2022 Tour Challenge


The 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 18 to 23 at the Coca-Cola Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2022–23 curling season.
During the draw to the button before the semifinal games, Niklas Edin sustained a knee injury that forced him out of the event. His remaining three team members, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, and Christoffer Sundgren went on to win the semifinal game against Brad Gushue and then beat Matt Dunstone in the championship game.

Qualification

The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 16 teams. For Tier 1, the top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings as of September 12, 2022 qualified. 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. For Tier 2, the next 11 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 15, 2022 were invited. The final 5 teams in Tier 2 are filled by regional invitations extended by the Grand Slam of Curling.

Men

Tier 1

Top world team ranking men's teams:
  1. Brad Gushue
  2. Niklas Edin
  3. Bruce Mouat
  4. Brendan Bottcher
  5. Joël Retornaz
  6. Matt Dunstone
  7. Reid Carruthers
  8. Ross Whyte
  9. Yannick Schwaller
  10. Kevin Koe
  11. Colton Flasch
  12. Marco Hösli
  13. Michael Brunner
  14. Glenn Howard
  15. Steffen Walstad
  16. John Epping
  17. Tanner Horgan

    Tier 2

World Team Rankings teams:
  1. Mike McEwen
  2. Korey Dropkin
  3. Wouter Gösgens
  4. Karsten Sturmay
  5. John Shuster
  6. Magnus Ramsfjell
  7. Kody Hartung
  8. Yves Stocker
  9. Lukas Høstmælingen
  10. Aaron Sluchinski
  11. Kim Chang-min
  12. Félix Asselin
  13. Ryan Wiebe
Regional teams:
  1. Kyler Kleibrink
  2. Jacques Gauthier
  3. Ryan Jacques
  4. Johnson Tao
  5. Scott Webb

    Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams:
  1. Anna Hasselborg
  2. Kerri Einarson
  3. Satsuki Fujisawa
  4. Kaitlyn Lawes
  5. Tracy Fleury
  6. Silvana Tirinzoni
  7. Kim Eun-jung
  8. Jennifer Jones
  9. Gim Eun-ji
  10. Chelsea Carey
  11. Isabella Wranå
  12. Daniela Jentsch
  13. Tabitha Peterson
  14. Casey Scheidegger
  15. Hollie Duncan
  16. Raphaela Keiser

    Tier 2

World Team Rankings teams:
  1. Krista McCarville
  2. Kerry Galusha
  3. Kelsey Rocque
  4. Selena Sturmay
  5. Clancy Grandy
  6. Christina Black
  7. Penny Barker
  8. Madeleine Dupont
  9. Andrea Kelly
  10. Kristy Watling
  11. Nancy Martin
  12. Beth Farmer
Regional teams:
  1. Jessie Hunkin
  2. Serena Gray-Withers
  3. Kayla Skrlik
  4. Elysa Crough
  5. Kristie Moore

    Men

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Brendan BottcherMarc KennedyBrett GallantBen Hebert

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time.
Draw 1
''Tuesday, October 18, 8:00 am''
Draw 3
''Tuesday, October 18, 3:00 pm''
Draw 6
''Wednesday, October 19, 12:00 pm''
Draw 8
''Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm''
Draw 10
''Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, October 21, 8:30 am''
Draw 15
''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 22, 12:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Félix AsselinMartin CrêteÉmile AsselinJean-François Trépanier

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time.
Draw 1
''Tuesday, October 18, 8:00 am''
Draw 3
''Tuesday, October 18, 3:00 pm''
Draw 6
''Wednesday, October 19, 12:00 pm''
Draw 8
''Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm''
Draw 10
''Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, October 21, 8:30 am''
Draw 15
''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 22, 12:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am''

Women

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Chelsea CareyJolene CampbellLiz FyfeRachel EricksonJamie Sinclairefn|Julie Tippin spared for Megan Balsdon.

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time.
Draw 2
''Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 am''
Draw 4
''Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 am''
Draw 7
''Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, October 20, 8:30 am''
Draw 11
''Thursday, October 20, 4:00 pm''
Draw 14
''Friday, October 21, 12:00 pm''
Draw 16
''Friday, October 21, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Christina BlackJenn BaxterKarlee JonesShelley Barker

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time.
Draw 2
''Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 am''
Draw 4
''Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 am''
Draw 7
''Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, October 20, 8:30 am''
Draw 11
''Thursday, October 20, 4:00 pm''
Draw 14
''Friday, October 21, 12:00 pm''
Draw 16
''Friday, October 21, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''