Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2026/2027
Ireland
1: Karl Irwin
- Pandanet account: Saoqi
- Go career: 2008 Started playing just before last year of uni at Cambridge 2014-2015 Copresented 20 episodes of a Go program at WeiqiTV 2017 Chinese 5 dan (for finishing 4th in a competition in Dalian)
- Club / city: Belfast
- Rank: 4 dan
- Profession: Maths/physics teacher/Radio presenter
- Year of birth: 1988
2: Philippe Renaut (Captain)
- Pandanet account: ptitlou
- Go career: Discovered go thanks to Georges Perec and Jacques Roubaud, the famous french writers. Won a few tournaments here and there and proudly became Irish champion in 2015 and 2017.
- Club / city: Galway
- Rank: 3 dan
- Profession: CTO
- Year of birth: 1977
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3: John Courtney
- Pandanet account: JohnC
- Go career: Started playing Go in late 2015. Became Irish Go Champion in 2022.
- Club / city: Dublin
- Rank: 2 dan
- Profession: Engineer
- Year of birth: 1995
5: Stephen Nulty
- Pandanet account: shinuito
- Go career: 6th place in Irish Top 8 2022 46th at 44th WAGC 2024 Tokyo 47th at 19th KPMC 2024
- Club / city: Dublin
- Rank: 1 kyu
- Year of birth: 1992
6: Kevin Farrell
- Pandanet account: kevF
- Go career: I have not come last in at least 3 tournament
- Club / city: Galway
- Rank: 1 kyu
- Profession: Engineer
- Year of birth: 1992
7: Byoung-Ju Lee
- Pandanet account: bleedublin
- Go career: I love travelling and playing in Go tournaments. Win or lose, I'm always happy to participate tournaments, and even happier to explore a new city along the way. ⚫⚪✈️ Tournament journey: - 2025: European Go Congress, Warsaw - 2026: Paris International Go Tournament & World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC), South Korea - 2027: European Go Congress, Netherlands (planned)
- Club / city: Dublin
- Rank: 3 kyu
- Profession: Engineer
- Year of birth: 1976