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Canada at the WSC

Canada will send seven players to the 1997 World SCRABBLE Championships:

David Boys, who qualifies as the (1995) World Champion
Adam Logan, who qualifies as the (1996) Canadian Champion
The three players who had the greatest peak NSA ratings after their fiftieth game during the qualifying period of May 1996 to May 1997:
- Joel Wapnick
- Libero Paolella
- Robin Pollock
Two players who finished best at an eighteen-round qualifying tournament held June 6-8 in Montreal, using John Chew's Minipods 1997 lexicon (TWL96 plus OSW twos, threes, their inflections, and longer words with two and three letter inflections) and NSA rules, restricted to players who had attained a minimum qualification period peak rating of 1800:
- Jim Nanavati
- Albert Hahn
In the event that Adam, Joel, Libero, Robin, Jim or Albert is unable to compete, Andrew Golding will take their place, as the third finisher at the qualification tournament. See also the archived Internet coverage of the tournament.