Photo by Alina Ehmann via EEF

European Esports Federation launched in Belgium with 23 countries represented

Today is a historical day for esports in Europe.

Leonardo Biazzi

Published: Feb 21, 2020 02:04 pm

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The European Esports Federation (EEF) was established today in Brussels, Belgium.

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The federation starts with 23 national associations and three esports stakeholders—ESL, ESFORCE, and Burson Cohn & Wolfe—from all over the European continent, representing more than one million gamers.

Europe, here we are! 23 national esports organizations and 3 stakeholders together we founded #EsportsEurope – The European Esports Federation. Our mission: connect the 100+ Mio esports players and create a good framework for the esports community. pic.twitter.com/NnFr73W7Pm
— European Esports Federation (@esportsineurope) February 21, 2020

During its two-day inaugural congress, the EEF elected its president, board, and committees. The federation’s first president is Hans Jagnow from Germany, who also leads the German Esports Federation ESBD. He was elected with 91 percent of the total votes. The vice president is Karol Cagáň from Slovakia and the additional board members are Emin Antonyan (Russia), Ido Brosh (Israel) and Alper Özdemir (Turkey).

The EEF said it aims “to promote a conscious, responsible, sustainable, inclusive, healthy, and value-based development in esports.” The federation’s headquarters will be in Brussels.

“The creation of the EEF will take the game to a whole new level,” Jagnow said. “It will give players, teams and national associations the voice they need to decide on the future of their movement. Esports is the future of sports and entertainment and players need to be part of the debate.”

The first president of EEF also added that the federation will aim to be a constructive partner with all political institutions as well as with all the stakeholders, such as developers and publishers.

Here are the 23 founding national organizations:

Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Czech
Denmark
Finland
Georgia
Germany
Hungary

Israel
Italy
Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Sweden
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom

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Leonardo Biazzi

Staff writer and CS:GO lead. Leonardo has been passionate about games since he was a kid and graduated in Journalism in 2018. Before Leonardo joined Dot Esports in 2019, he worked for Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte. Leonardo also worked for HLTV.org between 2020 and 2021 as a senior writer, until he returned to Dot Esports and became part of the staff team.