Offline event

World Riichi League: USA Series

The road to 2028 continues in the USA as well, with our WRL September Major series, hosted in NYC, Fremont, and for the first time Online! Now that WRPM signups are open, we hope you’ll join us to start building your record as we power through this WRL season!

Presented By

In Collaboration With

Pacific Mahjong League

Event details
  • Date: September 27-28, 2025
  • Hosts
    NYC – United States Professional Mahjong League
    SF – Pacific Mahjong League
    Online – American Riichi Mahjong League
  • NYC Location
    Sparrow’s Nest Studio
    36 W. 36th Street, 5th Floor
    New York, NY 10018
  • SF Location
    Pacific Mahjong League
    39352 Fremont Blvd
    Fremont, CA 94538
  • Event Format
    8 Hanchan (4 hanchan per day)
    Scramble-style pairings
    Player cap per location: 40
    Ruleset: Current WRC-Rules (2025)
  • 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. Players should be comfortable playing to their win conditions and building hands to hit specific point targets.
  • Participation fee: $50
  • Meals are not included at this event
Saturday, September 27
09:30 – 10:00Registration/Announcements
10:00 – 11:30Hanchan 1
11:30 – 13:00Hanchan 2
13:00 – 14:30Lunch
14:30 – 16:00Hanchan 3
16:00 – 17:30Hanchan 4
17:30 – 22:00FreePlay
Sunday, September 28
09:30 – 10:00Registration/Announcements
10:00 – 11:30Hanchan 5
11:30 – 13:00Hanchan 6
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00Hanchan 7
16:00 – 17:30Hanchan 8
17:30 – 18:00Awards and closing ceremony
Saturday, September 27
12:30 – 13:00Registration/Announcements
13:00 – 14:30Hanchan 1
14:30 – 16:00Hanchan 2
16:00 – 17:30Hanchan 3
17:30 – 19:00Hanchan 4
Sunday, September 28
12:30 – 13:00Registration/Announcements
13:00 – 14:30Hanchan 5
14:30 – 16:00Hanchan 6
16:00 – 17:30Hanchan 7
17:30 – 19:00Hanchan 8
19:00 – 19:30Awards and closing ceremony

To be announced before 9/15 – Event will take place on 9/27-28 as all other events

#Player NamePlayer Status
1Jonathan FangConfirmed
2Chris CuiConfirmed
3Edward ZengConfirmed
Cyrus YuetWithdrawn
4Yishen WuConfirmed
5Kristy ChangConfirmed
6Nobuki TomitaConfirmed
Quincy HuangWithdrawn
7David IuConfirmed
8Will SongConfirmed
9Xiao ZhangConfirmed
10Edward XuConfirmed
11Felix YangConfirmed
12Yue LiConfirmed
13Mercury LiuConfirmed
14Toshiharu HamanaConfirmed
15Cheng Yu LaiConfirmed
16Ricky TanConfirmed
17Hong LinConfirmed
18Erik KarhanConfirmed
19Yichi XuConfirmed
20Cici LiConfirmed
21Nolan ZhangConfirmed
22Nicholas NaimoConfirmed
#Player NamePlayer Status
1Jai SrivastavConfirmed
2Stanley DengConfirmed
3Rachel HalperinConfirmed
4Dai YangConfirmed
Xiyuan YuWithdrawn
5Ichika YungConfirmed
6Emily LeeConfirmed
7Zeyang ZhuConfirmed
8Haolun WuConfirmed
9Fangming CaoConfirmed
10Simon HuangConfirmed
11Satoshi KuramochiConfirmed
12Jimmy WangConfirmed
13Yeou ChiouConfirmed
14Weicheng ZhaoConfirmed
15Alex TangConfirmed
16Eric YuanConfirmed
17James HuangConfirmed
#Player NamePlayer Status
1Remy FuConfirmed
2Jesse LiConfirmed
3Harrison CorpConfirmed
4Arthur McAnallyConfirmed
5Brian WenConfirmed
6Nathanael KozinskiConfirmed
7Josue Ismael BalderasConfirmed
8Ty BrounConfirmed
9Matthew McKinneyConfirmed
10William HuieConfirmed
11Khang HuynhConfirmed
12Jerry TianshenConfirmed
13Oliver KrekelerConfirmed
14Taliesin CarterConfirmed
15Binyi ZConfirmed
16Frederic FaulknerConfirmed
17Kinyan LuiConfirmed
18Cyrus YuetConfirmed

Last Updated: 9/4/2025 – 2:02AM EST

Last Updated: 3/7/2025 – 2:02AM EST

Pictures and memories coming soon!

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FAQ

Please read the following points carefully

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

There are no explicit requirements for players who would like to participate in this event. However, we do expect participants to have a full understanding of the WRC ruleset and a solid amount of in-person play experience. This event is meant to cultivate a serious competitive environment and to that end we would ask players to participate with that in mind. We are particularly interested in players who would like to participate in the WRC Pro program and have their results from this event carry over to future participation in that program.

While in the future there may be events that are exclusive to the WRC Pro organization, this event is open to any player who wishes to participate in a competitive environment. We definitely hope that participants join the WRC Pro family, attending this event does not obligate players to join the organization and the WRC seat award will be available to any participant that successfully wins the event.

All participants will have their results stored for optional future use. If a player does choose to join the WRC Pro program in the future, these “banked” results can be immediately used for progress!

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.