Sadly, WRC has been postponed
I think a lot of us suspected this was coming and still hoped it would not. The World Riichi Championship has announced that WRC 2020: Vienna has been postponed due to setbacks directly resulting...
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Tournament coverage, reports, and updates.
Canada names players for WRC; Masters tournament cancelled
The Good News Loïc Roberge and Grant Mahoney have been named by the Canadian Council as Canada’s representatives to the WRC this summer. The Bad News The JPML Mahjong Masters Tournament that we reported...
NARMA releases statement regarding US players to WRC; Adams replaces Wu as Salt Lake qualifier *UPDATED*
Update: 4PM CST Following the statement released on Friday regarding criteria used to select US applicants for the five seats in the American quota, the World Riichi Championship has received confirmation from all players....
Japan’s Mahjong Masters tournament qualifying additional WRC seats
This year the JPML is qualifying two seats for the 2020 World Riichi Championship in addition to the usual delegation of professional players. For previous WRC tournaments, Japan’s closed selection process has only allowed...
WRC 2020 European player list released
The WRC 2020 European player list was released yesterday (March 2nd), announced on WRC’s Twitter feed. Back in November we reported that 70 seats had been allocated to the EMA, and as of now...
Mahjong Open League: The results are in!
As reported last week, both Michael Donaghy (amateur) and Daniel Moreno (JPML pro) managed to qualify for the first round of the Mahjong Open League. Here they are enjoying each other’s company! Luckily they...
WRC Updates Site With Known Players
If you’re keeping tabs on WRC’s twitter feed (and you should – @WorldRiichi) you will no doubt have seen that their website has recently updated to include the known Japan pros and special attendees...
WRC Announces More Quota Seats
So far only the players of countries in the European Mahjong Association have had any clarity on their chances of reaching the big event in Vienna next year. The World Riichi Championship have finally...
WRC’s Super Weekend
Last weekend, at opposite ends of the world, two fierce qualifiers were fought for a wild card seat to the World Riichi Championship 2020. G-Research hosted a central London qualifier, and the Austrialian Riichi...
WRC Hosts Open Q&A
Last Saturday, Gemma Sakamoto of World Riichi Championship (WRC) hosted an open meeting, offering the public an opportunity to ask any questions they might have about the WRC or the 2020 tournament in Vienna....