Welcome to the 2017 World Riichi Championship
240 Players
Invitations will be extended to top Riichi players around the world in a race to crown a new World Riichi Champion. Come and claim your seat at what will be the largest Riichi Mahjong event ever held in North America!
Legendary Personalities
WRC brings together the best Riichi players from around the globe! Get your chance to play with some of the most famous players in the JPML. Stay tuned for announcements of particular attendees!
5 Days and Nights of Riichi
Running from October 4 - 8, the World Riichi Championship will be more than just a tournament. With a series of side-events and free-play on into the night, there's more than enough Mahjong for everyone!
Venue
Play
Get lost in the 95,000 square foot casino, featuring the latest slot machines and table games as well as races and sportsbook betting. Or, if you'd like to explore, the Palms is only 10 minutes from the strip, with complimentary shuttle busses!
Relax
A huge assortment of exercise and wellness facilities. Unwind at either of the indoor and outdoor pools, bask in the tanning salon, work out in the fitness center, or treat yourself to one of a huge variety of treatments at several spa and salon facilities. The Palms even features the first Hammam (Turkish steam bath) in Vegas!
Food
From a quick bite to fine dining, experience a huge variety of eatieries including the award-winning N9NE Steakhouse, named a "Top 100 Restaurant in the World" by Conde Nast Traveler, "Top 100 Dining Hot Spot of 2016" by OpenTable.com and "Best Steakhouse" by Vegas Magazine.
Nightlife
There's plenty to do after dark, with an assortment of lounges, nightclubs and bars. Catch a performance in the Pearl Concert Theater, dance the night away at the Rain nightclub or visit Ghostbar for panoramic views of the Strip from the 55th floor of Ivory Tower!
Schedule
Our schedule of events has been finalized - please note that there will be free play time available throughout the evenings!
Rules
Tournament Format
WRC 2017 be an elimination tournament, with a pool of 240 players eventually narrowed down to a single World Champion. More details as to the precise format will be available closer to the event. And don't worry, players whose run in the main event has come to an end will have numerous side-events, mahjong free-play, and other Vegas activities available to them!
WRC Rules 2017 Edition
WRC 2017 will continue to utilize the World Riichi Championship ruleset - the first international ruleset to be certified for competition play by authorities in Japan, Europe and the Americas. Since its introduction at our first event in 2014, the World Riichi Championship ruleset has been updated and improved year over year to be a definitive guide to Riichi Mahjong play. You can download a copy of the rules here:
Results
World Riichi Champion
TOMOTAKE, Masaharu
Top 4 Players
Top 4 Players
| YAMADA, Hiroyuki |
| MASUDA, Ryuichi |
| TOMOTAKE, Masaharu |
| NAKAMURA, Yutaka |
Top 8 Players
| OTANI, Yuumi |
| TOMOTAKE, Masaharu |
| YOSHIDA, Yukio |
| YAMADA, Hiroyuki |
| MASUDA, Ryuichi |
| NAKAMURA, Yutaka |
| WEINGUNY, Lena |
| TAKEDA, Katsuo |
Top 16 Players
| UOTANI, Yuumi |
| NAKAMURA, Shingo |
| AKASHI, Minako |
| MASUDA, Ryuichi |
| TOMOTAKE, Masaharu |
| NAKAMURA, Yutaka |
| MORIYAMA, Shigekazu |
| KONNO, Shintaro |
| YAMADA, Manabu |
| YAMAWAKI, Chifumi |
| YOSHIDA, Yukio |
| WEINGUNY, Lena |
| YAMADA, Hiroyuki |
| TOMOZOE, Toshiyuki |
| HIRVOLA, Ossi |
| TAKEDA, Katsuo |
Top 32 Players
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOMOTAKE, Masaharu | 261.2 |
| 2 | YAMADA, Hiroyuki | 201.7 |
| 3 | NISHIJIMA, Kazuhiko | 200.8 |
| 4 | NAKAMURA, Yutaka | 196.2 |
| 5 | MORIYAMA, Shigekazu | 187 |
| 6 | YOSHIDA, Yukio | 174.4 |
| 7 | WEINGUNY, Lena | 172.4 |
| 8 | TAKEDA, Yuki | 171.8 |
| 9 | KONNO, Shintaro | 141.3 |
| 10 | NIKAIDO, Aki | 138.2 |
| 11 | SUGIURA, Kansuke | 132.1 |
| 12 | SAKAI, Hidetaka | 128.6 |
| 13 | KUROSAWA, Kouichirou | 127.7 |
| 14 | MITO, Ryosuke | 124.4 |
| 15 | YAMADA, Manabu | 124.3 |
| 16 | AOI, Yurika | 124.2 |
| 17 | UOTANI, Yuumi | 120.6 |
| 18 | KONDO, Kazuo | 119.8 |
| 19 | YAMAWAKI, Chifumi | 115.3 |
| 20 | NAKAMURA, Shingo | 113.5 |
| 21 | KIKUHARA, Masato | 108.7 |
| 22 | HIRVOLA, Ossi | 108.2 |
| 23 | GULMANS, Martijn | 107.8 |
| 24 | LESTER, Martin | 107.8 |
| 25 | MASUDA, Ryuichi | 106.7 |
| 26 | TAKEDA, Katsuo | 105.6 |
| 27 | KUSABA, Tomoko | 105.1 |
| 28 | AKASHI, Minako | 103.9 |
| 29 | FRANCKS, Zachary | 103.9 |
| 30 | TOMOZOE, Toshiyuki | 102.8 |
| 31 | KUROKI, Masao | 98.5 |
| 32 | UCHIKAWA, Kotaro | 96.7 |
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | HAYAMA, Makoto | 96.5 |
| 34 | SAITO, Shun | 96.4 |
| 35 | TOKUDA, Kenneth | 95.2 |
| 36 | ASAPIN | 92.2 |
| 37 | SHIRATORI, Sho | 88.4 |
| 38 | UCHIDA, Minori | 86.8 |
| 39 | KAKIGI, Kentaro | 85.9 |
| 40 | SAKURAI, Takahiro | 84.9 |
| 41 | SHIBATA, Yoshikazu | 79.8 |
| 42 | SHAN, Yuanqi | 78.5 |
| 43 | RATSIMANDRESY, Joël | 76.6 |
| 44 | HIN, Tham | 72.6 |
| 45 | MORISHITA, Masato | 72.2 |
| 46 | LABAÅ , Matej | 68.5 |
| 47 | EBEJER, Aaron | 66.6 |
| 48 | NARA, Keijun | 65.9 |
| 49 | POH, Wolfram | 63.2 |
| 50 | LIU-KRASON, George | 63 |
| 51 | TEZUKA, Sakiku | 62.7 |
| 52 | KIM, Mio | 60.9 |
| 53 | KENNEDY, Ty | 60.6 |
| 54 | LEMOINE, Mark | 59.4 |
| 55 | ITO, Yuko | 58.2 |
| 56 | SANCHES, Amauri | 57.9 |
| 57 | AOYAMA, Shuusuke | 56.6 |
| 58 | MATUDA, Maya | 56.3 |
| 59 | MONAKOV, Ilya | 51.9 |
| 60 | ZUBENKO, Anna | 50.3 |
| 61 | KYAKUNO, Naoki | 49.4 |
| 62 | NØHR, Jesper | 48.4 |
| 63 | ADAMS, Ryan | 48 |
| 64 | KOZIMA, Yu | 45 |
| 65 | IGARASHI, Takeshi | 42.5 |
| 66 | CHRISTIANSEN, Freddy | 41.8 |
| 67 | TANIGUCHI, Kouhei | 41.3 |
| 68 | HYUGA, Kyosuke | 41.1 |
| 69 | BORYSIAK, Jacek | 40.1 |
| 70 | ALTERNATE 1 | 38.7 |
| 71 | YAMAI, Hiroshi | 38.6 |
| 72 | JIANG, Zixuan | 38.4 |
| 73 | LENSU, Konsta | 38.3 |
| 74 | LEE, Bing Ho | 37.2 |
| 75 | NELSON, Evan | 35.9 |
| 76 | TO Anthony | 35.6 |
| 77 | ROJAS, Felipe | 35 |
| 78 | DRURY, Shaun | 33.7 |
| 79 | HAHN, Timur | 33.6 |
| 80 | ROSTVED, Frank | 33.2 |
| 81 | DINNYESI, Zoltan | 33.1 |
| 82 | SETOKUMA, Naoki | 32.5 |
| 83 | ABE, Kenichi | 32.4 |
| 84 | NAKAMURA, Tsuyoshi | 31.9 |
| 85 | JERGUÅ , Juraj | 30.5 |
| 86 | ŻUK, Bartosz | 28.2 |
| 87 | SAKAMOTO, Gemma | 25.5 |
| 88 | SONG, Panjing | 24.6 |
| 89 | SUGAWARA, Hiroe | 24.5 |
| 90 | CLARKE, David | 23.4 |
| 91 | ISHIHARA, Makoto | 23.3 |
| 92 | KIRIYAMA, Noriyuki | 20.6 |
| 93 | FUJISAKI, Satoshi | 19.9 |
| 94 | OSIPOV, Kirill | 19.6 |
| 95 | YOSHIDA, Tadashi | 19.5 |
| 96 | BRAGG, James | 13.3 |
| 97 | KAWATANI, Eigo | 11.2 |
| 98 | IDE, Kohei | 11 |
| 99 | TAKAMIYA, Mari | 10.9 |
| 100 | FUKUMITSU, Masao | 10.5 |
| 101 | WOŹNIAK, Mateusz | 9.4 |
| 102 | YOSHINO, Atsushi | 8.5 |
| 103 | MENEGAZZO, Gian | 7.1 |
| 104 | LI, Wenlong | 6.9 |
| 105 | GERMEYS, Jasper | 5.8 |
| 106 | CHEN, Chaolei | 4.7 |
| 107 | IGA, Norio | 3.2 |
| 108 | AOKI, Saya | 2.4 |
| 109 | NISHIKAWA, Toshiko | 0.8 |
| 110 | HIRANO, Ryoei | 0 |
| 111 | YARCHUK, Anton | -1.3 |
| 112 | CHO, Toshimasa | -2.1 |
| 113 | PERSSON, Stefan | -2.1 |
| 114 | KLAAR, Martijn | -3.4 |
| 115 | IVANOV, Maxim | -3.7 |
| 116 | MAIER, Roland | -4.4 |
| 117 | TOMISSER, Manuel | -7.4 |
| 118 | SAITO, Maiko | -8.5 |
| 119 | MAEHARA, Yudai | -10.1 |
| 120 | ALLOATI, Matias | -10.3 |
| 121 | MCDONELL, Charles | -12 |
| 122 | ZAMORA, Shane | -12 |
| 123 | NAKAMURA, Jyunko | -12.1 |
| 124 | PALMERO, Lucas | -14.5 |
| 125 | SCHEYER, Allon | -15.3 |
| 126 | KIYOHARA, Tsugumitsu | -15.5 |
| 127 | DI DOMENICO, Annabel | -16.7 |
| 128 | LI, Jian | -19.5 |
| 129 | SIBATA, Hiro | -19.8 |
| 130 | MIYAUCHI, Kozue | -20.7 |
| 131 | LI, Hong | -21.7 |
| 132 | STEENHOLM, Isabel | -22 |
| 133 | JER, Cheo Kae | -23.3 |
| 134 | KOSHIMOTO, Tina | -23.6 |
| 135 | LIU, Yixuan | -24.3 |
| 136 | PENG, Wang | -25.3 |
| 137 | IWAI, Tomoaki | -26.4 |
| 138 | MCLEOD, Michael | -26.5 |
| 139 | HAASBROEK, Nicole | -27.1 |
| 140 | NELSON, Garthe | -27.4 |
| 141 | CAO, Olivier | -27.7 |
| 142 | LETH, Henrik | -27.7 |
| 143 | NEBILAK, Kira | -29.5 |
| 144 | NISHIKAWA, Jun | -30 |
| 145 | TSUCHIYA, Yukihiro | -30.3 |
| 146 | ROWE, Christopher | -31.1 |
| 147 | SHI, Kevin | -32.6 |
| 148 | MORENO, Daniel | -35.4 |
| 149 | FURUHASHI, Takashi | -36.9 |
| 150 | HORVAT, Vadim | -38.8 |
| 151 | WHITCOMB, Andrew | -40.3 |
| 152 | Jenn | -40.8 |
| 153 | ESCHENBURG, Axel | -41.2 |
| 154 | TOJYOU, Rio | -41.4 |
| 155 | HANNIKAINEN, Janne | -42.2 |
| 156 | LUGOVKIN, Mikhail | -45.9 |
| 157 | MYERS, Matt | -46 |
| 158 | WAKULUK, Marek | -46.7 |
| 159 | MCCORMACK, Jaben | -47 |
| 160 | TONG, Tong | -49.6 |
| 161 | ROYER, Sylvain | -50.8 |
| 162 | DIZON, Edwin | -52.2 |
| 163 | OLSSON, Fritiof | -52.8 |
| 164 | WANKMULLER, Alexander | -53.5 |
| 165 | DONAGHY, Michael | -58.1 |
| 166 | LUI, Kinyan | -61.4 |
| 167 | ANDERSEN, Morten | -62.3 |
| 168 | WANG, Bichen | -62.8 |
| 169 | HAAPSAMO, Anne-Mari | -63.1 |
| 170 | BOGDANOV, Vladimir | -65.2 |
| 171 | KUROSAKI, Aruto | -65.5 |
| 172 | LAI, Si | -66.5 |
| 173 | HSIEH, Anthony | -68.4 |
| 174 | LI, David | -70.4 |
| 175 | GAU, Vincent | -70.9 |
| 176 | DUCKWORTH, John | -72.9 |
| 177 | LIN Kevin | -73 |
| 178 | VYSHIVANNAYA, Oxana | -73.3 |
| 179 | BELLAY, Ondrej | -76.1 |
| 180 | PUSCHMANN, Lukas | -80.2 |
| 181 | AIDA, Hiyori | -81.1 |
| 182 | SHIFRIN, Andrey | -83.8 |
| 183 | ROOS, Frauke | -90.1 |
| 184 | SASAKI, Hisato | -90.2 |
| 185 | BABA, Kenji | -91 |
| 186 | OGASAHARA, Nao | -91.2 |
| 187 | KIRJOKANGAS, Mikko | -94.9 |
| 188 | WOLSKA, Oliwia | -96.2 |
| 189 | HUSOM, Glenn Ivar | -97.6 |
| 190 | GAN, Ryan | -98.2 |
| 191 | KOLENDA, Dominik | -98.5 |
| 192 | CHIN, Gregory | -98.6 |
| 193 | HALPERIN, Rachel | -99.2 |
| 194 | HAINES, Mark | -99.8 |
| 195 | HUYNH, Joe-Calberson | -100.1 |
| 196 | HAYASHI, Kenyuu | -100.6 |
| 197 | MAHONEY, Grant | -101.9 |
| 198 | GORDULA, Aldwin | -102.8 |
| 199 | BURNHAM, Daniel | -103.6 |
| 200 | NISHIKAWA, Mai | -105.6 |
| 201 | BOAS, Benjamin | -107.8 |
| 202 | MASUI, Takashi | -110.5 |
| 203 | RIEDEL, Thomas | -116.6 |
| 204 | ZAHRADNIK, Michael | -122.3 |
| 205 | ROBISON, Aidan | -122.9 |
| 206 | MARTIN, Philipp | -124.4 |
| 207 | SUGIMOTO, Yuuji | -130.5 |
| 208 | MILLER, Scott | -130.7 |
| 209 | MARKO, Michal | -134.8 |
| 210 | HANSEN, Sheila | -136.1 |
| 211 | RINFRET, Anne | -144.4 |
| 212 | HOOGLAND, Ans | -146.2 |
| 213 | PICARD, Simon | -148.1 |
| 214 | DOPPELHOFER, Alexander | -153.8 |
| 215 | ABDOLLAHI, Philip | -154.2 |
| 216 | FIGONI, Pablo | -154.4 |
| 217 | MATOS, Sérgio | -158.1 |
| 218 | GAHLER, Daniel | -160.4 |
| 219 | CHRISTENSEN, Tina | -168.4 |
| 220 | RIDEOUT, Shane | -169.7 |
| 221 | STUMMEYER, Ilka | -170.4 |
| 222 | HOOGLAND, Cor | -171.2 |
| 223 | FELT, Tuvya | -172.3 |
| 224 | MELGOZA, Arthur | -342.8 |