rom May 1 to 3, 2026, 36 players contested the French Riichi Championship in Saint-Denis. Joël Ratsimandresy finished first on 206,500 cumulative points, ahead of Thomy Fontaine on 165,600 and Wilson Nathanaël Janac on 124,000.
A podium with two clear gaps
Ratsimandresy finished 40,900 points ahead of Fontaine. Fontaine held a further 41,600-point margin over Janac.
First and third place are separated by 82,500 points. At the edge of the top five, Dieudonné finished 900 points ahead of Lips.
Thirty-six players over three days
The event ran from Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3 in Saint-Denis. The official field lists 31 French players and five from the Netherlands. The EMA standings place all 36 positions and their cumulative scores on one results sheet.
The listing assigns the MERS 3 rating from the three competition days, with zero recorded for the country-count, player-count, and extra criteria. All three podium places went to players registered under France, while two Dutch players finished fourth and sixth.
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The standings behind the podium
Olav Sommers finished fourth on 106,900 points. Hugo Dieudonné placed fifth on 94,300, ahead of Marjoleine Lips on 93,400 and Évelyne Ivoula on 90,600.
Nicolas Baptiste was eighth on 89,800 points. Bruno Manzo, ninth on 85,500, and Caroline Arnaud, tenth on 80,800, complete the top ten.
A national title in the middle of the season
After Saint-Denis, the French calendar continues with the Chuuren Potos Open in Marseille on September 19 and 20, followed by TNT Paris on October 31 and November 1. Both opens extend the French season on the EMA circuit.