OEMC 2005 in Nijmegen

Warming up with Tom Sloper at a cafe in Nijmegen. From left: Martin W. Jacobsen, Tom Sloper, Tina Christensen, Morten Andersen.

Opening speach at the reception Friday. From left Chris Janssen, Sjef Strik, Martin Rep, Marianne Croeze.

Overview during the tournament.

Thomas coaching Sune: whom will Sune be meeting tomorrow, which Danes have met them previously and can tell of their strengths and weaknesses. From left: Brian Krog, Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Sune Korreman, Thomas Kragh.

The winner Masatu Chiba from Japan. 28 points. Indefeasible.

World champion Mai Hatsune from Japan came second with 26 points.

Third prize was taken by Yoshinori Kato (right) who got 24 points. Japan was quite a handful; they also claimed the fourth position. Left: the chairman of Japan Mahjong Organizing Committee, Hideo Okuma.

Fifth was Sune Korreman. Well done, Sune! Dragon Chang is presenting the prize for best European. The beautiful carvings were sponsored by Mr. Chang.

There was also a team competition and after supremely skillful Japan and China Denmark came in third, and we are very proud. The prize was presented by Gao Yuting, the Chinese advisor to the referee team. We had great fun in the mutual competition with France and especially Italy who threatened our third place until the last round. There was a lot of good-natured teasing going on, and the team competition meant there was something to fight for even if a top ten ranking was out of reach for the individual player. From left: Henrik Leth, Tina Christensen, Sune Korreman, Helge Møller Pedersen, Jeppe Stig Nielsen, Gao Yuting, Erica Terpstra.

The Dutch organizin committee: from left Martin Rep, Sjef Strik, Chris Janssen, Marianne Croeze and Desirée Hemskirk. Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for a hugely successful event!

Uwe Martens won our prophecy quiz! The quiz had questions like: who will be the best Danish player?; what ranking will Mai Hatsune achieve? etc. He also became president of the European Mahjong Association which was founded Saturday night during the OEMC.

Thomas Kragh and Allan Rasmusson playing riichi with Ryan Morris (furthest to the right) and a Japanese. Mai and the guy with the automatic shuffle table are watching.

Brian Krog and Lars Therkelsen playing riichi with Mai Hatsune and another Japanese. Mai is winning big.

Finally Marianne Croeze gets to play. Here with her husband Jaap, Thomas Kragh and Anders Labich.