AMSTERDAM – Chris Scheffler has won first prize in the Kong Robbers Tournament, the traditional Dutch opening of the mahjong year. Anton Kösters was the runner-up, third prize was for Hans van der Poel.

Sixty players had subscribed to the tournament, but four had cancelled their subscriptions  due to the bad weather conditions.

The Kong Robbers Tournament was the first Dutch qualification tournament for the OEMC 2011 in Veneto, Italy.

Klass.	Voorn.	tv	Achtern.	TP	Mini-pt.
1	Chris		Scheffler	16	495
2	Anton		Kösters	16	421
3	Hans	van der	Poel	13	311
4	Wim		Rijnders	13	280
5	Berry		Heijn	12	404
6	Désirée		Heemskerk	11	357
7	Anita		Neve	11	254
8	Conny		Scheffler	11	242
9	John		Kuijpers	11	66
10	Hanneke		Morel	10	282
11	Ad	van der	Linden	10	267
12	Ton		Rijnders	10	170
13	Gert	van der	Vegt	10	124
14	Diana	van de	Wetering	9	202
15	Eveline		Broers	9	91
16	Janco		Onnink	9	23
17	Janine		Scholtemeijer	9	-29
18	Marianne		Croeze	8	269
19	Bert		Claessen	8	168
20	Yvonne	van der	Heide	8	106
21	Gertjan		Davies	8	92
22	Zeger	de	Jong	8	44
23	Rudi		Kopmanis	8	-44
24	Barend		Reijn	7	128
25	Gerda	van	Oorschot	7	114
26	Anneke		Keyl	7	10
27	Hans		Rijnders	7	-14
28	Leni		Janssen	7	-35
29	Wil		Meijer-Kal	7	-51
30	Dewi		Satriasaputra	7	-111
31	André		Rijnders	6	114
32	Paula	Pereira	Gomes	6	3
33	Piet		Scholte	6	-15
34	Harry		Kal	6	-42
35	Jaap		Croeze	6	-59
36	Ans		Hoogland	6	-79
37	Wilmar		Kränzlein	6	-149
38	Els		Kuijpers	6	-184
39	Marieke		Koehorst	5	69
40	Robert		Rijnders	5	-119
41	Aty	de	Groot	5	-142
42	Diana		Westdijk	5	-151
43	Chris		Janssen	5	-182
44	Wim		Vonk	4	10
45	Ida		Osinga	4	-127
46	Jeroen		Meijer	4	-517
47	Ingrid		Broeder	3	-169
48	Wim		Karbet	3	-201
49	Martin		Rep	3	-215
50	Erie		Donk	3	-264
51	Eric	van	Balkum	2	-273
52	Eugenie		Teunissen	2	-346
53	Jan		Warbout	2	-355
54	Dimphy	van	Grinsven	2	-389
55	Ria		Vlaar	0	-382
56	Pauline	van der	Linden	0	-472

(via mahjong news)

EMA has been approved the list of participants, proposed by the Italian Federation, with the quote of each state.

Here is the list of participants:

Section A – EMA Countries
Italy	24
France	20
The Netherlands	20
Denmark	12
Hungary	12
Germany	8
Austria	8
Sweden	4
Spain	4
Belgium	4
Russia	2
Slovakia	2
Portougal	2
Finland	2
TOTAL A	124
Section B – European Non EMA Countries
Switzerland	1
Great Britain	1
TOTAL B	2
Section C – Extra European Countries
China
(including Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau)	12
Japan	12
USA	2
TOTAL C	26
Section D – Rankings
WMC 2010	3
MCR Ranking (31/12/2010)	3
On line Tournaments	2
TOTAL D	8
COMPETITORS TOTAL	160

Alexander Doppelhofer was in the lead most of the tournament, but finally it was Otto Myslivec who grabbed his third EMA-victory and left the Bamoo Tournament at Graz as the winner. Just before Gabriele Sallmutter and Alexander Doppelhofer.

The last round was played according to the results of the first five rounds, so the final table included Alexander Doppelhofer, Otto Myslivec, Ernest Glaser and Günter Gintsberger. At first Alexander was ahead of the others, but finally Otto had more luck – or more skill.

The Graz tournament was the first Austrian qualifier for the OEMC 2011 in Italy.

There were 28 participants from four countries.

Pos.	First N.	Last N.	Nat.	Mini-pts	TP
1	Otto	Myslivec	AUT	590	18
2	Gabriele	Sallmutter	AUT	533	16
3	Alexander	Doppelhofer	AUT	409	15
4	Ernest	Glaser	AUT	253	15
5	Stefan	Tschinkel	AUT	475	14
6	Eszter	Varnai	HUN	-4	14
7	Günter	Gintsberger	AUT	209	13
8	Elisabeth	Frischenschlager	AUT	193	13
9	Ildiko	Hargitai	HUN	114	12
10	Doris	Sallmutter	AUT	88	12
11	Dr. Sandor	Pinczés	HUN	44	12
12	Günter	Poprat	AUT	100	11
13	Gerald	Santner	AUT	41	11
14	Philipp	Rouschal	AUT	-26	11
15	Norbert	Tschinkel	AUT	-28	11
16	Gert	Jaritz-Tschinkel	AUT	-79	11
17	Anton	Aldrian	AUT	-90	10
18	Anton	Kösters	NED	-166	10
19	Martin	Scheichenbauer	AUT	-37	9
20	Elvira	Kraxner	AUT	-127	8
21	Maria	Aldrian	AUT	-154	8
22	Felix	Divjak	AUT	-137	7
23	Natela	Melkadze	GEO	-137	7
24	Romana	Divjak	AUT	-379	6
25	Fredi	Jaritz	AUT	-482	6
26	Franz	Maresch	AUT	-379	5
27	Roswitha	Fischerauer	AUT	-485	5
28	Helmut	Riegler	AUT	-339	4

(via mahjong news)

BADEN (Vienna), Austria – The General Assemblee of the European Mahjong Association has granted the organization of the next OEMC to the Italian Mahjong Federation (FIMJ). The competition will take place in Venice, Veneto, on July 6~10, 2011.

The Italians have the largest but one mahjong organisation of all EMA member countries, with over 250 members. (The Dutch mahjong association is the largest, with about 350 members.) Mestre is the location of the mahjong club Tre Palle (Dots Three).

(via mahjong news)