2002 World Championship in Mahjong

The 2002 World Championship in Mahjong was held at the Hotel Grand Place in Tokyo, Japan from October 23 to 27 in 2002. The title for this competition was "The Festival for Culture and Sport in Mah Jong".

The competition ran under corporation of Ningbo City Mahjong Sport Association and Japan Mahjong Organizing Committee (JMOC). JMOC was formed with 4 Japanese organizations including Japan Mahjong Federation, All-Japan Mahjong Society, Japan Health Mahjong Association, Mahjong Museum.

Competition

This championship is not certified as the official first worldwide championship in Mah jong because it had been held before World Mahjong Organization was formed in 2006.

Although it was offered from China at first and it was going to be held in Ningbo which is known as the origin of Mah jong, the location was moved to Japan because a large event was going to be held there.[1]

For this reason, the competition was held at the Hotel Grand Palace in Iidabashi, Tokyo. 100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 nations: China, Japan, USA, Taiwan, Russia, Sweden, Netherlands took part in this competition. JMOC held primarily tournaments in Tokyo and Osaka.[2][3]

Results

The names are ordered as Given name and Surname.

Individual
Rank Name Nationality Table Points Mini Points
1 Mai Hatsune Japan 26 898
2 John J. O'Connor United States 26 759
3 Yūichi Ikeya Japan 24 892
4 Aki Nikaidō Japan 23 893
5 Jin Li China 23 443
6 Tomohiro Yoshida Japan 22 691
7 Quanze Wu China 22 622
8 Caofang Huang China 22 583
9 Masashi Saitō Japan 21 232
10 Junhao Cui China 20 970

Team
Rank Name Nationality Members Rank Table Points Mini Points Total Table Points Total Mini Points
1Young Pros Team BJapanKazutoshi Iwasawa1120787802253
Ryōichi Kajita1620446
Kenji Katsumata2418329
Tomohiro Yoshida622691
2GuangzhouChinaJin Li523443761113
Man Feng2518226
Gangliang Yu5713-139
Caofang Huang822583
3Japan Health Mahjong AssociationJapanJun Kashiwabara341643731165
Noriko Maruyama3316268
Masashi Saitō921232
Ryō Togamae1420622
4TianjinChinaJunhao Cui1020970691432
Baomin Yang2817492
Jianguo Li3915-182
Jing He3117152
5Young Pros Team AJapanTakunori Kajimoto1220655691175
Nobuhiro Kishimoto5613-60
Dai Osamura3017195
Tatsuya Suzuki2219385

Participating countries

100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 countries participated. Although Shinnicni Tokuda who did not apply for this competition and he was Japanese, he played as Kenneth Tokuda for USA team because a vacancy occurred.[4]

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References
  1. Kanazawa, Masahiro (2010-06-26). "世界麻雀選手権大会について (About 2002 World Mahjong Championship)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. Martin, Rep (2007-11-01). "The First World Championship in Mahjong". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  3. 第一届世界麻将锦标赛 1st World Championship in Mahjong(in Chinese)
  4. Babylon, ltd(Japanese)
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