The All Japan Student Go Federation (Zen Nihon Gakusei Igo Renmei (全日本学生囲碁連盟)) is a Japanese student Go organization for holding university Go championships. They have branches in each region (Kanto,^[1] Kansai,^[2] Kyushu,^[3] Tohoku^[4] etc.). For similar organizations, there is the American Collegiate Go Association in the United States.^[5]

Differences with other organizations

In Japan, most Go tournaments are operated by Nihon Ki-in or Kansai Ki-in. All Japan Student Go Federation and their branches are focused for university-based tournaments. They are not under direct control but have close relationship with them.

Tournaments

They are holding various tournaments with corporate sponsors.^[6][7]

World Students Go Oza Championship

This is a tournament to determine the student world champion since 2003.^[8][9][10] Representative players from each region (including Taiwan, Europe, Oceania etc.) will compete. The expected games in 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

All Japan University Go Championship

This is a team competition by each university representatives. Teams that have cleared regional preliminaries can attend. Each team can send only five members and substitute players. The sponsor is Yomiuri Shimbun (as same as Yomiuri Giants)