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6th European World Riichi League Event:

Willing to keep going after WRC 2025, to further hone your skills towards your mahjong goals?
The first French WRL event welcomes you!

Event details
  • Date: August 16-17, 2025
  • Hosted by: Breizh Mahjong
  • Location: CPB Bridge 
    17b rue de Brest, 35000 Rennes, France
  • Access to the city:
    By train: Around 2h45 from CDG airport, just above 2h from ORY airport. Also accessible through Paris transfers, 1h30 away from Gare Montparnasse.
    The local airport (with a direct bus line to city centre) has direct flights with some western European capitals.
  • Access to the venue:
    By subway: Two subway stations (“Sainte-Anne” and “Mabilais”) are both within a 15 minute walk from the venue.
    By bus: Main bus lines C1 stop “Horizons” and C4 stop “Le Mail” are both around a 5 minute walk.
    By car: Parking available at the venue.
  • Tournament format: 8 Hanchan (4 & 4)
    Players: Up to 40
    Ruleset: Current WRC-Rules (2025)
    Referees: Valentin Courtois (non-playing),
    Benoît Dessort (non-playing)
    Ranking: Via World Riichi-Mahjong app (freeware on Apple and Google stores, no registration necessary)
  • What we expect from our players: Well versed, competitive players with solid hands-on experience in real-life play, good knowledge of etiquette, point calculation and mahjong strategy.
  • Participation fee: 50€ to be paid to the following account:
  • Holder: Breizh Mah-Jong
    IBAN: FR76 1444 5202 0008 0009 7800 950
    BIC: CEPAFRPP444
    Purpose: WRL Rennes Aug 25
  • Two lunches and free water are included in the fee.
    –> If you have specific dietary options, please choose from the drop-down menu
    Some snacking also provided.

Saturday, August 16th
Time
09:00Registration
09:30Welcoming ceremony
09:45 – 11:15Hanchan #1
11:15 – 11:30Break
11:30 – 13:00Hanchan #2
13:00 – 13:45Lunchbreak
13:45 – 15:15Hanchan #3
15:15 – 15:30Break
15:30 – 17:00Hanchan #4
17~21Social play available
Sunday, August 17th
08:45 – 10:15Hanchan #5
10:15 – 10:30Break
10:30 – 12:00Hanchan #6
12:00 – 13:30Lunchbreak
13:30 – 15:00Hanchan #7
15:00 – 15:15Break
15:15 – 16:45Hanchan #8
16:45 -17:00Compiling results…
From 17:00Award ceremony

Last updated: 2025.06.22/01:00

No.PlayerNationalityIP = in Progress, awaiting payment
DEF = Definitive, paid
1Steven HueFranceIP
2Jérémie Pierard de MaujouyFranceIP
3Manuel Kameda-SchlichGermanyIP
4Hiroshi KamedaGermanyIP
5Alexandre DauriacFranceIP
6Andres HernandezUSA / MexicoIP
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Tryouts against pros!

Come play with the spearhead pros from the World Riichi Professional Mahjong program!

Meet excellent players

World Riichi League’s objective is to gather the best players and create a forum for players to test and develop their mahjong skills!

Become a pro!

World Riichi League will offer a chance to collect ranking points for those who want to claim the first pro certification outside of Japan!

Be part of a community


We all know mahjong is a life long journey of learning – why not do it together with people who share your passion?

FAQ

Please read the following points carefully

If there are any further questions, please do not hesitate and send us a mail

No, there will be no selection process. However, we expect people to fully understand the WRC ruleset and have a fair amount of “hands-on” play expertise. We also expect people to follow good mahjong etiquette. Our goal is to create a competitive environment where serious players and upcoming pros can thrive and hone their mahjong skills.

The sooner, the better! No, seriously… We want to plan and organise our tournaments carefully and tailor them to our guests. For this, we kindly ask you to transfer the fee three weeks prior to the tournament. Otherwise we might need to void your participation and give the seat to the next person on the waiting list.

You will not earn EMA ranking points as this is not a MERS ranked event. This series of events is to complement the well-established and respected European MERS system.

Generally, the points are used for calculating ranks for pro players. Not everybody wants to become a certified pro or can’t/want to do so immediately. For this, we can optionally stash your points in a “wallet“. The moment you become a pro, you can harness those and start climbing up those ranks!

By default, the use of mobile phones, smart watches etc. is not allowed during games. This has several reasons: insurance problems, time loss, noise and most important: we want our players to not lose touch with manual counting and handling point sticks. While apps provide a great possibility to keep track of points at any given moment, we are convinced that good players are able to count and keep track of points by themselves.

Referees are a valuable part for all our tournaments and function as guardians of rules and fairness but also as a support for players and organisers.

To ensure a high quality of the games, even when things sometimes doesn’t go as we want them, we are leaning towards non-playing referees who can provide professional and swift arbitration with the least amount of infringement. We know everyone is eager to play and we want to acknowledge and reward people willing to make that sacrifice by participating as a referee.