European Mahjong Association
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The European Mahjong Association (EMA) is an international organization for the interests of Mahjong in Europe. The main purposes are to certify competitions held by national organizations and to hold European championships.
On June 21, 2008, EMA hold the first European Riichi Championship 2008 in Hannover, Germany. Since this year, EMA started European championships under Japanese rule every 2 years. For this reason, EMA holds different types of European competitions alternately.
History
The European Mahjong Association (EMA) was established at the general assembly during the first European Championship in Netherlands, June 2005. After this competition, EMA started holding European championships under international rule every 2 years, and started sanctioning Mahjong competitions which was held under international and Japanese rules.On June 21, 2008, EMA hold the first European Riichi Championship 2008 in Hannover, Germany. Since this year, EMA started European championships under Japanese rule every 2 years. For this reason, EMA holds different types of European competitions alternately.
EMA structed championships
- Open European Mahjong ChampionshipOpen European Mahjong ChampionshipThe Open European Mahjong Championship is the oldest European competition of Mahjong organized by European Mahjong Association 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...
(under International mahjong rule) - European Riichi ChampionshipEuropean Riichi ChampionshipThe European Riichi Championship is the European competition of Mahjong certified by European Mahjong Association under Japanese rule. Both men and women are eligible to contest this title...
(under Japanese reach mahjong rule)