The new European Riichi Champion is Maurice Demmer from the Netherlands – runner-up and only 700 points behind was Joël Ratsimandresy from France. The third place went to David Bresnick from the USA. Mehr…
As the last four seats for the European Championship of Riichi Mahjong (ECR) 2010 have been assigned by a lottery, the player list is complete for the time being – players from 16 nations are now registered for the tounament in Hannover from 11 to 12 July.
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Everybody who missed the national qualifications for the European Championships of Riichi Mahjong (ECR) has now a second chance for a seat in Hannover: After quite some consideration the organisers decided to draw lots for the unused quotas. Mehr…
Finland at last organised a qualification tournament and already completed registrations. Danmark and Germany also finished the “paper works”, France did so nearly – now 74 of the 80 seats are fixed. As the Italian association officially declined their participation in the meantime due to a lack of Riichi players, their quota was given to aspirants from Poland and Turkey. The “other” seat goes to the Danish titleholder Thomas Kragh, who couldn’t qualify in his home country as he now lives in Norway. Until the deadline for non-EMA countries the organisers unfortunately received only two applications from Japan – a decision about the unused Japanese seats will be communicated shortly.
The registration for the 2nd European Championship of Riichi Mahjong 2010 (Hannover, 2010-07-09/11) is making progress: Until today applications or nominations for 65 of the 80 possible entrant positions arrived at the organisation committee. Mehr…
Nach dem Lahnsteiner Riichi-Treffen (Bericht siehe folgenden Beitrag) mit Qualifikationsturnier am 13./14. März stehen nun die Teilnahmeberechtigten für die 12 deutschen Startplätze zur Riichi-EM im Juli fest.
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Am 8. November fand in Hannover das erste von zwei Qualifikationsturnieren für die nächste Riichi-Europameisterschaft statt (European Riichi Championship – ERC), die am 10. und 11. Juli 2011 in Hannover veranstaltet wird. Mehr…
Auch die zweite Riichi-Europameisterschaft, die unter dem Dach der EMA ausgetragen wird, soll in Hannover stattfinden. Das hat die Vollversammlung des Europäischen Mahjong-Verbandes Anfang Juli in Baden/Österreich beschlossen. Als Termin für die Meisterschaft ist der 26./27. Juni Update: 10./11. Juli 2010 vorgesehen. Mehr…
