Prizes

European Go Federation and other sponsors provided a nice prize pool for the 31st EYGC.

Category U12:

  • points for WYGC 2027 *
  • EGF vouchers for three best players
  • 1 x wildcard for the European Championship **
  • a seat in the EGF International team for a world youth teams event ***

Category U16:

  • points for WYGC 2027 *
  • EGF vouchers for three best players
  • 1 x wildcard for the European Championship **
  • a seat in the EGF International team for a world youth teams event ***

Category U20:

  • points for WYGC 2027 *
  • EGF vouchers for three best players.
  •  1 x wildcard for the European Championship **
  •  a seat in the EGF International team for a world youth teams event (for the best placed player who is 18 or younger) ***

Each player with 5 or 6 wins in any category will get a special prize.

*) World Youth Goe Championships (for U12 and U18 categories) became bi-annual event. Therefore, players are going to collect “qualification points” in EYGC 2026 and EYGC 2027. The players with most points shall be nominated to the WYGC 2027, depending on the conditions published by the Ing Foundation. The method of calculating “qualification points” will be described in a document published on the EGF website (link comming soon).

**) European champions in U16 and U20 age groups will be invited to the European Championship, to be played during the 68th European Go Congress to be held in Ankara, Turkey, if their highest GoR is at least 2400 in the period 01/01/2026-15/06/2026. .

***) The seat is granted if the player is not playing for his or her national team which is qualified for the same event by taking one of first three places in the EGF Youth Teams Cup and if player is fulfilling conditions in a document published on the EGF website (link coming soon).