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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HELSINKI - Miika Nikula has won the first Finnish international mahjong tournament. It was a modest start for Finland as a member of the European mahjong community: only eight players participated, although for a long time it had looked as though a third table could open. Finland is one of the new member-countries of the European Mahjong Association (EMA), admitted during the General Assemblee of EMA during the OEMC 2009 at Baden/Vienna. This first tournament had no MERS-certification, though. Spokesman Deni Seitz said all went well during the First Finnish Open, "even though I was informed that there was a small scoring mistake on the last round at Miikas table. He should have about 20 minipoints more, but it doesn't change anything, so it doesn't really matter." The final results
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Here are the correct results:http://www.mahjongopas.info/2009/12/mcr-open-finnish-mahjong-championship-2009-tulokset/
(I've got the biggest mahjong web site in Finland, yet I had to read about the tournament and the tournament results from MahjongNews - that tells something about the situation of mahjong in Finland, I suppose.)
I have now corrected the table. (Too bad for the 10 pts difference in the mini-points, though.)
We welcome Finland to the European mahjong community, and we wish you lots of success with your web site.
Martin Rep
editor
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