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European Go Championship

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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. It consists of a 2-week 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,[1] since the first contest in 1983.[2] 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.[3]

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Contestants relaxing at the 'Congress Center Villach', Austria, during the 2007 European Go Championship (EGC)

History

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The first European Go Championship was held in 1938.[2] The current annual series begun in 1957, with the first championship held in Cuxhaven, Germany. Germany has been quite dominant at the championships.[4]

In 1961 the 5th European Go Championship was held in August in Baden, where Japanese professional players Kensaku Segoe and Utaro Hashimoto gave exhibitions.[5]

In 1976 European Go Congress was held in 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.[6] The festivities were described by United Press International, reporting on the event, as a "two week orgy of go."[6]

In 1977 the 21st championship was held in Rijswijk in the Netherlands.[7] Although not allowed to play in the competition, two Japanese professional players attended and provided instruction and engaged in simultaneous exhibitions. Seminars were given in go theory, computer go and lightning go.[7]

Recent highlights

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Czech Republic 2005

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In Prague, Alexandre Dinerchtein won against Cătălin Țăranu in the 5th round.[8]

Italy 2006

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In Frascati, Alexandre Dinerchtein lost against the 2001 Champion Andrei Kulkov in the 6th round.

Svetlana Shikshina won the title.[9]

Austria 2007

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In Villach, Ilya Shikshin[10] won the title, despite losing to Alexandre Dinerchtein in the 8th round.

Sweden 2008

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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 Go professional Cătălin Țăranu became the second Romanian player to become European Go Champion.[11]

Netherlands 2009

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In 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,[12] his seventh time as European go Champion.

Finland 2010

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In Tampere, as a first act of the championship, Cornel Burzo from Romania beat the reigning champion, the Russian professional Alexandre Dinerchtein.[13] 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 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

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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 kyu to 7 dan, professional players from Asia will also participate (e.g. Japan, China and South Korea).[14] The French hosting organisation was the Fédération française de go (FFG).[15] The pre-registration board showed the participation of previous champions and possible future title-holders such as:

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.[16]

Germany 2012

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The 2012 EGC was held by the river Rhine, in the municipal hall of Bonn-Bad Godesberg, from 21 July to 4 August 2012.[17]

Poland 2013

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Olsztyn in Poland was the host for the 2013 Congress.[18]

Romania 2014

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The 2014 EGC was held in Sibiu, Romania, a former European Capital of Culture.[18]

Czechia 2015

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The 2015 EGC was held in Liberec, Czech Republic.[18]

Russia 2016

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The 2016 EGC was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[18]

Germany 2017

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The 2017 EGC was held in Oberhof, Germany with the highest number of participants in history.[18]

Italy 2018

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The 2018 EGC was held in Pisa, Italy.[19]

Belgium 2019

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The 2019 EGC was held in Brussels, Belgium.[20]

2020 and 2021

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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

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The 64th EGC took place from 23 July to 7 August in Vatra Dornei, Romania.[21]

Leipzig/Markkleeberg 2023

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The 65th EGC took place from 22 July to 5 August in Markkleeberg, Germany.[22] It had 751 registered participants.[23]

Toulouse 2024

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The 66th EGC took place from 26 July to 10 August in Toulouse, France.[24]

Planned Congresses

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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.

Past champions

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As recorded in the European Go Federation web-site:[26]

European individual champions

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
1957 Fritz Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany) Fritz John (BERJAYA West Germany) Leonard Grebe (BERJAYA Austria)
1958 Fritz Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany) Lenz Fritz John (BERJAYA West Germany)
1959 Fritz Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany) Paech Kramer
1960 Günter Ciessow (BERJAYA West Germany) Leonard Grebe (BERJAYA Austria) Fritz Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany)
1961 Wichard von Alvensleben (BERJAYA West Germany) Leonard Grebe (BERJAYA Austria) Fritz Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany)
1962 Wichard von Alvensleben (BERJAYA West Germany) Jürgen Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany) Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany)
1963 Wichard von Alvensleben (BERJAYA West Germany) Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1964 Wichard von Alvensleben (BERJAYA West Germany) Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Eduard Ekart (BERJAYA Yugoslavia)
1965 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands) Jürgen Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany)
1966 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1967 Zoran Mutabzija (BERJAYA Yugoslavia) Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1968 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Zoran Mutabzija (BERJAYA Yugoslavia) Jürgen Dueball (BERJAYA West Germany)
1969 Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria) Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Zoran Mutabzija (BERJAYA Yugoslavia)
1970 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1971 Zoran Mutabzija (BERJAYA Yugoslavia) Henk de Vries (BERJAYA Netherlands) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1972 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands) Jon Diamond (BERJAYA United Kingdom)
1973 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Michael Katscher (BERJAYA West Germany) Zoran Mutabzija (BERJAYA Yugoslavia)
1974 Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria) Michael Kitsos (BERJAYA Greece) Tony Goddard (BERJAYA United Kingdom)
1975 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria) Patrick Merissert (BERJAYA France)
1976 Patrick Merissert (BERJAYA France) Tony Goddard (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Jon Diamond (BERJAYA United Kingdom)
1977 Wolfgang Isele (BERJAYA West Germany) Helmut Hasibeder (BERJAYA Austria) Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1978 Helmut Hasibeder (BERJAYA Austria) Max Rebattu (BERJAYA Netherlands) Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom)
1979 Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Robert Rehm (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1980 Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany) André Moussa (BERJAYA France)
1981 Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Helmut Hasibeder (BERJAYA Austria) Robert Rehm (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1982 Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Robert Rehm (BERJAYA Netherlands) André Moussa (BERJAYA France)
1983 Janusz Kraszek (BERJAYA Poland) Terry Stacey (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom)
1984 Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Pierre Colmez (BERJAYA France) Egbert Rittner (BERJAYA West Germany)
Robert Rehm (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1985 Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Pierre Colmez (BERJAYA France)
André Moussa (BERJAYA France)
1986 Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Frank Janssen (BERJAYA Netherlands) Donzet Frederic (BERJAYA France)
Egbert Rittner (BERJAYA West Germany)
1987 Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Aleksey Lazarev (BERJAYA Soviet Union) Donzet Frederic (BERJAYA France)
Rob Van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1988 Tibor Pocsai (BERJAYA Hungary) Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Valeri Soloviov (BERJAYA Soviet Union)
1989 Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Ruslan Sakhabudinov (BERJAYA Soviet Union) Valeri Soloviov (BERJAYA Soviet Union)
1990 Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Hans Pietsch (BERJAYA West Germany) Jürgen Mattern (BERJAYA West Germany)
1991 Aleksey Lazarev (BERJAYA Soviet Union) Gilles van Eeden (BERJAYA Netherlands) Vladimir Danek (BERJAYA Czech Republic)
1992 Aleksey Lazarev (BERJAYA Russia) Gilles van Eeden (BERJAYA Netherlands) Geert Groenen (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1993 Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Aleksey Lazarev (BERJAYA Russia)
1994 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Guangji Shen (BERJAYA Germany) Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria)
1995 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Christoph Gerlach (BERJAYA Germany) Pierre Colmez (BERJAYA France)
1996 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Laurent Heiser (BERJAYA Luxembourg)
1997 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Vladimir Danek (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Pei Zhao (BERJAYA China)
1998 Robert Mateescu (BERJAYA Romania) Franz-Josef Dickhut (BERJAYA Germany) Christoph Gerlach (BERJAYA Germany)
1999 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Ion Florescu (BERJAYA Romania) Dmitrij Surin (BERJAYA Russia)
2000 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Pei Zhao (BERJAYA Germany) Franz-Josef Dickhut (BERJAYA Germany)
2001 Andrey Kulkov (BERJAYA Russia) Christoph Gerlach (BERJAYA Germany) Emil Nijhuis (BERJAYA Netherlands)
2002 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Dmytro Bohatskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Mykhailo Halchenko (BERJAYA Ukraine)
2003 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Aleksey Lazarev (BERJAYA Russia) Cornel Burzo (BERJAYA Romania)
2004 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania) Cristian Gabriel Pop (BERJAYA Romania)
2005 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania) Ilja Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia)
2006 Svetlana Shikshina (BERJAYA Russia) Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Andrey Kulkov (BERJAYA Russia)
2007 Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Cristian Gabriel Pop (BERJAYA Romania)
2008 Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania) Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia)
2009 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania) Csaba Mérő (BERJAYA Hungary)
2010 Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania)
2011 Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine)
2012[27] Jan Simara (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Pavol Lisy (BERJAYA Slovakia)
2013[28] Hui Fan (BERJAYA France) Pavol Lisy (BERJAYA Slovakia) Mateusz Surma (BERJAYA Poland)
2014[29] Hui Fan (BERJAYA France) Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia)
2015[30] Hui Fan (BERJAYA France) Ali Jabarin (BERJAYA Israel) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia)
2016[31] Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Ali Jabarin (BERJAYA Israel) Lukáš Podpera (BERJAYA Czech Republic)
2017[31] Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Mateusz Surma (BERJAYA Poland) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine)
2018[32] Pavol Lisy (BERJAYA Slovakia) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Ali Jabarin (BERJAYA Israel)
2019[33] Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Lukáš Podpera (BERJAYA Czech Republic)
2020[34] Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Ali Jabarin (BERJAYA Israel) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine)
2021[35] Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Ali Jabarin (BERJAYA Israel)
2022[36] Benjamin Dréan-Guenaïzia (BERJAYA France) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Fredrik Blomback (BERJAYA Sweden)
2023[37] Andrii Kravets (BERJAYA Ukraine) Ali Jabarin (BERJAYA Israel) Ashe Vázquez (BERJAYA Spain)
2024[38] Andrii Kravets (BERJAYA Ukraine) Thomas Debarre (BERJAYA France) Fredrik Blomback (BERJAYA Sweden)
2025[39] Mateusz Surma (BERJAYA Poland) Valerii Krushelnytskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine)

Open European individual champions

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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.

Year Winner 2nd 3rd
1984 Tay-You Hong (BERJAYA South Korea) Jong-Su Yoo (BERJAYA South Korea) Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom)
1985 Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Pierre Colmez (BERJAYA France)
André Moussa (BERJAYA France)
1986 Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands) Frank Janssen (BERJAYA Netherlands) Donzet Frederic (BERJAYA France)
Egbert Rittner (BERJAYA West Germany)
1987 Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Alexei Lazarev (BERJAYA Soviet Union) Donzet Frederic (BERJAYA France)
Rob Van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1988 Tibor Pocsai (BERJAYA Hungary) Kazuki Hondo (BERJAYA Japan) Ronald Schlemper (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1989 Toshiyuki Sogabe (BERJAYA Japan) Matthew Macfadyen (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Chikako Nakamura (BERJAYA Japan)
1990 Rob Van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Shu-Tai Zhang (BERJAYA China) Hans Pietsch (BERJAYA West Germany)
1991 Shu-Tai Zhang (BERJAYA China) Alexei Lazarev (BERJAYA Soviet Union) Juan Guo (BERJAYA China)
1992 Takashi Matsumoto (BERJAYA Japan) Wataru Miyakawa (BERJAYA Japan) Shu-Tai Zhang (BERJAYA China)
1993 Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Naoyuki Kai (BERJAYA Japan) Juan Guo (BERJAYA China)
1994 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Guangji Shen (BERJAYA Germany) Manfred Wimmer (BERJAYA Austria)
1995 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Wataru Miyakawa (BERJAYA Japan) Yasuyuki Sumikura (BERJAYA Japan)
1996 Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Hyuk Lee (BERJAYA South Korea)
1997 Hyuk Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Wataru Miyakawa (BERJAYA Japan) Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1998 Hyuk Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Robert Mateescu (BERJAYA Romania) Franz-Josef Dickhut (BERJAYA Germany)
1999 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Ion Florescu (BERJAYA Romania) Dmitrij Surin (BERJAYA Russia)
2000 Hyuk Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Pei Zhao (BERJAYA Germany)
2001 Andrei Kulkov (BERJAYA Russia) Kiyoshi Fujita (BERJAYA Japan) Christoph Gerlach (BERJAYA Germany)
2002 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Dmytro Bohatskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Mykhailo Halchenko (BERJAYA Ukraine)
2003 Seul-Ki Hong (BERJAYA South Korea) Bi Jang (BERJAYA South Korea) Sung-Kyun Park (BERJAYA South Korea)
2004 Kwang-Sun Young (BERJAYA South Korea) Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania)
2005 Alexandre Dinerchtein (BERJAYA Russia) Seok-Bin Cho (BERJAYA South Korea) Jong-Wook Park (BERJAYA South Korea)
2006 Chi-Seon Park (BERJAYA South Korea) Ki-Bong Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Svetlana Shikshina (BERJAYA Russia)
2007 Seok-Ui Hong (BERJAYA South Korea) Jong-Wook Park (BERJAYA South Korea) Seok-Bin Cho (BERJAYA South Korea)
2008 Jong-Wook Park (BERJAYA South Korea) Seok-Ui Hong (BERJAYA South Korea) Yu-Cheng Lai (BERJAYA Taiwan)
2009 Eun-Kuk Kim (BERJAYA South Korea) In-Seong Hwang (BERJAYA South Korea) Joon-Sang Kim (BERJAYA South Korea)
2010 Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Artem Kachanovskyi (BERJAYA Ukraine) Chae-Lim Kim (BERJAYA South Korea)
2011 Young-Sam Kim (BERJAYA South Korea) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania)
2012 Jun-Hyup Song (BERJAYA South Korea) Young-Sam Kim (BERJAYA South Korea) Jan Simara (BERJAYA Czech Republic)
2013 Hui Fan (BERJAYA France) Antti Tormanen (BERJAYA Finland) Pavol Lisy (BERJAYA Slovakia)

Open European pair champions

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Year Winner 2nd 3rd
1992 Cartsen Klaus (BERJAYA Germany) T.Mark Hall (BERJAYA United Kingdom) Christoph Gerlach (BERJAYA Germany)
Daniela Trinks (BERJAYA Germany) Frauke Kuhn (BERJAYA Germany) Sabine Collin (BERJAYA Germany)
1993 Rob van Zeijst (BERJAYA Netherlands) Gruang-Ji Shen (BERJAYA China) Deaconu Lucian (BERJAYA Romania)
Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Zhao Pei (BERJAYA Germany) Giorgia Lucia (BERJAYA Italy)
1994 Matti Groot (BERJAYA Netherlands) Guido Tautorat (BERJAYA Germany) Karsten Ziegler (BERJAYA Germany)
Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Daniela Trinks (BERJAYA Germany) Britta Trepczik (BERJAYA Germany)
1995 Rob Kok (BERJAYA Netherlands) Jef Seailles (BERJAYA France) Robert Mateescu (BERJAYA Romania)
Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Rafaella Giardino (BERJAYA Italy) Adrian Ghioc (BERJAYA Romania)
1996 Laurent Heiser (BERJAYA Luxembourg) Julien Roubertie (BERJAYA France) Hiroshi Shima (BERJAYA Japan)
Hao-Jiang Zou (BERJAYA Luxembourg) Astrid Gaultier (BERJAYA France) Keiko Watanabe (BERJAYA Japan)
1997 Hyuk Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Olivier Besson (BERJAYA France) Henk Hollmann (BERJAYA Netherlands)
Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) Aude Friren (BERJAYA France) Kirsten Hollmann (BERJAYA Netherlands)
1998 Wataru Miyakawa (BERJAYA Japan) Hyuk Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Saijo Masataki (BERJAYA Japan)
Steffi Hebsacker (BERJAYA Germany)
Ruxandra Ilie (BERJAYA Romania) Svetlana Shikshina (BERJAYA Russia) Ildar Almouchametov (BERJAYA Russia)
Olga Mejova (BERJAYA Russia)
1999 Marcin Wolak (BERJAYA Poland) Cătălin Țăranu (BERJAYA Romania) Emil Nijhuis (BERJAYA Netherlands)
Marta Natecz (BERJAYA Poland) Renee Frehe (BERJAYA Netherlands) Gaelle Desportes (BERJAYA France)
2000 Dionisia Barrasa (BERJAYA Spain) ? ?
Hong-Mei Fu (BERJAYA Japan) ? ?
2001 Niek van Diepen (BERJAYA Netherlands) Bela Nagy (BERJAYA Romania) Emil Nijhuis (BERJAYA Netherlands)
Annemarie Hovingh (BERJAYA Netherlands) Lisa Ente (BERJAYA Germany) Yo-Won Choi (BERJAYA Netherlands)
2002 Hirobumi Ohmori (BERJAYA Japan) Ronald Verhagen (BERJAYA Netherlands) Joachim Beggerow (BERJAYA Germany)
Olga Mezhova (BERJAYA Russia) Tabasa Nagai (BERJAYA Japan) Katrin Bade (BERJAYA Germany)
2003 Sung-Kyun Park (BERJAYA South Korea) Cornel Burzo (BERJAYA Romania) Andrey Sovetkin (BERJAYA Russia)
Na-Yeon Kang (BERJAYA South Korea) Geraldine Paget (BERJAYA France) Ilsia Samakaeva (BERJAYA Russia)
2004 Piotr Wisthal (BERJAYA Poland) Lionel Fischer (BERJAYA France) Christoph Gerlach (BERJAYA Germany)
Alexandra Urban (BERJAYA Hungary) Helene Alby (BERJAYA France) Lara Skuppin (BERJAYA Germany)
2005 Dong-Chan Kim (BERJAYA South Korea) Zbynek Dach (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Tae-Hyun Kim (BERJAYA South Korea)
Se-Young Kim (BERJAYA South Korea) Klara Zaloudkova (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Jong-Uk Park (BERJAYA South Korea)
2006 Christian Gawron (BERJAYA Germany) Bernd Radmacher (BERJAYA Germany) ?
Monika Reimpell (BERJAYA Germany) Karen Schomberg (BERJAYA Germany) ?
2007 Yury Pliushch (BERJAYA Ukraine) ? ?
Maria Zakharchenko (BERJAYA Ukraine) ? ?
2008 Seung-Geun Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Marc Stoehr (BERJAYA Sweden) ?
Daniela Trinks (BERJAYA Germany) Meien Kurebayashi (BERJAYA Japan) ?
2009 Siu-Hong Chung (BERJAYA Netherlands) Liu-Zhi Lin (BERJAYA China) ?
Cheng-Ping Chang (BERJAYA Taiwan) Juan Guo (BERJAYA Netherlands) ?
2010 Chin-Seok Mok (BERJAYA South Korea) Ilya Shikshin (BERJAYA Russia) Tomas Bartonek (BERJAYA Czech Republic)
Klara Zaloudkova (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Laura Avram (BERJAYA Romania) Ha-Jin Lee (BERJAYA South Korea)
2011 Jan Simara (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Cornel Burzo (BERJAYA Romania) Sung Kim (BERJAYA South Korea)
Rita Pocsai (BERJAYA Hungary) Adelina Sora (BERJAYA Romania) Klara Zaloudkova (BERJAYA Czech Republic)
2012 Manja Marz (BERJAYA Germany) Jan Simara (BERJAYA Czech Republic) Jesse Savo (BERJAYA Finland)
Huai-Yi Chang (BERJAYA Taiwan) Barbara Knauf (BERJAYA Germany) Laura Avram (BERJAYA Romania)
2013 Cezary Czernecki (BERJAYA Poland) Young-Long Park (BERJAYA South Korea) Bin Lu (BERJAYA China)
Ha-Jin Lee (BERJAYA South Korea) Agnieszka Kacprzyk (BERJAYA Poland) Ting Li (BERJAYA China)

See also

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References

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