European Riichi Championship
Appearance
The European Riichi Mahjong Championship (ERMC) is the European competition of mahjong certified by European Mahjong Association (EMA) under Japanese rules.[1] Both men and women are eligible to contest this title. It was established in 2008.
The name was "European Riichi Championship" (ERC) until 2013.
Champions
[edit]Individual
[edit]Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 | Thomas Kragh (DEN) | Benjamin Boas (USA) | Song Ping (CHN) |
2010 | Maurice Demmer (NED) | Joël Ratsimandresy (FRA) | David Bresnick (USA) |
2013 | Martin Diviš (CZE) | Michael Zahradnik (GER) | Maude Grimberg (FRA) |
2016 | Mikhail Lugovkin (RUS) | Désirée Heemskerk (NED) | Mateusz Woźniak (POL) |
2019 | Vladimir Nadanyan (RUS) | Vladimir Zayakin (RUS) | Hiroshi Yamai (JAP) |
2024 | Claude Sessin (FRA) | Anastasiia Veremenko (UKR) | Junjie Sun (CHN) |
Team
[edit]No. | Winners | Runner-ups | Third place | |||
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3[2] | Red Dragons | Tina Christensen (DEN) | Ryan Pin | Alexander Wankmüller (AUT) | Ukelele | Gemma Collinge (GBR) |
Kim Iversen (DEN) | Tanja Wankmüller (AUT) | John Duckworth (GBR) | ||||
Henrik Leth (DEN) | Manuel Reisinger (AUT) | Ian Fraser (GBR) | ||||
Frank Rostved (DEN) | Manuel Tomisser (AUT) | Martin Lester (GBR) |
Venues
[edit]Date | Edition | Location | Venue |
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June 21–22, 2008 | 1st European Riichi Championship 2008 | Hanover, Germany | |
July 10–11, 2010 | 2nd European Riichi Championship 2010 | Hanover, Germany | Jazzclub Hannover |
September 18–22, 2013 | 3rd European Riichi Championship 2013 | Bad Vöslau, Austria | Weingut Schlossberg |
October 7–9, 2016 | 4th European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2016 | Farnham, United Kingdom | The Great Hall, The Farnham Maltings |
June 21–23, 2019 | 5th European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2019 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | De Kentering Party-Events-Food |
December 5–8, 2024 | 6th European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2024 | Valencia, Spain | Hotel Port Azafata |
See also
[edit]- European Mahjong Association (EMA)
- Open European Mahjong Championship (Another European Championship held by EMA)
References
[edit]- ^ EMA Official Riichi Rule Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Danes Start Successfully in EC Riichi and win Team Contest". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-19.