This Championship takes place in Valencia from 5-8th December 2024. Because of the UK Riichi community’s successes over recent years and the growing popularity of Riichi in the UK, we have been allocated 10 places in this major tournament. The UKMA has responsibility for nominating the UK’s representatives. We have sought interest from those UK… Read More »European Riichi Championship 2024
Most tournament players will be aware that the 5th European Championship will be held in June 2019 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. All applications to participate, as in previous championships, are to be made via national associations. There is no facility for direct entry to this tournament. UK is fortunate to have many strong players capable of… Read More »5th European Riichi Championship 21-23 June 2019
Although relatively little competitive Mahjong Competition Rules style mahjong (MCR) is played in UK, a small group led by John Duckworth has been playing for the past 12 months or so, and he has blazed a trail in a number of events on the European mainland. Two representatives from UK attended the 6th European MCR… Read More »6th Open European Championship OEMC (MCR) – Povoa de Varzim. Portugal
Although the MCR mahjong code is still not as widely supported in the UK as Riichi, two places are available for this major championship which is to be held in Povoa do Varzim, Portugal from May 26nd – 28th. http://www.portugaloemc2017.pt/ Applications are invited from players seeking to represent the United Kingdom in this major event,… Read More »6th European MCR Championship 2017
The UKMA hosted the 4th running of this event at The Maltings in Farnham, Surrey over the 3 days of 7th – 9th October 2016. Farnham proved to be a very hospital and popular location with the visitors, and The Maltings proved itself to be an excellent venue for this major event. The UKMA benefitted from the… Read More »The Mahjong News European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2016
We are proud to have organised the biggest Riichi tournament staged in Europe to date, with no less than 21 countries providing 128 entrants. The Mayor of Farnham provided a welcoming reception for distinguished visitors from overseas, and kindly agreed to open the tournament officially. The leading places were taken by players from Russia, Netherlands,… Read More »European Riichi Championship 2016
Plans are moving ahead for the staging of this prestigious tournament. There has been heavy demand both from home and abroad for the limited number of places available. The following have been selected as UK representatives: Philip Bielby, Paola Bungaro, Daina Chiba, Michael Donaghy, Shaun Drury, Ian Fraser, Peter Langford, Martin Lester and Gemma Sakamoto.… Read More »European Riichi Championship 2016
We are delighted to announce that the UK has been awarded the right to stage the 2016 European Riichi Mahjong Championship. It will be held from 7-9 October, 2016, in Farnham at the Farnham Maltings Arts Centre and feature top players from all over Europe. Visit the championship website for full details.
The 8th certified Polish Riichi tournament held in Warsaw, 21-22 November 2015 produced a British winner. From 2nd place with one hanchan to play Michael Donaghy racked up 103,000 points in the final round to win by a staggering 109,400 points. The second British entrant John Duckworth finished 6th after an indifferent 2nd day to… Read More »UK success in Warsaw
The European Mahjong Association maintains a ranking list of players of both MCR and Riichi, based on their performances in major tournaments. Just like the world golf and tennis rankings this ranking list is fluid as older results fall away to be replaced by more recent ones. Despite being a relative newcomer to the European… Read More »UK Moves Up the Rankings