2017 World Riichi Championship

The 2017 World Riichi Championship is a Japanese mahjong tournament scheduled for October 4-8, 2017. The tournament will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Palms Casino Resort. This is the second edition of the World Riichi Championship series, hosted by the United States Professional Mahjong League (USPML).

2017 World Riichi Championship

WRC logo
Location Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Host USPML
Date October 4-8, 2017
Type World championship
Player count 240 (est.) players
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Rules in effect

The rules in effect will be the World Riichi Rules, nearly identical to the 2014 WRC, with a minor revision in 2015.

Quota distribution

As of February 12, 2017, the distribution of the 240 available seats has been made as follows.

The rough split is currently fairly evenly distributed between four groups: Europe, Japan, North America, WRC (invites and players who got to top 32 in WRC 2014) + RoW.

—World Riichi Championship, on Facebook

Current projection

These projections are not official in any way and cannot substitute for WRC or supranational decision-making.

Supranational projections
Quota NA Europe Japan† Top 32 and RoW
Basic 40 70 80 50
Top 32 shuffle +2
42
+9
79
16+64 -11
39
Confirmed (July 10) 16(+) 60(+) 80 3 inv. + unknown
Country projections
Quota Top 32 Dedicated Total Current
USA 2 0 2 TBD (+1 inv.)
CAN 0 0 0 TBD
MEX 0 0 0 TBD
North America 0 40 42 16 (+1 inv.)
RUS 0 12 12 7
DEN 3 6 9 8
GER 2(-) 6 8 6
GBR 2 5 7 6 (+1 inv.)
NED 0 6 6 5
POL 1 5 6 5
AUT 0 5 5 4 (+1 inv.)
FIN 1 3 4 4
FRA 0 5 5 4(+)
SVK 0 3 3 3
SWE 0 3 3 3
UKR 0 3 3 3
HUN 0 1 1 1
SUI 0 1 1 1
Other Europe reserved 0 6 6 0
Europe 0 0 79 60 (+2 inv.)
JPN (Japan)† 16 64 80 80
CHN 1 0 1 0
Rest of World 0 38 39 (3 inv)
Total 240 .

Note:
† Japan's share of the quota distribution from the Top 32 shuffle is likely to shuffle back to the Rest of World first. Quotas can then shift from one region to another based on responses received by the WRC staff from various organizations and individuals. As of July 10, 2017, Japan has filled 80 seats with 16 of their 20 berths awarded from WRC2014.

Tournament format

Current information is that there will be some form of an elimination tournament. Details on cut lines are not available at this time. There are three big tournament days (October 5 to 7) and the final tables to be held on October 8.

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