Pandanet Go European Team Championship 2011/2012
Romania
1: Catalin Taranu
- Pandanet account: CatalinT
- Go career: Catalin started learning go from Cristian Cobeli in 1989, at the age of 16. His first tournament was for players in the 10 to 4 Kyū range, when he was a 6 kyu. He won all eight games. He moved up to amateur 1 dan in a year, and just a year later moved up to 4 dan. He started winning small tournaments in Romania around this time. He was invited to Japan by Saijo Masataka in 1995. He quickly joined the Nagoya branch of the Nihon-Kiin and became an insei. After two years, he became the first European to pass the professional examination. It took Catalin just 4 years to reach 5p (5-dan professional). He won the European Go Championship in 2008. He is now the president of the Romanian Go Federation.
- Club / city: Shusaku Tg.Mures
- Rank: 5 dan professional
- Profession: Go Pro Player
- Year of birth: 1973
2: Cristian Pop
- Pandanet account: CPop
- Club / city: Sanatatea Bucharest
- Rank: 7 dan
- Profession: Go Teacher
- Year of birth: 1974
3: Gheorghe Cornel Burzo (Captain)
- Pandanet account: Cornel
- Go career: Started to play in 1994, became 1d egf in 1997, 6d since 2003
- Club / city: Kisei Go Club (Baia Mare)
- Rank: 6 dan
- Profession: Go Teacher
- Year of birth: 1980
4: Dragos Bajenaru
- Pandanet account: bok
- Club / city: Bucuresti
- Rank: 6 dan
- Profession: Software developer
- Year of birth: 1980
5: Ion Florescu
- Pandanet account: Tsurukame
- Go career: Started to play in 1984. Studied GO in Japan for 3.5 years, reaching the A class of Insei. Best results: Romanian Champion, runner-up for the European Championship, Balkans Champion, winner of other Grand Prix and minor tournaments. Full-time GO instructor, certified by Nihon Kiin. Teaching GO on the internet and privately since 2000.
- Club / city: Meijin/Pitesti
- Rank: 6 dan
- Profession: International GO instructor
- Year of birth: 1970
7: Lucian Deaconu
- Pandanet account: jim
- Club / city: Atari/Braila
- Rank: 5 dan
- Profession: chartered accountant
- Year of birth: 1969
8: Lucian Corlan
- Pandanet account: LucianC
- Club / city: Bucuresti
- Rank: 5 dan
- Profession: Software Architect
- Year of birth: 1979
9: Mihai Valentin Serban
- Pandanet account: kidu24
- Go career: Started to play in 2002. Best performance: European Youth Champion in 2005, 2010
- Club / city: Bistrita
- Rank: 5 dan
- Profession: Student
- Year of birth: 1994