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- Pakistan won 2022 championship but finished second behind Sri Lanka in 2023 championship played in Thailand
- Pakistan team led by Tariq Pervez, director Youth Program of Pakistan Scrabble Association, comprises 12 boys and 4 girls
ISLAMABAD: A 14-member Pakistan team will compete in the 19th World Youth Scrabble Championship to be played in Sri Lanka from September 6-8 this week, state news agency APP said on Friday.
Pakistan was the winner of the 2022 championship but finished second behind Sri Lanka in the 2023 championship played in Thailand.
“The team led by Tariq Pervez, Director Youth Program of Pakistan Scrabble Association, comprises 12 boys and 4 girls,” APP said on the 2024 Pakistan team.
The first World Youth Scrabble Championships were held in Wollongong, Australia 2006. Competitors from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, England, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and United States have competed in the annual tournament so far.
WYSC is open to anyone under the age of 18 on January 1 of the year of each tournament. So far the WYSC tournament has been held in Malaysia five times, Australia twice, Dubai twice and the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom once each.