World SCRABBLE Championship - Revision history

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 In 2017, MSI staged a Mattel-licensed a &ldquo;MSI World Scrabble Championship&rdquo; originally announced for Doha (Qatar)
 but subsequently relocated to Nottingham (U.K.).
 The WESPA Championship was organized by
 national governing body Scrabble Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya.

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 from Mattel. WESPA did not hold an event, because it was an even year.
-In 2017, MSI staged a Mattel-licensed a &ldquo;MSI World Scrabble Championship&rdquo; in Nottingham (U.K.), and
+In 2017, MSI staged a Mattel-licensed a &ldquo;MSI World Scrabble Championship&rdquo; originally announced for Doha (Qatar)
 The WESPA Championship was organized by
 national governing body Scrabble Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya.

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 strength of the playing field. There was also objection in 2014 to the new
 annual schedule, which disrupted traditional funding models that players had
-used for travelling to the championship in alternate eyars.
+used for travelling to the championship in alternate years.
 MSI continued to support the annual, open format however,

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 from Mattel. WESPA did not hold an event, because it was an even year.
-In 2017, MSI and staged a Mattel-licensed a &ldquo;MSI World Scrabble Championship&rdquo; in Nottingham (U.K.), and
+In 2017, MSI staged a Mattel-licensed a &ldquo;MSI World Scrabble Championship&rdquo; in Nottingham (U.K.), and
 The WESPA Championship was organized by
 national governing body Scrabble Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya.

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	Details of some events follow, others will be added as time permits.		Details of some events follow, others will be added as time permits.
		+
		+	== 2016 MSI World Scrabble Championship ==
		+
		+	{\|
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Date
		+	\|August 31–September 4
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Place
		+	\|Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Winner
		+	\|[[Brett Smitheram]] (Eng)
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Runner-Up
		+	\|[[Mark Nyman]] (Eng)
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Winning Teams
		+	\|?
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Winner’s Prize
		+	\|€7,000
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Prize Pool
		+	\|€18,000+
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Players
		+	\|72
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|National Teams
		+	\|23
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Format
		+	\|24 rounds followed by best-of-3 quarterfinals, best-of-5 semifinals, best-of-5 finals
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Sponsor
		+	\|Mattel, HarperCollins
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Organizer
		+	\|[[MSI]]
		+	\|-
		+	!align=right\|Director
		+	\|[[Peter Thorpe]]
		+	\|}
		+
		+	* This was the first event held in France.
		+	* This was the first event to be held together with the French World Championship.

	== [[2015 WESPA Invitational Masters\|2015 WESPA Championship]] ==		== [[2015 WESPA Invitational Masters\|2015 WESPA Championship]] ==

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 The direct involvement of [[NASPA]] is limited to selecting the American and Canadian teams.
-For more information about the next event, see
+For more information about the most recent event, see
 [[2023 WESPA Championship]].

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 In 2023, binational governing body NASPA returned the event to online play
 with the [[2023 WESPA Championship (WESPAC)|WESPA Championship 2023]] in Las Vegas, NV.
 == [[2015 WESPA Invitational Masters|2015 WESPA Championship]] ==

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	[[Category: World SCRABBLE Championship]]		[[Category: World SCRABBLE Championship]]
		+
		+	== See Also ==
		+
		+	* [https://www.wespa.org/winners.shtml WESPA’s list of winners]

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 by [[Peter Morris]], a Canadian residing in the United States, who defeated
 American [[Brian Cappelletto]] in a best-of-three finals.
 Two years later in 1993, the [[National SCRABBLE Association]] under [[John D. Williams, Jr.]] organized the next event, sponsored by [[Hasbro]] and directed by [[Michael R. Wise]] in New York City.
 It was won by [[Mark Nyman]] of England.
-From then until 2003, the WSC was organized and sponsored in biennial alternation by [[Hasbro]] and [[Mattel]],
+From then until 2003, the WSC was organized and sponsored in biennial alternation by Williams &amp; [[Hasbro]] and Nelkon &amp; [[Mattel]],
 during which period Americans and Canadians won two more titles each, and
 and Thailand one.
-From 2005 to 2011, the event was organized and sponsored by Nelkon and Mattel.
+From 2005 to 2011, Hasbro declined to sponsor the event, so it was organized and sponsored by Nelkon and Mattel.
-In 2013 and 2014, Mattel licensed [[Mind Sports International]] (MSI) to hold an open
+In 2013 (Prague, Czechoslovakia) and 2014 (London, U.K.), Mattel licensed [[Mind Sports International]] (MSI) to hold an open
-[[2013 SCRABBLE Champions Tournament|2013 World SCRABBLE Championship]]
+[[2013 SCRABBLE Champions Tournament|Scrabble Champions Tournament]]
 in place of the traditionally invitational WSC.
-In 2015, Mattel withdrew support for the SCRABBLE Champions Tournament, and
+This met with opposition from players, because the open format eliminated the
 [[WESPA]] staged instead their first WESPA Championship, returning to the
-invitational format.
+invitational format. Although WESPA was (and as of 2023 still is) the officially
-In 2016, MSI held the &ldquo;MSI World Championships&rdquo;.
+No championships were held in 2020 or 2022 due to the global
-In 2017, both MSI and Mattel staged events.
+In 2021, national governing body Pakistan Scrabble Association staged
-In 2018, TMA International (formerly known as DB Subscriptions Ltd), doing business as Mindsports Academy, staged the &ldquo;Mattel World Scrabble Championships&rdquo;.
+In 2023, binational governing body NASPA returned the event to online play
 == [[2014 World SCRABBLE Championship|2014 SCRABBLE Champions Tournament]] ==