] I" campus in [[Talence]], from July 23 to August 6. The number of registered players exceeded the 800 expected players, meaning already that European Go is healthy. These amateur players were from all European countries, ranked from 30 [[Go ranks and ratings#Kyu and dan ranks|kyu]] to 7 dan, professional players from Asia will also participate (e.g. Japan, China and South Korea).<ref name="EGC2011">{{cite web|last=Gaultier|first=Astrid|title=55th European Go Congress - Bordeaux 2011|url=http://www.egc2011.eu/|access-date=13 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903185532/http://www.egc2011.eu/|archive-date=3 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The French hosting organisation was the ''[[:fr:Fédération française de go|Fédération française de go]]'' (FFG).<ref name="FFG-Cal">{{cite web|title=Calendar|url=http://ffg.jeudego.org/evenements/calendrier.php|publisher=Fédération Française de Go (FFG)|access-date=13 August 2010}}</ref> The pre-registration board showed the participation of previous champions and possible future title-holders such as: * [[Cătălin Țăranu]] * [[Ilya Shikshin]] * [[Svetlana Shikshina]] * [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] * [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] * Cristian Pop

This edition also accommodated the first Pandanet Go European Team Championship, a new competition where [[Romania]], [[Hungary]], [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]] will try to obtain the first title.

As a side-event, a professional competition was held - some games of the China Weiqi League were played.

[[Yumi Hotta]], [[Hikaru no Go]]-writer, attended for a conference during the event.

The EGC is reliant on generous international sponsorship. For the third consecutive year, Zhuyeqing Tea - the official sponsor of the Chinese national Go team - are the main sponsor of the Congress.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 EGC Sponsors and partners|url=http://www.egc2011.eu/index.php/en/sponsors|access-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110729150307/http://www.egc2011.eu/index.php/en/sponsors|archive-date=29 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Germany 2012 === The 2012 EGC was held by the river [[Rhine]], in the municipal hall of [[Bonn]]-[[Bad Godesberg]], from 21 July to 4 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=EGC 2012 Bonn - Welcome|url=http://www.egc2012.eu/|publisher=EGC2012|access-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701200733/http://www.egc2012.eu/|archive-date=1 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Poland 2013 === [[Olsztyn]] in [[Poland]] was the host for the 2013 Congress.<ref name=EGF-Calendar>{{cite web|title=European Tournament Calendar|url=http://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/calendar.htm|publisher=[[European Go Federation]]|access-date=17 July 2011}}</ref>

=== Romania 2014 === The 2014 EGC was held in [[Sibiu]], [[Romania]], a former [[European Capital of Culture]].<ref name="EGF-Calendar"/>

=== Czechia 2015 === The 2015 EGC was held in [[Liberec]], [[Czech Republic]].<ref name="EGF-Calendar"/>

=== Russia 2016 === The 2016 EGC was held in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]].<ref name="EGF-Calendar"/>

=== Germany 2017 === The 2017 EGC was held in [[Oberhof, Germany]] with the highest number of participants in history.<ref name="EGF-Calendar"/>

=== Italy 2018 === The 2018 EGC was held in [[Pisa]], Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://egc2018.it/|title=European Go Congress 2018, Pisa|website=egc2018.it}}</ref>

=== Belgium 2019 === The 2019 EGC was held in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://egc2019.be|title=European Go Congress 2019}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== 2020 and 2021 === In both of these years, the EGC did not take place due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The European Championship was held online in its place.

=== Romania 2022 === The 64th EGC took place from 23 July to 7 August in [[Vatra Dornei]], Romania.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=European Tournament Calendar |url=https://eurogofed.org/calendar/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=eurogofed.org}}</ref>

=== Leipzig/Markkleeberg 2023 === The 65th EGC took place from 22 July to 5 August in [[Markkleeberg]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-30 |title=Home |url=https://www.egc2023.de/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=European Go Congress 2023 |language=de-DE}}</ref> It had 751 registered participants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-07 |title=Teilnehmende |url=https://www.egc2023.de/teilnehmer/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=European Go Congress 2023 |language=de-DE}}</ref>

=== Toulouse 2024 === The 66th EGC took place from 26 July to 10 August in [[Toulouse]], France.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Go congress 2024 |url=https://egc2024.org/en/index.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=egc2024.org}}</ref>

== Planned Congresses == European Go Congresses, at which the European Go Champion is decided, are planned a few years in advance to cater for up to 800 players. Each year, the hosting country's Go association plays a large part in the organisation. Below are the planned future locations.

* 2025 – [[Warsaw]], Poland.<ref name="eurogofed">{{Cite web |title=European Tournament Calendar |url=https://www.eurogofed.org/calendar/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=eurogofed.org}}</ref>

== Past champions == As recorded in the European Go Federation web-site:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogofed.org/results/congress.htm |title=European Go Congresses |publisher=Eurogofed.org |access-date=2010-08-05}}</ref>

===European individual champions=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! style="width:10%;"|Year ! style="background:#f7f6a8; width:30%;"|Winner ! style="background:#dce5e5; width:30%;"|2nd ! style="background:#ffdab9; width:30%;"|3rd |- | align=center |1957 | Fritz Dueball ({{FRG}}) | Fritz John ({{FRG}}) | Leonard Grebe ({{AUT}}) |- | align=center |1958 | Fritz Dueball ({{FRG}}) | Lenz | [[Fritz John]] ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1959 | Fritz Dueball ({{FRG}}) | Paech | Kramer |- | align=center |1960 | Günter Ciessow ({{FRG}}) | Leonard Grebe ({{AUT}}) | Fritz Dueball ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1961 | Wichard von Alvensleben ({{FRG}}) | Leonard Grebe ({{AUT}}) | Fritz Dueball ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1962 | Wichard von Alvensleben ({{FRG}}) | [[Jürgen Dueball]] ({{FRG}}) | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1963 | Wichard von Alvensleben ({{FRG}}) | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1964 | Wichard von Alvensleben ({{FRG}}) | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Eduard Ekart ({{YUG}}) |- | align=center |1965 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) | [[Jürgen Dueball]] ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1966 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1967 | Zoran Mutabzija ({{YUG}}) | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1968 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Zoran Mutabzija ({{YUG}}) | [[Jürgen Dueball]] ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1969 | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Zoran Mutabzija ({{YUG}}) |- | align=center |1970 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1971 | Zoran Mutabzija ({{YUG}}) | Henk de Vries ({{NLD}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1972 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) | Jon Diamond ({{GBR}}) |- | align=center |1973 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Michael Katscher ({{FRG}}) | Zoran Mutabzija ({{YUG}}) |- | align=center |1974 | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) | Michael Kitsos ({{GRE}}) | Tony Goddard ({{GBR}}) |- | align=center |1975 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) | Patrick Merissert ({{FRA}}) |- | align=center |1976 | Patrick Merissert ({{FRA}}) | Tony Goddard ({{GBR}}) | Jon Diamond ({{GBR}}) |- | align=center |1977 | Wolfgang Isele ({{FRG}}) | Helmut Hasibeder ({{AUT}}) | Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1978 | Helmut Hasibeder ({{AUT}}) | Max Rebattu ({{NLD}}) | Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) |- | align=center |1979 | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | Robert Rehm ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1980 | Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) | André Moussa ({{FRA}}) |- | align=center |1981 | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Helmut Hasibeder ({{AUT}}) | Robert Rehm ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1982 | Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | Robert Rehm ({{NLD}}) | André Moussa ({{FRA}}) |- | align=center |1983 | Janusz Kraszek ({{POL}}) | [[Terry Stacey]] ({{GBR}}) | Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1984 | rowspan="2"|Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | rowspan="2"|[[Pierre Colmez]] ({{FRA}}) | Egbert Rittner ({{FRG}}) |- | Robert Rehm ({{NLD}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1985 | rowspan="2"|Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | rowspan="2"|Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | [[Pierre Colmez]] ({{FRA}}) |- | André Moussa ({{FRA}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1986 | rowspan="2"|Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | rowspan="2"|Frank Janssen ({{NLD}}) | Donzet Frederic ({{FRA}}) |- | Egbert Rittner ({{FRG}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1987 | rowspan="2"|Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | rowspan="2"|Aleksey Lazarev ({{URS}}) | Donzet Frederic ({{FRA}}) |- | Rob Van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center|1988 | Tibor Pocsai ({{HUN}}) | Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | Valeri Soloviov ({{URS}}) |- | align=center |1989 | Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | Ruslan Sakhabudinov ({{URS}}) | Valeri Soloviov ({{URS}}) |- | align=center |1990 | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | [[Hans Pietsch (Go player)|Hans Pietsch]] ({{FRG}}) | Jürgen Mattern ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1991 | Aleksey Lazarev ({{URS}}) | Gilles van Eeden ({{NLD}}) | Vladimir Danek ({{CZE}}) |- | align=center |1992 | Aleksey Lazarev ({{RUS}}) | Gilles van Eeden ({{NLD}}) | Geert Groenen ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1993 | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Aleksey Lazarev ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |1994 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Guangji Shen ({{GER}}) | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) |- | align=center |1995 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Christoph Gerlach ({{GER}}) | [[Pierre Colmez]] ({{FRA}}) |- | align=center |1996 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Laurent Heiser ({{LUX}}) |- | align=center |1997 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Vladimir Danek ({{CZE}}) | Pei Zhao ({{CHN}}) |- | align=center |1998 | Robert Mateescu ({{ROM}}) | [[Franz-Josef Dickhut]] ({{GER}}) | Christoph Gerlach ({{GER}}) |- | align=center |1999 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Ion Florescu ({{ROM}}) | Dmitrij Surin ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2000 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Pei Zhao ({{GER}}) | [[Franz-Josef Dickhut]] ({{GER}}) |- | align=center |2001 | Andrey Kulkov ({{RUS}}) | Christoph Gerlach ({{GER}}) | Emil Nijhuis ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |2002 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Dmytro Bohatskyi ({{UKR}}) | Mykhailo Halchenko ({{UKR}}) |- | align=center |2003 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Aleksey Lazarev ({{RUS}}) | Cornel Burzo ({{ROM}}) |- | align=center |2004 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) | Cristian Gabriel Pop ({{ROM}}) |- | align=center |2005 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) | Ilja Shikshin ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2006 | [[Svetlana Shikshina]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Andrey Kulkov ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2007 | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Cristian Gabriel Pop ({{ROM}}) |- | align=center |2008 | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2009 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) | [[Csaba Mérő]] ({{HUN}}) |- | align=center |2010 | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) |- | align=center |2011 | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) | [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) |- | align=center |2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egc2012.eu/congress/tournaments/open-european-championship|title=Open European Championship - European Go Congress 2012|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001252/http://www.egc2012.eu/congress/tournaments/open-european-championship|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | [[Jan Šimara|Jan Simara]] ({{CZE}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Pavol Lisy]] ({{SVK}}) |- | align=center |2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://egc2013.go.art.pl/EGC-finals.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214003745/http://egc2013.go.art.pl/EGC-finals.html|url-status=dead|title=Official results page of European Go Congress 2013 finals|archive-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref> | [[Fan Hui|Hui Fan]] ({{FRA}}) | [[Pavol Lisy]] ({{SVK}}) | Mateusz Surma ({{POL}}) |- | align=center |2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.egc2014.com/rezultate/current.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911161038/http://www.egc2014.com/rezultate/current.htm |archive-date=2014-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | [[Fan Hui|Hui Fan]] ({{FRA}}) | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://egc2015.cz/results/main/playoffs|title=European Championship - playoff finals - 59th WeiqiTV European Go Congress|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> | [[Fan Hui|Hui Fan]] ({{FRA}}) | Ali Jabarin ({{ISR}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2016<ref name="eurogofed.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogofed.org/results/congress/egc2016.htm|title=The 60th European Go Congress|website=www.eurogofed.org}}</ref> | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | Ali Jabarin ({{ISR}}) | Lukáš Podpera ({{CZE}}) |- | align=center |2017<ref name="eurogofed.org"/> | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Mateusz Surma]] ({{POL}}) | [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) |- | align=center |2018<ref name="egc2018">{{cite web|url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2018.html|title=European Championship 2018|publisher=European Go Federation|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> | [[Pavol Lisy]] ({{SVK}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | Ali Jabarin ({{ISR}}) |- | align=center |2019<ref name="egc2019">{{cite web|url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2019.html|title=European Championship 2019|publisher=European Go Federation|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref> | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) | Lukáš Podpera ({{CZE}}) |- | align=center |2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2020.html|publisher=European Go Federation|title=Online European Championship 2020 (EGF Grand Prix Bonus point A) |access-date=2 November 2020}}</ref> | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | Ali Jabarin ({{ISR}}) | [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) |- |2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online European Championship 2021 |url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2021.html |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=eurogofed.org |language=en}}</ref> |[[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) |[[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) |Ali Jabarin ({{ISR}}) |- |2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Championship 2022 |url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2022.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=eurogofed.org |language=en}}</ref> |Benjamin Dréan-Guenaïzia ({{FRA}}) |[[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) |Fredrik Blomback ({{SWE}}) |- |2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Championship 2023 |url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2023.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=eurogofed.org}}</ref> |[[Andrij Kravets|Andrii Kravets]] ({{UKR}}) |Ali Jabarin ({{ISR}}) |Ashe Vázquez ({{ESP}}) |- |2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Championship 2024 |url=https://eurogofed.org/egc/2024.html |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=eurogofed.org}}</ref> |[[Andrij Kravets|Andrii Kravets]] ({{UKR}}) |Thomas Debarre ({{FRA}}) |Fredrik Blomback ({{SWE}}) |- |2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Championship 2025 |url=https://www.eurogofed.org/egc/2025.html |access-date=28 July 2025|website=eurogofed.org}}</ref> |[[Mateusz Surma]] ({{POL}}) |Valerii Krushelnytskyi ({{UKR}}) |[[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) |}

===Open European individual champions=== From 1984, the Championship became open, allowing participants from outside Europe. This attracted strong players from China and Korea, who have regularly finished in the top spots. Until 2010, the highest finishing European national would be declared "European Champion", with the highest finisher of the tournament being declared "European Open Champion"; the latter title was often won by Korean nationals.

From 2011 onwards, the tournament format was changed. The tournament now consists of 7 rounds of MacMahon, followed by a 3-round single elimination knockout between the top 8 eight European nationals. The winner of this knockout is declared European Champion; the player with the most wins after 10 rounds is declared European Open Champion. {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! style="width:10%;"|Year ! style="background:#f7f6a8; width:30%;"|Winner ! style="background:#dce5e5; width:30%;"|2nd ! style="background:#ffdab9; width:30%;"|3rd |- | align=center |1984 | Tay-You Hong ({{KOR}}) | Jong-Su Yoo ({{KOR}}) | Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1985 | rowspan="2"|Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | rowspan="2"|Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | Pierre Colmez ({{FRA}}) |- | André Moussa ({{FRA}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1986 | rowspan="2"|Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) | rowspan="2"|Frank Janssen ({{NLD}}) | Donzet Frederic ({{FRA}}) |- | Egbert Rittner ({{FRG}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1987 | rowspan="2"|Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | rowspan="2"|Alexei Lazarev ({{URS}}) | Donzet Frederic ({{FRA}}) |- | Rob Van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center|1988 | Tibor Pocsai ({{HUN}}) | Kazuki Hondo ({{JPN}}) | Ronald Schlemper ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1989 | Toshiyuki Sogabe ({{JPN}}) | Matthew Macfadyen ({{GBR}}) | Chikako Nakamura ({{JPN}}) |- | align=center |1990 | Rob Van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Shu-Tai Zhang ({{CHN}}) | [[Hans Pietsch (Go player)|Hans Pietsch]] ({{FRG}}) |- | align=center |1991 | Shu-Tai Zhang ({{CHN}}) | [[Alexei Lazarev]] ({{URS}}) | Juan Guo ({{CHN}}) |- | align=center |1992 | Takashi Matsumoto ({{JPN}}) | Wataru Miyakawa ({{JPN}}) | Shu-Tai Zhang ({{CHN}}) |- | align=center |1993 | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Naoyuki Kai ({{JPN}}) | Juan Guo ({{CHN}}) |- | align=center |1994 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Guangji Shen ({{GER}}) | [[Manfred Wimmer]] ({{AUT}}) |- | align=center |1995 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Wataru Miyakawa ({{JPN}}) | Yasuyuki Sumikura ({{JPN}}) |- | align=center |1996 | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Hyuk Lee ({{KOR}}) |- | align=center |1997 | Hyuk Lee ({{KOR}}) | Wataru Miyakawa ({{JPN}}) | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) |- | align=center |1998 | Hyuk Lee ({{KOR}}) | Robert Mateescu ({{ROM}}) | [[Franz-Josef Dickhut]] ({{GER}}) |- | align=center |1999 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Ion Florescu ({{ROM}}) | Dmitrij Surin ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2000 | Hyuk Lee ({{KOR}}) | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Pei Zhao ({{GER}}) |- | align=center |2001 | Andrei Kulkov ({{RUS}}) | [[Kiyoshi Fujita]] ({{JPN}}) | Christoph Gerlach ({{GER}}) |- | align=center |2002 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Dmytro Bohatskyi ({{UKR}}) | Mykhailo Halchenko ({{UKR}}) |- | align=center |2003 | Seul-Ki Hong ({{KOR}}) | Bi Jang ({{KOR}}) | Sung-Kyun Park ({{KOR}}) |- | align=center |2004 | Kwang-Sun Young ({{KOR}}) | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) |- | align=center |2005 | [[Alexandre Dinerchtein]] ({{RUS}}) | Seok-Bin Cho ({{KOR}}) | Jong-Wook Park ({{KOR}}) |- | align=center |2006 | Chi-Seon Park ({{KOR}}) | Ki-Bong Lee ({{KOR}}) | [[Svetlana Shikshina]] ({{RUS}}) |- | align=center |2007 | Seok-Ui Hong ({{KOR}}) | Jong-Wook Park ({{KOR}}) | Seok-Bin Cho ({{KOR}}) |- | align=center |2008 | Jong-Wook Park ({{KOR}}) | Seok-Ui Hong ({{KOR}}) | Yu-Cheng Lai ({{TWN}}) |- | align=center |2009 | Eun-Kuk Kim ({{KOR}}) | In-Seong Hwang ({{KOR}}) | Joon-Sang Kim ({{KOR}}) |- | align=center |2010 | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Artem Kachanovskyi]] ({{UKR}}) | Chae-Lim Kim ({{KOR}}) |- | align=center |2011 | Young-Sam Kim ({{KOR}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) |- | align=center |2012 | Jun-Hyup Song ({{KOR}}) | Young-Sam Kim ({{KOR}}) | [[Jan Simara]] ({{CZE}}) |- | align=center |2013 | [[Fan Hui|Hui Fan]] ({{FRA}}) | Antti Tormanen ({{FIN}}) | [[Pavol Lisy]] ({{SVK}}) |}

===Open European pair champions=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- ! style="width:10%;"|Year ! style="background:#f7f6a8; width:30%;"|Winner ! style="background:#dce5e5; width:30%;"|2nd ! style="background:#ffdab9; width:30%;"|3rd |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1992 | Cartsen Klaus ({{GER}}) | T.Mark Hall ({{GBR}}) | Christoph Gerlach ({{GER}}) |- | Daniela Trinks ({{GER}}) | Frauke Kuhn ({{GER}}) | Sabine Collin ({{GER}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1993 | Rob van Zeijst ({{NLD}}) | Gruang-Ji Shen ({{CHN}}) | Deaconu Lucian ({{ROM}}) |- | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Zhao Pei ({{GER}}) | Giorgia Lucia ({{ITA}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1994 | Matti Groot ({{NLD}}) | Guido Tautorat ({{GER}}) | Karsten Ziegler ({{GER}}) |- | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Daniela Trinks ({{GER}}) | Britta Trepczik ({{GER}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1995 | Rob Kok ({{NLD}}) | Jef Seailles ({{FRA}}) | Robert Mateescu ({{ROM}}) |- | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Rafaella Giardino ({{ITA}}) | Adrian Ghioc ({{ROM}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1996 | Laurent Heiser ({{LUX}}) | Julien Roubertie ({{FRA}}) | [[Hiroshi Shima]] ({{JPN}}) |- | Hao-Jiang Zou ({{LUX}}) | Astrid Gaultier ({{FRA}}) | Keiko Watanabe ({{JPN}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1997 | Hyuk Lee ({{KOR}}) | Olivier Besson ({{FRA}}) | Henk Hollmann ({{NLD}}) |- | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | Aude Friren ({{FRA}}) | Kirsten Hollmann ({{NLD}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|1998 | rowspan="2"|Wataru Miyakawa ({{JPN}}) | rowspan="2"|Hyuk Lee ({{KOR}}) | Saijo Masataki ({{JPN}}) |- || Steffi Hebsacker ({{GER}}) |- | rowspan="2"|Ruxandra Ilie ({{ROM}}) | rowspan="2"|[[Svetlana Shikshina]] ({{RUS}}) | Ildar Almouchametov ({{RUS}}) |- | Olga Mejova ({{RUS}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|1999 | Marcin Wolak ({{POL}}) | [[Cătălin Țăranu]] ({{ROM}}) | Emil Nijhuis ({{NLD}}) |- | Marta Natecz ({{POL}}) | Renee Frehe ({{NLD}}) | Gaelle Desportes ({{FRA}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2000 | Dionisia Barrasa ({{SPN}}) | ? | ? |- | Hong-Mei Fu ({{JPN}}) | ? | ? |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2001 | Niek van Diepen ({{NLD}}) | Bela Nagy ({{ROM}}) | Emil Nijhuis ({{NLD}}) |- | Annemarie Hovingh ({{NLD}}) | Lisa Ente ({{GER}}) | Yu-Won Choi ({{NLD}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2002 | Hirobumi Ohmori ({{JPN}}) | Ronald Verhagen ({{NLD}}) | Joachim Beggerow ({{GER}}) |- | Olga Mezhova ({{RUS}}) | Tabasa Nagai ({{JPN}}) | Katrin Bade ({{GER}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2003 | Sung-Kyun Park ({{KOR}}) | Cornel Burzo ({{ROM}}) | Andrey Sovetkin ({{RUS}}) |- | Na-Yeon Kang ({{KOR}}) | Geraldine Paget ({{FRA}}) | Ilsia Samakaeva ({{RUS}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2004 | Piotr Wisthal ({{POL}}) | Lionel Fischer ({{FRA}}) | Christoph Gerlach ({{GER}}) |- | Alexandra Urban ({{HUN}}) | Helene Alby ({{FRA}}) | Lara Skuppin ({{GER}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2005 | [[Kim Dong-Chan|Dong-Chan Kim]] ({{KOR}}) | Zbynek Dach ({{CZE}}) | [[Tae-Hyun Kim (Go player)|Tae-Hyun Kim]] ({{KOR}}) |- | [[Kim Se-Young|Se-Young Kim]] ({{KOR}}) | Klara Zaloudkova ({{CZE}}) | Jong-Uk Park ({{KOR}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2006 | Christian Gawron ({{GER}}) | Bernd Radmacher ({{GER}}) | ? |- | Monika Reimpell ({{GER}}) | Karen Schomberg ({{GER}}) | ? |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2007 | Yury Pliushch ({{UKR}}) | ? | ? |- | Maria Zakharchenko ({{UKR}}) | ? | ? |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2008 | Seung-Geun Lee ({{KOR}}) | Marc Stoehr ({{SWE}}) | ? |- | Daniela Trinks ({{GER}}) | Meien Kurebayashi ({{JPN}}) | ? |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2009 | Siu-Hong Chung ({{NLD}}) | Liu-Zhi Lin ({{CHN}}) | ? |- | Cheng-Ping Chang ({{TWN}}) | Juan Guo ({{NLD}}) | ? |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2010 | Chin-Seok Mok ({{KOR}}) | [[Ilya Shikshin]] ({{RUS}}) | Tomas Bartonek ({{CZE}}) |- | Klara Zaloudkova ({{CZE}}) | Laura Avram ({{ROM}}) | Ha-Jin Lee ({{KOR}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2011 | [[Jan Šimara|Jan Simara]] ({{CZE}}) | Cornel Burzo ({{ROM}}) | [[Sung Kim]] ({{KOR}}) |- | Rita Pocsai ({{HUN}}) | Adelina Sora ({{ROM}}) | Klara Zaloudkova ({{CZE}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2012 | Manja Marz ({{GER}}) | [[Jan Šimara|Jan Simara]] ({{CZE}}) | Jesse Savo ({{FIN}}) |- | Huai-Yi Chang ({{TWN}}) | Barbara Knauf ({{GER}}) | Laura Avram ({{ROM}}) |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2013 | Cezary Czernecki ({{POL}}) | Young-Long Park ({{KOR}}) | Bin Lu ({{CHN}}) |- | Ha-Jin Lee ({{KOR}}) | Agnieszka Kacprzyk ({{POL}}) | Ting Li ({{CHN}}) |}

== See also ==

*[[European Pair Go Championship]] {{clear}}

== References == {{Reflist|30em}}

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