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{{Short description|Game competition}}
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<!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Scrabble United Kingdom.png|thumb|Scrabble brand logo in the rest of the world]] -->The '''Spanish World Scrabble Championship''' ({{langx|es|Campeonato del mundo de Scrabble en español}}) is an international [[Scrabble]] tournament organised by the ''Federación Internacional de Scrabble en Español'' (FISE). The competition takes place each year in a different city in a Spanish-speaking country. The first championship was held in [[Madrid]] in Spain. The number of players has varied, from 32 players in 1997 to 120 in 2018.

Players only play with two players at a board, never more, and the tournament uses a [[Swiss system tournament|Swiss tournament system]] to decide who plays against whom. In 2007, the players played 18 games with the winner being Benjamín Olaizola of [[Venezuela]] with 14 wins from 18 games. Since then, the number of games has gradually increased, reaching 24 in 2016. Internationally, the players are rated by the [[Elo rating system|Elo system]].

==List of winners==

{| class="sortable wikitable"
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!Year||Host City||Winner||Nationality||Runner-up||Nationality
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|1997||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Madrid]]||Joan R. Manchado||{{ESP}}||Josep M. Martí||{{ESP}}
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|1998||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico City]]||Blai Figueras||{{ESP}}||Claudia Amaral||{{ARG}}
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|1999||{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Caracas]]||Amanda Gauna||{{ARG}}||Joan R. Manchado||{{ESP}}
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|2000||{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Santiago]]||Roberto Aguilar||{{HON}}||Miguel Rivera||{{ESP}}
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|2001||{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]||Benjamín Olaizola||{{VEN}}||Carlos González||{{VEN}}
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|2002||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]]||Carlos González||{{VEN}}||Rocco Laguzzi||{{ARG}}
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|2003||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Xcaret]]||Joan R. Manchado||{{ESP}}||Carlos González||{{VEN}}
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|2004||{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama City|Panama]]||Claudia Amaral||{{ARG}}||Héctor Klíe||{{USA}}
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|2005||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[L'Alfàs del Pi]]||Antonio Álvarez||{{ESP}} ||Enric Hernández||{{ESP}}
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|2006||{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Montevideo]]||Enric Hernández||{{ESP}}||Rocco Laguzzi||{{ARG}}
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|2007||{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Bogotá]]||Benjamín Olaizola||{{VEN}}||Airán Pérez||{{VEN}}
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|2008||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]]||Enric Hernández||{{ESP}}||Airán Pérez||{{VEN}}
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|2009||{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Isla Margarita]]||Luis Picciochi||{{ARG}}||Claudia Amaral||{{ARG}}
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|2010||{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[San José (Costa Rica)|San José]]||Luis Picciochi||{{ARG}}||Blai Figueras||{{ESP}}
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|2011||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico City]]||Diego F. González||{{ARG}}||Benjamín Olaizola||{{VEN}}
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|2012||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Santa Susanna, Catalonia|Santa Susanna]]||Rocco Laguzzi||{{ARG}}||Benjamín Olaizola||{{VEN}}
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|2013||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]]||Airán Pérez||{{VEN}}||Enric Hernández||{{ESP}}
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|2014||{{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Havana]]||Jesús Ortega||{{MEX}}||Luis Acevedo||{{ARG}}
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|2015||{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Cali]]||Airán Pérez||{{VEN}}||Enric Hernández||{{ESP}}
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|2016||{{flagicon|France}} [[Lille]]||José Fernández||{{ESP}}||Luis Picciochi|||{{ARG}}
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|2017||{{flagicon|Paraguay}} [[Asunción]]||Selene Delgado||{{URU}}||Claudia Amaral|||{{ARG}}
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|2018||{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Playa del Carmen]]||Luis Picciochi||{{ARG}}||Enric Hernández||{{ESP}}
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|2019||{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Panama City]]||Serge Emig||{{FRA}}||Jesús Ortega||{{MEX}}
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|2022||{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Buenos Aires]]||Serge Emig||{{FRA}}||Horacio Moavro||{{ARG}}
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|2023||{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[San José (Costa Rica)|San José]]||Benjamín Olaizola||{{ARG}}||Rocco Laguzzi||{{ARG}}
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|2024||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Granada]]||[[Nigel Richards (Scrabble player)|Nigel Richards]]||{{NZL}}||Benjamín Olaizola||{{ARG}}
|}

==Multiple winners==

*(3) Benjamín Olaizola {{VEN}} {{ARG}}: 2001, 2007, 2023
*(3) Luis Picciochi {{ARG}}: 2009, 2010, 2018
*(2) Joan R. Manchado {{ESP}} : 1997, 2003
*(2) Enric Hernández {{ESP}}: 2006, 2008
*(2) Airán Pérez {{VEN}}: 2013, 2015
*(2) Serge Emig {{FRA}}: 2019, 2022

==Winners by country==

*{{ARG}} : 8 wins
*{{ESP}} : 7 wins
*{{VEN}} : 5 wins
*{{FRA}} : 2 wins
*{{HON}} : 1 win
*{{MEX}} : 1 win
*{{NZL}} : 1 win
*{{URU}} : 1 win

==References==
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.fisescrabble.org/torneos/primer_mundial.htm Spanish World Scrabble Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080424/http://www.fisescrabble.org/torneos/primer_mundial.htm |date=9 May 2008 }} on the official site of the Federación internacional de Scrabble en español
*{{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081215172728/http://www.lesablier.be/cgi-bin/mondial_years.cgi?lang=hispano Spanish World Scrabble Championships] on LeSablier.be
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.champions.ortograf.com/ Spanish World Scrabble Championships] on Ortograf.com

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