The European Riichi Mahjong Championship (ERMC) is the European competition of mahjong certified by European Mahjong Association (EMA) under Japanese rules .[ 1] Both men and women are eligible to contest this title. It was established in 2008.
The name was "European Riichi Championship" (ERC) until 2013.
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
2008
Thomas Kragh (DEN )
Benjamin Boas (USA )
Song Ping (CHN )
2010
Maurice Demmer (NED )
Joël Ratsimandresy (FRA )
David Bresnick (USA )
2013
Martin Diviš (CZE )
Michael Zahradnik (GER )
Maude Grimberg (FRA )
2016
Mikhail Lugovkin (RUS )
Désirée Heemskerk (NED )
Mateusz Woźniak (POL )
2019
Vladimir Nadanyan (RUS )
Vladimir Zayakin (RUS )
Hiroshi Yamai (JAP )
No.
Winners
Runner-ups
Third place
3[ 2]
Red Dragons
Tina Christensen (DEN )
Ryan Pin
Alexander Wankmüller (AUT )
Ukelele
Gemma Collinge (GBR )
Kim Iversen (DEN )
Tanja Wankmüller (AUT )
John Duckworth (GBR )
Henrik Leth (DEN )
Manuel Reisinger (AUT )
Ian Fraser (GBR )
Frank Rostved (DEN )
Manuel Tomisser (AUT )
Martin Lester (GBR )
Date
Edition
Location
Venue
June 21–22, 2008
1st European Riichi Championship 2008
Hanover, Germany
July 10–11, 2010
2nd European Riichi Championship 2010
Hanover, Germany
Jazzclub Hannover
September 18–22, 2013
3rd European Riichi Championship 2013
Bad Vöslau, Austria
Weingut Schlossberg
October 7–9, 2016
4th European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2016
Farnham, United Kingdom
The Great Hall, The Farnham Maltings
June 21–23, 2019
5th European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2019
Rosmalen, Netherlands
De Kentering Party-Events-Food
December 5–8, 2024
6th European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2024
Valencia, Spain