2023 Tour Challenge


The 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 17 to 22 at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2023–24 curling season.

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 18, 2023 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 16 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 18, 2023 were invited.

Men

Tier 1

Top world team ranking men's teams:
  1. Bruce Mouat
  2. Brendan Bottcher
  3. Brad Gushue
  4. Joël Retornaz
  5. Niklas Edin
  6. Yannick Schwaller
  7. Matt Dunstone
  8. Kevin Koe
  9. Ross Whyte
  10. Korey Dropkin
  11. Magnus Ramsfjell
  12. Reid Carruthers
  13. John Shuster
  14. Wouter Gösgens
  15. Aaron Sluchinski
  16. Riku Yanagisawa

    Tier 2

  17. Cameron Bryce
  18. Karsten Sturmay
  19. James Craik
  20. Mike McEwen
  21. Marco Hösli
  22. John Epping
  23. Michael Brunner
  24. Ryan Wiebe
  25. Daniel Casper
  26. Félix Asselin
  27. Lukas Høstmælingen
  28. Fredrik Nyman
  29. Catlin Schneider
  30. Kelly Knapp
  31. Yusuke Morozumi
  32. Sam Mooibroek
  33. Tanner Horgan
  34. Jeong Byeong-jin
  35. Rylan Kleiter

    Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams:
  1. Silvana Tirinzoni
  2. Kerri Einarson
  3. Rachel Homan
  4. Satsuki Fujisawa
  5. Gim Eun-ji
  6. Jennifer Jones
  7. Anna Hasselborg
  8. Isabella Wranå
  9. Tabitha Peterson
  10. Clancy Grandy
  11. Kate Cameron
  12. Kaitlyn Lawes
  13. Marianne Rørvik
  14. Ha Seung-youn
  15. Stefania Constantini
  16. Rebecca Morrison

    Tier 2

  17. Christina Black
  18. Corrie Hürlimann
  19. Ikue Kitazawa
  20. Delaney Strouse
  21. Sayaka Yoshimura
  22. Isabelle Ladouceur
  23. Kim Eun-jung
  24. Kayla Skrlik
  25. Jessie Hunkin
  26. Madeleine Dupont
  27. Serena Gray-Withers
  28. Danielle Inglis
  29. Michèle Jäggi
  30. Jolene Campbell
  31. Nancy Martin
  32. Corryn Brown
  33. Sarah Anderson

    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 Eastern Time.
Draw 2
''Tuesday, October 17, 11:30 am''
Draw 4
''Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 am''
Draw 7
''Wednesday, October 18, 3:30 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, October 19, 8:00 am''
Draw 11
''Thursday, October 19, 3:30 pm''
Draw 14
''Friday, October 20, 11:30 am''
Draw 16
''Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 21, 3:30 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Michael BrunnerAnthony PetoudRomano MeierAndreas Gerlach

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time.
Draw 1
''Tuesday, October 17, 8:30 am''
Draw 3
''Tuesday, October 17, 3:30 pm''
Draw 6
''Wednesday, October 18, 12:00 pm''
Draw 8
''Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 pm''
Draw 10
''Thursday, October 19, 12:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, October 20, 8:30 am''
Draw 15
''Friday, October 20, 4:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 21, 4:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm''

Women

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Kate CameronMeghan WalterTaylor McDonaldMackenzie Elias

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time.
Draw 1
''Tuesday, October 17, 8:00 am''
Draw 3
''Tuesday, October 17, 3:00 pm''
Draw 6
''Wednesday, October 18, 11:30 am''
Draw 8
''Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm''
Draw 10
''Thursday, October 19, 11:30 am''
Draw 12
''Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, October 20, 8:00 am''
Draw 15
''Friday, October 20, 3:30 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 21, 11:30 am''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Sarah AndersonTaylor AndersonLexi LaniganLeah Yavarow

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time.
Draw 2
''Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 pm''
Draw 4
''Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, October 18, 8:30 am''
Draw 7
''Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, October 19, 8:30 am''
Draw 11
''Thursday, October 19, 4:00 pm''
Draw 14
''Friday, October 20, 12:00 pm''
Draw 16
''Friday, October 20, 8:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
''Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am''