Mahjong Time

(20th September, 2007)

The final of the 2007 Open European Mahjong Championship-Online (OEMC), hosted by Mahjong Time, has been won by Juliani Leo (JulJul), a player from the USA.

The participants in the final were the following: fleurtje, Thorgal, Dragonka and JulJul. The final consisted of 12 deals and proved to be a very exciting game.

fleurtje, a player from the Netherlands, took the lead in the first deal with a Half Flush. Poor JulJul was waiting for a 5 character tile to make a Pure Straight but that never came!

During the first 4 deals there was very little to split the players. Dragonka, representing Hungary, did not give any chances to the others by placing a self Mahjong with a Half Flush and All Pungs in the 5th deal. However, the fortune soon turned in JulJul’s favour as she won the next two deals. Dragonka did not want to give up without a fight and won the 8th deal. Then back came JulJul with a very quick win and 90 points for a Pure Straight and self mahjong in the 9th deal. This was a hand of a real champion!

Towards the end of the tournament, Fleurtje claimed 75 points for a self Mahjong, confirming her position as the best European player. In the final deal of the game, JulJul proved a worthy winner, as she gathered Knitted Tiles and Greater Honors – a fantastic way to be crowned champion!

Mahjong Time congratulates the winners and thanks all the participants in this year’s tournament.

European Mahjong Association (EMA) President, Uwe Martens, commented: “The EMA congratulates Juliani on a fantastic success in the inaugural Open European Mahjong Championship-Online. It was thoroughly deserved. However, the pressure is now on Juliani to defend her title in the 2008 Championship! Our thanks go to all participants in the tournament as well as to Mahjong Time for hosting such a well-run event. The EMA will look to build on the success of this Tournament by running a series of satellite qualifiers for next year’s event, involving the various national mahjong associations based around Europe.”

The full results of the OEMC-Online 2007 were as follows:

OEMC - Winners

Place	Player	Team	Points
1st	JulJul	US Team 1	*134pts*
2nd	fleurtje	Netherlands Team 1	*25pts*
3rd	dragonka	European Team 1	-34pts
4th	Throgal	Netherlands Team 3	-125pts

OEMC - Winners by Team

Place	Teams	Player
1st	Netherlands Team 3	Blom1234
		Japio
		Thorgal
		rodedraak
2nd	Netherlands Team 1	rijka
		fleurtje
		a3geffen
		djanam4
3rd	Asian Team	lsy2504i
		mahjong6002
		MJisgood
		bolenat

OEMC - High Ranked European Player

Player	Team
fleurtje	Netherlands Team 1

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