TEMSE - In the old days. when the Belgian Championship was played with Chinese Classical Rules, it was the Dutch who massivily attended this tournament, and at the time they always were the winners as well. But after Mahjong Competition Rules were introduced in the championship, those golden days seemed to have passed. In 2006, András Boda from Hungary was the winner, and in the next event (in 2009, after a two years' break) Lionel Legaie from France grabbed the title. 

Today, finally the Dutch re-claimed the tournament. The victory was for Diana Westdijk and Marianne Croeze was the runner-up. Third prize was for Alexander Doppelhofer from Austria.

First Belgian player was Theo De Rijcke at position number 8, so he won the Belgian title.  Lionel Legaie, the winner of last year, did not play.

48 players participated in the event, which for the Dutch also was a qualifier for the 2011 European Championship in Venice, Italy. The better part of the competitors (28 players) were Dutch.

The final results