The 2002 World Championship in Mahjong was held at the Hotel Grand Place in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 to 27 October in 2002.
The title for this competition was "The Festival for Culture and Sport in Mah Jong".
[1] For this reason, the competition was held at the Hotel Grand Palace in Iidabashi, Tokyo.
100 competitors with 25 teams from 8 nations, Bulgaria, China, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, and the US, took part in this competition.
JMOC held primarily tournaments in Tokyo and Osaka.