The Players

The players qualified by earning bonus point throughout major tournaments in 2025. The number of earned point determined the seeding for the pots. You can find the standings and list of all qualified players on this page
Lukas
🇨🇿 Lukáš Podpěra 7d
Bonus points: 54
  • Velika Gorica 2025, 1st
  • Hungarian Open 2025, 1st
  • Moyo Open 2025, 2nd
  • Vienna Open 2025, 1st
  • Dutch Open 2025, 1st
  • Prague Old Hunter's Cup 2025, 1st
  • Czech Champion & Baron
Mateusz
🇵🇱 Mateusz Surma 3p
Bonus points: 52
  • European Champion 2025
  • European Team Champion 2025 (Poland)
  • EGC Open 2025, 2nd
  • Velika Gorica 2025, 2nd
  • Moyo Open 2025, 1st
  • Pisa Weiqi Cup 2025, 1st
  • Transylvanian Go Cup 2025, 1st
Benjamin DG
🇫🇷 Benjamin
Dréan-Guénaïzia 1p
Bonus points: 19
  • European Championship 2025, top 8
  • Won the pro qualification 2025
  • European Champion 2022
  • Multiple times French Champion
Andrii
🇺🇦 Andrii Kravets 2p
Bonus points: 11
  • European Pro Champion 2025
  • European Champion 2023, 2024
  • Prague Old Hunter's Cup 2025, 2nd
Stjepan
🇭🇷 Stjepan Medak 6d
Bonus points: 8
  • EYGC U18, 3rd
  • EGC U18, 2nd
  • Velika Gorica 2025, 3rd
  • Croatian Youth Champion U16
Timo
🇫🇮 Timo Puha 4d
Bonus points: 8
  • Kani - Rabbity 6 2025, 1st
  • Multiple times Tampere City Champion
Alessandro
🇮🇹 Alessandro Pace 5d
Bonus points: 6
  • Pisa Weiqi Cup 2025, 3rd
  • Multiple time Italian Champion, runner-up 2025
  • 13x13 Gold medal at the Mind sports Olympiad 2020
Anton
🇸🇪 Anton Silfver 3d
Bonus points: 6
  • Kani - Rabitty 6 2025, 2nd
  • Nordic Championship 2025, 2nd
  • Swedish Championship 2025, 3rd
Vsevolod
🇺🇦 Vsevolod Ovsiienko 6d
Bonus points: 5
  • Pandanet Youth Team champion (Ukraine)
  • Pro qualification 2025, 5th
  • European U16 Champion 2023
  • Ukrainian Champion 2023
Damen
🇬🇧 Damen Woo 6d
Bonus points: 4
  • Moyo Open 2025, 4th
  • EGC 2025 Rapid, 3rd
  • Grand Prix 2024, top 8
  • British champion 2023, runner-up 2024
Dominik
🇭🇺 Dominik Bővíz 6d
Bonus points: 4
  • Hungarian Open 2025, 3rd
  • Hungarian Champion
Thomas
🇫🇷 Thomas Debarre 7d
Bonus points: 3
  • European Championship 2025, top 8
  • European Championship 2024, runner-up
  • Many times French Champion
Lucas
🇫🇷 Lucas Neirynck 6d
Bonus points: 2
  • Grand Prix Finale 2024, 3rd
  • French Open Championship 2025, runner-up
  • Multiple times Belgian Champion
Charlie
🇸🇪 Charlie Åkerblom 5d
Bonus points: 2
  • Transylvanian Go Cup 2025, 4th
  • Nordic Champion 2025
  • Swedish Championship 2025, runner-up
AntonC
🇸🇪 Anton Christenson 3d
Replacement
  • Winner of several local Swedish tournaments
  • Swedish Championship 2024, 5th
Lova
🇸🇪 Lova Wåhlin 2d
Replacement
  • European Pair Go Champion 2025 (with C. Ã…kerblom)
  • European Womens Go Championship 2025, 9th