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Tournament Info
General Information
- Date:
- July 2-5, 2026
- Place:
- Norrlands Nation Fest & Konferens, Uppsala, Sweden
- Duration:
- 3 days, 11 sessions, 1h 55m each
- Rules:
- MERS Certified:
- Yes, MERS-6
- Registration up to:
- March 15th, 2026
- Registration fee:
- 300 € (VAT included)
- Including:
- 1 reception dinner, 3 lunches + coffee, tea, water, soft drinks, and snacks in the breaks.
- Number of players:
- 168
Tournament Schedule
Opening Day - July 2nd, Thursday
- 09:00 - 16:00
- 16:00 - 20:00
- 17:00 - 19:30
- 16:00 - 20:00
- 20:00
- Referee Seminar
- Social games
- EMA General Assembly
- Player Registration
- Welcome reception/dinner
Day 1 - July 3rd, Friday
- 08:30 - 09:30
- 09:30 - 11:30
- 12:00 - 14:00
- 14:00 - 15:30
- 15:30 - 17:30
- 18:00 - 20:00
- Welcome Ceremony
- 1st Session
- 2nd Session
- Lunch
- 3rd Session
- 4th Session
Day 2 - July 4th, Saturday
- 09:30 - 11:30
- 12:00 - 14:00
- 14:00 - 15:30
- 15:30 - 17:30
- 18:00 - 20:00
- 5th Session
- 6th Session
- Lunch
- 7th Session
- 8th Session
Day 3 - July 5th, Sunday
- 09:00 - 11:00
- 11:30 - 13:30
- 13:30 - 15:00
- 15:00 - 17:00
- 17:30 - 18:30
- 9th Session
- 10th Session
- Lunch
- 11th Session
- Prize Ceremony
Referees
- Astrid Dubedout (France)
- Johan Eklund (Sweden)
- Sebastian Lavallée (Denmark)
- Yulong Zhao (France)
- Csaba Szöke (Hungary)
Important Dates and Link
- End of “Simulation” Quota on December 31st 2025
- Official Quota on January 1st 2026 (with MCR ranking on January 1st)
- Deadline to give first players list- February 15th 2026
- Deadline to set redistribution seats- February 28th 2026
- Deadline to set official EMA player list- March 1st 2026
- Payment and registration- March 1st to May31st
- Link to official Quotas: http://mahjong-europe.org/ranking/quotas_MCR.html
Registration Process
All EMA countries are allocated a number of seats according to the EMA quota: http://mahjong-europe.org/
Registration Fee
300 EUR per player
- Bank name: Swedbank
- Account holder: Petter Ranefall
- Account address: Finnsta Alvsby 8, SE-75577 VANGE, SWEDEN
- IBAN number: SE6580000838166949064007
- Swift/BIC code (for transfers outside of Europe): SWEDSESSXXX
*The payment can be made either for each individual player or a group of players, as long as it is clear which player(s) the payment is for.
Call for participants to MCR Referee Seminar on Thursday July 2nd, 09:00 - 16:00
- Place: Norrlands Nation Fest & Konferens, Uppsala, Sweden
- Teachers: Astrid Dubedout and Marion Hoarau
- Registration: by email to contact@uppsalamahjong.se
- Max number of participants: 30, with priority to the referees of the OEMC 2026, then first come, first served.
- Cost: EUR 10 (for the lunch), free of charge for the referees of the OEMC 2026.
Teams competition
There will be a teams competition where each team consists of four players and their scores are accumulated. Ideally, team members should be from the same country as much as possible, but since not all countries have a multiple of 4 participants, there will be some mixed teams. Send your lists of team members to contact@uppsalamahjong.se, deadline for registration is May 31. Players who have not been added to a team will be added by the organizers.
Prizes
There will be prizes to the top-16 (~top-10%) individual players and a special prize for the European Champion (best EMA player), and prizes for the top-3 teams.
Other
- A welcome reception/dinner will be held in Stora salen on Thursday evening (included in the registration fee).
- The price giving ceremony will be held soon after the final round in a nearby room (same as the lunches).
Organizing team
Uppsala Mahjong was founded in 2005 and has since then had regular local activities and several members are frequently participating in EMA tournaments all over Europe.
The club has had participants in 6 WMCs and 5 OEMCs and has hosted 9 MERS certified MCR tournaments (of which 7 were national championships), and 1 MERS certified national Riichi championship.