The American Riichi Association is pleased to announce that the USA will be allocated 16 seats at the WRC2025 in Tokyo!
With over 400 players attending our qualifying tournament cycle in 2024, we were able to show WRC the remarkable growth of riichi mahjong skill and interest in the USA since the last WRC. This is reflected in our seat allocation, which is more than triple what the USA was allocated in WRC2022 in Vienna, and places us among the countries with the most seats allocated in the entire world.
Thanks to everyone who worked tirelessly on our player qualification schema and data tracking systems, which provided the data WRC needed to increase our allotment; and to all the Tournament Organizers around America who hosted 13 excellent tournaments that allowed us to create a competitive qualification.
Next Steps for the USA:
The Final Qualifier Invitational will be held in NYC at Sparrow's Nest Studio on January 18-20, 2025 (Martin Luther King weekend). The results from that tournament will be used to invite 16 players to represent the USA at WRC 2025.
The top 64 players from our USA WRC qualification player ranking who are eligible to represent the USA will be receiving invitations to the USA WRC Invitational on or around Saturday, November 9th, 2024. We aim to finalize the player list by December 9th, 2024.
WRC2025 will be held in Tokyo, from July 1 - 7. Read more on their website: https://wrc2025tokyo.com/ (JP) and on the WRC X (EN): https://x.com/WorldRiichi
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