How to Register for the 2013 WSC

Each country is allocated a number of places based on its past performance at World Championships. Each country's national association establishes rules for qualifying for those places, typically based on national tournament ratings or performance at qualifying tournaments. Qualified players and alternates should follow the instructions below to register with the organisers of the 2013 WSC.

Player Registration

Qualified players and alternates should use the online registration form to register with the organisers of the 2013 WSC and to submit biographical details for publicity purposes. The form requires a password; please contact your national association representative or contact John Chew (poslfit@gmail.com) to obtain it. A list of players who have registered will be posted as soon as a few players have registered, and updated regularly until the championship begins.

National Allocation

The provisional allocation of places based on the 2011 WSC is as follows. If a national association has posted its qualification system online, it should be linked below; if not, please send its URL to the webmaster.

Australia (8)	Bahrain (1)	Barbados (1)	Canada (7)	England (11)
France (1)	Germany (1)	Ghana (2)	Guyana (1)	India (2)
Indonesia (1)	Ireland (1)	Israel (1)	Japan (1)	Kenya (2)
Kuwait (1)	Malaysia (3)	Malta (1)	Netherlands (1)	New Zealand (5)
Nigeria (5)	Northern Ireland (3)	Norway (1)	Oman (1)	Pakistan (2)
Philippines (2)	Poland (1)	Qatar (1)	Romania (1)	Saudi Arabia (1)
Scotland (5)	Singapore (4)	Slovakia (1)	South Africa (2)	Sri Lanka (1)
Sweden (1)	Tanzania (1)	Thailand (6)	Trinidad (1)	U.A.E. (2)
Uganda (1)	U.S.A. (14)	Wales (1)	Zambia (1)

Notes

• Nigel Richards qualifies automatically as defending World Champion, and is not included in New Zealand's quota.
• Andrew Fisher qualifies automatically as the 2011 runner-up, and is not included in Australia's quota.
• A World Youth Scrabble Championship winner will qualify for a wildcard place not included in the above.
• The host country will be allocated two wildcard places, plus the right to provide the alternate player; these are not yet included above.
• Gambia has a recognized National Association, has not competed in the past, but may do so this year.
• At present, countries wishing to participate for the first time must form a recognized National Association and hold a qualifying tournament involving at least six participants. We reserve the right to ask for back-up evidence in case of doubt.
• Should any country be unable to take up its allocation, please be considerate and decide and inform us before 31 July 2013. There will be a reserve on standby from the host country to ensure even numbers. There are a number of extra countries, not shown above, who have enquired about competing for the first time. If your country has not already done so, please confirm the name and contact details of its official country contact for further communication as soon as possible.
• We reserve the right to contact countries to establish that they fulfil the criteria for sending a team to the Championships.

Dropouts and Alternates

If one of the players already named drops out before registration at the event site, then they should, if possible, be replaced by a representative from their own country.

If registered players do not turn up at registration, or drop out during the tournament, then they will not be replaced other than if the numbers are odd when the official host country alternate will stand in.

If players drop out having begun the tournament, they will be replaced by the official alternate.

WSC 2013 Allocation Calculation

The rest of the information on this page provides details of how the WSC 2013 allocations were calculated, for the purposes of transparent verification.

WSC 2011 Wildcards

1. 2009 World Champion: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (THA)
2. 2009 WSC Finalist: Nigel Richards (NZL)
3. 2010 WYSC Champion: Ker Jen Ho (MYS)
4. Polish wildcard
5. Polish wildcard
6. Polish alternate

Raw Team Standings at WSC 2011

Rnk   Won-Lost   Spread Team Mean-Rk Ranks
  1  40.5- 27.5 +1152.0  NIr  18.00  8 28
  2  20.0- 14.0   +39.0  PHL  21.00  21
  3  19.5- 14.5  +569.0  ARE  23.00  23
  4 139.0- 99.0 +4370.0  AUS  25.00  2 5 10 31 32 39 56
  5  76.0- 60.0 +1270.0  Sco  31.25  18 19 30 58
  6 188.0-152.0 +7073.0  Eng  34.30  6 11 14 15 20 25 51 60 66 75
  7  96.0- 74.0 +2129.0  NZL  39.20  1 26 34 47 88
  8  36.0- 32.0  +424.0  IND  42.00  40 44
  8  72.5- 63.5 +1063.0  SGP  42.00  17 33 49 69
 10 271.0-239.0 +5827.0  USA  43.73  4 12 16 29 37 38 41 43 48 50 62 63 64 73 76
 11 144.5-127.5 +1763.0  CAN  45.12  9 13 35 42 46 52 72 92
 12  53.0- 49.0 +1298.0  MYS  46.33  24 45 70
 13  34.5- 33.5  +641.0  MLT  51.50  36 67
 14 144.5-127.5  +914.0  THA  51.88  3 7 22 65 68 77 86 87
 15  17.0- 17.0  +313.0  GHA  54.00  54
 16  17.0- 17.0  +248.0  IRL  57.00  57
 17  17.0- 17.0   -75.0  TTO  59.00  59
 18  51.0- 51.0  -170.0  ZAF  63.00  27 79 83
 19  49.0- 53.0  -123.0  KEN  68.00  53 60 91
 20  16.0- 18.0   +85.0  JPN  74.00  74
 21  16.0- 18.0   -39.0  LKA  78.00  78
 22  63.0- 73.0  -433.0  POL  80.25  55 84 89 93
 23  31.0- 37.0  +382.0  ISR  80.50  71 90
 24  16.0- 18.0  -447.0  BRB  81.00  81
 25  16.0- 18.0  -585.0  PAK  82.00  82
 26  32.0- 36.0  -809.0  Wal  82.50  80 85
 27  15.0- 19.0  -501.0  IDN  94.00  94
 28  14.0- 20.0  +135.0  BHR  95.00  95
 29  13.0- 21.0 -1194.0  SWE  96.00  96
 30  12.0- 22.0  -391.0  ROM  97.00  97
 31  12.0- 22.0  -506.0  OMN  98.00  98
 32  12.0- 22.0  -528.0  KWT  99.00  99
 33  11.0- 23.0 -1925.0  FRA 100.00  100
 34  10.0- 24.0 -1332.0  GMB 101.00  101
 35  10.0- 24.0 -1876.0  NLD 102.00  102
 36   8.0- 26.0 -3620.0  DEU 103.00  103
 37   5.0- 29.0 -4457.0  NOR 104.00  104
 38   3.0- 31.0 -4584.0  CZE 105.00  105
 39   1.0- 33.0 -6100.0  SVK 106.00  106

Wildcard Adjustments

Adjusted Team Standings at WSC 2011

Rnk Team Mean-Rk Ranks
  1  NIr  18.00  8 28
  2  PHL  21.00  21
  3  ARE  23.00  23
  4  AUS  25.00  2 5 10 31 32 39 56
  5  NZL  27.00  1 26 34 47 (88)
  6  Sco  31.25  18 19 30 58
  7  Eng  34.30  6 11 14 15 20 25 51 60 66 75
  8  MYS  34.50  24 45 (70)
  9  SGP  42.00  17 33 49 69
 10  IND  42.00  40 44
 11  USA  43.73  4 12 16 29 37 38 41 43 48 50 62 63 64 73 76
 12  CAN  45.12  9 13 35 42 46 52 72 92
 13  THA  50.00  3 7 22 68 77 86 87 (65)
 14  MLT  51.50  36 67
 15  GHA  54.00  54
 16  IRL  57.00  57
 17  TTO  59.00  59
 18  ZAF  63.00  27 79 83
 19  KEN  68.00  53 60 91
 20  JPN  74.00  74
 21  LKA  78.00  78
 22  ISR  80.50  71 90
 23  BRB  81.00  81
 24  Wal  82.50  80 85
 25  PAK  82.00  82
 26  POL  84.00  84 (55 89 93)
 27  IDN  94.00  94
 28  BHR  95.00  95
 29  SWE  96.00  96
 30  ROM  97.00  97
 31  OMN  98.00  98
 32  KWT  99.00  99
 33  FRA 100.00  100
 34  GMB 101.00  101
 35  NLD 102.00  102
 36  DEU 103.00  103
 37  NOR 104.00  104
 38  CZE 105.00  105
 39  SVK 106.00  106

Singleton Teams In Top Half

The following teams represented by one player finished in the top half at WSC 2011, and therefore gain a place.

Large Team Adjustments

The following larger teams have their allocations adjusted as follows.