Open European Mahjong Championship

The Open European Mahjong Championship (OEMC) is the oldest European competition of Mahjong organized by European Mahjong Association (EMA) under Mahjong Competition Rules (MCR). Both men and women are eligible to contest this title, and the championship holds both the individual event and team event. It was established in 2005 and has since then taken place on two-yearly basis. As this championship is an open competition, any non-European players may participate.

History

After a few months later of the first world championship was held in Tokyo, 2002, Martin Rep, a Dutch Mahjong Player, decided to establish European organizations for Mahjong.

On June 25, 2005, he promoted the first European Championship and also hold the General Assembly in Netherlands in Nijmegen, Netherlands. During this Assembly, EMA was established. Masato Chiba, from Japan, won the first championship.

On June 21, 2007, the 2nd European championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark for 3 days. Martin Wedel Jacobsen from Denmark won the championship.[1] Team event was begun since this championship. In 2008, EMA began another European Mahjong Championship under Japanese Riichi rule.

On July 11, 2011, Ildikó Hargitai became the first female mahjong player who won the European championship,[2] and "French Team no1" from France won the team division.[3]

Champions

Individual
No. Winner 2nd 3rd
1 Masato Chiba ( Japan) Mai Hatsune ( Japan) Yoshinori Katō ( Japan)
2 Martin Wedel Jacobsen () Kōichi Oda ( Japan) Benjamin Boas ( USA)
3 Kōji Idota ( Japan) Bo Lang (  Swiss) Luca Gavelli ( Italy)
4 Ildikó Hargitai ( Hungary) Martin Faartoft ( Denmark) Leni Janssen ( Netherlands)
5 Yoshihiro Suzuki ( Japan) Michael Zahradnik ( Germany) Kazutoshi Miyake ( Japan)
6 Yoshihiro Suzuki ( Japan) Linghua Jiao ( China) Matthieu Pfeiffer ( France)

Team
No. Winner 2nd 3rd
2[4][5]Team TokyoMasato Chiba ( Japan)Norse WindsMartin Wedel Jacobsen ( Denmark)France BleuJérôme Bonifas ( France)
Sugako Suzuki ( Japan)Freddy Christiansen ( Denmark)Olivier Boivin ( France)
Yuri Tezuka ( Japan)Brian Krog ( Denmark)Vivian Hetmaniuk ( France)
Yukari Kugimiya ( Japan)Jeppe Stig Nielsen ( Denmark)Emma Guenel ( France)
3[6]Japan JMSA KyotoKōji Idota ( Japan)China 2Jianming Fan ( China)United Nations[7]Bo Lang (  Switzerland)
Shigeru Aono ( Japan)Jianguo Liang ( China)Hans Wikström ( Sweden)
Kimito Kugimiya ( Japan)Jun Gao ( China)Chris Redmond ( United Kingdom)
Kōichi Oda ( Japan)Hongwu Zhou ( China)Mei Hwa Felder (  Switzerland)
4[8]French Team no1Antony Ea ( France)Nine GatesEveline Broers ( Netherlands)Upper 4Shi Hua Chen Kold ( Denmark)
Christian Enault ( France)Leni Janssen ( Netherlands)Tina Christensen ( Denmark)
Sebastien Roux ( France)Chris Janssen ( Netherlands)Martin Faartoft ( Denmark)
Brigitte Sandarom ( France)Claudio Porrati ( Italy)Jesper Willemoes Hansen ( Denmark)
5[9]JMFKazutoshi Miyake ( Japan)Knitted TeamChris Redmond ( United Kingdom)Team SendaiYoshihiro Suzuki ( Japan)
Florine Leroy ( France)Luc Humbert (  Switzerland)Katsuyuki Onodera ( Japan)
Yaichirō Ōwaki ( Japan)Gérard Hêche (  Switzerland)Yasuhiro Chiba ( Japan)
Kenzō Tamakoshi ( Japan)Mei Hwa Felder (  Switzerland)Sugako Suzuki ( Japan)

Venues
Date Edition Place Venue
June 24–26, 2005 1st Open European Mahjong Championship Nijmegen, Netherlands ING-zaal, Concertgebouw de Vereeniging
June 21–24, 2007 2nd Open European Mahjong Championship Copenhagen, Denmark Idrætsfabrikken
July 1–5, 2009 3rd Open European Mahjong Championship Baden, Austria Hotel Schloss Weikersdorf
July 6–11, 2011 4th Open European Mahjong Championship Venice, Italy NH Laguna Palace Mestre-Venice
July 3–6, 2014 5th Open European Mahjong Championship Strasbourg, France Pavillon Joséphine, Parc de l'Orangerie
May 25–29, 2017 6th Open European Mahjong Championship Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Casino da Póvoa de Varzim
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See also

References
  1. OEMC 2007 Results
  2. OEMC 2011 Individual Results
  3. OEMC 2011 Team Results
  4. The team competition was not held in the first event.
  5. Team results 2007
  6. TeamRankingOEMC2009
  7. A European international team among Switzerland, Sweden, and United Kingdom
  8. The “First” European Championship
  9. EMC 2014 result
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