Forty-six players from 10 countries took part in the 2016 Israeli Open Scrabble Tournament in Tiberias.  The top prize was $3000.  Israel – though not an English-speaking country – hosts the largest regular Scrabble gathering in the world, in Jerusalem.

http://www.israel21c.org/10-nations-go-head-to-head-at-israeli-scrabble-open/