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This page outlines the criteria that will be used to select the players who will represent the United States at the 2011 World SCRABBLE Championship (WSC).
All players wishing to qualify must be NASPA members in good standing.
United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible.
Players may not register for the qualification process if they have already registered to qualify for another nation. If a player registers to play for the U.S. and then withdraws to attempt to represent another nation at WSC 2011, they will be ineligible to compete for the U.S. at any Causeway Challenges held between 2011 and 2013 and the 2013 World Scrabble Championship.
In order to claim a spot on the team, interested players must register for the qualification process by June 23, 2011 at 11:59 PST. Players wishing to register can do so by contacting Sam Kantimathi or Brian Bowman.
Players who intend to claim a spot on the team as one of the top three finishers from the 2009 WSC, or who intend to qualify on the basis of peak rating must register and commit to play by June 23, 2011 at 11:59 PST. On June 24, the players who qualify by peak rating will be announced. Any player who qualifies by peak rating and withdraws after June 23 will be ineligible to play on the U.S. team at the 2013 World Scrabble Championship.
Players who intend to earn a spot through the qualifying tournament must register for the tournament by July 10, 2011. All players in the qualifying tournament must agree to attend the WSC if they qualify. Any player who qualifies via the qualifying tournament and withdraws after the completion of the tournament will be ineligible to play on the U.S. team at the 2013 World Scrabble Championship.
This list is unofficial, and some of the responses have come via informal correspondence. Players who have signed up but who have not corresponded with me ( Brian Bowman ) since then are marked "assumed yes." In order to officially withdraw, players must email Brian Bowman or Sam Kantimathi.
Qualified via 2009 WSC Performance:
1. Dave Wiegand
2. Nathan Benedict
Note: Jason Katz-Brown qualified on the basis of his 2009 WSC performance, but declined to play. Therefore, a 10th slot was determined by peak rating
Peak rating:
1. Brian Cappelletto
2. Joel Sherman
3. Geoff Thevenot
4. John O'Laughlin
5. Brian Bowman
6. David Koenig
7. Laurie Cohen
8. Chris Cree
9. Sam Rosin
10. Marty Gabriel
An additional three slots will be determined by the qualification tournament, as described below.
The following players have registered for the qualification process:
The qualification period begins on January 1, 2010 and will end on May 31, 2011. A qualification tournament (QT) will be held in Northeast Ohio on July 15-17, 2011.
Note: Tournaments that are in progress at the beginning or end of the QP will be considered to fall within the QP.
The United States will be represented by fifteen players in 2011.
Any spots awarded by WESPA (for example, for being a finalist at the previous WSC, or for being champion of the WYSC) do not count against the United States' allotment.
Three spots will be reserved for the top three American finishers at the 2009 WSC. If any of these players decline to play, then additional spots will be determined by peak rating.
Note: The top three American finishers at the 2009 WSC were Dave Wiegand, Nathan Benedict and Jason Katz-Brown.
Nine spots will be determined by peak rating during the QP.
A player’s PR is the highest tournament rating that is achieved after the player has fulfilled the participation requirements (see below).
A player may use either their NASPA TWL rating or their NASPA SOWPODS rating as a peak rating.
In order for a player's NASPA TWL rating to count as a valid peak rating, the player must have played 50 total games in the NASPA TWL and NASPA SOWPODS rating systems. Additionally, the player must have played 30 games in the NASPA TWL rating system, including two tournaments of at least 5 games each.
In order for a player's NASPA SOWPODS rating to count as a valid peak rating, the player must have played 50 total games in the NASPA TWL and NASPA SOWPODS rating systems. Additionally, the player must have played 30 games in the NASPA SOWPODS rating system, including two tournaments of at least 5 games each.
Players with peak ratings in both rating systems will use the higher of the two peaks as their PR.
Only ratings achieved at the conclusion of fully rated tournaments will be considered a PR.
If a PR includes bonus points earned from the second half of a tourney 17-32 rounds long (or from the final third of a tourney 33-48 rounds long), then those specific bonus points will be subtracted from the player's final rating that tourney before reaching the PR for that tourney only. Subsequent tourneys will again include the bonus points from the previous events.
Three spots (and one alternate) will be determined by a 20-game qualification tournament that will be held from July 15-17 in Northeast Ohio (the Cleveland/Akron area). Details about the tournament can be found on the NASPA tournament calendar here To be eligible for the QT, players must have played 20 games fully-rated by NASPA (TWL or SOWPODS) during the QP. Players who sign up for the QT will be automatically registered for the qualifying process, and must commit to play the WSC if they earn a spot.
If two or more players are tied then that tie will be broken based on PR and PR tie breaker procedures will be in effect.
Please see the automatically generated qualification list, updated weekly.
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