2005 WSC qualifiers

In 2005, the Swedish Scrabble Association (SSA) for the first time sent a representative to the 2005 World Scrabble Championship (WSC) in London. The Swedish player Mårten Björkman had qualified in Swedish tournaments in English Scrabble.

In three open tournaments in 2005, Swedish participants got WSC qualifying points according to their standings. The last placed player got 1 point, the last but one 2 points and so on. The three best participants also got bonus qualifying points: the best one 8, the second best 4, and the third best 2 points.

After the regular tournaments, the four players with the highest total qualifying points met in a special qualifying final called Squash Cup. All players met each other at twice. The winner of Squash Cup was Marja Takala, but she gracefully declined and offered her WSC place to Mårten Björkman who came second.

This table shows the final WSC 2005 qualification results before Squash Cup:

# Player Total points Rating Butter Cup 2005 Beverly Hills Cup 2005 Eyes Open 2005
1 Mårten Björkman 32 1019 5+2 = 7 6+8 = 14 7+4 = 11
2 Marja Takala 27 1011 2 5+4 = 9 8+8 = 16
3 Henrik Holmström 26 999 7+8 = 15 3 6+2 = 8
4 Gunnar Andersson 14 991 6+4 = 10 - 4
5 Greger Nässén 13 987 4 4+2 = 6 3
6 Rasmus Möllby 5 1003 - - 5
7 Lisa Blohm 3 992 3 - -
8 Emma Björkman 3 973 - 2 1
9 Jannike Molander 2 988 - - 2
10 Susanna Ageby 1 983 - 1 -
11 Peter Oljelund 1 972 1 - -