Górnośląski Związek Madżonga

Górnośląski Związek Madżonga (Upper Silesian Mahjong Association, USMA) is an common association functioning on the territories of Poland and Czech Republic within regions of Upper Silesia, Teschen Silesia and Dąbrowa Basin recently extending to Lesser Poland region. The organisation owns local ranking which includes all ranked games played within the USMA area as well as the tournaments in the regions. The Association is notable for significant number of members participating in tournaments in Central Europe.

Górnośląski Związek Madżonga
Country Poland, Czech Republic
Location Mainly Upper Silesia
Inception 2016
Leader Grzybowski Łukasz
Members Around 40-50 players

Clubs

  • Katowice (PL)
  • Ostrava (CZ)
  • Bielsko-Biała (PL)
  • Cieszyn (PL/CZ)

Associated Clubs

  • Kraków Chombo Club (PL) - Games from there counts into USMA ranking

Tournaments

2023

  • Cieszyn Riichi Open 2023 (Cieszyn, 12 players, USMA Cup)
  • 2nd USMA Beginners and Intermediate Online Riichi Tournament (Online, 23 players, Beginners)
  • Katowice Riichi Open 2023 (Katowice, 32 players, USMA Cup)
  • Silesian Riichi Open 2023 (Mysłowice, 68 players, MERS, USMA Cup)
  • 1st USMA Beginners and Intermediate Online Riichi Tournament (Online, 20 players, Beginners)

2022

  • Katowice Riichi Open 2022 (Katowice, 28 players, USMA Cup)
  • Mysłowice Riichi Open 2022 (Mysłowice, 20 players)
  • Instant Ramen Taikai 2022 (Kraków, 24 players (Organized by Kraków Chombo Club, but counting towards USMA ranking))

2021

  • Kraków Riichi Open 2021 (Kraków, 28 players (Organized by Kraków Chombo Club, but counting towards USMA ranking))
  • ROCL 1st League (Online, 43 players, 9 meeting)
  • ROCL 2nd League (Online, 30 players, 9 meeting)

2020

  • USMA CV Online Riichi Tournament 2020 (Online, 116 players)
  • USMA Cup: Mysłowice Riichi Open 2020 (Mysłowice, 32 players)
  • 3rd Katowice Beginners' Riichi Tournament (Katowice, 14 players, Beginners)

2019

  • Ostrava Riichi Open 2019 (Ostrava, 44 players ,MERS)
  • Dąbrowa Riichi Open 2019 (Dąbrowa Górnicza, 20 players)
  • 2nd Katowice Beginners' Riichi Tournament 2019 (Katowice, 15 players, Beginners)
  • Katowice Beginners' Riichi Tournament 2019 (Katowice, 15 players, Beginners)
  • Upper Silesian Riichi Championships 2019 (Katowice, 52 players ,MERS)
  • Pisarzowice Ocha Riichi Taikai 2019 (Pisarzowice, 16 players)

2018

  • Ostrava Riichi Open 2018 (Ostrava, 40 players ,MERS)
  • Bielsko Riichi Open 2018 (Bielsko-Biała, 24 players)
  • Upper Silesian Riichi Championships 2018 (Katowice, 16 players)
  • Dąbrowa Riichi Open 2018 (Dąbrowa Górnicza, 16 players)

2017

  • Ostrava Riichi Open 2017 (Ostrava, 27 players ,MERS)
  • Upper Silesian Riichi Championships 2017 (Katowice, 20 players)
  • Katowice Riichi Open 2017 (Katowice, 12 players)

Rankings

Clubs and circles of Upper Silesian Mahjong Association can host ranking meetings, where games count towards USMA Ranking. Each year the ranking resets, and top 3 players receive a trophy.

USMA Cup Ranking is a ranking for chosen USMA tournaments, excluding ranking meetings.

Ongoing rankings:

  • USMA Ranking 2024
Finished rankings
Ranking Number of

Players

1st place 2nd place 3rd place
USMA Ranking 2023 68 Szymon Nowicz Łukasz Grzybowski Michał Waliszewski
USMA Cup 22/23 94 Artur Libich Dominik Wilkus Jakub Cieślik
USMA Ranking 2022 65 Łukasz Grzybowski Dominik Wilkus Roman Powęzka
USMA Ranking 2021 50 Urszula Szudlich Linxuan He Dawid Bronowicki
CV USMA Online

Ranking 2020-2021

168 Daiki Alen Roman Powęzka Tri Adef
USMA Ranking 2020 49 Shinichi Kikuchi Dominik Wilkus Olga Igarashi
USMA Ranking 2019 129 Olga Igarashi Shinichi Kikuchi Łukasz Grzybowski
USMA Ranking 2018 93 Olga Igarashi Łukasz Grzybowski Tatsuya Igarashi
USMA Ranking 2017 79 Olga Igarashi Łukasz Grzybowski Dan Sekigawa

External Links

Official Website

Facebook page

USMA Rankings