Australian Go Association

• to promote the game of Go in Australia;
• to coordinate Go activities in Australia, in particular to arrange National Tournaments and confer National Titles and individual rankings;
• to represent Australia in international go affairs, in particular by membership of the International Go Federation, and to select Australian representatives for international events such as the World Amateur Go Championships;
• to promote mutual understanding and friendly relations with Go players throughout the world in association with foreign national Go associations.

  History

• In 1977 the inaugural general meeting of the Association was held in Sydney.
• In 1978 the first Australian Championships were held under the aegis of the Association, and have been held every year since.
• In 2002 the first Toyota & Denso Cup World Go Oza regional tournament for Australia was held. These continued every two years until the global event was cancelled in 2008 by the sponsors.
• In 2007 the first was held in Sydney. This is the national qualifier for competitors to the Korean Prime Ministers' Cup.
• In 2009 the Association converted itself from a federation of clubs to a national association of individual members.
• In 2015 the first Australian Go Congress was held, with a second one in 2016.

  Present day