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New Member of EMAThe Board of EMA has confirmed the membership of Svenska mahjongförbundet, the national Mahjong organization of Sweden. According to §4 of the Statutes of EMA the Board admits the organization into membership on a provisional basis. A decision on full admission will be taken at the next General Assembly.The European Mahjong Association EMA welcomes Sweden as member No. 12! Uwe Martens President of the European Mahjong Association (EMA) June 08, 2008
OEMC 2009 Qualification for European non-EMA countriesFor European countries without national organizations, EMA handles the qualification for OEMC 2009. Enter the qualification by contacting Tina Christensen, tina@mahjong.dk. Read about the qualification procedure and current standing. Tina ChristensenVice President of the European Mahjong Association (EMA) March 22, 2008
New Members of EMAThe Board of EMA has confirmed the membership of four more national Mahjong organizations. According to §4 of the Statutes of EMA the Board admits the organizations into membership on a provisional basis. A decision on full admission will be taken at the next General Assembly.The new members are: Finland: Suomen Mahjong-liitto Slovakia: Slovensky Mahjongovy Zväz Russia: Федерация маджонга (Mahjong Federation) Spain: Asociacion de Mahjong Los 13 Huerfanos The European Mahjong Association EMA welcomes the new member organizations! Uwe Martens President of the European Mahjong Association (EMA) February 05, 2008 Riichi Rules in EnglishRiichi (modern Japanese mahjong) has been introduced independently in several European countries, and consequently slight differences in the rules exist across the continent. With the scheduling of the first European Riichi Championship in 2008, the need arose to standardize the riichi rules in the context of the European Mahjong Association. A booklet has been made which describes the standard riichi rules of the European Mahjong Association. Tina Christensen10 January, 2008 German, Dutch, French and Italian versions are forthcoming. 10 January, 2008: errata on page 7, Sect. 2.7. "green points to red." on page 4, preface, added acknowledgements 11 January, 2008: errata on p. 16, sect. 3.6: added: Any riichi bets remaining on the table are collected by the winner. on page 17, sect 4.1: To this value is added 100 for each counter on the table in case of self-draw, and 300 in case of winning on a discard. (swapped 300 and 100) on page 24, scorechart, also in the riichisheet, "The three chow 1-2-3, 4-5-6 and 7-8-9" (was 1-2-3, 4-5-6 og 7-8-9). 16 January, 2008: errata Several typos corrected. p. 12, sect. 3.3.12, elaborated riichi bets and multiple winners, (riichi declarer always gets his bet back if he wins) p. 16, sct. 6.1, uma winner bonus reduced to 9000, 3000, -3000, -9000 p. 17, sect. 4.1, elaborated riichi bets and multiple winners, (riichi declarer always gets his bet back if he wins) p.24 + summary chart: Names of hands updated to be consistent with the rule book, Four Identical Chi deleted 14 May, 2008: errata A few typos corrected. 3.4.10 after an exhaustive draw > after an exhaustive or abortive draw. 4.1 added reference to 4.1.3 where the tables are described 4.1 corrected old typo I thought I had already weeded out (add 100 when tsumo, 300 when ron). 4.1.1 added graphic example of open pinfu. 4.2.1 Robbing the kong - added that it counts as ron 4.2.2 Little Three Dragons - changed ambiguous phrasing to "add the two yaku for individual dragon pons" 4.2.2 All Term/Honours - changed ambiguous phrasing to "add two yaku for All pons" p.23 Tables. added reference to 4.1.3 where the tables are described. Mahjong Europe Ranking System (MERS) has been slightly changedThe board of EMA has decided to make slight changes to the MERS:
European Mahjong Association is formally registered by the Danish authorities
The European Mahjong Association (EMA) has been registered at The Central Business Register in Denmark (CVR: det centrale virksomhedsregister) at The Danish Commerce and Companies Agency (Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen). The details:
Encouragement quota for the World Mahjong Championship in Chengdu, China, November 1-5, 2007The list is now finalized - with the possible exception of results from the only tournament remaining in the 2007 World Series of MahJong; a tournament supposed to take place in the USA in September.When all the World Series of MahJong tournaments are completed, the eight European players with best combined results from these tournaments, are entitled to receive the special encouragement quota privileges of reimbursement of expenses. If a player is not able to go to China, the privileges passes to the next in line.
1. The first player is entitled to reimbursement for Round-trip air
ticket, Registration and Boarding costs. The players in the encouragement quota are:
Mahjong Competition RulesThe Board of the European Mahjong Association (EMA) appreciates the Mahjong Competition Rules (MCR) published by the World Mahjong Organization in July 2006 as the new world standard in Mahjong competitions. The Board decided to adopt the Mahjong Competition Rules (MCR) as the offical rules for MERS competitions from December 1, 2006.Even if the MCR are accepted in total as the new standard is is obvious that not all regulations particularly about penalties will be used in all European competitions. The Danish Organizing Committee of the Open European Mahjong Competition 2007 in Copenhagen will soon publish "Rules and Regulations" for OEMC 2007 that adapt the penalty rules in a useful way for European tournaments. This should be the guideline for MERS competitions in future. These Rules and Regulations will be endorsed by the EMA. The MCR are available as a pdf-file in English language at chinamajiang.com Please give this information to all players of your organizations and clubs.
Uwe Martens September 26, 2006
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