World Scrabble Championship

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The World Scrabble Championship is the most prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It has been held every second year since 1991.

Sponsorship formerly alternated between Hasbro and Mattel, respectively the owners of the Scrabble trademark in North America and the rest of the world. However, Hasbro declined to sponsor WSC 2005, and instead Mattel organised and sponsored WSC 2005.

The number of players invited to the tournament has risen steadily over time, from 48 in 1991 to 104 in 2007. A set number of places is allocated to each competing country and it is then up to individual countries' national associations to determine which of their players will represent them. This is typically done by means of a national ratings system or qualifier tournaments or some combination of the two. A good performance by a national team according to specific criteria will earn further permanent places for that country.

The dictionary used is colloquially known as SOWPODS, which is the word authority used in the majority of English-language Scrabble-playing countries.

1 World Scrabble Championships
2 National representative totals throughout the years
3 Individual competitor results throughout the years
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] World Scrabble Championships

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Location	Entrants	Winner's Prize	Total Prize Pool
1991	Peter Morris ( United States)	Brian Cappelletto ( United States)	London	48	USD 10,000	USD 19,000
1993	Mark Nyman ( England)	Joel Wapnick ( Canada)	Plaza Hotel, New York	64	USD 10,000	USD 24,950
1995	David Boys ( Canada)	Joel Sherman ( United States)	Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London	64	USD 11,000	USD 29,550
1997	Joel Sherman ( United States)	Matt Graham ( United States)	Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.	80	USD 25,000	USD 50,100
1999	Joel Wapnick ( Canada)	Mark Nyman ( England)	Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia	98	USD 15,000	USD 34,200
2001	Brian Cappelletto ( United States)	Joel Wapnick ( Canada)	Venetian Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas	88	USD 25,000	USD 50,100
2003	Panupol Sujjayakorn ( Thailand)	Pakorn Nemitrmansuk ( Thailand)	Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur	90	USD 17,500	USD 40,000
2005	Adam Logan ( Canada)	Pakorn Nemitrmansuk ( Thailand)	Marriott Regent's Park Hotel, London	102	USD 15,000	USD 30,500
2007	Nigel Richards ( New Zealand)	Ganesh Asirvatham ( Malaysia)	Taj President Hotel, Mumbai, India	104	USD 15,000	USD 30,500

[edit] National representative totals throughout the years

Country	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007
Australia	6	4	5	5	8	5	4	4	5
Bahrain			1	2	2	2	3	2	1
Barbados									1
Cameroon						1		1
Canada	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	7
Éire	1	1		1
England	3	4	5	5	9	8	9	12	10
European Community	1
France			1	1	1		1	1	1
Germany, Federal Republic of									1
Ghana	2		2	3		3	3	3
Gibraltar						1
Gulf Champion					1	1	1
Guyana				1		1			1
Hong Kong		1	1
India					1	2	1	2	4
Indonesia							1	1	1
Ireland		1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Israel	1	2	2	2		1		2
Japan	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
Kenya	2	2	2	3	5	4	4	2	4
Kurdistan-Iraq		1	1	1		1	1	1
Kuwait			1	1			1	1	1
Malaysia	1	1	1	2	4	2	4	2	2
Malta	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	3
Netherlands								1	1
New Zealand	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5
Nigeria			2	2	2	1	3	3	3
Oman			1	1	2	1	1	2	2
Pakistan			1	1	2	1	1	2	2
Philippines	2	2	1	1	4	3	3	2	3
Poland					1			1	1
Qatar				1		1		1	1
Romania				1	2	1	1	1	1
Saudi Arabia		1	1	1	1	1	1
Scotland			1		1	1	1	2	2
Seychelles			1	1	2
Singapore	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	3
South Africa	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Sri Lanka	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sweden								1	1
Tanzania						1	1	1	1
Thailand		2		3	4	3	3	4	5
Trinidad and Tobago			1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Uganda								1	1
United Arab Emirates	1	1	1	1	2		1	1	1
United Kingdom	7	5	3	3
United States	8	18	10	12	13	15	15	15	15
Wales		2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2
World Champion		1	1	1	1	1		1	1
World Youth Champion									1
Zambia						1	1	1	1
Totals	48	64	64	80	98	88	90	102	104

[edit] Individual competitor results throughout the years

Competitor	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007
Abdullah, Raja Fuadin		61		68
Abela, Kevin							82
Abordo, Chris						77	64
Abordo, Ferrer							86
Abraham, Arvind					68
Acton, David				12		60
Adamson, Tim							10	25	8
Addo, Joshua			27	35
Ahmad, Adeeb								95
Ajayi, Olajide Ademola									93
Alban, Loreta									104
Ali, Mohammed Zafar									60
Alimohamed, Amirali		62
Allan, Paul							9	12	42
Amalean, Shaila								79
Amarasinghe, Asanka									91
Amarasinghe, Indunil									92
Amarasinghe, Samitha								92
Ananga, Yawo Takyi								40
Anthonius, Ferdy							49	98	79
Apindi, Isaac						54
Appleby, Phil	33		12		14		14	41	43
Armstrong, Peter								28
Arreola, Pepito			57			70
Asirvatham, Ganesh					55	36	22	4	2
Assesa, Dixon					79	64
Avrin, Paul			42
Awowade, Femi			41	28	22	18		36
Baker, Michael									49
Baker, Rich							72
Ball, Nick								31
Ballard, Nick		31
Balogun, Rasheed Olajide							34
Benedict, Nathan									32
Benjamin, Larry	8	53
Berger, Averil	42
Berlin, Barbara					70
Berofsky, Evan							45		52
Bhandarkar, Akshay			26	8	57		21	26	5
Bjorkman, Marten								102
Blom, Roger			36	43	87
Bohbot, Herve							87	93	94
Bondin, Owen					54
Boyd, Kendall				6	12	53
Boys, David	3		1	11	3	39	16	7	17
Broderick, Chris			64
Brown, Christine	31
Buddhdev, Anand								86	74
Butler, Lynne	34	50		56					83
Bwire, Matayo					52			88
Byers, Russell		21	30	7	6			45
Caba, Catalin-Eugen					98
Camilleri, Theresa								35	26
Cansfield, Joyce	6
Cappelletto, Brian	2	30	11	10	11	1
Capuno, Leonardo							35	65
Carroll, Charlie	13
Carter, Gerald				37				42	38
Carter, Patrick							25
Catto, John		16
Chakrabarti, Amit							59		35
Chakravarthy, Ranganathan						81			88
Charles, Leslie					86			63	77
Cheah, Siu Hean						61		10	33
Cherry, James					38	57
Chicoine, Emanuel							81
Chinnaiyah, Suresh				54	16	28
Chishty, Ishtiaq		46			42		83
Chong, Aaron							57
Chow, Jie Ming Benjamin									70
Chune, Albert				71
Chunkath, Mohan Verghese					21	59			80
Cleary, Paul Stephen	45			24	58	69	19	6
Clenaghan, Nuala		52		73
Clottey, Aaron						66
Cohen, Evan	12	43						81
Collins, Frederick									97
Cook, Andrew					9
Costello, Catherine					85	86
Cotejo, Danny						87
Craig, Joanne									90
Credo, Ronald					29	24	60		69
Cree, Chris						80
Daniel, Robin Pollock		39	14	38		42
Davids, Gerald				64
Davis, Andrew						27	7	44
Day, Darrell		22
De Souza, Margarida Ana						63
Delia, Jojo								39	84
Delicata, David						74	33		82
Dennis, Di		19					27		45
Donkoh, George	30
Downer, Penny				21
Early, Dylan					61			72
Eburu, Gold					83
Edley, Joe	4	18	5	3	28	20
Eichler, Maor						48
Elbourne, Peter	14	32	32	50	67	37
Eldar, David								11	11
Epstein, Paul					25
Esmail, Mushtak							89	99	95
Fasuba, Johnson					93
Felt, Robert	36	6	16	4	45	26
Fernando, Naween Tharanga			23	19	13	11	8	3	31
Filio, Ben								91
Filio, Candido	37	57
Filio, Roland	29	42			47	55
Finley, Peter	11	36					48	62
Fisher, Andrew	20		20	22	5	5	29	21	16
Fisher, Stephen	9
Fomum, Samuel Tanee								84
Gabriel, Marty									64
Gan, Cher Siong					71
Geary, Jim				47	46	14	12
Gibbons, Randall				79
Gibson, David		3
Gipson, Helen					49		11	29	15
Goh, Eugene					90
Goh, Jiang Pern								54
Golding, Andrew							37
Gongolo, Michael					30	13	70		30
Gonzalez, Ricardo V					62		75
Graham, Matt		28		2		46
Grant, Jeff	17	24	3	13	41	33	13	59	63
Grayson, John		44		51		75
Green, Neil								85
Greenspan, Randy		17
Gruzd, Steven		38	6	34	31	47	67
Hahn, Albert				39	53			32
Hale, Glennis			50
Harridge, Barry	32
Harrison, Trevor			58
Heaton, Ken		47
Hemachandra, Sanath						79			86
Hersom, Randy				44	35	43	26	69
Hingorani, Varisht									48
Hirai, Keiichiro					72	38	52	37
Hoekstra, Ron						45	61	50	37
Holden, Stewart							62
Holgate, John	19	55	49	20	10	40
Holmes, Michael			62
Hossy, Debbe			55
Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark					73	52	53	87	34
Ikekeregor, Dennis							41		66
Ikolo, Anthony								73
Iqbal, Wajid							43		58
Ismal, Muhammed	44
Jabbar, Abdul								76
Jackman, Bob		56	37		26		39		71
Jaruwan, Ong-Arj		29
Jegels, Llewellin									96
Jighere, Wellington									3
Jimoh, Saheed					51
John, Robin K.T.							79
Jonah, J.J.				53
Judd, Rodney					78
Kalumba, Paul Yandisha						73	78	71	85
Kamath, Pramit							69
Kane, Alistair	26				89
Kantimathi, Sam							71		29
Katz-Brown, Jason								60	44
Kaufman, Zev		25				44		58
Kelly, Wayne									65
Kenas, Mark							66	51	68
Kenny, Bronagh							90
Khan, Rashid Ateeq				48	69	71		83
Khoshnaw, Karl		41	39	52		49	47	66
Kirk, Terry							46	20	46
Klaphajone, Jakkrit				42	18	29
Kong, Chock Heng					77
Koroda, Kunihiko		59
Kpentey, Bennet							77
Kramer, Jim						3	5	61	24
Kurnia, Andy							30	68
Kuroda, Kunihiko			59		82		84	101	101
Lam, John							54
Lamabadusuriya, Harshan						56		17	55
Lao, Armando			51	57
Lawrie, Glenys	35
Leader, Zelig			45
Leah, Tony									89
Lerman, Jerry		54						49
Levine, Eli	47
Linn, Robert							31		67
Lipton, Bob		23	4	58	63	6	24
Litunya, Patrick						67	15	57	6
Lloyd, David							65
Lobo, Ralph							36	67	41
Lobo, Selwyn			53		76		63
Lobo, Yvonne				61
Logan, Adam		11	8	9	4	10		1	25
Luebkemann, John		34		49	20	25		34
Lund, Richie		14
MacNeil, Rod									75
Mallick, Joey						15		46
Mamadou, Wone				76			58
Manase, Joshua Otieno						30	76		62
Martin, Edward								24	54
Martus, Teodoro									59
Matsuda, Manabu									73
May, Christopher									57
McDonnell, Brendan					74			90
Mead, Jeremiah				45		31
Meghan, Eileen		60		74
Mensah, Edem Kafui				55
Metivier, Edward					88
Michel, Antonin					95
Miranda, Mario						85
Modeste, Anthony									102
Morris, Peter	1	12
Nakai, Ken	48			72
Nanavati, Jim				66	92
Nanayakkara, Harischandra				80
Nassen, Greger									103
Nderitu, Patrick Gitonga	16	27	10	17
Ndungu, Stanley Njoroge				25	24		44
Nelkon, Phil		13
Nemitrmansuk, Pakorn					40	16	2	2
Neuberger, Jim		51
Nevarez, Johnny		37	47
Norr, Rita		58	44
Ntege, Chris								94	100
Nyman, Mark	22	1	17	5	2		4	52
Odom, Lisa		15			23			38
Oduwole, Olatunde								64
Okosagah, Sammy			22	16		8
Okulicz, Edward						23			13
O'Laughlin, John							28	14	28
Onani, Magwanga		49
O'Neill, Shane									87
Ong, Suanne									12
Onyeonwu, Ifeanyi			13	29
Orbaum, Sam			40
Owolabi, Lukeman								9
Oyekunle, Lanre									10
Panyasophonlert, Komol							6		18
Paolella, Libero			48	77
Penaflor, Vivian					80
Perez, Gerardo			61
Perrins, Esther				31
Perry, Andrew						22	3
Philpotts, Adam									51
Phiphatboonserm, Manop								27
Placca, Chrys			28				40	22
Ploysangngam, Amnuay		26			37
Poder, David								53
Poku, Kwame						62
Polatnick, Steve			38		64	4	38	30	72
Pra, Michael					39
Prabhu, Cecil Fernandes						83		82
Pratesi, Diane	28
Pratt, Daniel									61
Pray, Linda Hazel				70	81
Pui, Cheng Wui				32	50		56
Quao, Michael Arthur						35	50	15
Quek, Sim Ho				59
Quiballo, Virgilio					19
Ranasuriya, Mario Shalendra						65
Raychbart, Paloma		48		60				89
Recedes, Mario							74
Reshamwala, Shakir									99
Richards, Nigel					8			47	1
Rio, Odette Carmina					43				27
Rivera, Oscar T.								23
Robertshaw, Phil									39
Rodrigues, Sherwin								70	78
Roff, Lynn		63
Romany, Rodney			54
Rosenthal, Joan		40	18		32
Rowe, Dennis	38
Saengsit, Weera									56
Saeyorn, Sivanesan							88
Saldanha, Allan	40	5	9	14
Saldanha, Dean							73	13	47
Saldanha, Norbert	39			62
Saliba, Mario				63	97
Salih, Sala Fadl Mohamed				69
Samarasundera, Wimal			60
Sandu, Dan Laurentiu				78	91	84	85	100
Sanni, Moshood Olasunkanmi							18
Sapong, Kwaku	18
Sayavesa, Navapadol								77
Schellenberg, Mark									53
Schoenman, Bob		8
Schonbrun, Lester	24			46	48
Scott, Neil			24
Sherman, Joel		10	2	1	15	51		19
Siddiqui, Anwar			52
Sigley, Michael	25	7	19	40
Silva, Dhanpala					96
Sim, Tony	41	35	29		60	17	23
Simmons, Allan			25			21		75	40
Simmons, Sandie	7
Simpson, Evan						41
Sinclair, Alan						78
Singh, Lewis						82
Sinton, Peter					66	12		78
Smitheram, Brett					44	7		43
Southwell, Charlie	10
Spate, Clive	21	9	46	27
Springer, Robert			56	75
Sujjayakorn, Panupol							1	16	50
Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit				33					14
Sulaiman, Mohammad									20
Sutthasin, Taewan					59	76
Sykes, Christopher						32
Tabasa, John Edward								48
Talbot, Rodney						50
Talosig, Rogelio							68	55
Tamas, Adrian									36
Tan, Kiat Hing Austin				65
Tan, Teong-Chuan			31
Tanee, Samuel Fomum						72
Tang, Michael					65	58
Tanveer, Rohaina								97
Thevenot, Geoff									21
Thobani, Shafique	43		7	23	36
Thompson, Martin	46
Thorogood, Blue		20	43
Tiekert, Ron	5			15	7
Ul-Haq, Assad				67				56
Umujose, Emmanuel									9
Usakiewicz, Wojciech					84				98
Violett, Bob	23
Wachira, Francis									76
Wanniarachchi, Lakshan					94		80	80	81
Wapnick, Joel	27	2	15	36	1	2	17	33	4
Warner, Howard					33	19	20	18	22
Warusawitharana, Missaka	15	33	21	18
Warwick, Wilma					56
Webb, Alice					75
Webb, David					27	68			23
Webb, Mark				41
Wee, Hubert									7
Widergren, Jeff			35
Wiegand, David					17	9	55	8
Williams, Gareth		4	34	26	34	34	32	5	19
Willingham, Walker							42
Willis, Mike			33
Withers, Ben							51
Wright, Geoff		45
Wright, James Charles						88
Yawo, Anaga Takyi				30
Yeh, Winnie		64	63
Yeo, Kien Hung								74
Zbikowski, Mateusz								96