Europe may host 1st WC Riichi. MaybeAMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, January, 27th - There is a chance that a first world championship riichi mahjong will be held the years to come. And this might very well take place somewhere in Europe. This is stated in a report, written for the Dutch mahjong association. Picture: The Second European Mahjong Championship, Hanover, Germany, 2010. Read more…
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| Drawing lots for the last empty seats on the EC Riichi |
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| Wednesday, 09 June 2010 13:46 |
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 After it was clear that Japan will not use their six seat quota for the ECR, the organisers first tried to find players in EMA nations with no initial share to maximize the internationality of the tournament. But with little success: neither Belgium nor Spain or Hungary could nominate any riichi player. The only addition came from Switzerland – so a Swiss player, Jérôme Fornage, was admitted.
"Giving those seats with priority to the small quotas would be hard, as many of those nations had problems to even name those few players. Giving priority to the large quotas would easily fill the competition, but would be unfair for “mid-sized” quotas with capacity for more players."
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HANNOVER - The organisers of the European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2010 will raffle off the four remaining seats in the tournament. Attempts to reach the quota by approaching national mahjong organisations have been to no avail.
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OEMC Movies Online
On the occasion of the 100th MERS tournament, directors Bram van Erkel and Jelte Rep have granted permission to publish online the movies they made on the occasion of the first MERS tournament, the OEMC2005 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Mr. Van Erkel and Mr. Rep made a documentary about the competition, which now can be watched on YouTube.
Part 1
Part 2.
Finally, the comic feature 'Mahjong in Holland' can also be watched on YouTube. In this movie, 'proof' is produced that mahjong actually was invented in Holland.
Mahjong in Holland
With A lottery the dutch also can become World Championship, we will do it with soccer, or do the best we can:-)
Janco