Starting from 2009 the IGF has a new category of member, the Association Member.

As stated in the IGF’s statutes an Association Member is “a body that carries out Go competition or related events and activities covering a number of countries or territories”.

As of May 2010, the Association Members of the IGF are:

• World Pair Go Association (2009)
• Federación Iberoamericana de Go (2009)
• European Go Federation (2010)
• Ing Changk Wei-Chi Education Foundation (2012)
• Asian Go Federation (2015)
• North American Go Federation (2020)