List of mahjong clubs outside Japan

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These are the clubs and organizations that play and promote riichi mahjong outside of Japan. Clubs are both indexed in a relative order and geographically to aid with sorting. Geographical sorting may occur based on a standard geographical classification used in the country, state, postal code, or following a general direction. If none are available, a generic direction should be used (North, South, East or West).

Argentina

Index Geo. Location Name Description Contact
01 -- Buenos Aires Club Argentino de Mahjong (CAM) http://cam.mahjong-league.com/

Brazil

Canada

Index Geo. Location Name Description Contact
01 QC Montréal Club Riichi de Montréal We meet regularly every 14 days on Sunday from 12:00 to whenever (17:00 to 20:00) in Montreal. The club consists of a dozen of people, mostly skilled players who have been playing for the last 5 to 10 years. Beginners welcome, we do teach. Basic website and e-mail up, more coming soon. riichi.ca
02 ON Waterloo Riichi Canada-Waterloo Division We meet weekly, currently 7:00 PM on Mondays at the UW Graduate House. Players are all relatively new, but some are experienced. No website yet; for inquiries, contact User:Coppro. N/A
03 BC Vancouver UBC Mahjong Club We meet daily on weekdays, a few dozen people playing, with usually a couple tables up and running at any time. N/A

France

Index Dept. Location Name Description Contact
00 94 Sucy en Brie Fédération Française de Mah-Jong
16 92 Puteaux Tri Nitro Tiles (TNT) Host of the 2014 World Riichi Mahjong Competition TNT
20 75 Paris Red Eyes Riichi
22 34 Montpellier Nanikiru "We gather twice or 3 times per month on saturday afternoon. The club consists of about 10 people, mostly begginers that are learning the game for a few months now and a couple of experienced players. Hence, novice and skilled players are welcome." http://nanikiru.fr/
32 13 Marseille Chuuren potos Marseille We gather 4 times a week in two venues: every friday, saturday and sunday at our jansō in La Plaine area, and every thursday in a game bar called Le Nain Jaune. There are about 15 regulars and a few players that come from time to time, with all ranges of level. We are always happy to teach mahjong and help players get stronger so no need to be shy!

Ari-ari rules.

Germany

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Frankfurt a.M. ron⁵ ronronronronron on #osamuko@irc.rizon.net
Cologne Kölner MAHJONGista "We gather and play around twice a week (mostly on Mondays and Thursdays). We welcome people at any level of experience - Don't worry, we can even teach you how to play!" maajanbu@yahoo.de
Facebook page
Göttingen Simon N. "We play live games using the EMA ruleset. I also like kuitan ari, akadora nashi. We're always happy to meet new players!" Website with email address

Indonesia

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Malang Arie N. "We got a tile set, all of us are new on mahjong and we usually play once a week" nobimed@yahoo.co.id
Yogyakarta Jogja Mahjong-Bu "Full of wibu. Playing online on L5757, irl meetup anytime anybody wants to snuggle." Jambu / General Riichi Indonesia
Malang Malang Mahjong Community (MMC) "We play and having fun at Online or IRL mahjong here or even tournament, anyone new at mahjong could join here and learn together. Just Join us at HDR comic cafe Bunga coklat street no 11 and have fun" MMC FB groups / MMC FB page

México

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Mexicali, Baja California. 国士無双 KOKUSHI MUSOU We play japanese mahjong at events. Site

Facebook

Poland

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Warsaw Szymon "We have Mahjong Club in Poland, Warsaw, with meetings every sunday to play and learn Mahjong. In case anyone would like to come and play: we welcome everyone." archalv@gmail.com

Russia

Index Geo. Location Name Description Contact
-- -- Moscow Reach Mahjong Club "Tesuji" (Риичи-маджонг клуб «Тесудзи») Entrance fee is 250 RUB [about 8 USD]. http://tesuji-club.ru/en

Singapore

Index Geo. Location Name Description Contact
01 -- Nee Soon South C.C Sport Mahjong Club Riichi Maajan (SMCRM) WRC Rules. Session on every Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon. Competitive Environment. Players rating and ranking system included. http://sgriichimahjong.wordpress.com

Spain

Index Geo. Location Name Description Contact
Murcia, Spain The 13 Orphans Mahjong Club http://www.mah-jong.es/index.html
Madrid, Spain Mahjong Madrid Growing Mahjong association in Madrid, Spain. We mostly play MCR and go to tournaments when it's possible. http://www.mahjongmadrid.com

Sweden

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Linköping Linköping Riichi Mahjong Association (LiRMA) EMA rules. "We gather to play on sundays at 16:00, in Colosseum in C-huset on Campus Valla. Anyone is welcome to come and participate, or just come by and visit us." There are players willing to play with kuitan ari and kuikae nashi if desired. LiRMA Website
Växjö drob "We’ve a budding mahjong club" mahjong@azaz.se
Enköping mikolan Two roommates with a take set looking for people to play with. mikolan@gmail.com

Ukraine

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Kyiv Tempai EMA rules, riichi-only (no MCR) https://www.facebook.com/groups/tempai/

United Kingdom

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Cardiff "Feel free to come along even if you don’t know how to play, I’m happy to teach you." alexevans2002004+mahjong@googlemail.com
Leeds Leeds Riichi Mahjong
Oxford, London, Reading "Occasionaly have a bunch of Japanese/English people that can play if you fancy, feel free to join." forced.sage@Gmail.com
London Pingu "I’m based in London UK, would love to find some players for a regular live game. I’m a 5Dan player on Tenhou with 600+ Hanchans logged and a rating high of 19XX." londonreachmahjong@gmail.com
Manchester Manchester Japanese Mahjong Club Manchester Japanese Mahjong Club
Glasgow Scotland Mahjong Club Club for mahjong in Scotland, always looking for interested players scotlandmahjong.co.uk Facebook lyndon@scotlandmahjong.co.uk

United States

# Location Group Name Description Contact
Atlanta area Greater Atlanta Mahjong
Austin, Texas Texas Mahjong Club Texas Mahjong
Chicago area Chicago Area Mahjong Players C.A.M.P. Mahjong group representing the Chicagoland area. Sessions held weekly in Schaumburg. We center around Chicago and other Midwestern based anime conventions, especially Anime Central. CAMP FB Page
Crestview, FL Panhandle Mahjong Riichi group within the Florida panhandle
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX DFW Riichi Mahjong Community Riichi group for the Dallas-Fort Worth area DFW FB page
Dekalb, IL NIU Mahjong Riichi group at Northern Illinois University NIU Mahjong
Detroit area Southeast Michigan Mahjong Meetup page
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong Facebook Page
Midwest US DDRMTU We meet in 1st floor Fisher Hall on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday starting at 9pm during the school year. We also play DDR and various other board games. involvement link
Milwaukee area Milwaukee Mahjong Group
New York City, NY USPML USPML Home
Portland, OR Portland Area Mahjong
Rochester, NY Nine Gates Mahjong Club Club page
San Francisco, CA
(Bay Area)
Pacific Mahjong League We meet every other week in Danville, CA. PacificML.com
Southern California
(Torrance)
Pacific Mahjong League - SoCal Chapter We meet monthly in or near Torrance, CA. PacificML.com
Seattle area Seattle Mahjong Group [1]
Seattle area NSC Mahjong Club Club based at North Seattle College [2]

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