European Riichi Championship

The European Riichi Championship (ERC) is the European competition of Mahjong certified by European Mahjong Association(EMA) under Japanese rule.[1] Both men and women are eligible to contest this title. It was established in 2008 and has since then taken place on two yearly basis.

History

On June 21, 2008, the first European riichi mahjong championship was held in Hannover, Germany for 2 days. Thomas Kragh from Denmark won the championship. Benjamin Boas reached the 2nd place.[2]

On July 10, 2010, the second riichi championship was held in Hannover, Germany again[3][4]

Champions

Individual

No. Winner 2nd 3rd
1 Thomas Kragh ( Denmark) Benjamin Boas ( USA) Song Ping ( China)
2 Maurice Demmer ( Netherlands) Joël Ratsimandresy ( France) David Bresnick ( USA)
3 Martin Diviš ( Czech) Michael Zahradnik ( Germany) Maude Grimberg ( France)

Team

No. Winner 2nd 3rd
3[5] Red Dragons Tina Christensen ( Denmark) Ryan Pin Alexander Wankmüller ( Austria) Ukelele Gemma Collinge ( United Kingdom)
Kim Iversen ( Denmark) Tanja Wankmüller ( Austria) John Duckworth ( United Kingdom)
Henrik Leth ( Denmark) Manuel Reisinger ( Austria) Ian Fraser ( United Kingdom)
Frank Rostved ( Denmark) Manuel Tomisser ( Austria) Martin Lester ( United Kingdom)

Venues

Date Edition Place 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

See also

References

External links

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