WSC History

The World SCRABBLE^® Championship has been held every second year since 1991, alternating until this year between the sponsorship of Mattel Inc. and Hasbro. Mattel were not expecting to stage the event in 2005 but stepped into the breach following Hasbro's withdrawal.

The original event home page is available for archival reference.

Past Championships

See also our list of players arranged by past WSC performance.

Year	Dates	Place	Sponsor	Players	Winner
1991	27–30 September	London	Mattel Inc.	48	Peter Morris (USA)
1993	27–30 August	New York	Hasbro, Inc.	64	Mark Nyman (UK)
1995	02–05 November	London	Mattel Inc.	64	David Boys (Canada)
1997	20–24 November	Washington	Hasbro, Inc.	80	Joel Sherman (USA)
1999	04–07 November	Melbourne	Mattel Inc.	98	Joel Wapnick (Canada)
2001	13–17 December	Las Vegas	Hasbro	88	Brian Cappelletto (USA)
2003	21–24 October	Kuala Lumpur	Mattel Inc.	90	Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand)
2005	17–20 November	London	Mattel Inc.	102	Adam Logan (Canada)

National Allocations

Since 1997, a formula has been in place for determining sizes of national teams. Countries that have competed before have an established quota, and are categorized as “A”, “B” or “C” countries if they have respectively 6 or more, 3–5 or 1–2 representatives. Any “A” country that has at least ½ of its players in the top 25%, and no more than one player in the bottom 25%, gets an extra player for the next Championship. Any “B” country that has at least three of its players in the top 33%, and no more than one player in the bottom 25%, gets an extra player for the next Championship. Any “C” country that has all of its players in the top 50% gets an extra player for the next Championship.

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For more information about the event, please contact Philip Nelkon at philip.nelkon@mattel.com. For technical assistance with this web site, please contact John Chew, webmaster of the (North American) National SCRABBLE® Association, at jjchew@math.utoronto.ca.