International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition

International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (IORMC/ko:국제온라인마작대회) is the international competition of Mahjong under Japanese rule in Tenhou.net the online mahjong service since 2012. The competition is organized by the Korean Mahjong League (KML).

History

The International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (IORMC) was originally started as "Korea-Japan Online Mahjong Exchange Match" and "Asian Online Riichi Mahjong Competition" in 2011.

Format

The competition utilizes a simultaneous team round robin. Participants play out a set number of games against each other, while not being matched with players from their own teams. Team scores is a cumulative of all team member scores. A separate competition determines the individual winner, via qualification from the team format. Qualified players compete in a mahjong bracket system to determine the individual winner.

Champions

Team
Korea-Japan Inter-competition (2011)
No. Year Winner 2nd 3rd Team count
1 2011  Japan  South Korea
2 2012  South Korea  Japan
Asian Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (2011)
1 2011  South Korea  Japan  China
International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (since 2012)
1 2012  South Korea  Japan  China
2 2013  Russia ? ?
3 2014  Russia  South Korea  China
4 2015  South Korea  China  Japan
5 2016  Taiwan  Japan  France
6[1] 2017  Russia  Ukraine  Sweden
7[2] 2018  Hong Kong  Canada  Russia
8 2019  Australia  Hong Kong  Brazil

Individual
Korea-Japan Inter-competition (2011)
No. Winner 2nd 3rd
NameIDNameIDNameID
1[3][4] Katsuya Yamayacpa1208 Takunori Kajimototakutei Seung-Ho YooNgel&Min
2[5][6] Dong-Woo ImBlood熱血
(Blood Yeolhyeol)		 Sung-Wons ChoReality Tsuneyuki Takahashijoukou
Asian Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (2011)
1[7][8] Seung-Cheol JeongDrehyong Doppo Yamada独歩
(Doppo)		 Seung-Ho YooNgel&Min
International Online Riichi Mahjong Competition (since 2012)
1[9] Jun-Hee Leeharookie Ho-Jong Kownexist Wei Wei及川冰麗
(Oikawa Tsurara)
2[10][11] Ng-Ka Fuくるる
(Kururu)		 Nikita Tkachenko;_; ?☆逆襲の西☆
(Gyakushū no Shā/
Char's Counterattack)
3[12] Ho-Jong Kwonexist Nikita Tkachenko;_; Sung-Won ChoReality
4[13] Yūsei Asakura黒猫＠ぺろぺろ☆
(Kuroneko@Peropero☆)		 Jun-Hee Leeharookie Wei Wei及川冰麗
(Oikawa Tsurara)
5[14] ?まいちぃ
(Maichii)		 Liang-Yu Chentnfsh204 Shawn Wu零落星奈
(Lingluo Xingnai)
6[15] Lu-lu Zhousoraru Karolina TrepinskaKarolcia Simon ChenKhold
7[16] Siarhei TsyvinskiMyZ4iHa Wong Ki Long2013612 Trevor YauGene5i5
8[17] Li Mingyao>_0@杏杏軍團 Nathan MalafaiaNihil Nguyen Huu Huongnigaiki

References
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