[1] Some winners of the various age groups, such as Diána Kőszegi, have since progressed to become professional Go players.
The championship was divided into two sections until 2010, when it was split into three age groups.
In its very first year, the U-18 group produced two noteworthy prize-winners: Csaba Mérő (the section winner), and the future professional players Svetlana Shikshina (2nd place) and Alexandre Dinerchtein (3rd place).
The U-12 winner in 2000 and 2001, Ilya Shikshin, went on to win the adult European Go Championship, in 2007 and 2010. Notable U-18 winners who progressed to greater things include Csaba Mérő, Alexandr Dinerchtein (record 7-times-winner of the adult EGC) and Diána Kőszegi.
This section was created in 2010, after the World Youth Go Championship altered the age categories under competition.