After four months of epic Sunday battles, the first Factorio Speed Go Championship has come to an end. The final brought together two of the strongest European players: 🇵🇱 Mateusz Surma 4p (European Champion, winner of a large amount of top European events in 2025) and 🇨🇿 Lukas Podpera 7d (reigning Czech Champion and winner of the other large amount of top European events in 2025) — and what a spectacular final it was. 

The match between Mateusz and Lukas could hardly have been closer. Lukas forced a tie with a crucial victory in game four, despite Mateusz’s efforts to disrupt his lead through sharp endgame play, risking the life of his groups and fighting kos across the board.


That set the stage for the decisive fifth game at an intense 1 min + 4 sec time setting. Mateusz’s decision to postpone attacks on Lukas’s groups and launch an attachment invasion gave him a powerful fighting position. This ultimately led to the downfall of one of Lukas’s groups and secured the victory.
Huge congratulations to Mateusz for claiming the title and proving that even in blitz he stands at the very pinnacle of European Go.
Lukas is thus the runner-up, followed by Andrii Kravets 3p who won the small final against Stanislaw Frejlak 2p.

If you would like to relive one of the matches, you can visit the dedicated YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@FactorioSpeedGoChampionship. 


[*In the course ot the event, Mateusz got promoted to 4p, Andrii to 3p and Stjepan to 6d, these changes don't appear in the table but they are very much real.]

Thank you to Michal Kovarik for sponsoring the tournament, to all of the participants and streamers, the organizing team, and the EGF for their support in making it happen.

-- The EGF also thanks Ondrej Kruml for all his efforts in organizing this wonderful event! Thank you!