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The winners
These pictures © World Mahjong Championship
Hans Guldemond was the official photographer during the tournament and he will put together a (digital) album which you may want to purchase. Info on that here.
Martin Rep has also made many pictures and you can find them here.
(They're labeled WMC Day 1, ~ Day 2 and ~ Day 3 respectively).
You may also want to check his site Mahjong News for reports, interviews and other 'background info'.
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August 29
After 3 days of hard work for all players - don't underestimate the strain of top concentration for 9 rounds of 2 hours! - the new WORLD CHAMPION has been crowned. For some time it looked like China might take all top 3 places, but in the end the final result was:
1. Linghua Jiao (CN)
2. Olivier Boivin (F)
3. Elisabeth Frischenschlager (AU)
With 5 players in the Top 10 (1, 4, 6, 7 and 9), China also claimed the COUNTRY PRICE with a total of 85 table points; runner up was France, with 78 table points, while Denmark claimed 3rd price with 77 table points.
Final Results
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In October 2007, the Dutch Federation received a request if they would be "up to the challenge" to stage the next World Mahjong Championship. In view of the fact that "the Dutch" organized the unique first OEMC (Open European Mahjong Championship), we didn't have to think long to answer positively.
Of course we realized that we were not going to be able to offer anything close to the splendour of what our Chinese friends pulled together. We're Dutch and the WMC is in Holland - do the math...
Nevertheless, we do know how to "throw a party" and this event will was unique again in its own right. For two years we've been working hard to get it all together; in view of the current financial an economical situation, finding sponsors was more difficult than ever and we are very happy that Mahjong Logic stepped in.
And now, the long wait, the planning and dotting the i's is finally over; 208 players, overseen by 7 referees and supported by over 30 volunteers, have decided who became the new World Champion!
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Download PDF about WMC and the Netherlands
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The city of Utrecht is in 'the heart' of the Netherlands and is easily reachable from Amsterdam Airport; both Eindhoven Airport and Rotterdam Airport are good alternatives for international travelers.
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The venue of the WMC, 'NDC den Hommel', is located just outside the city centre. It is frequently used for bridge and chess tournaments.
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Meet the organizing committee.
The organizing committee: (left to right back row) Jeroen Meijer, Wil Meijer, Chris Janssen, Marianne Croeze and Jaap Croeze, (front row) John Kuijpers, Paula Pereira Gomes with head referee Robert Rijnders between them.
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