European Mahjong Association

European Mahjong Association
AbbreviationEMA
FormationJune 25, 2005 (2005-06-25)
TypeNPO
Legal statusAssociation
Purposeto encourage, disseminate and coordinate the playing of mahjong in Europe[1]
HeadquartersDenmarkDenmark
Region served
Europe, Russia
Membership21 national organisations
Official language
English
President
SwitzerlandLuc Humbert
AffiliationsWorld Mahjong Organization
Websitehttp://mahjong-europe.org/

The European Mahjong Association (EMA) is an international organisation for the interests of Mahjong in Europe. The main purposes are to certify competitions held by national organisations and to hold European championships.

History

The European Mahjong Association (EMA) was established at the general assembly during the first European Championship in the Netherlands in June 2005.[2] After this competition, EMA started holding European championships under international rules every 2 years, and started sanctioning Mahjong competitions which was held under international and Japanese rules.

On June 21, 2008, EMA held the first European Riichi Championship 2008 in Hannover, Germany. Since this year, EMA started European championships under Japanese rules every 2 years. For this reason, EMA holds different types of European competitions alternately.

EMA instructed championships

See also

References

  1. ^ "European Mahjong Association - Statutes §3. Purpose" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. ^ "EMA history". Archived from the original on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2015-07-04.