The European Youth Go Championship (EYGC) is a championship for young players of the board game of Go. It is held annually, and first started in Băile Felix, Romania in 1996. Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi, have since progressed to become professional Go-players.
The Championship was divided into 2 sections until 2010, when it was split into 3 age groups.
This event is where one can first see the future European Go leaders, such as Ilya Shikshin or Artem Kachanovsky, respectively first and second in the adult 2010 European Go Championship (EGC).
In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mero (the section winner), and the future professional players Svetlana Shikshina (2nd place) and Alexandre Dinerchtein (3rd place).
Other juniors went on to win senior tournaments.
The U-12 winner in 2000 and 2001, Ilya Shikshin, went on to win the adult European Go Championship, in 2007 and 2010.
Notable U-18 winners who progressed to greater things include Csaba Mero, Alexandr Dinerchtein (record 7-times-winner of the adult EGC) and Diána Kőszegi.
From 2010 onwards, these are split into 3 sections. They are for U-12s (players aged under 12), U-16s and U-18s.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Antoine Fenech | Cosmin Mutu | Csaba Marton | Băile Felix |
| 1997 | Antoine Fenech | Vasilii Shvedov | Pal Balogh | Bratislava |
| 1998 | Ondrej Silt | Tommy Hollmann | Natalia Kovaleva | Cannes |
| 1999 | Natalia Kovaleva | Timour Dougine | Mykhailo Shechuk | Cannes |
| 2000 | Ilya Shikshin | Mykola Glischenko | Rita Pocsai | Sinaia |
| 2001 | Ilya Shikshin | Jan Prokop | Mykola Glischenko | Ustron |
| 2002 | Andrej Kravec | Andrej Kashaev | Artem Kachanovsky | Praha |
| 2003 | Ihor Zaytsev | Artem Kachanovsky | Miroslav Sos | Cannes |
| 2004 | Rafael Samakaev | Thomas Debarre | Amir Fragman | Cologne |
| 2005 | Mihai Serban | Joshua Chao - Oleg Kocherov | Kosice | |
| 2006 | Joshua Chao - Mateusz Surma | Alexandre Matushkin | St Petersburg | |
| 2007 | Toma Theodor | Chun-Yin Woo | Alexandre Vashurov | Zandvoort |
| 2008 | Jurij Mykhaljuk | Nikita Khabazov | Roman Koroljov | Mikulov |
| 2009 | Mikhail Sidorenko | Dmitri Miliukyn | Dmitrij Medvedev | Banja Luka |
| 2010 | Anson Ng | Alexandru Pitrop | Silvestru State | Sibiu |
| 2011 | Vladysl Verteleckyi | Stepan Popov | Vale Krusheknytskyi | Brno |
| 2012 | Valerij Krusheknytskyi | Silvestru State | Valerij Kulishov | Saint Petersburg |
| 2013 | Valerij Krusheknytskyi | Valerij Kulishov | Kim Shakhov | Budapest |
| 2014 | Oscar Vazquez | Denis Dobranis | Arved Pittner | Bognor Regis |
| 2015 | Denis Dobranis | Arved Pittner | Virzhinia Shalneva | Zandvoort |
This section was created in 2010 after the World Youth Goe Championship altered the age categories under competition.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mateusz Surma | Vanessa Wong | Jurij Mykhaljuk | Sibiu |
| 2011 | Mateusz Surma | Vanessa Wong | Alexander Vashurov | Brno |
| 2012 | Yurii Mykhalyuk | Stepan Popov | Alexandru-Petre Pitrop | Saint Petersburg |
| 2013 | Stepan Popov | Silvestru State | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Budapest |
| 2014 | Alexandru-Petre Pitrop | Grigorij Fionin | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Bognor Regis |
| 2015 | Vjacheslav Kajmin | Vale Krusheknytskyi | Stepan Popov | Zandvoort |
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Csaba Mero | Svetlana Shikshina | Alexandre Dinerchtein | Băile Felix |
| 1997 | Dmitri Bogatskii | Jonas Fincke | Paul Drouot | Bratislava |
| 1998 | Dmitri Bogatskii | Diana Koszegi | Martin Kuzela | Cannes |
| 1999 | Andrei Kulkov | Diana Koszegi | Merlijn KUIN | Cannes |
| 2000 | Diana Koszegi | Andrei Kulkov | Timur Dugin | Sinaia |
| 2001 | Pal Balogh | Diana Koszegi | Ondrej Silt | Ustron |
| 2002 | Pal Balogh | Timur Dugin | Oleg Mezhov | Praha |
| 2003 | Ilya Shikshin | Timur Dugin | Antoine Fenech | Cannes |
| 2004 | Ondrej Silt | Ilya Shikshin | Igor Nemliy | Cologne |
| 2005 | Timur Dugin | Bohdan Zhurakovsky | Jun Tarumi - Igor Nemly | Kosice |
| 2006 | Ilya Shikshin | Rita Pocsai | Thomas Debarre | St Petersburg |
| 2007 | Artem Dugin | Dusan Mitic | Ondrej Fidrmuc | Zandvoort |
| 2008 | Artem Kashanovsky | Thomas Debarre | Javier-A. Savolainen | Mikulov |
| 2009 | Ali Jabarin | Artem Kachanovsky | Nikola Mitic - Viktor Lin | Banja Luka |
| 2010 | Mihai Serban | Roman Ruzhansky | Laura Avram | Sibiu |
During the 2011 championship of Brno, it was mentioned "under 20" categorie instead of "under 18"
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pavol Lisy | Ali Jabarin | Lukas Kraemer | Brno |
| 2012 | Lukas Podpera | Alexander Vashurov | Alexander Eerbeek | Saint Petersburg |
| 2013 | Pavol Lisy | Ali Jabarin | Lukas Podpera | Budapest |
| 2014 | Lukas Podpera | Jonas Welticke | Tanguy Le_calve | Bognor Regis (*) |
| 2015 | Pavol Lisy | Lukas Podpera | Tanguy Le_calve | Zandvoort |