World Scrabble Championship

This article is about the tournament in English. For other uses, see World Scrabble Championships (disambiguation).

The World Scrabble Championship is the most prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It has been held every second year since 1991. The current World Scrabble Champion is Craig Beevers. He won the title at the 2014 SCRABBLE® Champions Tournament held in London, United Kingdom.

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 has organised and/or sponsored all championships since 2005.

The number of players competing in the tournament has risen steadily over time, from 48 in the World Scrabble Championship 1991 to 108 in the World Scrabble Championship 2009. In 2011 it remained stable with 106 contestants. 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.

On May 17, 2013, Mattel announced[1] that the event would be renamed the Scrabble Champions Tournament, and would be held as part of Mind Sports International's 2013 Prague Mind Sports Festival. This arrangement continued with the 2014 event in London, organised by the same parties.

Individual championships

Year Winner Runner-up Location Entrants Winner's prize Total prize pool Sponsor
2014 Craig Beevers
( England)
Chris Lipe
( United States)
ExCeL Arena, London, UK 110 GBP 3,000 USD tbc[2] Mattel, MSI
2013 Nigel Richards (3)
( New Zealand)
Komol Panyasophonlert
( Thailand)
Andel's Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic 110 USD 10,000[3] USD 25,000[1] Mattel, MSI
2011 Nigel Richards (2)
( New Zealand)
Andrew Fisher
( Australia)
Hilton Hotel, Warsaw, Poland[4] 106 USD 20,000[5] USD 50,000[5] Mattel
2009 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
( Thailand)[6]
Nigel Richards
( New Zealand)[6]
Zon Regency Hotel, Johor Bahru, Malaysia[7] 108[8] USD 15,000[9] USD 30,500[9] Mattel
2007 Nigel Richards (1)
( New Zealand)
Ganesh Asirvatham
( Malaysia)
Taj President Hotel, Mumbai, India 104 USD 15,000[10] USD 30,500[10] Mattel
2005 Adam Logan
( Canada)
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
( Thailand)
Marriott Regent's Park Hotel, London, UK 102 USD 15,000[11] USD 30,500[11] Mattel
2003 Panupol Sujjayakorn
( Thailand)
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk
( Thailand)
Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 90 USD 17,500[12] USD 40,000[12] Mattel
2001 Brian Cappelletto
( United States)
Joel Wapnick
( Canada)
Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, USA 88 USD 25,000[13] USD 50,100[13] Hasbro
1999 Joel Wapnick
( Canada)
Mark Nyman
( England)
Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia 98 USD 15,000[14] USD 34,200[14] Mattel
1997 Joel Sherman
( United States)
Matt Graham
( United States)
Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., USA 80 USD 25,000[15] USD 50,100[15] Hasbro
1995 David Boys
( Canada)
Joel Sherman
( United States)
Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London, UK 64 USD 11,000[16] USD 29,550[16] Mattel
1993 Mark Nyman
( England)
Joel Wapnick
( Canada)
Plaza Hotel, New York, USA 64 USD 10,000[17] USD 24,950[17] Hasbro
1991 Peter Morris
( United States)
Brian Cappelletto
( United States)
London, UK 48 USD 10,000[18] USD 19,000[18] Mattel

National representative totals throughout the years

Country199119931995199719992001200320052007200920112013
Australia 544474445678
Bahrain 1222321211
Barbados 1 11
Cameroon 1 1
Canada 345667777887
Czech Republic 12
England 34551099121091011
European Community 1
France 111 111111
Gambia 1
Germany, Federal Republic of 1 11
Ghana 2 23 333 312
Gibraltar 1
Gulf Champion 111
Guyana 1 1 11 1
Hong Kong 11
India 12124122
Indonesia 111112
Ireland 111121111111
Israel 1222 1 2 21
Japan 111121222111
Kenya 22235442443
Kurdistan-Iraq 111 111
Kuwait 11 11111
Last chance qualifier 5
Malaysia 111242422523
Malta 111232223221
Netherlands 11111
New Zealand 344454455445
Nigeria 22213334
Northern Ireland 1 1 123
Norway 11
Oman 1121122111
Pakistan 1121122312
Philippines 221143323212
Poland 1 11141
Qatar 1 1 111
Romania 121111211
Saudi Arabia 111111 1 1
Scotland 1 11122345
Seychelles 112
Singapore 111232233444
Slovakia 11
South Africa 332232222232
Sri Lanka 112333333211
Sweden 11111
Tanzania 11111
Thailand 2 343345676
Trinidad and Tobago 1121111111
Uganda 111
United Arab Emirates 11112 111212
United Kingdom 8544
United States 81810121315151515141514
Wales 21212122121
World Champion 11111 11111
World Youth Champion 1111
WSC Runner-Up 11
Zambia 11111
Totals 48646480988890102104108106110

Individual competitor results throughout the years

Competitor199119931995199719992001200320052007200920112013
Abdullah, Raja Fuadin 61 68
Abela, Kevin 82
Abordo, Chris 7764 88 86
Abordo, Ferrer 86
Abraham, Arvind 68
Acton, David 12 60
Adamson, Tim 10258 76
Addo, Joshua 2735
Addo-Quaye, George 71
Ahmad, Adeeb 95
Ajayi, Olajide Ademola 93
Akonor, Michael 60 93
Alban, Loreta 104
Ali, Mohammed Zafar 60
Alimohamed, Amirali 62
Allan, Paul 91242512025
Amalean, Shaila 79 63
Amarasinghe, Asanka 91
Amarasinghe, Indunil 92
Amarasinghe, Samitha 92
Ananga, Yawo Takyi 40
Andersson, Gunnar 9679
Andronowski, Piotr 52
Anthonius, Ferdy 4998798994
Apindi, Isaac 54
Appleby, Phil 33 12 14 14414342
Armstrong, Peter 28 40
Arreola, Pepito 57 70
Asirvatham, Ganesh 55362242
Assesa, Dixon 7964
Avrin, Paul 42
Awowade, Femi 41282218 36
Baker, Michael 49
Baker, Rich 72
Balasingam, Vannitha 52 20
Ball, Nick 31 2772
Ballard, Nick 31
Balogun, Rasheed Olajide 34
Bassett-Bouchard, Conrad 24
Beevers, Craig 8115
Benedict, Nathan 321248
Benjamin, Larry 853
Berger, Averil 42
Berger, Ben 103
Berlin, Barbara 70
Berofsky, Evan 45 52
Bhandarkar, Akshay 26857 2126548
Bjorkman, Marten 102
Blom, Roger 364387
Bohbot, Herve 8793948510099
Bondin, Owen 54
Bowman, Brian 236341
Boyd, Kendall 61253
Boys, David 3 11133916717613
Broderick, Chris 64
Brousson, Theresa 3526306747
Brown, Christine 31
Buddhdev, Anand 867482 90
Bullock, Orlet 8135
Butler, Lynne 3450 56 83 88
Bwire, Matayo 52 88
Byers, Russell 213076 45
Caba, Catalin-Eugen 98
Cansfield, Joyce 6
Cappelletto, Brian 2301110111
Capuno, Leonardo 3565
Carroll, Charlie 13
Carter, Gerald 37 4238 6588
Carter, Patrick 25
Catto, John 16
Cavenagh, Nicholas 100
Chakrabarti, Amit 59 35
Chakravarthy, Ranganathan 81 88
Charles, Leslie 86 637783 50
Cheah, Siu Hean 61 103343 51
Cherry, James 3857
Chicoine, Emanuel 81
Chinnaiyah, Suresh 541628
Chishty, Ishtiaq 46 42 83
Chong, Aaron 57 24
Choomai, Apirat 64
Chow, Jie Ming Benjamin 70
Chune, Albert 71
Chunkath, Mohan Verghese 2159 80
Cleary, Paul Stephen 45 245869196
Clenaghan, Nuala 52 73
Clinchy, Evans 33
Clottey, Aaron 66
Cohen, Evan 1243 81 7115
Cohen, Laurie 73
Collins, Frederick 97
Cook, Andrew 9
Costello, Catherine 8586
Cotejo, Danny 87
Craig, Joanne 90873439
Credo, Ronald 292460 69
Cree, Chris 80 6480
Dangoor, Elie 89
Daniel, Robin Pollock 391438 42 30
Davids, Gerald 64
Davis, Andrew 27744
Day, Darrell 22
Day, Jesse 31
De Souza, Margarida Ana 63
Delia, Jojo 3984
Delicata, David 7433 827236
Dennis, Di 19 27 45
Dominiczak, Rafal 5595
Donkoh, George 30
Downer, Penny 21
Dundas, Suzanne 102
Early, Dylan 61 72 587984
Eburu, Gold 83
Edley, Joe 418532820
Edwards, Calum 60
Edwin-Mugisha, Phillip 101
Eichler, Maor 48
Elbourne, Peter 143232506737
Eldar, David 111146 29
Epstein, Paul 25
Esmail, Mushtak 899995102
Farlow, Cameron 38
Fasuba, Johnson 93
Fehily, Peggy 108
Felt, Robert 3661644526
Fernandes, Cecil 107
Fernandes, Marie 98
Fernando, Naween Tharanga 23191311833173934
Filio, Ben 91
Filio, Candido 3757
Filio, Roland 2942 4755
Finley, Peter 1136 4862
Fisher, Andrew 20 20225529211615217
Fisher, Stephen 9
Fomum, Samuel Tanee 84
Frydenlund, Anlaug 104104
Gabriel, Marty 64747645
Gallen, Paul 87
Gan, Cher Siong 71
Geamsakul, Warodom 106
Geary, Jim 47461412
Gibbons, Randall 79
Gibson, David 3
Gillam, Simon 5878
Gipson, Helen 49 112915101896
Goh, Eugene 90
Goh, Jiang Pern 54
Golding, Andrew 37 7392
Gomes, Anthony 108
Gongolo, Michael 301370 3050
Gonzalez, Ricardo V 62 75 103
Graham, Matt 28 2 46
Grant, Jeff 1724313413313596335
Grayson, John 44 51 75
Green, Neil 85 4980
Greenspan, Randy 17
Grover, Udayan 40
Gruzd, Steven 38634314767 83
Hahn, Albert 3953 32
Hale, Glennis 50
Halsall, Trevor 575658
Hardiyanto, H 109
Harridge, Barry 32
Harrison, Martin 45 26
Harrison, Trevor 58
Heaton, Ken 47
Hemachandra, Sanath 79 86 102
Hersom, Randy 4435432669
Hingorani, Varisht 48
Hirai, Keiichiro 72385237 74
Hoekstra, Ron 4561503766
Holden, Stewart 62 28
Holgate, John 195549201040
Holmes, Michael 62
Hossy, Debbe 55
Hovelmeier, Trevor Mark 7352538734672757
Idalski, Jason 94
Ikawa, Victor 80
Ikekeregor, Dennis 41 6616
Ikolo, Anthony 73
Inayatullah, Mohammad 103
Iqbal, Wajid 43 58 82
Ismal, Muhammed 44
Itthi-Aree, Chollapat 68
Jabbar, Abdul 76
Jackman, Bob 5637 26 39 71
Jaruwan, Ong-Arj 29
Jegels, Llewellin 96
Jighere, Wellington 311
Jimoh, Saheed 51
John, Robin K.T. 79
Jonah, J.J. 53
Judd, Rodney 78 95
Kalumba, Paul Yandisha 73787185
Kamath, Pramit 69
Kane, Alistair 26 89
Kang, William 90 67
Kantimathi, Sam 71 2986
Katz-Brown, Jason 604414
Kaufman, Zev 25 44 58
Keller, Jason 94
Kelly, Wayne 65 21
Kenas, Mark 6651682937
Kennedy, Rik 17 55
Kenny, Bronagh 90
Ker, Jen Ho 70
Khan, Rashid Ateeq 486971 83 79
Khatri, Waseem 44 44
Khongthanarat, Charnrit 9386
Khoshnaw, Karl 413952 494766
Kirk, Terry 462046 60
Klaphajone, Jakkrit 421829
Koenig, David 6228
Kong, Chock Heng 77
Koowirat, Thacha 7723
Kougi, Peter 6931
Kpentey, Bennet 77
Kramer, Jim 35612422436
Kurnia, Andy 3068
Kuroda, Kunihiko 5959 82 84101101 105
Lam, John 54
Lamabadusuriya, Harshan 56 175534
Landau, Naomi 90
Lao, Armando 5157
Lawrie, Glenys 35
Leader, Zelig 45
Leah, Tony 89374262
Lerman, Jerry 54 49
Levine, Eli 47
Liew, Kian Boon 37
Limprasert, Pichai 31
Linn, Robert 31 6778
Lipe, Chris 1246
Lipton, Bob 2345863624
Litunya, Patrick 67155764160
Lloyd, David 65
Lobo, Ralph 36674197
Lobo, Selwyn 53 76 63 69
Lobo, Yvonne 61
Logan, Adam 1189410 125 910
Luebkemann, John 34 492025 34
Lund, Richie 14
Mackay, Lewis 202511
MacNeil, Rod 75
Mallick, Joey 15 46
Mamadou, Wone 76 58
Manase, Joshua Otieno 3076 62 91
Martin, Edward 2454 51
Martus, Teodoro 59
Matsuda, Manabu 73
May, Christopher 57 514
McDonald, Abigail 96 54
McDonnell, Brendan 74 90
McKenna, Michael 87
McMahon, Kevin 65 18
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 112
Mpundu, Patrick Mulemena 92
Mwangi, Willy 55
Nakai, Ken 48 72
Nanavati, Jim 6692
Nanayakkara, Harischandra 80
Nassen, Greger 103
Nderitu, Patrick Gitonga 16271017 53
Ndungu, Stanley Njoroge 2524 44
Nelkon, Phil 13
Nemitrmansuk, Pakorn 401622 1327
Neuberger, Jim 51
Nevarez, Johnny 3747
Newman, Geoffrey 92
Nicholson, Mikki 1814
Norr, Rita 5844
Ntege, Chris 94100
Nyman, Mark 2211752 452 1915
Odom, Lisa 15 23 38
Oduwole, Olatunde 64
Okosagah, Sammy 2216 8 3
Okulicz, Edward 23 13283216
Okwelogu, Chinedu Nosike 68
O'Laughlin, John 281428325042
Onani, Magwanga 49
O'Neill, Shane 87
Ong, Suanne 1298
Onyeonwu, Ifeanyi 1329
Orbaum, Sam 40
Owolabi, Lukeman 9 82
Oyekunle, Lanre 10
Oyende, Allan 81
Panitch, Max 54 63
Pantis, Mihai 7797
Panyasophonlert, Komol 6 18572
Paolella, Libero 4877
Parchamento, Roger 76
Pastucha, Ivan 106
Penaflor, Vivian 80
Perez, Gerardo 61
Perrins, Esther 31 12
Perry, Andrew 223
Philpotts, Adam 51
Phiphatboonserm, Manop 27
Pieta, Bartosz 10593
Placca, Chrys 28 4022 3654
Ploysangngam, Amnuay 26 37
Poder, David 53
Poku, Kwame 62
Polatnick, Steve 38 644383072 85
Pra, Michael 39
Prabhu, Cecil Fernandes 83 82
Prabhu, Nakul 91
Pratesi, Diane 28
Pratt, Daniel 61
Pray, Linda Hazel 7081
Prudencio, Marlon 71
Pui, Cheng Wui 3250 56
Purnomo, Ricky 6469
Quao, Michael Arthur 355015 100
Quek, Sim Ho 59
Quiballo, Virgilio 19
Ranasuriya, Mario Shalendra 65
Raychbart, Paloma 48 60 89
Recedes, Mario 74
Reshamwala, Shakir 99 99
Richards, Alastair 1013
Richards, Nigel 8 471211
Rio, Odette Carmina 43 27 2172
Rivera, Oscar T. 23
Robertshaw, Phil 39336648
Roddis, Marc 91
Rodr, Tomas 105107
Rodrigues, Sherwin 707813449
Roff, Lynn 63
Romany, Rodney 54 59
Rosenthal, Joan 4018 32
Rosin, Sam 3941
Rowe, Dennis 38
Saengsit, Weera 56
Saeyorn, Sivanesan 88
Saidu, Ayorinde 24
Saldanha, Allan 405914
Saldanha, Dean 731347 46
Saldanha, Dielle 8452
Saldanha, Norbert 39 62
Saliba, Mario 6397
Salih, Sala Fadl Mohamed 69
Samarasundera, Wimal 60
Sandu, Dan Laurentiu 78918485100 98
Sanni, Moshood Olasunkanmi 18
Sapong, Kwaku 18
Satria, Fadlan 75
Sayavesa, Navapadol 77
Schellenberg, Mark 5338
Schoenman, Bob 8
Schonbrun, Lester 24 4648
Scott, Neil 24 261936
Shabaz, Muhammad 66
Sherman, Joel 10211551 19 29
Shin, Austin 81
Siddiqui, Anwar 52
Siddiqui, Irfan 619574
Sigley, Michael 2571940
Silva, Dhanpala 96
Sim, Tony 413529 601723 49
Simmons, Allan 25 21 7540623053
Simonis, Sandie 7
Simpson, Evan 41
Sinclair, Alan 78
Singh, Lewis 82
Sinton, Peter 6612 78 59
Siriwangso, Marut 422
Smitheram, Brett 447 43 68
Snabel, Viliam 106
Sosseh, Abraham Ebi 101
Southwell, Charlie 10
Spate, Clive 2194627
Springer, Robert 5675
Sreejayan, Sanjeev 101
Srichawla, Daniel 87
Sujjayakorn, Panupol 1165025
Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit 33 1456
Sulaiman, Mohammad 20 2373
Sutthasin, Taewan 5976 68
Sykes, Christopher 32
Tabasa, John Edward 48
Talbot, Rodney 50
Talosig, Rogelio 6855
Tamas, Adrian 3659
Tan, Jin Chor 61
Tan, Kiat Hing Austin 65
Tan, Teong-Chuan 31
Tanee, Samuel Fomum 72
Tang, Michael 6558 99
Tanveer, Rohaina 97 104
Thevenot, Geoff 212116
Thobani, Shafique 43 72336
Thompson, Martin 46
Thorogood, Blue 2043 754783
Tiekert, Ron 5 157
Toh, Weibin 33
Tunnicliffe, Matthew 22
Ul-Haq, Assad 67 56
Umujose, Emmanuel 9
Usakiewicz, Wojciech 84 98 84
Violett, Bob 23
Wachira, Francis 76
Wanniarachchi, Lakshan 94 808081537870
Wapnick, Joel 2721536121733493556
Warner, Howard 3319201822472632
Warusawitharana, Missaka 15332118
Warwick, Wilma 56
Weatherhead, Feargal 57
Webb, Alice 75
Webb, David 2768 23 7549
Webb, Mark 41
Wee, Ming Hui Hubert 7401719
Whitmarsh, Bradley 38
Widergren, Jeff 35
Wieckowski, Zbigniew 89
Wiegand, David 179558 343
Wilde, Howard 65
Williams, Gareth 43426343432519 8597
Williamsova, Radana 110
Willingham, Walker 42
Willis, Mike 33
Withers, Ben 51
Wong, Zhi Yuan 43
Wright, Geoff 45
Wright, James Charles 88
Yawo, Anaga Takyi 30
Yeh, Winnie 6463
Yeo, Kien Hung 74 7045
Zbikowski, Mateusz 96

See also

References

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  16. 17.0 17.1 WSC 1993 results at cross-tables.com
  17. 18.0 18.1 WSC 1991 results at cross-tables.com

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