MSI World Scrabble Championship 2016

Brett Smitheram (ENG)	Mark Nyman (ENG)
3	0
Born 8 March 1979 37 years old	Born 14 October 1966 49 years old
Finalist	Finalist and winner of the World Scrabble Championship 1993
WESPA Rating: 2170 (World No. 3)	WESPA Rating: 2065 (World No. 20)

World Scrabble Championship 2016
Won by Brett Smitheram from 72 players
31 August 2016 — 4 September 2016
Held in Lille, France

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The MSI World Scrabble Championship 2016 was a Scrabble tournament organised by Mattel and Mind Sports International (MSI) to determine the world champion in English Scrabble. It was held from 31 August to 4 September 2016 in Lille, France.

The event was split into two divisions based on players' World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association (WESPA) ratings. The top division comprised some 72 players. 24 games were played on the first three days, after which the top eight proceeded to a 3-game quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to a 5-game semifinals on the same day; the top two players, Brett Smitheram and Mark Nyman, played a best-of-five final the day after for the top prize of €7,000. Smitheram beat Nyman 3–0. The World Championship was held in conjunction with that of Scrabble in other languages.

The MSI World Scrabble Championship 2016 was held from 31 August to 4 September 2016 under the auspices of Mind Sports International and sponsored by Mattel and HarperCollins (the publisher of the official lexicon used in play), as part of the Mindsports International 2016 Championships. The playing venue was the Lille Grand Palais. There were two divisions based on players' WESPA ratings: A (1700 and above, or by invitation by WESPA or the World Mind Sports Federation) and B (below 1700 or unrated). MSI also hosted World Championships in other languages, including French, German, Spanish and Catalan, alongside the French Duplicate Championship.

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