Russian team scored a resounding victory in the 7th Pandanet Go European Team Championship, held 21st and 22nd July 2017 in Oberhof, Germany. The path to the top place came through match results 4-0, 4-0 and 3-1, and there was no doubt about the winner. Romania was second with an admirable score of 1 win, 1 tie and 1 loss while Hungary was the third with 2 ties and 1 loss. The last year’s winner Ukraine was left the fourth with 1 tie and 2 losses, even if the latest European go professional Andrij Kravets scored personal 3 wins.

Full results and the top board game records

The 7th Pandanet Go European Team Championship Finals are here! The Finals will be played on Friday and Saturday at the beginning of the European Go Congress 2017 in Oberhof as the first highlight of this year’s EGC. By the time of writing this, it is today and tomorrow.

Join the broadcasts on the IGS/Pandanet, the rounds are scheduled as follows:

Friday, 21st July
18:45 Round 1: Russia – Hungary and Ukraine – Romania

Saturday, 22nd July
10:00 Round 2: Romania – Russia and Hungary – Ukraine
14:30 Round 3: Russia – Ukraine and Romania – Hungary

The teams fighting for the championship bring together strong players from Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Hungary. Four players from the team will play each round:

Russia
Ilya Shikshin
Alexander Dinerchtein
Gregory Fionin
Timur Sankin
Dmitrij Surin

Ukraine
Artem Kachanovskyi
Andrij Kravets
Dmytro Bogatskyi
Volodymyr Kokozei
Dmytro Yatsenko

Romania
Cristian Pop
Cornel Burzo
Dragos Bajenaru
Daniel Cioata
Ioan Grigoriu

Hungary
Pál Balogh
Csaba Méro
Dominik Bővíz
Péter Markó
Rita Pocsai

The results will be published after each round on the Finals page and the full report a little bit later.

League fights have ended for this season, the remaining games are the deciding matches between league borderline teams and the grand finals in the European Go Congress 2017 Oberhof, Germany.

The top teams qualified for the Pandanet Go European Team Championship Finals 2017 are: Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Hungary. The previous finalists France and Czechia missed out in the close competition. The finals will be played in Oberhof, on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd July 2017.

This year Finland will drop out from the League A to the League B and Poland will join the League A as the winner of the League B. Germany and Italy will play the A/B deciding match 30th May on Pandanet IGS.

The leagues B, C and D will change in size as the number of participating countries is getting bigger and bigger. This will create some special circumstances for the qualification for B, C and D. This year’s two bottom teams in the League B – Slovakia and Croatia – will drop out to the League C directly, and the third one – Belgium – will play a deciding match with the League C winner Norway.

Iceland will move to the League D and the teams of Slovenia and Georgia will play the deciding match about the place in the League C. In the next season, a new country will join the 8th Pandanet Go European Team Championship and the League D.

Qualification games May 30 on Pandanet IGS
Germany-Italy (League A/B)
Belgium-Norway (League B/C)
Slovenia-Georgia (League C/D)

Finals July 21-22 in Oberhof (broadcast of top boards on Pandanet IGS)
Russia
Ukraine
Romania
Hungary

Next season, the 8th PGETC will start forming in August 2017.

The seventh season of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship is now having a year-end break and leaving the year 2016 behind.

League A has played 4 rounds and the year 2017 will see 5 more rounds. The top four countries will play the finals in yet-to-be-defined site of European Go Congress 2017 in July. At this point, Czechia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine are leading.

League B with the twelve countries has been busy, already finishing 5 rounds and playing 6 more in 2017. Poland is leading, with Austria, Italy and UK following.

Leagues C and D will have a more relaxed pace – this year 3 rounds and 4 rounds to come. South Africa and Lithuania lead the League C and Cyprus and Ireland are the current top in the League D.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!