2023 National

The 2023 KIOTI National was held from November 7 to 12 at the Pictou County Wellness Centre in Westville Road, Nova Scotia. It was the second Grand Slam event and first major of the 2023–24 curling season.

In the men's final, Italy's Joël Retornaz team continued their strong season by defeating the Niklas Edin rink from Sweden, 6–5. It was their second straight Slam victory, and third ever.

In the women's final, South Korea's Gim Eun-ji rink continued their strong play from the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships the week prior, defeating the previously undefeated Rachel Homan rink from Ontario 7–6 in the championship game. It was Gim's first Slam title, and the first Slam title for a South Korean team at the Tier 1 level.

Qualification

The top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings as of October 9, 2023 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. 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. Bruce Mouat
2. Brendan Bottcher
3. Brad Gushue
4. Joël Retornaz
5. Niklas Edin
6. Matt Dunstone
7. Yannick Schwaller
8. Ross Whyte
9. Kevin Koe
10. Korey Dropkin
11. <s>Magnus Ramsfjell</s>
12. Reid Carruthers
13. Aaron Sluchinski
14. John Shuster
15. <s>Wouter Gösgens</s>
16. James Craik
17. Riku Yanagisawa

Sponsor's exemption:

• Owen Purcell

Women

Top world team ranking women's teams:

1. Silvana Tirinzoni
2. Kerri Einarson
3. Rachel Homan
4. Gim Eun-ji
5. Satsuki Fujisawa
6. Jennifer Jones
7. Isabella Wranå
8. Anna Hasselborg
9. Tabitha Peterson
10. Kate Cameron
11. Kaitlyn Lawes
12. <s>Marianne Rørvik</s>
13. Clancy Grandy
14. Ha Seung-youn
15. <s>Rebecca Morrison</s>
16. Christina Black
17. Stefania Constantini
18. Delaney Strouse

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 7, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Tuesday, November 7, 3:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, November 8, 12:00 pm

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 8, 8:00 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, November 9, 12:00 pm

Draw 12

Thursday, November 9, 8:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, November 10, 8:30 am

Draw 15

Friday, November 10, 4:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 11, 12:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, November 11, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, November 12, 11:00 am

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Time ().

Draw 2

Tuesday, November 7, 11:30 am

Draw 4

Tuesday, November 7, 6:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 8, 8:30 am

Draw 7

Wednesday, November 8, 4:00 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, November 9, 8:30 am

Draw 11

Thursday, November 9, 4:00 pm

Draw 14

Friday, November 10, 12:00 pm

Draw 16

Friday, November 10, 8:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 11, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, November 11, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, November 12, 3:30 pm

Notes

References

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