The 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 19 to 28 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The winning Kerri Einarson team represented Canada at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. The world championship was supposed to be held at the Curlinghalle Schaffhausen in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; however, the event was cancelled and rescheduled to the "Calgary bubble" of the Markin MacPhail Centre.
The event was originally scheduled to be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, it was announced that most Curling Canada championships still being held in the 2020âÂÂ21 curling season would be moved to a centralized "bubble" (similar to that of the NHL as in Edmonton) at Canada Olympic Park. All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators permitted. In addition, due to COVID-19 restrictions and logistics, most provincial playdowns were cancelled, with teams being selected by their respective member associations.
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As of the 2019âÂÂ20 season, where at least three out of four players remained on the same team for the 2020âÂÂ21 season.
In previous years, a wild card game was played between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their provincial championship; the winner of this game was usually granted the final spot in the tournament. However, with many provinces cancelling their provincial championships due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, thus not allowing many teams to compete for a chance to play at the Scotties, Curling Canada opted to include three wild card teams instead of the usual one. These teams directly qualified and did not participate in a play-in game.
For selection, teams must have 3 of 4 returning players from the previous season.
Final Round Robin Standings
All draw times are listed in Mountain Standard Time ().
Friday, February 19, 6:30 pm
Saturday, February 20, 8:30 am
Saturday, February 20, 1:30 pm
The Northwest Territories vs. Canada match was rescheduled to Monday, February 22, at 8:30 am, as Jo-Ann Rizzo of Team Northwest Territories was experiencing food poisoning symptoms. The three other games took place as regularly scheduled.
Saturday, February 20, 6:30 pm
Sunday, February 21, 8:30 am
Sunday, February 21, 1:30 pm
Sunday, February 21, 6:30 pm
Monday, February 22, 1:30 pm
Monday, February 22, 6:30 pm
Tuesday, February 23, 8:30 am
Manitoba's win against Newfoundland and Labrador was Jennifer Jones's 153rd career Scotties win, surpassing Colleen Jones's previous record of 152 wins.
Tuesday, February 23, 1:30 pm
Tuesday, February 23, 6:30 pm
Wednesday, February 24, 8:30 am
Wednesday, February 24, 1:30 pm
Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 pm
Thursday, February 25, 8:30 am
Thursday, February 25, 1:30 pm
Thursday, February 25, 6:30 pm
The top four teams from each pool advance to the championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin will be carried forward into the championship pool. Wins in tiebreaker games are not carried forward.
Final Championship Pool Standings
Friday, February 26, 12:30 pm
Friday, February 26, 6:30 pm
Saturday, February 27, 12:30 pm
Saturday, February 27, 6:30 pm
Sunday, February 28, 8:00 am
Sunday, February 28, 12:30 pm
Sunday, February 28, 6:30 pm
After Championship Pool; minimum 6 games
The awards and all-star teams were as follows:
First Team
Second Team
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many provincial playdowns were cancelled, with member associations electing to send their 2020 champions to the Scotties.