2021 Players' Championship

The 2021 Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 20–25, 2021 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam of Curling events would still be held in the 2020–21 curling season but would move to a centralized "bubble" (similar to that of the NHL as in Edmonton) at Canada Olympic Park alongside Curling Canada's national championships. All events will be held behind closed doors with no spectators.

In the men's final, Team Bruce Mouat of Scotland won their second consecutive slam in the bubble, defeating Team Brad Gushue of St. John's 6–5. Team Mouat won the 2021 Champions Cup just six days prior to their win at the Players' Championship.

In the women's final, Team Kerri Einarson of Gimli topped Team Rachel Homan of Ottawa 5–2 to win their second consecutive Players' Championship title.

Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings 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 world team ranking men's teams:

1. Brad Jacobs
2. John Epping
3. Brad Gushue
4. Brendan Bottcher
5. Bruce Mouat
6. Yannick Schwaller
7. Mike McEwen
8. Niklas Edin
9. Peter de Cruz
10. Kevin Koe
11. Matt Dunstone
12. <s>Ross Paterson</s>
13. Jason Gunnlaugson

Women

Top world team ranking women's teams:

1. Anna Hasselborg
2. Kerri Einarson
3. Tracy Fleury
4. Satsuki Fujisawa
5. Jennifer Jones
6. Elena Stern
7. Silvana Tirinzoni
8. Rachel Homan
9. Eve Muirhead
10. Tabitha Peterson
11. Kim Min-ji
12. Alina Kovaleva

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 20, 1:00 pm

Draw 2

Tuesday, April 20, 4:30 pm

Draw 3

Tuesday, April 20, 8:00 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 am

Draw 6

Wednesday, April 21, 4:00 pm

Draw 7

Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, April 22, 8:00 am

Draw 9

Thursday, April 22, 12:00 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, April 22, 4:00 pm

Draw 11

Thursday, April 22, 8:00 pm

Draw 12

Friday, April 23, 8:00 am

Draw 13

Friday, April 23, 12:00 pm

Draw 15

Friday, April 23, 8:00 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, April 24, 12:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 24, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, April 24, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, April 25, 2:00 pm

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, April 20, 1:00 pm

Draw 2

Tuesday, April 20, 4:30 pm

Draw 3

Tuesday, April 20, 8:00 pm

Draw 4

Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 am

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 21, 12:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, April 21, 4:00 pm

Draw 7

Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, April 22, 8:00 am

Draw 9

Thursday, April 22, 12:00 pm

Draw 11

Thursday, April 22, 8:00 pm

Draw 12

Friday, April 23, 8:00 am

Draw 13

Friday, April 23, 12:00 pm

Draw 14

Friday, April 23, 4:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, April 24, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, April 24, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, April 25, 9:30 am

Notes

References

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