World Scrabble Championship
21-24 November 1997
21 Games and Best-of-Five Final

Finals
Joel Sherman 3  -  Matt Graham 1

 21 Rounds

Place

First Name

Last Name

Country

Wins

Spread

1

Joel

Sherman

USA

16.0

+829

2

Matt

Graham

USA

15.0

+993

3

Joe

Edley

USA

15.0

+915

4

Robert

Felt

USA

14.0

+814

5

Mark

Nyman

GBR

14.0

+741

6

Kendall

Boyd

NZL

14.0

+401

7

Russell

Byers

GBR

14.0

+396

8

Akshay

Bhandarkar

BHR

14.0

+353

9

Adam

Logan

CAN

13.0

+1064

10

Brian

Cappelletto

USA

13.0

+946

11

David

Boys

CAN

13.0

+935

12

David

Acton

GBR

13.0

+517

13

Jeff

Grant

NZL

13.0

+478

14

Allan

Saldanha

GBR

13.0

+234

15

Ron

Tiekert

USA

13.0

-27

16

Sammy

Okosagah

NGA

12.0

+816

17

Gitonga

Nderitu

KEN

12.0

+750

18

Missaka

Warusawitharana

LKA

12.0

+709

19

Naween

Fernando

LKA

12.0

+588

20

John

Holgate

AUS

12.0

+556

21

Penny

Downer

GBR

12.0

+408

22

Andrew

Fisher

GBR

12.0

+382

23

Shafique

Thobani

KEN

12.0

+85

24

Paul

Cleary

AUS

12.0

+82

25

Stanley

Ndungu

KEN

12.0

+16

26

Gareth

Williams

GBR

12.0

-179

27

Clive

Spate

GBR

11.5

+344

28

Femi

Awowade

NGA

11.0

+711

29

Ifeanyi

Onyeonwu

NGA

11.0

+613

30

Anaga

Yawo

GHA

11.0

+545

31

Esther

Perrins

AUS

11.0

+377

32

 

Pui

MYS

11.0

+305

33

Charnwit

Sukhumrattanaporn

THA

11.0

+94

34

Steven

Gruzd

ZAF

11.0

+63

35

Joshua

Addo

GHA

11.0

+48

36

Joel

Wapnick

CAN

11.0

+27

37

Gerry

Carter

THA

11.0

-439

38

Robin

Daniel

CAN

11.0

-503

39

Albert

Hahn

CAN

11.0

-719

40

Mike

Sigley

NZL

10.5

+516

41

David

Webb

GBR

10.5

+127

42

Jakkrit

Klarphajone

THA

10.0

+606

43

Roger

Blom

AUS

10.0

+520

44

Randy

Hersom

USA

10.0

+511

45

Jere

Mead

USA

10.0

+507

46

Lester

Schonbrun

USA

10.0

+379

47

Jim

Geary

USA

10.0

+218

48

Rahid

Khan

PAK

10.0

-333

49

John

Luebkemann

USA

10.0

-400

50

Peter

Elbourne

MLT

10.0

-435

51

John

Grayson

GBR

10.0

-447

52

Karl

Khoshnaw

IRQ

10.0

-582

53

J. J.

Jonah

ISR

10.0

-645

54

Suresh

Chinnaiyah

LKA

9.5

+124

55

Edem

Mensah

GHA

9.5

-296

56

Lynne

Butler

NZL

9.5

-745

57

Armando

Lao

PHL

9.0

+246

58

Bob

Lipton

USA

9.0

+12

59

Quek

Sim Ho

SGP

9.0

-284

60

Paloma

Raychbart

ISR

9.0

-351

61

Yvonne

Lobo

BHR

9.0

-413

62

Norbert

Saldanha

ARE

9.0

-551

63

Mario

Saliba

MLT

9.0

-586

64

Gerald

Davids

ZAF

9.0

-643

65

Austin Tan

Kiat Hing

SGP

9.0

-769

66

Jim

Nanavati

CAN

9.0

-964

67

Asad

ul-Haq

QAT

8.0

+306

68

Raja

Abdullah

MYS

8.0

+137

69

Salah

Salih

SAU

8.0

-47

70

Linda

Pray

OMN

8.0

-234

71

Albert

Chune

TTO

8.0

-828

72

Ken

Nakai

JPN

8.0

-865

73

Nuala

Clenaghan

GBR

8.0

-872

74

Eileen

Meghen

IRL

8.0

-891

75

Robert

Springer

FRA

8.0

-1097

76

Wone

Mamadou

KWT

7.0

-755

77

Libero

Paolella

CAN

7.0

-862

78

Dan

Sandu

ROM

5.0

-1528

79

Randall

Gibbons

GUY

4.0

-913

80

Harischandra

Nanayakkara

SYC

3.0

-2141