The premier international riichi mahjong event

Founded in 2014, the World Riichi Championship has offered a forum for competitive riichi mahjong players from across the globe to compete against each other whether they be professional or amateur. Our main event, the World Riichi Championship is held every three years and uses an international rule standard called “WRC Rules”.

Our goal is to continue the growth of competitive riichi mahjong play as a mindsport.

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WRC is a star-studded event with elite players from all over the globe coming to play riichi mahjong.

Championship Events

The World Riichi Championship has held three successful events in Paris, Las Vegas and Vienna. Players from all over the world have travelled long distances to battle for the coveted title of World Riichi Champion. The event has grown from strength to strength with the support of our players. Our next event is schedule for 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

World Riichi Championship pioneers initiatives for the competitive mahjong community.

Alongside our events, we have produced and support a standard international ruleset for riichi mahjong. WRC Rules reflect the united collaboration and contributions from groups and players across the world.

We actively support our ruleset and happily receive feedback or assist groups wanting to hold their own WRC events.

World Riichi Rules

Players and World Riichi Championship anxiously waiting mahjong games. anxiously

Community Growth

We work with several partners across the globe, many grassroots player organisations, to support our events and ruleset while maintaining and accelerating the growth of this exciting and vibrant mindsport. We are eternally grateful to our partners for broadening the reach of WRC

Contact

Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Email
contact@worldriichichampionship.com