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The Open European Mahjong Championship (OEMC) is the oldest European competition of Mahjong organized by European Mahjong Association(EMA) under international rule. 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.
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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 began 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 Freance won the team division[3].
Champions
Individual
No. Winner 2nd 3rd 1 Masato Chiba ( 
Japan)Mai Hatsune ( Japan)Yoshinori Kato ( Japan)2 Martin Wedel Jacobsen ( 
)Kohichi Oda ( Japan)Benjamin Boas ( 
USA)3 Koji Idota ( Japan)Bo Lang ( 
Swiss)Luca Gavelli ( 
Italy)4 Ildikó Hargitai ( 
Hungary)Martin Faartoft ( Denmark)Leni Janssen ( 
Netherlands)Team
No. Winner 2nd 3rd 2[4] Team Tokyo ( Japan)Norse Winds ( Denmark)France Bleu ( 
France)3 Japan JMSA Kyoto ( Japan)China 2 ( 
China)United Nations[5] ( 
EU)4 French Team no1 ( France)Nine Gates ( Netherlands)Upper 4 ( Denmark)Venues
Date Edition Place Venue June 24–26, 2005 1st Open European Mahjong Championship Nijmegen, Netherlands June 21–24, 2007 2nd Open European Mahjong Championship Valdemarsgade 14, 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 See also
- World Mahjong Championship(World competition under same rule)
- European Mahjong Association(EMA)
- European Riichi Championship (Another European Championship held by EMA)
- Guobiao Majiang(Official rule)
References
- ^ OEMC 2007 Results
- ^ OEMC 2011 Individual Results
- ^ OEMC 2011 Team Results
- ^ The team competition was not held in the first event.
- ^ An European International Team among Switzerland, Sweden, and United Kingdom
External links
Categories:- European mahjong championships
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