World Scrabble Championship 1997
Complete results
FINALS: Game 1: Graham 409 - Sherman 334 Game 2: Sherman 387 - Graham 363 Game 3: Sherman 419 - Graham 405 Game 4: Sherman 410 - Graham 324

World Scrabble Championship 1997

Section Title: Complete results
Table Section Text: FINALS: Game 1: Graham 409 - Sherman 334 Game 2: Sherman 387 - Graham 363 Game 3: Sherman 419 - Graham 405 Game 4: Sherman 410 - Graham 324

Position	Name	Country	Win-Loss	Spread	Prize (USD)

1	Sherman, Joel	United States	16-5	+829	25,000

2	Graham, Matt	United States	15-6	+993	10,000

3	Edley, Joe	United States	15-6	+915	5,000

4	Felt, Robert	United States	14-7	+814	3,000

5	Nyman, Mark	England	14-7	+741	2,000

6	Boyd, Kendall	New Zealand	14-7	+401	1,000

7	Byers, Russell	England	14-7	+396	800

8	Bhandarkar, Akshay	Bahrain	14-7	+353	600

9	Logan, Adam	Canada	13-8	+1064	400

10	Cappelletto, Brian	United States	13-8	+946	300

11	Boys, David	World Champion	13-8	+935	250

12	Acton, David	England	13-8	+517	250

13	Grant, Jeff	New Zealand	13-8	+478	250

14	Saldanha, Allan	United Kingdom	13-8	+234	250

15	Tiekert, Ron	United States	13-8	27	250

16	Okosagah, Sammy	Nigeria	12-9	+816	150

17	Nderitu, Patrick Gitonga	Kenya	12-9	+750	150

18	Warusawitharana, Missaka	Sri Lanka	12-9	+709	150

19	Fernando, Naween Tharanga	Sri Lanka	12-9	+588	150

20	Holgate, John	Australia	12-9	+556	150

21	Downer, Penny	United Kingdom	12-9	+408

22	Fisher, Andrew	United Kingdom	12-9	+382

23	Thobani, Shafique	Kenya	12-9	+85

24	Cleary, Paul Stephen	Australia	12-9	+82

25	Ndungu, Stanley Njoroge	Kenya	12-9	+16

26	Williams, Gareth	Wales	12-9	179

27	Spate, Clive	United Kingdom	11½-9½	+344

28	Awowade, Femi	England	11-10	+711

29	Onyeonwu, Ifeanyi	Nigeria	11-10	+613

30	Yawo, Anaga Takyi	Ghana	11-10	+545

31	Perrins, Esther	Australia	11-10	+377

32	Pui, Cheng Wui	Malaysia	11-10	+305

33	Sukhumrattanaporn, Charnwit	Thailand	11-10	+94

34	Gruzd, Steven	South Africa	11-10	+63

35	Addo, Joshua	Ghana	11-10	+48

36	Wapnick, Joel	Canada	11-10	+27

37	Carter, Gerald	Thailand	11-10	439

38	Daniel, Robin Pollock	Canada	11-10	503

39	Hahn, Albert	Canada	11-10	719

40	Sigley, Michael	New Zealand	10½-10½	+516

41	Webb, Mark	England	10½-10½	+127

42	Klaphajone, Jakkrit	Thailand	10-11	+606

43	Blom, Roger	Australia	10-11	+520

44	Hersom, Randy	United States	10-11	+511

45	Mead, Jeremiah	United States	10-11	+507

46	Schonbrun, Lester	United States	10-11	+379

47	Geary, Jim	United States	10-11	+218

48	Khan, Rashid Ateeq	Pakistan	10-11	333

49	Luebkemann, John	United States	10-11	400

50	Elbourne, Peter	Malta	10-11	435

51	Grayson, John	Wales	10-11	447

52	Khoshnaw, Karl	Kurdistan-Iraq	10-11	582

53	Jonah, J.J.	Israel	10-11	645

54	Chinnaiyah, Suresh	Sri Lanka	9½-11½	+124

55	Mensah, Edem Kafui	Ghana	9½-11½	296

56	Butler, Lynne	New Zealand	9½-11½	745

57	Lao, Armando	Philippines	9-12	+246

58	Lipton, Bob	United States	9-12	+12

59	Quek, Sim Ho	Singapore	9-12	284

60	Raychbart, Paloma	Israel	9-12	351

61	Lobo, Yvonne	Bahrain	9-12	413

62	Saldanha, Norbert	United Arab Emirates	9-12	551

63	Saliba, Mario	Malta	9-12	586

64	Davids, Gerald	South Africa	9-12	643

65	Tan, Kiat Hing Austin	Singapore	9-12	769

66	Nanavati, Jim	Canada	9-12	964

67	Ul-Haq, Assad	Qatar	8-13	+306

68	Abdullah, Raja Fuadin	Malaysia	8-13	+137

69	Salih, Sala Fadl Mohamed	Saudi Arabia	8-13	47

70	Pray, Linda Hazel	Oman	8-13	234

71	Chune, Albert	Trinidad and Tobago	8-13	828

72	Nakai, Ken	Japan	8-13	865

73	Clenaghan, Nuala	Ireland	8-13	872

74	Meghan, Eileen	Éire	8-13	891

75	Springer, Robert	France	8-13	1097

76	Mamadou, Wone	Kuwait	7-14	755

77	Paolella, Libero	Canada	7-14	862

78	Sandu, Dan Laurentiu	Romania	5-16	1528

79	Gibbons, Randall	Guyana	4-17	913

80	Nanayakkara, Harischandra	Seychelles	3-18	2141

Sentence(s)

The top two players were Joel Sherman (16 wins, spread +829) and Matt Graham (15 wins, spread +993).

final_sentence: The top two players were Joel Sherman (16 wins, spread +829) and Matt Graham (15 wins, spread +993).