2023 Players' Championship

The 2023 Princess Auto Players' Championship will be held from April 11 to 16 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario.[1] It will be the fifth Grand Slam event and final major of the 2022–23 curling season.

2023 Princess Auto
Players' Championship
Host cityToronto, Ontario
ArenaMattamy Athletic Centre
DatesApril 11–16
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Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's Year-to-Date rankings as of March 13, 2023 qualified for the event. In the event that a team declines their invitation, the next-ranked team on the world team ranking is invited until the field is complete.[2]

Men

Top Year-to-Date men's teams:[3]

  1. Sweden Niklas Edin
  2. Manitoba Matt Dunstone
  3. Italy Joël Retornaz
  4. Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue
  5. Alberta Brendan Bottcher
  6. Switzerland Yannick Schwaller
  7. Scotland Bruce Mouat
  8. Alberta Kevin Koe
  9. United States Korey Dropkin
  10. Scotland Ross Whyte
  11. Manitoba Reid Carruthers
  12. Norway Magnus Ramsfjell

Women

Top Year-to-Date women's teams:[4]

  1. Manitoba Kerri Einarson
  2. Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni
  3. Ontario Tracy Fleury
  4. South Korea Gim Eun-ji
  5. Manitoba Jennifer Jones
  6. Japan Satsuki Fujisawa
  7. Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes
  8. British Columbia Clancy Grandy
  9. Sweden Anna Hasselborg
  10. Sweden Isabella Wranå
  11. Alberta Casey Scheidegger
  12. Manitoba Meghan Walter
  13. United States Tabitha Peterson

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][6]

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Brendan BottcherMarc KennedyBrett GallantBen HebertAlberta Calgary, Alberta
Reid CarruthersBrad JacobsDerek SamagalskiConnor NjegovanManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Korey DropkinAndrew StoperaMark FennerThomas HowellUnited States Duluth, Minnesota
Matt DunstoneB. J. NeufeldColton LottRyan HarndenManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Niklas EdinOskar ErikssonRasmus WranåChristoffer SundgrenSweden Karlstad, Sweden
Brad GushueMark NicholsE. J. HarndenGeoff WalkerNewfoundland and Labrador St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Kevin KoeTyler TardiBrad ThiessenKarrick MartinAlberta Calgary, Alberta
Bruce MouatGrant HardieBobby LammieHammy McMillan Jr.Scotland Stirling, Scotland
Magnus RamsfjellMartin SesakerBendik RamsfjellGaute NepstadNorway Trondheim, Norway
Joël RetornazAmos MosanerSebastiano ArmanMattia GiovanellaItaly Trentino, Italy
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)Yannick Schwaller (Skip)Sven MichelPablo LachatSwitzerland Geneva, Switzerland
Ross WhyteRobin BrydoneDuncan McFadzeanEuan KyleScotland Stirling, Scotland

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Pool AWLPFPA
Alberta Brendan Bottcher0000
United States Korey Dropkin0000
Sweden Niklas Edin0000
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue0000
Alberta Kevin Koe0000
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell0000
Pool BWLPFPA
Manitoba Reid Carruthers0000
Manitoba Matt Dunstone0000
Scotland Bruce Mouat0000
Italy Joël Retornaz0000
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller0000
Scotland Ross Whyte0000

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[7]

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 11, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 0
Scotland Bruce Mouat 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 0
Alberta Kevin Koe 0

Draw 2

Tuesday, April 11, 3:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Matt Dunstone 0
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 0
United States Korey Dropkin 0

Draw 3

Tuesday, April 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0
Scotland Ross Whyte 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 12, 8:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Bruce Mouat 0
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 0
United States Korey Dropkin 0

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 12, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0
Alberta Kevin Koe 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 0
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0

Draw 6

Wednesday, April 12, 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
United States Korey Dropkin 0
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Ross Whyte 0
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0

Draw 7

Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Matt Dunstone 0
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 0
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0

Draw 8

Thursday, April 13, 8:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 0
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 0
Scotland Ross Whyte 0

Draw 9

Thursday, April 13, 11:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 0
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Matt Dunstone 0
Scotland Bruce Mouat 0

Draw 10

Thursday, April 13, 3:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Italy Joël Retornaz 0
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Kevin Koe 0
United States Korey Dropkin 0

Draw 11

Thursday, April 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0
Scotland Bruce Mouat 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 0

Draw 12

Friday, April 14, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 0
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Matt Dunstone 0
Scotland Ross Whyte 0

Draw 13

Friday, April 14, 11:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador Brad Gushue 0
United States Korey Dropkin 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0
Manitoba Reid Carruthers 0

Draw 14

Friday, April 14, 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Matt Dunstone 0
Italy Joël Retornaz 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Niklas Edin 0
Alberta Kevin Koe 0

Draw 15

Friday, April 14, 7:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Scotland Bruce Mouat 0
Scotland Ross Whyte 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta Brendan Bottcher 0
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 0

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1    
4          
5          
     
2    
3          
6    

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 15, 11:30 am

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total

Semifinals

Saturday, April 15, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total

Final

Sunday, April 16, 5:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5][8]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Kerri EinarsonVal SweetingShannon BirchardBriane HarrisManitoba Gimli, Manitoba
Satsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaJapan Kitami, Japan
Gim Eun-jiKim Min-jiKim Su-jiSeol Ye-eunSeol Ye-jiSouth Korea Uijeongbu, South Korea
Clancy GrandyKayla MacMillanLindsay DubueSarah LokenBritish Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia
Anna HasselborgSara McManusAgnes KnochenhauerSofia MabergsSweden Sundbyberg, Sweden
Rachel Homan (Fourth)Tracy Fleury (Skip)Emma MiskewRachelle Brown[lower-alpha 1]Ontario Ottawa, Ontario
Jennifer JonesKarlee BurgessMackenzie ZachariasEmily ZachariasLauren LenentineManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kaitlyn LawesSelena NjegovanJocelyn PetermanKristin MacCuishManitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
Tabitha PetersonCory ThiesseBecca HamiltonTara PetersonUnited States Chaska, Minnesota
Chelsea Carey[lower-alpha 2]Kate HoganJamie Sinclair[lower-alpha 2]Taylor McDonaldAlberta Lethbridge, Alberta
Alina Pätz (Fourth)Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)Carole HowaldBriar Schwaller-HürlimannSwitzerland Aarau, Switzerland
Isabella WranåAlmida de ValLinda StenlundMaria LarssonSweden Sundbyberg, Sweden

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Pool AWLPFPA
Manitoba Kerri Einarson0000
South Korea Gim Eun-ji0000
British Columbia Clancy Grandy0000
Sweden Anna Hasselborg0000
Manitoba Jennifer Jones0000
United States Tabitha Peterson0000
Pool BWLPFPA
Japan Satsuki Fujisawa0000
Ontario Team Homan0000
Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes0000
Alberta Team Scheidegger0000
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni0000
Sweden Isabella Wranå0000

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[7]

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 11, 11:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Gim Eun-ji 0
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes 0
Alberta Team Scheidegger 0

Draw 2

Tuesday, April 11, 3:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0
British Columbia Clancy Grandy 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0
Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0

Draw 3

Tuesday, April 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0
United States Tabitha Peterson 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Team Homan 0
Sweden Isabella Wranå 0

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 12, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0
Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0
Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes 0

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 12, 11:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0
Sweden Isabella Wranå 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0
British Columbia Clancy Grandy 0

Draw 6

Wednesday, April 12, 3:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Team Homan 0
Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0
United States Tabitha Peterson 0

Draw 7

Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Isabella Wranå 0
Alberta Team Scheidegger 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0
South Korea Gim Eun-ji 0

Draw 8

Thursday, April 13, 8:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Team Homan 0
Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia Clancy Grandy 0
United States Tabitha Peterson 0

Draw 9

Thursday, April 13, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0
Sweden Isabella Wranå 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Gim Eun-ji 0
Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0

Draw 10

Thursday, April 13, 3:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0
British Columbia Clancy Grandy 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes 0
Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0

Draw 11

Thursday, April 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0
Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0
Alberta Team Scheidegger 0

Draw 12

Friday, April 14, 8:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Gim Eun-ji 0
United States Tabitha Peterson 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kaitlyn Lawes 0
Sweden Isabella Wranå 0

Draw 13

Friday, April 14, 11:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario Team Homan 0
Alberta Team Scheidegger 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Manitoba Kerri Einarson 0
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 0

Draw 14

Friday, April 14, 3:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
South Korea Gim Eun-ji 0
British Columbia Clancy Grandy 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0
United States Tabitha Peterson 0

Draw 15

Friday, April 14, 7:30 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0
Ontario Team Homan 0
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0
Alberta Team Scheidegger 0

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1    
4          
5          
     
2    
3          
6    

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 15, 3:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total

Semifinals

Saturday, April 15, 7:30 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total

Final

Sunday, April 16, 1:00 pm

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
0
0
Player percentages
Total Total

Notes

  1. Rachelle Brown spared for Sarah Wilkes who was on maternity leave.
  2. Chelsea Carey and Jamie Sinclair replaced Casey Scheidegger and Jessie Haughian.

References

  1. "Princess Auto Players' Championship". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  2. "Format and Qualification". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. "World Curling Federation: Men's Year-to-Date". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  4. "World Curling Federation: Women's Year-to-Date". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. "Teams set for Princess Auto Players' Championshup in Toronto". Grand Slam of Curling. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  6. "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  7. "Draw Schedule". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  8. "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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