The next MCR Open European Mahjong Championship will take place in Strasbourg, France, in 2014.

The event will be organized by the club "Vent d'Est", who were responsible for the successful MERS 1 tournament in Strasbourg in November 2011.

Dates, programme, registration fee and number of participants are not settled yet.

This year's MCR World Mahjong Championship will take place in China. Date and location is not finally settled yet, but the organziers are considering Chongqing in late October.

Chongqing is situated in South-West China, south-east of Chengdu where the WMC 2007 took place.

Chongqing is rich on history and culture. In the surrounding area are mountains, caves and rivers. The city's location in the Sichuan Basin causes it to have some 100 foggy days a year, earning it the nick name "capital of fog". October, however, is supposed to be the best season for clear weather.

EMA calls for proposals for European Riichi Championship 2013

Proposals should contain information on
1. Organiser
2. Date
3. Place
4. Number of participants
5. Preliminary schedule including number of sessions
6. Registration fee

Proposals should be sent to the EMA presidium
Deadline for proposals: 1 April 2012

Presidium

In a (boiling) hot Mestre, 160 players fought for 3 long days (9 rounds of 2 hours) during the Open European Championship 2011.

Ildikó 'spoiled' only 4 points (32/36), did not falter under the pressure and took the title with a 4 point margin. Martin Faartoft (DK) claimed 2nd place, with 28 points, while Leni Janssen (NL) took 3rd (27 points).