The 2009

Canadian Olympic Curling Trials The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, marketed from 2009 through 2017 as the Roar of the Rings, are a quadrennial tournament held by Curling Canada that determines the Canadian men's and women's representatives for curling at the Winter Olympics. The ...

were held December 6–13, 2009 at

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. The event is also known and advertised as ''Roar of the Rings''. The winner of the men's and women's events represented Canada at the

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. Canada was guaranteed a team in each event as hosts.

Canadian Olympic qualification process

For both men's and women's categories, a pool of sixteen teams is designated as eligible to be Canada's representative at the 2010 Olympics. From the pool of sixteen, four teams are selected to qualify directly for the 2009 Canadian Curling Trials, "The 2009 Roar of the Rings". The remaining twelve teams compete in a pre-trials tournament, which is a triple-knockout bonspiel, with four teams advancing to the eight-team trials. The winner of the trials represents Canada at the 2010 Olympics.

Pool of sixteen

For each of the three curling seasons from 2006–07 to 2008–09, four teams are named to the pool of sixteen, resulting in a total of twelve teams in the pool by the end of the 2008–09 season. The four teams are the following: * winner of the Canadian Men's/ Women's Curling Championships * winner of the Canada Cup tournament * winner of the

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* leader in the

Canadian Team Ranking System The Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) is a point system used by Curling Canada to rank men's and women's curling teams across Canada. They are determined through points earned in various curling bonspiels held worldwide throughout the season. CT ...

for that season If a team qualifies under more than one criterion (for example, a team wins both the Canada Cup and is the leader in the CTRS standings) or has already qualified in a previous season, then the four spots for that season are rounded out by selecting the highest ranked teams in the season's CTRS standings that have not already qualified. To select the remaining four teams for the pool of sixteen, after the 2008–2009 season, from the teams that have not already qualified, the highest ranked teams are chosen, based on three-season, two-season, and one-season rankings. The rankings are determined by adding up the CTRS points earned by each team in their best events in each season. If a team's membership changes from one season to another, the CTRS points earned by the team are divided amongst the individual players and allocated to their new teams.

Direct qualifiers to the Olympic Trials

From the pool of sixteen, the first four teams who meet any one of the following criteria (in order of priority) will be qualified directly for the Canadian Olympic Trials. * team leads the

CTRS standings The Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) is a point system used by Curling Canada to rank men's and women's curling teams across Canada. They are determined through points earned in various curling bonspiels held worldwide throughout the season. CTR ...

in two of the three curling seasons from 2006–07 to 2008–09 * team wins three of the following events in the seasons from 2006–07 to 2008–09: ** Canada Cup tournament ** Players' Championships ** Canadian Men's/Women's Curling Championships ** World Curling Championships * team not yet qualified for the Olympic Trials with the highest CTRS point total from 2006–07 to 2008–09, using the same formula used to qualify teams to the pool of sixteen * team not yet qualified for the Olympic Trials with the highest CTRS point total from 2007–08 to 2008–09, using the same formula used to qualify teams to the pool of sixteen

Pre-trials qualifier

The pre-trials tournament was held on November 10–15, 2009 at the

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. The twelve teams from the pool of sixteen that did not qualify directly for the Olympic trials participated in a triple-knockout competition that selected four additional teams to compete in the Olympic Trials.

Canadian Olympic qualification process

Pool of sixteen

Direct qualifiers to the Olympic Trials

Pre-trials qualifier

Qualified teams

Men's

Women's

Men's Tournament Brackets

A Event

B Event

C Event

Women's Tournament Brackets

A Event

B Event

C Event

Olympic Trials

Qualified teams

Men's

Women's

Men's Tournament

Standings

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Semifinal

Final

Women's Tournament

Standings

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Tiebreaker 1

Tiebreaker 2

Semifinal

Final

References

External links

See also