The following are international invitational events requiring a qualification process for players who are interested in representing Malaysia on the world stage.
Find out how you can qualify and track your progress throughout the qualifying period for each individual event:
World Scrabble Championship 2025
WSC Qualification Criteria
MSA reserves final decision if number of allocations are not fulfilled and will have full discretion of selection of representatives.
- Must be an MSA member
- 60 rated games played in the highest division with at least one 2-day tournament played in July 2024 – July 2025 when the Nationals 2025 will be held.
- Unless given a valid reasoning, Nationals 2025 is a compulsory participation to determine qualification
- National Champ is automatic entry and should he/she abstain from participating, then the slot will be passed on to the next eligible candidate based on the remaining criteria subject to MSA’s approval.
- The reps to be determined by ratings post-Nationals. (Nationals will be the final tournament rated for this criteria)
- MSA reserves final decision if number of allocations are not fulfilled and will have full discretion of selection of representatives.
- This Criteria is subject to change based on any changes done to WSC2025 and subject to discretion from the MSA Committee
Past Champions
National Champions
2008 Ong Suanne
2009 Vannitha Balasingam
2010 Aaron Chong
2011 Aaron Chong
2012 William Kang
2013 Aaron Chong
2014 Vannitha Balasingam
2015 Yeo Kien Hung
2016 Gan Yi En
2017 Ganesh Asirvatham
2018 Vannitha Balasingam
2019 Khoo Beng Way
2020 [Covid]
2021 [Covid]
2022 Kong Chock Heng
2023 William Kang
2024 Vannitha Balasingam
National Youth Champions
2006 – Gan Yi En
2007 – Ong Suanne
2008 – Ong Suanne
2009 – Ramaraj Sundraraj
2010 – William Kang Wei Liang
2011 – Cheong Yi Wei
2012 – William Kang Wei Liang
2013 – N/A
2014 – Wan Mohd Akid Ameri
2015 – Tan Xin Wei
2016 – Tan Xin Wei
2017 – Tengku Ariff Shah Tengku Shahir
2018 – Tengku Ariff Shah Tengku Shahir
2019 – Khor Jia Wayn
2020 – Tengku Ariff Shah Tengku Shahir
2021 – Eirfan Razman
2022 – Dresden Lim Zhan Le
2023 – Eirfan Razman
2024 – Ahmad Aqmarul Harraz