The 2023 KIOTI

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was held from November 7 to 12 at the

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in Westville Road,

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. It was the second

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event and first major of the

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. In the men's final, Italy's

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team continued their strong season by defeating the

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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

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the week prior, defeating the previously undefeated

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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

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'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: #

Bruce Mouat Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler. He is an Olympic silver medallist, having skipped Great Britain to a second place finish in the men's team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Mouat had a very su ...

Brendan Bottcher Brendan Michael Bottcher (born December 19, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Bottcher is a three-time provincial men's champion, and was the skip of the 2021 Canadian men's championship team, having led Alberta to victory ...

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

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 Curling C ...

Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...

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. Personal life Whyte is currently studying Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. ...

Kevin Koe Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip of the Canadian men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Originally from Yellowknife ...

Korey Dropkin Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. Curling career Juniors As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother Stephen ...

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Reid Carruthers Reid Carruthers (born December 30, 1984) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Carruthers was the 2011 world champion—winning gold as a second on Jeff Stoughton's team—as well as a six-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior prov ...

Aaron Sluchinski Aaron Sluchinski (born March 24, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Airdrie, Alberta. He currently skips his own team out of Calgary. Career Sluchinski made his first national appearance at the 2008 Canadian Junior Curling Championships skipping ...

John Shuster John Shuster ( ; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Wi ...

# ~~Wouter Gösgens~~ #

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Sponsor's exemption: *

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Women

Top world team ranking women's teams: #

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

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 vic ...

# Gim Eun-ji #

Satsuki Fujisawa is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at t ...

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Isabella Wranå Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå (born 22 June 1997) is a Swedish curler. She is a former skip of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of F ...

# Anna Hasselborg #

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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Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...

# Marianne Rørvik Marianne Rørvik (born 2 August 1983) is a Norwegian curler from Oslo. She is the skip of the Norwegian national women's team. Rørvik has played in nine straight (1997–2005) World Junior Curling Championships, winning gold in 2004 playing t ...
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Clancy Grandy Clancy Grandy (born December 27, 1990 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian curler originally from Ontario. She currently skips her own team out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Juniors Grandy's junior career was highlighted by winning ...

Ha Seung-youn Ha Seung-youn (born May 19, 2000) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She is the skip of the Chuncheon City Hall curling team. While playing with Kim Min-ji, she won a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Caree ...

# Rebecca Morrison Rebecca Morrison (born 22 August 1996) is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. She currently skips her own team out of Stirling. The team won the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries. Career Rebecca Morrison's national curling career ...
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Christina Black Christina Black (born October 21, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently skips her own team out of the Dartmouth Curling Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Career Black joined Team Mary-Anne Arsenault for the 2014� ...

# Stefania Constantini # 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

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( UTC−04:00).

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

( UTC−04:00).

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

External links

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