The 2022
Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 12–17 at the
Mattamy Athletic Centre in
Toronto,
Ontario. It was the fourth
Grand Slam and final major of the
2021–22 curling season
The 2021–22 curling season began in June 2021 and ended in May 2022.
''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.''
World Curling Federation events
Source:
Championshi ...
, following the cancellation of the
Meridian Open.
Despite feeling ill in the final due to food poisioning,
Anna Hasselborg
Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling, and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous ho ...
led her team to their seventh Grand Slam title, and completed a career Grand Slam, becoming the first women's team to do so.
Qualification
The top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the
World Curling Federation's world team rankings qualified for the event.
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:
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Brad Gushue
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Bruce Mouat
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Kevin Koe
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Niklas Edin
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Brad Jacobs
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Glenn Howard
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Matt Dunstone
Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Kamloops, British Columbia.
Career
Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curlin ...
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Colton Flasch
Colton Flasch (born February 27, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently plays third on Team Mike McEwen.
Career Juniors
After having curled with the Mike Armstrong junior rink, Flasch joined the Braeden Moskowy ...
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Brendan Bottcher
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Jason Gunnlaugson
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Mike McEwen
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Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte (born 31 August 1998) is a Scottish curler. He is a two-time European champion and an Olympic silver medallist. He lives in Stirling, Scotland
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, c ...
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Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad (born February 10, 1989 in Oppdal) is a Norwegian curler from Oppdal. He currently skips his own team.
Career Juniors
Walstad played in three World Junior Curling Championships, from 2008 to 2010 inclusive. At the 2008 World J ...
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Yannick Schwaller
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Marco Hösli
Marco Hösli (born 15 May 2000) is a Swiss curler from Ennenda. He is a two-time World Junior silver medallist.
Career Juniors
Hösli skipped Team Switzerland, which also included Philipp Hösli, Marco Hefti and Jannis Spiess at the 2019 World ...
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Peter de Cruz
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Joël Retornaz
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John Epping
Women
Top world team ranking women's teams:
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Eve Muirhead
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Tracy Fleury
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Anna Hasselborg
Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling, and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous ho ...
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Satsuki Fujisawa
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Jennifer Jones
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Silvana Tirinzoni
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Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vi ...
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Kim Eun-jung
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Tabitha Peterson
Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a two-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own team ...
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Laura Walker
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Chelsea Carey
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Rachel Homan
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Mackenzie Zacharias
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Alina Kovaleva
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Krista McCarville
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Gim Un-chi
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Daniela Jentsch
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Hollie Duncan
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Isabella Wranå
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Knockout Brackets
Source:
A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout Results
All draw times are listed in
Eastern Time (
UTC−04:00).
Draw 3
''Tuesday, April 12, 3:00 pm''
Draw 4
''Tuesday, April 12, 6:30 pm''
Draw 7
''Wednesday, April 13, 4:00 pm''
Draw 8
''Wednesday, April 13, 8:00 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, April 14, 8:30 am''
Draw 10
''Thursday, April 14, 12:00 pm''
Draw 11
''Thursday, April 14, 4:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Thursday, April 14, 8:00 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, April 15, 8:30 am''
Draw 15
''Friday, April 15, 4:00 pm''
Draw 17
''Saturday, April 16, 8:30 am''
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Saturday, April 16, 4:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, April 16, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, April 17, 4:00 pm''
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Knockout Brackets
Source:
A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout Results
All draw times are listed in
Eastern Time (
UTC−04:00).
Draw 1
''Tuesday, April 12, 8:00 am''
Draw 2
''Tuesday, April 12, 11:30 am''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, April 13, 8:30 am''
Draw 6
''Wednesday, April 13, 12:00 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, April 14, 8:30 am''
Draw 10
''Thursday, April 14, 12:00 pm''
Draw 11
''Thursday, April 14, 4:00 pm''
Draw 12
''Thursday, April 14, 8:00 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, April 15, 8:30 am''
Draw 14
''Friday, April 15, 12:00 pm''
Draw 16
''Friday, April 15, 8:00 pm''
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Saturday, April 16, 12:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, April 16, 8:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, April 17, 12:00 pm''
Notes
References
External links
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