World Youth Scrabble Championships

Competitors from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and United States have competed in the annual tournament so far.

[1] So far the WYSC tournament has been held in Malaysia five times, Australia twice, Dubai twice and the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom once each.

The World Youth Scrabble Cup was held from 6 - 8 September 2024 at Citrus Waskaduwa in Sri Lanka The WESPA Youth Cup 2023 was held from 1 - 3 December 2023 at Thumrin Thana Hotel in Mueang Trang district, Trang Province in Thailand.

Sixteen-year-old Hivin Dilmith of Mahinda College, Galle, has reached a remarkable pinnacle by being named the World Youth Scrabble Champion at the WYC 2023.

Fifteen-year-old Adheesha Dissanayake of Gateway College, Colombo claimed the 1st runner-up position in the championship.

Seventeen-year-old Kavindu Malawaraarachchi of Royal College, Colombo, achieved the 2nd runner-up spot, marking the first-ever clean sweep of the top three positions in the tournament's history.

Kavindu Malawaraarachchi d *based on wins and spreads of top 3 players The WESPA Youth Cup 2022 (formerly known as the World Youth Scrabble Championship) was hosted by Pakistan Scrabble Association through the online woogles.io platform from 15 October 2022 – 30 October 2022 List of Championship Prize winners are as follows:[3] Age Group Winners Category Winners Highest game 721 vs Jake Haidar; Highest word: AZURINES 212 points (76.5, +5195) Top 3 Players: 1.

The 2020 edition of the WESPA was held amidst the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, and took the form of Team tournament instead of individual competition.

Full closing ceremony was broadcast live on World English-Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) Facebook [7] Tournament report can be found here.

[9] Thailand's Tarin Pairor won the 2019 Wespa Youth Cup, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 29 November to 1 December of that year.

Defending champion Syed Imaad Ali of Pakistan finished 5th while Janul De Silva of Sri Lanka ended in second place for the third consecutive year.

The game of Scrabble is a popular competitive activity for schoolchildren in Thailand (where it is known as 'Crossword') and the country produced several premier adult players over the previous two decades.

[11] In the 2018 youth cup, held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Syed Imaad Ali of Pakistan overcame Sri Lanka's Janul Del Silva to take the championship.

Del Silva's second-place finish marked the second year in a row he had taken silver in this world championship.

In 2016, the World English-Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) Youth Committee cooperated with the Mindsports Academy to organise the Championship in Lille, France.

Sanchit Kapoor from the United Arab Emirates was crowned the World Youth Scrabble Champion 2016.

The high word award was shared between three players Shohaib Sanaullah, Hansi Weerasooriya and Aabid Ismail all of whom scored 158 points for BASCINET, FILAMENT, OBEDIENT respectively.

[18] Nicholas Hong of Singapore emerged as the overall winner [19] while Sri Lanka won the team title.

Moiz Ullah Baig of Pakistan became the World Youth Scabble Champion while compatriot Javeria Mirza secured the second place.

Irwin Goh of Malaysia received the Paulette Yeoh Award for his strong behind-the-scenes helping of the tournament.

The pre-tournament trivia competition ran again in 2010 and the winning team was "SAM GUN" which consisted of Kim Rubina (Philippines), Arvinran Rajendran (Malaysia) and Shahroz Zamir (Pakistan).

[27] This was the first WYSC to have more than 1 female finish in the top ten Kitty-Jean Laginha (Australia) and Jessica Pratesi (England).

The 2009 WYSC was held in the Zon Regency Hotel, Johor Bahru as part of the Iskandar Malaysia World Festival of Scrabble.