2002 World Championship in Mahjong

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The 2002 World Championship in Mahjong was held at the Hotel Grand Place in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 to 27 October in 2002. The title for this competition was "The Festival for Culture and Sport in Mah Jong".

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The competition ran in cooperation between the Ningbo City Mahjong Sport Association and the Japan Mahjong Organizing Committee (JMOC). JMOC was formed with four Japanese organizations including the Japan Mahjong Federation, the All-Japan Mahjong Society, the Japan Health Mahjong Association, and the Mahjong Museum.

Competition

This championship is not certified as the official first worldwide championship in mahjong because it had been held before the World Mahjong Organization was formed in 2006.

Although it was offered to China at first and was going to be held in Ningbo, which is known as the origin of mahjong, the location was moved to Japan because a large event was going to be held there. [1]

For this reason, the competition was held at the Hotel Grand Palace in Iidabashi, Tokyo. 100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 nations, Bulgaria, China, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, and the US, took part in this competition. JMOC held primarily tournaments in Tokyo and Osaka. [2]

Results

The names are ordered as given name and surname.

Individual

Best individual players
RankNameNationalityTable pointsMini points
1 Mai Hatsune Flag of Japan.svg Japan26898
2 John J. O'Connor Flag of the United States.svg United States26759
3 Yūichi Ikeya Flag of Japan.svg Japan24892
4 Aki Nikaidō Flag of Japan.svg Japan23893
5 Jin Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China23443
6 Tomohiro Yoshida Flag of Japan.svg Japan22691
7 Quanze Wu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China22622
8 Caofang Huang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China22583
9 Masashi Saitō Flag of Japan.svg Japan21232
10 Junhao Cui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China20970

Team

Best team results
RankNameNationalityMembersRankTable pointsMini pointsTotal table pointsTotal mini points
1Young Pros Team B Flag of Japan.svg JapanKazutoshi Iwasawa1120787802253
Ryōichi Kajita1620446
Kenji Katsumata2418329
Tomohiro Yoshida622691
2 Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaJin Li523443761113
Man Feng2518226
Gangliang Yu5713-139
Caofang Huang822583
3Japan Health Mahjong Association Flag of Japan.svg JapanJun Kashiwabara341643731165
Noriko Maruyama3316268
Masashi Saitō921232
Ryō Togamae1420622
4 Tianjin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaJunhao Cui1020970691432
Baomin Yang2817492
Jianguo Li3915-182
Jing He3117152
5Young Pros Team A Flag of Japan.svg JapanTakunori Kajimoto1220655691175
Nobuhiro Kishimoto5613-60
Dai Osamura3017195
Tatsuya Suzuki2219385

Participating countries

100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 countries participated. Although Shinnicni Tokuda did not register for this competition and he was Japanese, he played as Kenneth Tokuda for the US team because a vacancy occurred. [3]

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References

  1. Kanazawa, Masahiro (26 June 2010). "世界麻雀選手権大会について (About 2002 World Mahjong Championship)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. Martin, Rep (1 November 2007). "The First World Championship in Mahjong". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. Babylon, ltd(Japanese)