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.
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.2002年世界麻雀選手権大会個人部門成績 2002 World Mahjong Championship Individual Result2002年世界麻雀選手権大会団体部門成績 2002 World Mahjong Championship Team Result
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.World Championship Mahjong 2007 Results(Individual)Li Li World Champion Mahjong 2007 In team event, China Shanxi Jiexiu won the championship with 94 table points.World Championship Mahjong 2007 Results(Team)
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). 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.DatesVenue October 23, 2002 Hotel Grand Palace, Iidabashi, Tokyo Mai Hatsune John J. O'Connor Yūichi Ikeya 1November 1–5, 2007 Hong Zhu Shan Hotel, Chengdu, Sichuan Li Li Zhangfei Zhang Minoru Imaeda 2August 27–29, 2010 Nationaal Denksport Centrum 'Den Hommel', Utrecht Linghua Jiao Olivier Boivin Elisabeth Frischenschlager 3October 25, 2012 Chongqing Yanbin Duan Zhangfei Zhang Changjian Li 4November 11–15, 2015 Haevichi Hotel & Resort, Jeju Zhou Yong Linghua Jiao Joël Ratsimandresy 5October 26–28, 2017 Xi'an Baohua Sun Joël Ratsimandresy Jianzhong Jiang 6November 1–3, 2019 Salle de l'Atelier, Villefranche-sur-Saône Zhou Yong Sandra Berthommier Frédéric Petit 7October 11–14, 2024 Mississauga Convention Center, Mississauga Gao Erfei Dagmar Fischer Lin Hai
Team No.Year 2002 Young Pros Team B Guangzhou Japan Health Mahjong Association Selected Team 1 2007 China Shanxi Jiexiu China Shanghai Zhangjiang Japan Mahjong Sport Association Osaka 2 2010 China (Top-3 players) France (Top-3 players) Denmark (Top-3 players) 6 2019 France (Top-3 players) Russia (Top-3 players) China (Top-3 players) 7 2024 Canada Germany France
Venues Date Edition Location Venue 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, 2012 3rd World Mahjong Championship 2012 Chongqing, China November 11, 2015 4th World Mahjong Championship 2015 Jeju, Korea November 25, 2017 5th World Mahjong Championship 2016 Xi'an, China November 1, 2019 6th World Mahjong Championship 2019 Villefranche-sur-Saône, France October 11, 2024 7th World Mahjong Championship 2024 Mississauga, Canada
See also List of world championships in mind sports Mahjong Open European Mahjong Championship World Mahjong Organization World Series Of Mahjong
References
External links 2nd World Mahjong Championship Official Site 6th World Mahjong Championship Official Site