After a few months later of the first world championship was held in Tokyo, 2002, Martin Rep, a Dutch Mahjong Player, decided to establish European organizations for Mahjong.
On June 21, 2007, the 2nd European championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark for 3 days.
Martin Wedel Jacobsen from Denmark won the championship.
In 2008, EMA began another European Mahjong Championship under Japanese Riichi rule.
On July 11, 2011, Ildikó Hargitai became the first female mahjong player who won the European championship,[2] and "French Team no1" from France won the team division.