2021 Players' Championship
The 2021 Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 20–25, 2021 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam of Curling events would still be held in the 2020–21 curling season but would move to a centralized "bubble" at Canada Olympic Park alongside Curling Canada's national championships. All events will be held behind closed doors with no spectators.
In the men's final, Team Bruce Mouat of Scotland won their second consecutive slam in the bubble, defeating Team Brad Gushue of St. John's 6–5. Team Mouat won the 2021 Champions Cup just six days prior to their win at the Players' Championship.
In the women's final, Team Kerri Einarson of Gimli topped Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa 5–2 to win their second consecutive Players' Championship title.
Qualification
The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings 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.Men
Top world team ranking men's teams:- Brad Jacobs
- John Epping
- Brad Gushue
- Brendan Bottcher
- Bruce Mouat
- Yannick Schwaller
- Mike McEwen
- Niklas Edin
- Peter de Cruz
- Kevin Koe
- Matt Dunstone
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Ross Paterson - Jason Gunnlaugson
Women
Top world team ranking women's teams:- Anna Hasselborg
- Kerri Einarson
- Tracy Fleury
- Satsuki Fujisawa
- Jennifer Jones
- Elena Stern
- Silvana Tirinzoni
- Rachel Homan
- Eve Muirhead
- Tabitha Peterson
- Kim Min-ji
- Alina Kovaleva
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale | ||||||||||||
| Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Brad Thiessen | Karrick Martin |  Round-robin standings''Final round-robin standings''Round-robin resultsAll draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time.Draw 1''Tuesday, April 20, 1:00 pm''Draw 2''Tuesday, April 20, 4:30 pm''Draw 3''Tuesday, April 20, 8:00 pm''Draw 4''Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 am''Draw 6''Wednesday, April 21, 4:00 pm''Draw 7''Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 pm''Draw 8''Thursday, April 22, 8:00 am''Draw 9''Thursday, April 22, 12:00 pm''Draw 10''Thursday, April 22, 4:00 pm''Draw 11''Thursday, April 22, 8:00 pm''Draw 12''Friday, April 23, 8:00 am''Draw 13''Friday, April 23, 12:00 pm''Draw 15''Friday, April 23, 8:00 pm''Tiebreaker''Saturday, April 24, 12:00 pm''PlayoffsQuarterfinals''Saturday, April 24, 4:00 pm''Semifinals''Saturday, April 24, 8:00 pm''Final''Sunday, April 25, 2:00 pm''WomenTeamsThe teams are listed as follows:
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