2027 WORLD SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

Selecting Australia's team for 2027

The 2027 World Scrabble Championship will be held in Bangkok (Sep 1 to 5). Former World / WESPAC Champions are given automatic qualification, independent of any country's quota. So David Eldar is automatically selected by WESPA ♔.
WESPA has a policy for country quotas. In 2025 Australia had 14. You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident on 30 June 2027, and be a financial member of ASPA on 30 June 2027.

IMPORTANT: Selection processes will now give priority to Australian players who have told CASPA that they will attend or might attend. Send an email to nro@scrabble.org.au with the subject line including WSC27, and an indication of YES, NO or MAYBE. Any Australian ASPA member may ask to be considered, not just the ones listed as contenders.

Selection by major titles

A maximum of two eligible players are selected by tournament success, namely

(1) The winner of the 2026 Australian Masters. ♚
(2) The highest placed eligible Australian in the 2027 Australian Championship.♛

Players who qualify this way must also play 40 games recognised by ASPA during the qualifying period.

If any of these berths is unfilled for any reason, the place is taken by another player selected via ratings as described below.

Selection by ratings

The primary criterion for ranking candidates is the Q statistic

Details

Subperiods are Jul to Oct 2026, Nov to Feb and Mar to Jun 2027.
The Qstat: The qualifying statistic is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 , which is a weighted average of peak ratings in the three subperiods.
Third peak: You cannot earn the peak in the third subperiod until you have played 40 games rated by ASPA in the qualification period.
Penalty: If you do not earn a peak in a subperiod , your peak in that subperiod is equal to the last rating minus 200. This may be applied more than once.
Incomplete tournament: If you miss a game for any reason other than an assigned bye, you cannot count a peak attained in that tournament for any qualification purposes. Games played will count towards games quotas. Ratings will be calculated as usual, with byes and forfeits not rated.
Games: You must have played at least 40 games in the qualifying period.
Tie breaker: If two players have the same Q statistic, the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher.

Players may appeal to CASPA for a special dispensation in exceptional circumstances. In the event of any unforeseen issue the decision of CASPA is final.

The Qstat is Q = (P1 + P2 + 2 x P3)/4 where P1, P2, P3 are peaks from Jun to Sep 2022, Oct to Jan and Feb to May 2023. Qstat is shown, together with the peak(games) in each period. 40 games required.

	CONTENDERS 14 quota	Q (games) 25.07.2026	Peak (games) Jul to Oct	Peak (games) Nov to Feb	Peak (games) Mar to Jun
	David Eldar (VIC)♔	2104.00(0)
1.	Andrew Fisher (VIC)	2018.00(0)
2.	Ayorinde Saidu (VIC)	1965.00(8)	1965(8)
3.	Edward Okulicz (NSW)	1961.00(0)
4.	Naween Fernando (VIC)	1948.00(0)
5.	Cameron Farlow (QLD)	1926.00(8)	1926(8)
6.	Esther Perrins (NSW)	1880.00(0)
7.	Peter Kougi (VIC)	1862.00(0)
8.	Trevor Halsall (VIC)	1824.00(0)
9.	Dineth Fernando (VIC)	1820.00(22)	1820(22)
10.	Josh Watt (NSW)	1801.00(8)	1801(8)
11.	Joanne Craig (NSW)	1800.00(8)	1800(8)
12.	John Holgate (NSW)	1788.00(0)
13.	David Vanzyl (WA)	1786.00(6)	1786(6)
14.	Michael Cameron (SA)	1782.00(0)
ALMOST IN
15.	Michael Hornung (VIC)	1773.00(0)
16.	Daniel Piechnick (SA)	1760.00(0)
17.	Ryan Sutton (NSW)	1759.00(0)
18.	Adam Kretschmer (SA)	1747.00(0)
19.	Victor Tung (NSW)	1745.00(0)
20.	Ronnie Bennett (ACT)	1741.00(7)	1741(7)
21.	Mythili Rudra (VIC)	1729.00(0)
22.	Stephen Mooney Purse (TAS)	1719.00(0)
23.	Nick Ivanovski (VIC)	1704.00(6)	1704(6)
24.	Max Mason (SA)	1703.00(0)
25.	Noel Barrett (NSW)	1691.00(0)
26.	Rod Talbot (NSW)	1680.00(0)
27.	John Hamilton (ACT)	1676.00(8)	1676(8)
28.	Bob Jackman (NSW)	1676.00(8)	1676(8)
29.	Oscar Ivanovski (VIC)	1663.00(8)	1663(8)
30.	Sally Martin (WA)	1655.00(6)	1655(6)

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