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European Riichi Championship

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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

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Individual

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Year Winner Runner-up Third place
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

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No. Winners Runner-ups Third place
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

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Date Edition Location Venue
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

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References

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  1. ^ EMA Official Riichi Rule Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Danes Start Successfully in EC Riichi and win Team Contest". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
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