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 Youth Scrabble Championship 2025
Qualification Criteria
- Must be a Malaysian citizen, MSA member, and born on or after 1st January 2008.
- 25 games played in any MSA-rated tournament during September 2024 – June 2025.
- Full participation in the top division of the National Youth Scrabble Championship 2025 (which marks the end of the qualifying period) is mandatory.
- Winning byes (e.g. from Gibsonization and walkovers) will count towards games played.
- Losing byes (e.g. from forfeits) will not count towards games played.
- Games completed in the top division of the NYSC 2025 will count towards the 25-game requirement.
- Full participation is defined as having completed 80% of the games scheduled in NYSC
- Failure to meet the aforementioned criteria shall result in disqualification from consideration, regardless of placement or post-NYSC rating.
Entry Allocation
As the host nation for the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2025, Malaysia has been awarded
20 free entries, to be allocated as follows:
- National Youth Champion (Winner of NYSC 2025).
- 9 slots for players who place 2nd to 10th at NYSC 2025.
- 6 slots for the highest-rated players finishing outside the top 10 in NYSC 2025, with a post-NYSC rating of at least 1600.
- 2 slots for the highest-rated Under-12 Malaysians (defined as born on or after 1st January 2014) with a post-NYSC rating of at least 1600.
- 2 slots for the highest-rated Under-10 Malaysians (defined as born on or after 1st January 2016) with a post-NYSC rating of at least 1600.
Players qualifying under multiple criteria will be allocated based on the highest precedence, preventing duplication (e.g., a player qualifying under both 3 and 4 will be listed under 3).
Discretionary Authority
MSA reserves the right to make the final decision in the event of insufficient representatives meeting the above criteria. MSA will have full discretion in selecting representatives for any remaining unfilled slots.
These criteria are subject to change from the MSA Committee, in the event of any unexpected developments related to the World Youth Scrabble Championship 2025.
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