2-12-4 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-3502-6650 FAX:03-3581-2456 [Back] [Next] Chinese New Year Cup While Japan Championship is a tournament to determine who is the best player, Chinese New Year Cup is a team match and the way it’s organized is closer to international tournaments; team match with table point 4-2-1-0, 4 games on the first day and 3 games on the second day without elimination rounds. 6th Chinese New Year Cup was held on February 28 and March 1, 2009 in Tokyo with the participation of 17 teams from all over Japan. Team Tohoku A won with a huge lead of 10 points over the second team; last year’s winning team Team Kunihara. Winning team Tohoku A from left: Kazuhiro Sato, Masatsugu Yamaguchi, Katsuya Tsumura and Takayoshi Endo Right: Yosuke Ide, Competition Committee Chair Left: Winning individual Takayoshi Endo; a sweeping victory with legendary 4-4-4-4-4-4-0-4. Even the most skillful players felt totally helpless against this promising youngster. Right: Chien Min Chang, President of JMSA Chinese New Year Cup Winners 　 Year Name 6th 2009 Team Tohoku A (東北A) Katsuya Tsumura （津村勝也） Takayoshi Endo （遠藤貴由） Kazuhiro Sato （佐藤和広） Masatsugu Yamaguchi （山口正恒） 5th 2008 Team Kunihara （国原隊） Toru Kunihara（国原徹） Tadao Yagi（八木忠雄） Kimito Kugimiya（釘宮公人） Yukari Kugimiya（釘宮百香里） 4th 2007 Satoshi Nashiki （梨木聡） 3rd 2006 Sugako Suzuki （鈴木寿佳子） 2nd 2005 Yo Tanaka （田中洋） 1st 2004 Chien Min Chang （張建民） Japan League A marathon league games played by 8 selected players. Players must achieve solid results at Japan Championship or Chinese New Year Cup to qualify. 7 matches are played in a round-robin system during the year. Each match consists of 3 games with table point of 4-2-1-0. Top 4 players play the final match of 3 games with carry-over points of 4-2-1-0 according to the total points gained in the previous 7 matches. All distributed hands, picks, discards and winning hands are recorded at the final match. The mahjong scores are available at a cost of JPY1,500 (JPY500/game). 6th Japan League On February 7, 2009, final match was played to determine the 2008 champion. Koichi Oda clinched the breathtaking match and became the Japan League champion for the first time. 2008 finalists from left: Kazutoshi Iwasawa, Haruyuki Takamizawa, Chien Min Chang and Koichi Oda Koichi Oda; finally won the long-sought title Japan League Winners 　 Year Name 6th 2008 Koichi Oda （小田宏一） 5th 2007 Yosuke Ide （井出洋介） 4th 2006 Koji Idota （井戸田耕二） 3rd 2005 Yosuke Ide （井出洋介） 2nd 2004 Shigeru Aono （青野滋） 1st 2003 Shigeru Aono （青野滋） 　 [Back] [Next] Copyright (C) 2008-2009. JMSA. All Rights Reserved.