2023 Tour Challenge

The 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 17 to 22 at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2023–24 curling season.

Qualification

The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 16 teams. For Tier 1, the top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Federation's world team rankings as of September 18, 2023 qualified. 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. For Tier 2, the next 16 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 18, 2023 were invited.

Men

Tier 1

Top world team ranking men's teams:

1. Bruce Mouat
2. Brendan Bottcher
3. Brad Gushue
4. Joël Retornaz
5. Niklas Edin
6. Yannick Schwaller
7. Matt Dunstone
8. Kevin Koe
9. Ross Whyte
10. Korey Dropkin
11. Magnus Ramsfjell
12. Reid Carruthers
13. John Shuster
14. Wouter Gösgens
15. Aaron Sluchinski
16. Riku Yanagisawa

Tier 2

1. Cameron Bryce
2. Karsten Sturmay
3. James Craik
4. Mike McEwen
5. Marco Hösli
6. John Epping
7. Michael Brunner
8. Ryan Wiebe
9. Daniel Casper
10. <s>Félix Asselin</s>
11. Lukas Høstmælingen
12. Fredrik Nyman
13. Catlin Schneider
14. <s>Kelly Knapp</s>
15. Yusuke Morozumi
16. Sam Mooibroek
17. <s>Tanner Horgan</s>
18. Jeong Byeong-jin
19. Rylan Kleiter

Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams:

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

Tier 2

1. Christina Black
2. Corrie Hürlimann
3. Ikue Kitazawa
4. Delaney Strouse
5. Sayaka Yoshimura
6. Isabelle Ladouceur
7. Kim Eun-jung
8. Kayla Skrlik
9. Jessie Hunkin
10. Madeleine Dupont
11. Serena Gray-Withers
12. Danielle Inglis
13. Michèle Jäggi
14. Jolene Campbell
15. Nancy Martin
16. <s>Corryn Brown</s>
17. Sarah Anderson

Men

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ().

Draw 2

Tuesday, October 17, 11:30 am

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 am

Draw 7

Wednesday, October 18, 3:30 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, October 19, 8:00 am

Draw 11

Thursday, October 19, 3:30 pm

Draw 14

Friday, October 20, 11:30 am

Draw 16

Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 3:30 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 17, 8:30 am

Draw 3

Tuesday, October 17, 3:30 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, October 18, 12:00 pm

Draw 8

Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, October 19, 12:00 pm

Draw 12

Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, October 20, 8:30 am

Draw 15

Friday, October 20, 4:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm

Women

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ().

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 17, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Tuesday, October 17, 3:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, October 18, 11:30 am

Draw 8

Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, October 19, 11:30 am

Draw 12

Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm

Draw 13

Friday, October 20, 8:00 am

Draw 15

Friday, October 20, 3:30 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 11:30 am

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ().

Draw 2

Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 pm

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, October 18, 8:30 am

Draw 7

Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, October 19, 8:30 am

Draw 11

Thursday, October 19, 4:00 pm

Draw 14

Friday, October 20, 12:00 pm

Draw 16

Friday, October 20, 8:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am

Notes

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