The '''World SCRABBLE'''®''' Championship''' ('''WSC''') iswas
the world’s top international [[SCRABBLE]] championship
tournament. Although it ceased to be held under this name in 2011, and has been held since 1991this page also lists its successor events, which continue to fill thesame role within the global competitive SCRABBLE community.
It is currently sponsored solely by [[Mattel]], Inc.
In 2014, [[MSI]] announced that it would be holding its
[[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship|Mind Sports International World Championship]] in London.
== [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship]] ==
{|
|-
!align=right|Date
|November 19–23
|-
!align=right|Place
|ExCeL London Exhibition and Convention Centre, London, England
|-
!align=right|Winner
|[[Craig Beevers]] (Eng)
|-
!align=right|Runner-Up
|[[Chris Lipe]] (USA)
|-
!align=right|Winning Teams
|Sri Lanka (singleton), Canada (multiplayer)
|-
!align=right|Winner’s Prize
|£3,000
|-
!align=right|Prize Pool
|£7,000
|-
!align=right|Players
|108
|-
!align=right|National Teams
|32
|-
!align=right|Format
|24 rounds followed by best-of-3 quarterfinals, best-of-5 semifinals and best-of-5 finals
|-
!align=right|Sponsor
|[[Mattel]]
|-
!align=right|Organizer
|[[MSI]]
|-
!align=right|Director
|[[John Chew]]
|}
* This was the first event held in an even-numbered year.
* This was the first event to feature quarterfinals.
== [[2013 SCRABBLE Champions Tournament]] ==
* Nigel Richards became the first two-time champion.
* In Round 7, [[Edward Martin]] and [[Chollapat Itthi-Aree]] discovered that a “G” tile was missing from their game. The incident was widely reported in the news media, but the tile was eventually found later on in the event under innocuous circumstances.
* First event to be held under [[WESPA]] rules (Version 2)
== [[2009 World SCRABBLE Championship]] ==
|[[Wilma Vialle]]
|}
* First event to be held under [[WESPA]] rules (Version 1)
== [[2007 World SCRABBLE Championship]] ==
[[File:2007-wsc-champ.jpg|320px|photo of 2009 2007 WSC champion]]
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== [[2005 World SCRABBLE Championship]] ==
* Information to follow{||-!align=right|Date|November 16–20|-!align=right|Place|Marriott Regent’s Park, London, England|-!align=right|Winner|[[Adam Logan]]|-!align=right|Runner-Up|[[Pakorn Nemitrmansuk]]|-!align=right|Winning Teams<br>(mean team member rank)|Qatar (singleton), Australia (multiplayer)|-!align=right|Winner’s Prize|$15,000|-!align=right|Prize Pool|$30,500|-!align=right|Players|102|-!align=right|National Teams|39|-!align=right|Format|24 rounds followed by best-of-5 finals|-!align=right|Sponsor|[[Mattel]]|-!align=right|Organizer|[[Philip Nelkon]]|-!align=right|Director|[[Wilma Vialle]]|}
== 2003 ==