Staff of Mahjong News

COPENHAGEN, April 12th, 2008 - Anders Labich is the new champion of Denmark. Today in Frederiksbergen (Copenhagen), he dethroned the 2007 champion, Henrik Leth. Jonas Lagerlid from Sweden ended in second position, Topi Musto from Finland, with three table points less, became 3rd.

Before the last session Swedish player Jonas Hagerlid was in the lead, but in the end he had to settle for second, while Anders Labich the first place. That makes Anders the first person to win the title twice.

The Third Danish Open was a quite international happening, with many players from abroad. Apart from Sweden and Finland, also France (Laurent Mahé) and the Netherlands (Anton Kösters) were respresented. There were 36 contestants.

Sweden

It was a great weekend for Swedish mahjong. Friday evening a Swedish mahjong organization was founded, and Saturday the Swedish players triumphed at the Danish Championship. Not only the second place for Jonas was a Swedish success, but also the 4th place of Hans Wikström was notable. Besides, the Swedish got the prize for the best team.

Anders Labich now also is the number 1 on the European ranking list of the EMA (European Mahjong Association).

 Final results (PDF file) >>

 EMA ranking >>