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2002 World Championship in Mahjong

The 2002 World Championship in Mahjong was held at the Hotel Grand Place in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 to 27 October in 2002. The title for this competition was "The Festival for Culture and Sport in Mah Jong".

The competition ran in cooperation between the Ningbo City Mahjong Sport Association and the Japan Mahjong Organizing Committee (JMOC). JMOC was formed with four Japanese organizations including the Japan Mahjong Federation, the All-Japan Mahjong Society, the Japan Health Mahjong Association, and the Mahjong Museum.

Competition

This championship is not certified as the official first worldwide championship in mahjong because it had been held before the World Mahjong Organization was formed in 2006.

Although it was offered to China at first and was going to be held in Ningbo, which is known as the origin of mahjong, the location was moved to Japan because a large event was going to be held there.

For this reason, the competition was held at the Hotel Grand Palace in Iidabashi, Tokyo. 100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 nations, Bulgaria, China, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, and the US, took part in this competition. JMOC held primarily tournaments in Tokyo and Osaka.

Results

The names are ordered as given name and surname.

Individual

Rank	Name	Nationality	Table points
Mai Hatsune	JapanJapan	26	898
John J. O'Connor	USAUnited States	26	759
Yūichi Ikeya	JapanJapan	24	892
Aki Nikaidō	JapanJapan	23	893
Jin Li	ChinaChina	23	443
Tomohiro Yoshida	JapanJapan	22	691
Quanze Wu	ChinaChina	22	622
Caofang Huang	ChinaChina	22	583
Masashi Saitō	JapanJapan	21	232
Junhao Cui	ChinaChina	20	970

Team

Rank	Name	Nationality	Members	Rank	Table points	Mini points	Total table points
Young Pros Team B	JapanJapan	Kazutoshi Iwasawa	11	20	787	80	2253
Ryōichi Kajita	16	20	446
Kenji Katsumata	24	18	329
Tomohiro Yoshida	6	22	691
Guangzhou	ChinaChina	Jin Li	5	23	443	76	1113
Man Feng	25	18	226
Gangliang Yu	57	13	-139
Caofang Huang	8	22	583
Japan Health Mahjong Association	JapanJapan	Jun Kashiwabara	34	16	43	73	1165
Noriko Maruyama	33	16	268
Masashi Saitō	9	21	232
Ryō Togamae	14	20	622
Tianjin	ChinaChina	Junhao Cui	10	20	970	69	1432
Baomin Yang	28	17	492
Jianguo Li	39	15	-182
Jing He	31	17	152
Young Pros Team A	JapanJapan	Takunori Kajimoto	12	20	655	69	1175
Nobuhiro Kishimoto	56	13	-60
Dai Osamura	30	17	195
Tatsuya Suzuki	22	19	385

Participating countries

100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 countries participated. Although Shinnicni Tokuda did not register for this competition and he was Japanese, he played as Kenneth Tokuda for the US team because a vacancy occurred.

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References

Kanazawa, Masahiro. (26 June 2010). "世界麻雀選手権大会について (About 2002 World Mahjong Championship)".
Martin, Rep. (1 November 2007). "The First World Championship in Mahjong".
http://babylon.co.jp/?page_id=21 Babylon, ltd

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