Registration

Registration will open on June 8, 2026, at 6 pm.

Please fill out the registration form below. Note that registrations will only be considered as "Confirmed" after we receive your payment.

After September 1, 2026, registration is only possible when a four-player table is formed and if there are available seats. Otherwise, the newly-registered players will be put on the waiting list.

Please pay the entry fee by September 1, 2026. Participants who fail to pay the registration fee by this date will be moved to the end of the players' waiting list. 

Complete refunds can still be provided until September 1, 2026. After this date, no refunds can be issued and food choices cannot be changed anymore.

Entry fee and payment

80€ (75€ for DMJL members)

Lunch, snacks, water, coffee and tea are included in the registration fee.

We accept payments via IBAN transfer and Paypal. Payment details and other practical information will be sent via email in July 2026. 

Please select the payment type "For friends and family" when paying via Paypal. 

Additional charges incurred during payment or refund of the registration fee will be paid for by the participant.

Tournament format, rules and scoring

This tournament consists of 8 hanchans which will be played according to the latest EMA competition rules from 2025. 

In hanchan 7, players are seeded according to their current position after the previous hanchan: e. g. 1st, 5th, 9th and 13th play at the table 1. 2nd, 6th, 10th and 14th at table 2. Please note the details will be dependent on the number of total participants. There will be no cutoffs.

For the final hanchan, players are seeded according to their position with groups of 4: i. e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th play at table 1 etc.

We will use the Pantheon system to record and track the game results. Instructions to the system can be found here. We thank the Berlin Mahjong Club for the technical support.

In an event of the same tournament score of the winners, the tiebreakers are, in order:

• Most number of first places.

• Least number of fourth places.

• Best average placement.

• Highest scoring Hanchan.

• Highest average win score.

Participant limit: 36

Referee: Julius Tonner (non-playing)

Schedule

September 19, 2026 (Saturday)

08:30 – 09:00  Registration

09:00 – 09:15  Opening and welcome remarks

09:15 – 10:45 1st Hanchan

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30  2nd Hanchan

12:30 – 13:30   Lunch

13:30 – 15:00  3rd Hanchan

15:00 – 15:15    Break

15:15 – 16:45    4th Hanchan

17:00 - 20:00 Social play

September 20, 2026 (Sunday)

08:45 – 10:15  5th Hanchan

10:15 – 10:30  Break

10:30 – 12:00 6th Hanchan

12:00 – 13:00  Lunch

13:00 – 14:30  7th Hanchan

14:30 – 14:45  Break

14:45 – 16:15  8th Hanchan

16:15 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 16:45  Closing and awarding ceremony

Getting to Hamburg

Hamburg can easily be reached with different modes of transportation.

Many airlines fly to the Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt, which is connected via the subway S1 to the Hamburg city centre.

Trains from different countries regularly stop at the Hamburg central station, which is conveniently located at the city centre.

The German highways A1 and A7 both pass through Hamburg, which makes travelling by car very convenient.

Hamburg is also one of the hubs for different bus networks like FlixBus.

Getting to the tournament venue

Goldbekhaus can be reached via the bus lines 6, 17 or 25, which stops about 5 minutes away from the tournament venue. The bus stop is called Goldbekplatz. You can also take the U3, the yellow metro line, in the direction of Schlump / Barmbek. Alight at the station Sierichstraße, and walk for about 15 minutes to the tournament venue.

Accommodation in Hamburg

The nearest hotel to the tournament venue is the Hood House Hamburg, which is about 2 minutes away by foot.  The Hotel Cristobal is also nearby, about 10 minutes away by foot. A couple of other hotels are also reachable by bus from Goldbekhaus. The Hotel Du Nord Alster is 3 bus stops away (buses 6 and 17) and the Hotel Miramar is 5 bus stops away (also with the buses 6 and 17).  Ibis Styles Hamburg-Barmbek is also not that far. It is located near the Barmbek metro station, which is only 3 metro stops away from Sierichstraße. 

Getting around Hamburg

We recommend using the Hamburg public transportation app, the HVV, to buy tickets if you want to use the local transportation like the metro, the underground trains, buses, and some ferries. The ticket prices in the app are 7% cheaper compared to the prices in the ticket shops and ticket machines. 

If you plan to use the public transportation more than twice a day, the Day Ticket for the Hamburg AB area gives the most area coverage (all the way to the airport) for the price 7.80 € per day. If you travel by group, the group ticket is recommended. The Day Ticket for groups of up to 5 people in the Hamburg AB area costs 15.60 €.

Please be aware that you need a valid ticket when you enter the boarding areas for the local public transportation and it is not possible to buy tickets from the ticket-controllers and drivers when you have already boarded the vehicle. Click here for more information regarding the ticket prices and the Hamburg local transportation network.

Registration form

Registration opens on June 8, 2026 at 6 pm.