World Mahjong Championship

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The World Mahjong Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the table game Mahjong held by World Mahjong Organization (WMO). Both men and women are eligible to contest this title, and the championship holds both of Individual event and Team event.

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History

Since the propagation of Mahjong at the beginning of the 20th century, the rules of Mahjong have been inconsistent all around the world. In January 1998, Mahjong was certified as the 255th sport by General Administration of Sport of China at the urging of Japan. In September, unified Chinese rules were codified for international competitions. On October 23, 2002, the first world championship was held in Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan over three days, but this event was not counted as the first world championship. [1] [2] [3]

After the establishment of World Mahjong Organization(WMO) in 2006, the official first world championship was held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 1, 2007 and lasted for five days. Li Li, a Chinese student of Tsinghua University, won the championship. [4] [5] In team event, China Shanxi Jiexiu won the championship with 94 table points. [6]

On June 15, 2007, World Mahjong ltd.(WML), the company based on Hong Kong, promoted the World Series Of Mahjong (WSOM) in Macau. This event took the prize system of US$1,000,000 and the winner was given US$500,000. This event was a competition held by a private company and it was not certified by WMO.

The second official World Mahjong Championship (WMC) took place in Utrecht from August 27 to August 29, 2010. The new World Champion again comes from China: Ms. Linghua Jiao won the competition with 32 table points (acquired in 9 sessions). [7] The follow-ups were both Europeans – the same held true for the country ranking, which was calculated as a team score of the best three national players from each country: China ranked first with 85 table points, followed by France (78 TP) and Denmark (77 TP).

Champions

Individual

No.DatesVenueGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg Bronze
-October 23, 2002 Flag of Japan.svg Hotel Grand Palace, Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan Flag of Japan.svg Mai Hatsune Flag of the United States.svg John J. O'Connor Flag of Japan.svg Yūichi Ikeya
1November 1-5, 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hong Zhu Shan Hotel, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhangfei Zhang Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Imaeda
2August 27-29, 2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nationaal Denksport Centrum 'Den Hommel', Utrecht, Netherlands Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Linghua Jiao Flag of France.svg Olivier Boivin Flag of Austria.svg Elisabeth Frischenschlager
3October 25, 2012 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chongqing, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yanbin Duan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhangfei Zhang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Changjian Li
4November 11-15, 2015 [8] Flag of South Korea.svg Haevichi Hotel & Resort , Jeju, South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Linghua Jiao Flag of France.svg Joël Ratsimandresy
5October 26-28, 2017 [9] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xi'an, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Baohua Sun Flag of France.svg Joël Ratsimandresy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jianzhong Jiang
6November 1-3, 2019 [10] Flag of France.svg Salle de l'Atelier, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yong Flag of France.svg Sandra Berthommier Flag of France.svg Frédéric Petit

Team

No.YearGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg Bronze
2002Young Pros Team B Flag of Japan.svg Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Japan Health Mahjong Association Selected Team Flag of Japan.svg
12007China Shanxi Jiexiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Shanghai Zhangjiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Japan Mahjong Sport Association Osaka Flag of Japan.svg
22010China (Top-3 players) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg France (Top-3 players) Flag of France.svg Denmark (Top-3 players) Flag of Denmark.svg
62019France (Top-3 players) Flag of France.svg Russia (Top-3 players) Flag of Russia.svg China (Top-3 players) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

Venues

DateEditionLocationVenue
October 23, 2002 2002 World Championship in Mahjong Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan Hotel Grand Palace
November 1, 2007 1st World Mahjong Championship 2007 Chengdu, Sichuan, China Hong Zhu Shan Hotel
August 27, 2010 2nd World Mahjong Championship 2010 Utrecht, Netherlands Nationaal Denksport Centrum 'Den Hommel'
October 25, 20123rd World Mahjong Championship 2012 Chongqing, China
November 11, 20154th World Mahjong Championship 2015 Jeju, Korea
November 25, 20165th World Mahjong Championship 2016 Singapore
November 1, 20196th World Mahjong Championship 2019 Villefranche-sur-Saône, France

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