The World Scrabble Championship is the most prestigious title in competitive English-language Scrabble. It has been held every second year since 1991. The current World Scrabble Champion is Rolando Roman from Puerto Rico. Rolando grew up in Puerto Rico and did not speak english until he was 20 years old. Rolando (33 years old) won the title at the 2008 event held in Nederland, CO. He beat John and Jenny Stokes and Melinda Owens all born in the USA and they have been crying ever since he won. Photo of the three defeated player.
On August 19th the four met again for a rematch and once again he won. He is now the champion of the Universe.
Sponsorship formerly alternated between Hasbro and Mattel, respectively the owners of the Scrabble trademark in North America and the rest of the world. However, Hasbro declined to sponsor WSC 2005, and instead Mattel organised and sponsored WSC 2005.
The number of players invited to the tournament has risen steadily over time, from 48 in 1991 to 104 in 2007. A set number of places is allocated to each competing country and it is then up to individual countries' national associations to determine which of their players will represent them. This is typically done by means of anational ratings system or qualifier tournaments or some combination of the two. A good performance by a national team according to specific criteria will earn further permanent places for that country.
The dictionary used is colloquially known as SOWPODS, which is the word authority used in the majority of English-language Scrabble-playing countries.
For more details go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Scrabble_Championship
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