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

  1. Cameron Bryce
  2. Karsten Sturmay
  3. James Craik
  4. Mike McEwen
  5. Marco Hösli
  6. John Epping
  7. Michael Brunner
  8. Ryan Wiebe
  9. Daniel Casper
  10. Félix Asselin
  11. Lukas Høstmælingen
  12. Fredrik Nyman
  13. Catlin Schneider
  14. Kelly Knapp
  15. Yusuke Morozumi
  16. Sam Mooibroek
  17. Tanner Horgan
  18. Jeong Byeong-jin
  19. 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

  1. Christina Black
  2. Corrie Hürlimann
  3. Ikue Kitazawa
  4. Delaney Strouse
  5. Sayaka Yoshimura
  6. Isabelle Ladouceur
  7. Kim Eun-jung
  8. Kayla Skrlik
  9. Jessie Hunkin
  10. Madeleine Dupont
  11. Serena Gray-Withers
  12. Danielle Inglis
  13. Michèle Jäggi
  14. Jolene Campbell
  15. Nancy Martin
  16. Corryn Brown
  17. 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''