French World Scrabble Championships

Indeed, France also took second place every year during that ran, apart from in 1990 when Christian Pierre of Belgium finished second.

Antonin Michel has since dominated the Elite World Championships, having won the tournament twice in 2005 and 2007 and having finished second in 2001 and 2006.

The blitz is a relatively recent event, added in 2001 and 5 of the 8 championships have been won by Antonin Michel.

The match play tournament known as le Championnat du monde de Scrabble classique was brought in during 2006 and has been systematically dominated by African players, showing that the traditional form of Scrabble is more popular in Africa than the duplicate one.

In 2008 in Dakar, 7 of the top 10 players were African, the three exceptions being Pascal Astresses, Antonin Michel and Hervé Bohbot all from France.