Category: Tournaments

Tournament coverage, reports, and updates.

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...

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....