Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge

The Can-Am SCRABBLE® Challenge is the most prestigious team championship in North America, pitting the top players from the United States against the top players from Canada each year, in contention for the Challenge Trophy. It is also the largest regularly held tournament, all of whose games are recorded and posted online.

Event Statistics

Detailed statistics are available concerning team performance and individual performance at this event.

Next event

The 2018 Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge will take place in Cambridge, MA, on December 15 to 16, 2018.

Recent events

Date Venue Director	Winners	Losers
Aug. 29–30, 2015 Ottawa, ON Ross Brown	Canada: Jeremy Hildebrand, Adam Logan, Tony Leah, Joel Wapnick, Geoffrey Newman, Shan Abbasi, Jackson Smylie	United States: Dave Wiegand, Chris Lipe, Geoff Thevenot, Marty Gabriel, Rob Robinsky, Stefan Rau, Matthew O'Connor
Sep. 13–14, 2014 Chicago, IL Troy Thompson	United States: Jesse Day, Joe Edley, Chris Cree, Dave Wiegand, Doug Brockmeier, John OLaughlin, Geoff Thevenot	Canada: Adam Logan, Robin Pollock Daniel, Matthew Tunnicliffe, Gabriel Gauthier-Shalom, Christopher Sykes, Jason Li, Jeremy Hildebrand
Sep. 21–22, 2013 Vancouver, BC Miriam Gregory	United States: Chris Cree, Jesse Day, John OLaughlin, Dave Wiegand, Conrad Bassett-Bouchard, Rafi Stern, Cesar Del Solar	Canada: Eric Tran, James Leong, Chris Williams, Max Panitch, Christopher Sykes, Zev Kaufman, Jeremy Hildebrand
Oct. 27–28, 2012 Millburn, NJ Edward H Zurav	Canada: Robin Pollock Daniel, Zev Kaufman, Ross Brown, Adam Logan, Max Panitch, Matthew Tunnicliffe, Tony Leah	United States: Joel Sherman, Chris Cree, Evans Clinchy, John OLaughlin, Scott Appel, Stefan Rau, Dave Wiegand
Mar. 19–20, 2011 Calgary AB Siri Tillekeratne	United States (tied): Dave Wiegand, Marty Gabriel, Jerry Lerman, Chris Cree, Bradley Whitmarsh, Sam Kantimathi, Brian Bowman	Canada (tied): Adam Logan, Eric Tran, Tony Leah, Dean Saldanha, Ron Hoekstra, Robin Pollock Daniel, Sinna Vijayakumar
2010	Not contested.
Aug. 29–30, 2009 Denver, CO Dominick Mancine	United States: Nigel Peltier, Dave Wiegand, Joey Mallick, Kenji Matsumoto, Sam Kantimathi, Nathan Benedict, Jason Idalski	Canada: Adam Logan, Christopher Sykes, Robin Pollock Daniel, Evan Berofsky, Max Panitch, Tony Leah, Chris Williams
2008	United States:	Canada:
2007	United States:	Canada:
2006	Canada: Adam Logan, Joel Wapnick, Robin Pollock Daniel, Lloyd Mills, Evan Berofsky, David Boys, Dean Saldanha	United States: Dave Wiegand, John Luebkemann, Jerry Lerman, Jason Katz-Brown, Joey Mallick, Chris Cree, Tim Adamson
2005	United States: Brian Cappelletto, Chris Cree, Dave Wiegand, Trey Wright, Joe Edley, Jim Kramer, Joel Sherman	Canada: David Boys, Robin Pollock Daniel, Lloyd Mills, Ron Hoekstra, Joel Wapnick, Evan Berofsky, Shaun Goatcher
2004	United States: Matt Graham, Joe Edley, Brian Cappelletto, Jim Kramer, Randy Greenspan, Jeremiah Mead, Dave Wiegand	Canada: Evan Berofsky, Bernard Gotlieb, Lloyd Mills, Robin Pollock Daniel, David Boys, Joel Wapnick, Ron Hoekstra
2003	Not contested.
2002	Canada: Robin Pollock Daniel, Joel Wapnick, Adam Logan, Evan Berofsky, Zev Kaufman, David Boys	United States: Dave Wiegand, Jim Kramer, Tim Adamson, Brian Cappelletto, Joel Sherman, Jeremiah Mead