Pakistan team qualifies for final of World Youth Scrabble Championship

KARACHI: Pakistan team has qualified for the final of the World Youth Scrabble Championship by beating Sri Lanka in the semi-final.

According to details, the championship, organized by Pakistan, is being played online for the first time. The teams are divided into four pools of four each. As per the format, every six players from one country will play individually against each of the six players from the opponent team on a round-robin league basis.

On Saturday, Pakistan made their second appearance and made their intentions clear with a convincing win against Sri Lanka by a 31-5 margin. Pakistan will play Thailand in the final on Sunday (today).

Tournament Director Hassan Hadi Khan said they are collaborating with the Pakistan Scrabble Association (PSA) for the second time and their intention is to establish a healthy society, a dream for which they have been striving for two decades.

He said their franchise is not only striving to promote physical games but is also very keen to support and promote mind sports, including scrabble, in Pakistan, adding that all games will be completely surveilled by the technical team via webcams. 

Congratulations. Pakistan team qualifies for the final of World Youth Scrabble Championship, beating Sri Lanka in semi final. Pakistan will play Thailand in the final. pic.twitter.com/KBnFv3A9Kf

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