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2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships

The 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships were held from October 29 to November 4 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia. The event was used to qualify teams for the 2024 World Curling Championships. Both men's and women's events consisted of an A Division and B Division.

In the men's competition, the top five teams from the A Division (Canada, South Korea, Japan, the United States, New Zealand) secured qualification for the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, which was held in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Conversely, the team ranked lowest in the A Division (Guyana) was being relegated to the B Division in the following year. Additionally, the top finisher in the B Division (China) earned promotion to the A Division for the 2024 championship.

On the women's side, Canada automatically qualified as the host nation for the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship, which will be held in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Furthermore, the top four teams from the A Division (South Korea, Japan, the United States, New Zealand) also secured qualification for the championship. Similar to the men's division, the team with the lowest ranking in the A Division (Australia) faced relegation to the B Division for the subsequent year while the top finisher in the B Division (China) was promoted to the A Division for the 2024 championship.

On September 23, the Kazakh men's and women's team withdrew from the competition. Because the women's team had qualified for the A Division, the Mexican women's team took their place. The empty spot in the B Divisions was filled by the Philippines men's and women's teams who made their first-ever appearance at a World Curling Federation event.

Issues

The event faced criticism from the Canadian men's skip, Brad Gushue, for being held in a curling club rather than on arena ice, for not being paid, lack of space for warming up, not being able to view practices, and for not being able wear thermal clothing to keep warm.

The event was broadcast live in Canada on TSN, for the first few days until it was pulled citing "production issues" (games were still shown on the TSN website).

Medallists

Men

A division

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championship A Division:

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time ().

Draw 1

Sunday, October 29, 13:30

Draw 2

Monday, October 30, 9:00

Draw 3

Monday, October 30, 19:00

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 31, 14:00

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 1, 9:00

Draw 6

Wednesday, November 1, 19:00

Draw 7

Wednesday, November 2, 14:00

Playoffs

Semifinals

Friday, November 3, 9:00

Bronze medal game

Friday, November 3, 19:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 4, 15:00

Player percentages

Round robin only

Final standings

B division

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time ().

Draw 1

Sunday, October 29, 13:30

Draw 2

Monday, October 30, 9:00

Draw 3

Monday, October 30, 19:00

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 31, 14:00

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 1, 9:00

Draw 6

Wednesday, November 1, 19:00

Draw 7

Thursday, November 2, 14:00

Playoffs

Semifinals

Friday, November 3, 19:00

Bronze medal game

Saturday, November 4, 10:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 4, 10:00

Final standings

Women

A division

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championship A Division. After the withdrawal of the Kazakh Women's Team due to travel complications, Mexico, the runner-up of the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships B Division, was promoted to A Division.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time ().

Draw 1

Sunday, October 29, 8:30

Draw 2

Sunday, October 29, 19:30

Draw 3

Monday October 30, 14:00

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 31, 9:00

Draw 5

Tuesday, October 31, 19:00

Draw 6

Wednesday, November 1, 14:00

Draw 7

Thursady, November 2, 9:00

Playoffs

Semifinals

Thursday, November 2, 19:00

Bronze medal game

Friday, November 3, 14:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 4, 10:00

Player percentages

Round robin only

Final standings

B division

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time ().

Draw 1

Sunday, October 29, 19:30

Draw 2

Monday, October 30, 14:00

Draw 3

Tuesday, October 31, 9:00

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 1, 14:00

Draw 5

Thursday, November 2, 9:00

Playoffs

Semifinal

Friday, November 3, 14:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, November 4, 10:00

Final standings

References

External links

  • (Men, A division)
  • (Women, A division)
  • (Men, B division)
  • (Women, B division)