2026 Players' Championship (January)
The 2026 Crown Royal Players' Championship was held from January 6 to 11 at the Southeast Event Centre in Steinbach, Manitoba. It was the fifth and final Grand Slam event of the 2025–26 curling season.
In a change of timing from previous seasons, the Players' Championship was moved from April to January to close out the Grand Slam season ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, which usually hosts the event, will instead host the inaugural season of the Rock League April 6–12.
Qualification
The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on World Curling's Year-to-Date rankings as of December 15, 2025, 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:- Bruce Mouat
- Matt Dunstone
- Brad Jacobs
- Yannick Schwaller
- Daniel Casper
- Joël Retornaz
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John Epping - Ross Whyte
- Niklas Edin
- John Shuster
- Kyle Waddell
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Evan van Amsterdam - Mike McEwen
- Xu Xiaoming
Women
Top Year-to-Date women's teams:- Rachel Homan
- Silvana Tirinzoni
- Gim Eun-ji
- Xenia Schwaller
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Ha Seung-youn - Anna Hasselborg
- Sayaka Yoshimura
- Momoha Tabata
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Kang Bo-bae - Tabitha Peterson
- Satsuki Fujisawa
- Kerri Einarson
- Ikue Kitazawa
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Rebecca Morrison - Isabella Wranå
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | ||||||||||||
| Daniel Casper | Luc Violette | Ben Richardson | Aidan Oldenburg | Rich Ruohonen |  Round robin standings''Final Round Robin Standings''Round robin resultsAll draw times are listed in Eastern Time.Draw 1''Tuesday, January 6, 11:30 am''Draw 2''Tuesday, January 6, 3:00 pm''Draw 3''Tuesday, January 6, 6:30 pm''Draw 4''Wednesday, January 7, 8:30 am''Draw 5''Wednesday, January 7, 12:00 pm''Draw 6''Wednesday, January 7, 4:00 pm''Draw 7''Wednesday, January 7, 8:00 pm''Draw 8''Thursday, January 8, 8:30 am''Draw 9''Thursday, January 8, 12:00 pm''Draw 10''Thursday, January 8, 4:00 pm''Draw 11''Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm''Draw 12''Friday, January 9, 8:30 am''Draw 13''Friday, January 9, 12:00 pm''Draw 14''Friday, January 9, 4:00 pm''Draw 15''Friday, January 9, 8:00 pm''Tiebreaker''Saturday, January 10, 10:30 am''PlayoffsQuarterfinals''Saturday, January 10, 2:30 pm''Semifinals''Saturday, January 10, 6:30 pm''Final''Sunday, January 11, 11:00 am''WomenTeamsThe teams are listed as follows:
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