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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The official opening of the European Riichi Championship will take place Saturday morning.The burgomaster of Hanover, Bernd Strauch, will be at the tournamentfor the reward ceremony on Sunday. EnthusiasticIlka Stummeyer and Beate Stöckeman of the Hanover team, who are assigned with the organisation of the 'Meisterschaft' on behalf of the German Mahjong League DMJL, are just as enthusiastic as they were two years ago during the first-ever EC Riichi. Together with their friends, they did such a terrific job in Hanover, that the European Mahjong Association EMA decided to grant them the organisation of a second championship. QuotasThe quotas for participation to the EC Riichi are determined as follows:
In four countries, qualification tournament are organized for the selection of players: Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. Only the Danes by now have finished the qualification. The Dutch will do so on February 27th, on the Cherry Blossom Tournament in Nijmegen. The decisive tournament in Austria will take place the coming weekend. In Germany, twenty players are fighting for the twelve seats; the decisive tournament will be at Lahnstein, near Koblenz. Official web page of the tournament
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| Last Updated on Sunday, 11 July 2010 19:00 |
HANOVER - On Sunday, July 11th, 2010, six o'clock in the afternoon, the name of the successor of European riichi mahjong champion Thomas Kragh will be formally announced. This will be the end of two - no doubt, thrilling - days of riichi mahjong in the Jazz Club of Hanover, Germany. 
The preparations for the second European Riichi Mahjong Championship are in full swing. The most striking event will be a riichi workshop the participants can subscribe to. This 'Riichi Expert Seminar' will be conducted by Takunori Kajimoto and Benjamin Boas. Benjamin is an American, living in Japan, who has studied Japanese mahjong culture on a Fullbright scholarship. Kajimoto is a professional mahjong player in Japan and a free-lance contributor to Mahjong News. Famous are his 'what would you discard' booklets and columns. The workshop precedes the actual championship: it will take place on Friday afternoon. 
Benjamin and Kajimoto-san will also be the referees during the tournament, together with Norbert Luckhardt from Hanover. 
i guess there is a mistake in this article. The EM will be at the 10.-11. July, so the the name of the successor of European riichi mahjong champion will be formally announced at the 11th July.
Martin Rep