Selecting Australia's World Youth Scrabble team for 2026
The 2026 World Youth Scrabble Championship will be held in
Nairobi, Kenya, from Aug 7 to 9.
n 2026, Kenya will proudly host the World Youth Scrabble Championship. See Kenya WSC
Australia is entitled to send 6 young players who get free entry. However all suitable players are welcome, provided they pay an entry fee.
For more information about Youth Scrabble in the international context, including
reports of the previous WYSC events please visit
http://www.youthscrabble.org
Selection process
This is an invitational event where players are selected by each participating country. For Australia the selection is
done by the Council of Australian Scrabble Players
Association. The rules for selection for free entry (ie the Australian quota places) in 2026 are:
You must be an Australian citizen, or have resided in Australia for at least 12 months prior to 30.04.2026.
You must be an ASPA member (or junior member, in NSW) at 30.04.2026
You must be born 1 Jan 2009 or later
The qualifying period is 01.05.2025 to 30.04.2026.
Contenders are ranked by their peak rating over the qualifying period.
The secondary criterion is number of rated games within the qualification period.
There are two rating hurdles :
You must have played 50 games within the Australian rating system before any peak.
You must play at least 25 games within the Australian rating system during the qualification period.
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.
CASPA may make special determinations.
If two players have the same peak rating,
the one with the greater number of games in the qualification period is ranked higher.
Please inform John Hamilton (jjhamilton5@gmail.com)
if you are aware of any other young Australian Scrabble players.
Qualification status at 08.05.2026 SELECTION HAS FINISHED!.
