World Riichi Championship

The World Riichi Championship (WRC) is a worldwide competition of Japanese Mahjong (also known as riichi) held every 3 years since 2014. The competition is nominally open to people of all ages, men and women alike. Participants generally consist of Japanese professional Mahjong players and foreign amateur players selected by national organizations from Europe, North America, and elsewhere around the world.

History

The first edition of WRC was organized two brothers, Quentin and Valérian THOMAS, founders of Tri Nitro Tiles (TNT), a French Riichi Mahjong Club in 2014. On July 16-20, 2014, the 1st Championship was held in the Mairie de Puteaux (city hall), in the Paris, France region. The second edition was organized by the United States Professional Mahjong League (USPML) in 2017. On October 4-8, 2017, the WRC was held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The third edition will be hosted in Vienna, Austria.[1] A date will be announced in the future.

Champions

No. Winner 2nd 3rd
1 Japan Hiroshi Yamai Japan Kazuhiko Nishijima Japan Jun Nishikawa
2 Japan Masaharu Tomotake Japan Ryūichi Masuda Japan Hiroyuki Yamada

Venues

Date Edition Place Venue Countries present Participants
July 16–20, 2014 1st Puteaux, Paris, France Mairie de Puteaux 23 120
October 5-8, 2017 2nd Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The Palms Casino Resort 25 224
2020 3rd Vienna, Austria

Organizer

No. Organizer
1 Tri Nitro Tiles (TNT) French Riichi Mahjong Club
2 United States Professional Mahjong League (USPML)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Riichi Championship Committee Favors Austria: Vienna Host WRC2020". MahjongNews. MahjongNews. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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