Swedish Open MCR Mahjong Championship 2025


Information

Date: 23-24 August 2025
Venue: Folkets hus, Magasinsgatan 17, 432 45 Varberg.

Registration: using the online form.

Include: name and country, EMA ID if you have one. Find your ID on the European rankings lists. If you don’t have one yet you will get one after the tournament.
Registration Fee: 350 SEK, including coffee/tea and snacks.
If you have Swish (Swedish electronic payment service) you can pay to 0737657506 (Martin Erlandsson), otherwise via bank transfer:
   Name : Martin Erlandsson
   Iban : SE0450000000050130036404
   Bic : ESSESESSXXX
   Address: SEB, 106 40 Stockholm

Cash payment on site will also be possible. Players who have not paid a few weeks before the tournament will be asked to confirm their participation in advance.

Lunches are not included. But we have made reservation at two different local Asian style all-you-can-eat that will be ready for us (price 100 SEK per person and day).

Saturday afternoon there will be a guided party train that will run through the town and along the coast. There will be a 2-hour stop for a two-course meal and dessert before returning by train back to the city (price train ride, food, beverage, coffee 600 SEK). For those who want to join please contact Ingrid-Maria 0046 721864396 or mail ingridmariaerlandsson@gmail.com

There are several restaurants and stores within walking distance of the venue.

The marvellous hotel and spa Gästis will give you 33% discount on room and breakfast when booking at least 2 consecutive nights during the period 21-25/8 2025.
Online booking only via www.hotellgastis.se with discount code: MAHJONG.

Some of the people of Varbergs mahjongsällskap are also opening their homes for sleepover guests, limited places.

Please contact Ingrid-Maria 0046 721864396 or mail ingridmariaerlandsson@gmail.com for more info.


Number of participants: max 80 players. (80 registered players from 12 countries). In case the maximum number of registrations is reached we will keep a waiting list.
Deadline: August the 1st, after which we only accept registration in groups of four.
Contact: varbergsmahjongsallskap@gmail.com, 0046 737657506.

Rules: International Mahjong Competition Rules, MCR.
Prizes: Top 3 and best Swede.
Referee: Alma Klasson, Johan Eklund
EMA Observer: TBD

Schedule

Seven sessions (four on Saturday and three on Sunday) of ~120 minutes are played. After 115 minutes a gong will sound, and the current hand is finished. A hand has begun if the walls are built, and the dice have been thrown at least once.

* For those arriving Friday, there will be Swedish Fika and social mahjong available. And a dinner for those who want to meet up Friday night. Please contact Ingrid-Maria 0046 721864396 or mail ingridmariaerlandsson@gmail.com for more info.

Saturday

08:00 – 09:15Registration + opening
09:15 – 11:15Round 1
11:15 – 11.35Break
11.35 – 13.35Round 2
13.35 – 14.35Lunch
14.35 – 16.35Round 3
16.35 – 16.55Break
16.55 – 18.55Round 4
19.00 - approx.22.00Guided train ride through the city of Varberg with a two-course dinner and dessert at Majas by the sea.

Sunday

08:30 – 09.00Venue open
09.00 – 11.00Round 5
11:00 – 11.20Break
11.20 – 13.20Round 6
13.20 – 14.20Lunch
14.20 – 16.20Round 7
16.20 – 17.00Break + Award ceremony

Registration

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COMPETITION IS NOW FULL AND YOU WILL BE PUT ON WAITING LIST

Please fill in all the required fields (see above):


Registered players

NameEMA IDCountryConfirmed
1Christophe Avenel09990099  Sweden
2Anna Canova Putinier16000008  Switzerland
3Ingrid-Maria Erlandsson09990165  Sweden
4Martin Erlandsson09990166  Sweden
5Danne Malmberg09990172  Sweden
6Marina Klasson09990173  Sweden
7Petter Ranefall09990044  Sweden
8Agneta Johansson09990193  Sweden
9Kim Johansson09990114  Sweden
10Karin Eklund09990169  Sweden
11Emma Fahlström09990088  Sweden
12Rainbow Andin09990185  Sweden
13Sofia Farran-Lee09990171  Sweden
14Niklas Farran-Lee09990179  Sweden
15Karro Bengtsson09990192  Sweden
16Marie Norgren09990174  Sweden
17Caroline Norén09990104  Sweden
18Bibbi Zhang09990112  Sweden
19Niklas Johansson09990110  Sweden
20Marion Hoarau04090055  France
21Linnea Liikamaa09990062  Sweden
22Viola Cui09990119  Sweden
23Jonas Hagerlid09990005  Sweden
24Jonas Thorén09990011  Sweden
25Erwan de Kergommeaux04290030  France
26Loïc de Kergommeaux04290031  France
27Nicolas BAPTISTE04410014  France
28Agnes Rak04090016  France
29Cyrille Rak04090026  France
30Jacob Samuelsson09990128  sweden
31Jade WAECHTER04130121  France
32Ksenia Trishina09990127  Sweden
33Vlamynck Gérald04040243  France
34Marco Bazzocchi07000002  Italy
35Ombretta Tassinari07000093  Italy
36Elena Savini07000021  Italy
37Katarzyna Chabelska19000080  Poland
38Marco Montebelli07000018  Italy
39Serena Porrati07000024  Italy
40Timur Hahn05100153  Germany
41Bruno de Aguiar04280033  France
42Annika Ridell09990045  Sweden
43Sheila Hansen03000156  Denmark
44Jesper Nøhr03000176  Denmark
45Daniela natali07000006  Italy
46Vicky Nilsson09990202  Sweden
47Jack Main08010743  The Netherlands
48Stefan Svahn09990126  Sweden
49Gustaf Wilén09990159  Sweden
50Emelie Östman09990009  Sweden
51Giacomo Ferruzzi07000035  Italy
52Shi Hua Chen03000140  Denmark
53Felix Hubbelmeijer03000269  Denmark
54Angela Plebani07000011  Italy
55Michele Comerci07000034  Italy
56Joakim Lindholm09990151  Sweden
57José Moreno Merino10990007  Spain
58Anders Bengtsson09990203  Sweden
59Pia Bergström09990204  Sweden
60Stina Nilsson09990210  Sweden
61Ting Fang Olsen03000215  Denmark
62Sofia Wern09990120  Sweden
63Tina Christensen030003  Denmark
64Peter Karlsson09990160  Sweden
65Joakim Bjerke09990207  Sweden
66Ann Bjerke09990206  Sweden
67Frédéric Petit04040189  France
68Violette Zhengyue Guo09990208  Sweden
69Ning Jiang09990209  Sweden
70Louis Holsbrink08010762  The Netherlands
71Manuel Santos04290023  France
72Isabelle Santos04290036  France
73Ulrika Bohlin09990211  Sweden
74John Duckworth11990016  United Kingdom
75Elizabeth Toucas12000001  Portugal
76Jean-François Parriaud04290008  France
77Alain Xiang04310069  France
78Morgane CHASSIN DE KERGOMMEAUX04290056  France
79Samuel Túnez Heredia10990017  Spain
80Thibaut Arnold16000035  Switzerland

Waiting list

NameEMA IDCountry