Official International Mahjong Tournaments

 

The First Open Europan Mahjong Championship 2005 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, was the first European tournament with a MERS-ranking (Mahjong European Ranking System).

A survey of all the tournaments that were held ever since, including the official Riichi Tournaments (starting with the European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2008)

Tournament Location Weight Remarks
Open European Mahjong Championship 2005 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 5 1.Masato Chiba (JP)
2. Mai Hatsune (JP)
3. Yoshinori Kato (JP)
Open French Mahjong Championship Reunion Island 2 1. Emmanuel Tai Leung (F)
2. Frédéric Robert (F)
3. Eric Chan Law (F)
Open Dutch Championship Int'l Rules 2005 (a.k.a. the Golden Dragon Tournament) Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 1. Eveline Broers (NL)
2. Ida van der Bij (NL)
3. Gerda van Oorschot (NL)
1e Tournoi de Parijs, 2005 Paris, France 1 1. Jean Marc Cazarre (F)
2. Benoît Messi Fouda (F)
3. Ton Rijnders (NL)
Open Austrian Tournament Feldkirchen, Austria 2 1. Gerard Strik, Sr. (NL)
2. Norbert Tschinkel (AU)
3. Anton Kösters (NL)
Open Danish Championship Copenhagen, Denmark 2

1. Freddy Christiansen (DK)
2. Brian Krog (DK)
3. Morten Andersen (DK)

Open Belgian Championship 2006 (a.k.a. Freen Dragon of Flanders) Mechelen, Belgium 2 1. Boda András (Hu)
2. Hans van der Poel (NL)
3. Laurent Mahé (F)
Open French Championship Isle de la Réunion 2 1. Pascal Auberval
2. Mathieu Ugo
3. Kimoto Kugimiya (JP)
First Hungarian Open Mahjong Championship Dunaújváros, Hungary 2 1. Martin Mauthner (A)
2. Jean-Marc Cazarre (F)
3. Anton Kösters (NL)
Secondo Campionato Italiano 2006 Florence, Italy 2 1. Benedetta Tesi (I)
2. Luca Gavelli (I)
3. Norbert Tschinkel (A)
Aarhus Open OIR 2006 Aarhus, Denmark 1 1. Jeppe Stig Nielsen (DK)
2. Anton Kösters (NL)
3. Brian Krog (DK)
Open Championship Upper Austria Haid (Upper Austria, near Linz) 1 1. Gabi Sallmutter (A)
2. Otto Myslivec (A)
3. Franz Kraushofer (A)
Second Open Dutch Mahjong Championship (Nine Gates Tournament) IJsselstein, the Netherlands 2 1. Laurent Mahé (F)
2. Gerda v Oorschot (NL)
3. Gertjan Davies (NL)
First German Mahjong Open Hamburg, Germany 2

1. Brian Krog (DK)
2. Henrik Leth (DK)
3. Martin Hoffmann (A)

Golden Dragon Tournament Nijmegen, the Netherlands 1 1. Désirée Heemskerk (NL)
2. Norbert Zsámboki (H)
3. Chris Redmond (UK)
Baden Tournament Baden, Austria 1 1. Benoit Messi-Fouda (Fr)
2. Norbert Tschinkel (A)
3. Gabriele Sallmutter (A)
Open Danish Championship Aarhus, Denmark 2 1. Henrik Leth
2. Jeppe Stig Nielsen
3. Martin Wedel Jacobsen
Tournoi International de Mah-jong de Paris 2007 Paris, France 2 1. Marianne Croeze (NL)
2. Maertin Mauthner (A)
3. Mathieu Ugo (F)
MCR Copenhagen Open Copenhagen, Denmark 1 1. Martin Wedel Jacobsen
2. Anders Labich
3. Camilla Dalsgaard
Green Dragon Tournament Budapest, Hungary 1 1. Magdolna B. Nagy
2. Robert Rijnders (NL)
3. Eti Aschenbrenner
Tilehog Tournament Almere, the Netherlands 1 1. Adrie van Geffen
2. Désirée Heemskerk
3. Gerda van Oorschot
Second Open European Mahjong Championship Copenhagen, Denmark 5 1. Martin Wedel Jacobson, DK
2. Kohichi Oda, Jpn
3. Benjamin Boas, USA
Second Open Austrian Championship Feldkirchen, Austria 2 1. Bo Lang, CH
2. Martin Mauthner, A
3. Martin Hoffmann, A
Second Hungarian Open Championship Dunaùjváros, Hungary 2 1. Martin Hoffmann (A)
2. Laurent Mahé (F)
3. Otto Myslivec (A)
Second German Mahjong Open Hannover, Germany 2 1. Désirée Heemskerk (NL)
2. Brian Krog (DK)
3. Hans Wikström (S)
Second Italian Open Milan, Italy 2 1. Martin Scheichenbauer (A)
2. Laurent Mahé (F)
3. Vito Montanari (I)
Third Dutch Open Championship / Golden Dragon Tournament Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2 1. Bo Lang (Sui)
2. Silke Bansemer (D)
3. Peter van Damme (B)
Open Danish Championship 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark 2 1. Anders Labich (DK)
2. Jonas Hagerlid (S)
3. Topi Musto (Fin)
Third Open French Paris, France 2 1. Marianne Croeze (BL)
2. Sandra Bondon (F)
3. Yukari Kugimiya (Japan)
Fourth Open Dutch Championship Almere, the Netherlands 2 1. Olivier Boivin (F)
2. Chris Redmond (UK)
3. Marianne Croeze (NL)
First European Riichi Mahjong Championship Hanover, Germany RR 5 1. Thomas Kragh (DK)
2. Benjamin Boas (USA)
3. Song Ping (China)
Second International Green Dragon Tournament Lajosmizse, Hungary 1 1. Eti Aschenbrenner (Hu)
2. Martin Mauthner (A)
3. Martin Hoffmann (A)
Third Open Hungarian Championship Dunaújváros, Hungary 2 1. Eszter Várnai
2. Ferenc Frühvald
3. Zsolt Nyulasi
First Open Austrian Riichi Championship Feldkirchen, Austria RR 2 1. Marianne Croeze (NL)
2. Paul Beneder
3. Richard Stöckemann (D)
Third Open Austrian Championship Feldkirchen, Austria 2 1. Otte Myslivec
2. Jérôme Bonifas (F)
3. Marco Montebelli (I)
Open Danish Riichi Championship Aarhus, Denmark RR 2 1. Kim Iversen
2. Anders Labich
3. Lars Therkelsen
Third German Open Championship Hamburg, Germany 2 1. Dagmar Fischer
2. Stephanie Duhme
3. Joe-Calberson Huynh (F)
Kinryu Majan Taikai (riichi mahjong) Almere, the Netherlands RR 2 1. Sjef Strik
2. Philipp Scharpf (D)
3. Martin Rep

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