2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships
The 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships were held from October 29 to November 4 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia. The event was used to qualify teams for the 2024 World Curling Championships. Both men's and women's events consisted of an A Division and B Division.
In the men's competition, the top five teams from the A Division secured qualification for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, which was held in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Conversely, the team ranked lowest in the A Division was being relegated to the B Division in the following year. Additionally, the top finisher in the B Division earned promotion to the A Division for the 2024 championship.
On the women's side, Canada automatically qualified as the host nation for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship, which will be held in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Furthermore, the top four teams from the A Division also secured qualification for the championship. Similar to the men's division, the team with the lowest ranking in the A Division faced relegation to the B Division for the subsequent year while the top finisher in the B Division was promoted to the A Division for the 2024 championship.
On September 23, the Kazakh men's and women's team withdrew from the competition. Because the women's team had qualified for the A Division, the Mexican women's team took their place. The empty spot in the B Divisions was filled by the Philippines men's and women's teams who made their first-ever appearance at a World Curling Federation event.
Issues
The event faced criticism from the Canadian men's skip, Brad Gushue, for being held in a curling club rather than on arena ice, for not being paid, lack of space for warming up, not being able to view practices, and for not being able wear thermal clothing to keep warm.The event was broadcast live in Canada on TSN, for the first few days until it was pulled citing "production issues".
Men
A division
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championship A Division:| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships A Division | 7 | |
| 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 8 |
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Fourth: Dean Hewitt Skip: Jay Merchant Second: Tanner Davis Lead: Justin Grundy Alternate: Thomas Bence | Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: E. J. Harnden Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Jim Cotter | Skip: Randolph Shen Third: Nicholas Hsu Second: Brendon Liu Lead: Ting-Li Lin Alternate: Naihung Wang | Skip: Rayad Husain Third: Baul Persaud Second: Darryl Narain Lead: Khemraj Goberdhan |
Skip: Riku Yanagisawa Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Takeru Yamamoto Lead: Satoshi Koizumi Alternate: Shingo Usui | Skip: Anton Hood Third: Ben Smith Second: Brett Sargon Lead: Hunter Walker Alternate: Peter de Boer | Skip: Park Jong-duk Third: Jeong Yeong-seok Second: Oh Seung-hoon Lead: Seong Ji-hoon Alternate: Lee Ki-bok | Fourth: Korey Dropkin Skip: Andrew Stopera Second: Mark Fenner Lead: Thomas Howell Alternate: Ben Richardson |
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings| Country | Skip | |||||||||||
| Brad Gushue | 6 | 1 | 1–0 | 54 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 87.7% | 21.03 | |
| Riku Yanagisawa | 6 | 1 | 0–1 | 55 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 87.2% | 11.98 | |
| Park Jong-duk | 5 | 2 | – | 50 | 42 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 81.0% | 72.74 | |
| Andrew Stopera | 4 | 3 | 1–0 | 52 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 86.0% | 39.66 | |
| Anton Hood | 4 | 3 | 0–1 | 45 | 36 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 78.3% | 29.88 | |
| Jay Merchant | 2 | 5 | – | 40 | 52 | 27 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 76.1% | 37.28 | |
| Randolph Shen | 1 | 6 | – | 26 | 56 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 71.5% | 100.94 | |
| Rayad Husain | 0 | 7 | – | 15 | 74 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 55.9% | 89.83 |
| Pos. | Country | Record | ||||||||
| 6 | 2–5 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6–1 | |||||||||
| 7 | 1–6 | |||||||||
| 8 | 0–7 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6–1 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4–3 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5–2 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4–3 |
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Pacific Time.Draw 1
''Sunday, October 29, 13:30''Draw 2
''Monday, October 30, 9:00''Draw 3
''Monday, October 30, 19:00''Draw 4
''Tuesday, October 31, 14:00''Draw 5
''Wednesday, November 1, 9:00''Draw 6
''Wednesday, November 1, 19:00''Draw 7
''Wednesday, November 2, 14:00''Playoffs
Semifinals
''Friday, November 3, 9:00''Bronze medal game
''Friday, November 3, 19:00''Gold medal game
''Saturday, November 4, 15:00''Player percentages
Round robin onlyFinal standings
B divisionTeamsThe teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standingsFinal Round Robin Standings
Round robin resultsAll draw times are listed in Pacific Time.Draw 1''Sunday, October 29, 13:30''Draw 2''Monday, October 30, 9:00''Draw 3''Monday, October 30, 19:00''Draw 4''Tuesday, October 31, 14:00''Draw 5''Wednesday, November 1, 9:00''Draw 6''Wednesday, November 1, 19:00''Draw 7''Thursday, November 2, 14:00''PlayoffsSemifinals''Friday, November 3, 19:00''Bronze medal game''Saturday, November 4, 10:00''Gold medal game''Saturday, November 4, 10:00''Final standings
WomenA divisionQualificationThe following nations qualified to participate in the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championship A Division. After the withdrawal of the Kazakh Women's Team due to travel complications, Mexico, the runner-up of the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division, was promoted to A Division.
TeamsThe teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standingsFinal Round Robin Standings
Round-robin resultsAll draw times are listed in Pacific Time.Draw 1''Sunday, October 29, 8:30''Draw 2''Sunday, October 29, 19:30''Draw 3''Monday October 30, 14:00''Draw 4''Tuesday, October 31, 9:00''Draw 5''Tuesday, October 31, 19:00''Draw 6''Wednesday, November 1, 14:00''Draw 7''Thursady, November 2, 9:00''PlayoffsSemifinals''Thursday, November 2, 19:00''Bronze medal game''Friday, November 3, 14:00''Gold medal game''Saturday, November 4, 10:00''Player percentagesRound robin only
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