2024 Players' Championship


The 2024 Princess Auto Players' Championship was held from April 9 to 14 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It is the fifth and final Grand Slam event of the 2023–24 curling season.
Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni rink defeated Sweden's Isabella Wranå rink the in the women's final, 6–5. It was a re-match of the 2023 Players' Championship final, in which Team Wranå was victorious. Team Tirinzoni opened up the scoring in the second end when last rock thrower Alina Pätz made a hit and stick for two. Wranå made a double in the third end to get a single, but nearly gave up a steal. Wranå missed a double in the fourth, and Pätz responded with a draw for two to take a 4–1 lead into the break. In the fifth, Wranå's last rock crashed on a guard, but rolled into the house, resulting in a score of two after a measurement. Wranå scored a steal of one in the sixth after Pätz missed a hit and roll, tying the game at four. In the seventh, Pätz made a bump of two Wranå stones that were close together, scoring two points in the process to take a 6–4 lead into the final frame. In the eighth, Wranå missed her last shot, scoring just a single point to lose the game. It was third straight Slam final for the Swiss team, after losing the previous two. It was the fourth career Slam title for Tirinzoni.
In the men's final, Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue won his 15th Grand Slam title after defeating the World #1 ranked Joël Retornaz team from Italy, 7–6. Team Gushue started the game off by getting forced to a single in the first after Gushue made a hit against two Retornaz rocks which sat across the rings. Retornaz scored a deuce in the second after making a hit on his last rock, which was followed by Gushue scoring a deuce of his own in the third after making a draw for two to take a 3–2 lead. Retornaz scored another deuce in the fourth after removing a Gushue stone off the button. Gushue scored another two in the next end with another draw, to take a 5–4 lead after five. In the sixth, Retornaz attempted to make a run double on his last, but missed, giving up a steal of one, to go down 6–4. In the seventh, with the team already sitting two, Retornaz attempted a raise on a guard to get a third point, but missed. The team still scored the two points, tying the game going into the last end. In the final end, Gushue missed a runback on his first shot, allowing Retornaz to draw to sit three to make things more difficult for Gushue. Gushue did not miss his last shot however, a draw to the back four which "pinballed" off of a Retornaz stone to come to a rest, winning the game.

Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on World Curling's Year-to-Date rankings as of March 11, 2024 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 Year-to-Date men's teams:
  1. Joël Retornaz
  2. Brendan Bottcher
  3. Bruce Mouat
  4. Ross Whyte
  5. Yannick Schwaller
  6. Brad Gushue
  7. Niklas Edin
  8. Matt Dunstone
  9. Mike McEwen
  10. Kevin Koe
  11. Brad Jacobs
  12. James Craik

Women

Top Year-to-Date women's teams:
  1. Rachel Homan
  2. Silvana Tirinzoni
  3. Gim Eun-ji
  4. Jennifer Jones
  5. Anna Hasselborg
  6. Kim Eun-jung
  7. Kerri Einarson
  8. Isabella Wranå
  9. Stefania Constantini
  10. Kaitlyn Lawes
  11. Xenia Schwaller
  12. Satsuki Fujisawa

Men

Teams

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

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time.

Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 9, 11:30 am''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, April 9, 3:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 am''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 10, 11:30 am''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, April 10, 3:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, April 10, 7:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 9

''Thursday, April 11, 11:30 am''

Draw 10

''Thursday, April 11, 3:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Thursday, April 11, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, April 12, 7:30 am''

Draw 13

''Friday, April 12, 11:00 am''

Draw 14

''Friday, April 12, 3:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Friday, April 12, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 13, 3:30 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, April 13, 7:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, April 14, 2:30 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Stefania ConstantiniElena MathisAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliMarta Lo Desertoefn|Krysten Karwacki replaced Briane Harris.

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time.

Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 9, 11:30 am''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, April 9, 3:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, April 9, 6:30 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 am''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 10, 11:30 am''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, April 10, 3:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, April 10, 7:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 9

''Thursday, April 11, 11:30 am''

Draw 10

''Thursday, April 11, 3:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Thursday, April 11, 7:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, April 12, 7:30 am''

Draw 13

''Friday, April 12, 11:00 am''

Draw 14

''Friday, April 12, 3:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Friday, April 12, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 13, 11:30 am''

Semifinals

''Saturday, April 13, 7:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, April 14, 10:00 am''