The French Federation of Go, or Fédération Française de Go (FFG), is a French association (as per the 1901 law about association) that governs the game of Go in France. Founded in 1978, it obtained the "popular education and youth agreement" from the "Ministry of Health, Youth, Sport and Associative Life" in February 1991.
The FFG has been a member of the "Mind Games and Leisure Activities Confederation" (CLE) (a French confederation) since 1983, and is also affiliated to the
European Go Federation
The European Go Federation (EGF) is a non-profit organization with the purpose of encouraging, regulating, co-ordinating, and disseminating the playing of the board game Go in Europe. The EGF was founded in 1957, the same year that the inaugural ...
.
Organisation
In October 2008, the FFG was composed of 110 clubs, with more than 1,650 licensed players.
The FFG is divided into 9 regional leagues:
* Ligue Rhône-Alpes (main towns:
Lyon
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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
Chartres
Chartres () is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres (as d ...
area)
* Ligue de l'Ouest (
Brittany
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and nearby areas)
* Ligue de Normandie (
Normandy
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area)
* Ligue du Sud-Ouest ( Aquitaine and some of south-west France)
* Ligue du Centre (main towns:
Clermont-Ferrand
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,
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Saint-Étienne is the t ...
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Dijon
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* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
)
* Ligue Méditerranée (most of the
Méditerranée
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coast:
Marseille
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Montpellier
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)
* Ligue de l'Est (
Alsace
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& Lorraine)
* Ligue du Grand Nord (Northern part of France, including
Picardy
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Ardennes
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Events
The FFG organises national events, and some for international players, for example:
*
French Go Championship
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...
*
French Go Team Championship
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...
called the ''Coupe Maître Lim''
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French Pair-go Championship
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*
Paris Go Tournament
The Paris Go Tournament is a Go tournament organized by the French Go Federation.
The Pandanet Go European Finals were also held during the tournament, from 2008 to 2011.
Awards (from 1979)
See also
* List of Go organizations
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History
* 1970: Creation of the French Go Association. First French Championship organised.
* 1978: The French Go Association became the French Federation of Go following a vote by its clubs. Creation of the French Go Magazine (''Revue Française de Go'').
* 1985: Creation of leagues to encourage local development.
* 1991: The FFG obtained the agreement of the Ministry.