World Youth Scrabble Championships
Place Player Country
1st Suanne Ong Malaysia
2nd Alastair Richards Australia
3rd Michael McKenna Australia
4th Preedee Khongthanara Thailand
5th Charnrit Khongthana Thailand
6th Oluwaseun Oyeleke Nigeria
7th Wong Zhi Yuan Singapore
8th Wanchana Jirapitikul Thailand
9th Goutham Jayaraman Singapore
10th Charas Worapotpisut Thailand
WYSC 2009 : Johor Baru , Malaysia
The first World Youth Scrabble Championships were held in Wollongong, Australia 2006. 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. WYSC is open to anyone under the age of 18 on 1 January of the year of each tournament. The tournament used to be held at the start of December but was brought forward to August for 2014. 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. Malaysia is scheduled to host the 2019 championship.