The 2023
Pan Continental Curling Championships
The Pan Continental Curling Championships are an annual curling tournament, held every year in late October or early November. The event is used to qualify teams from the America and Pacific-Asia zones for the World Curling Championships, with th ...
were held from October 29 to November 4 at the
Kelowna Curling Club in
Kelowna
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,
British Columbia
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. The event was used to qualify teams for the 2024
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
. 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 will be held in
Schaffhausen,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Conversely, the team ranked lowest in the A Division (Guyana) was be 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
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,
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
. 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
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, 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
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). ...
(
UTC−07:00).
=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
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). ...
(
UTC−07:00).
=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
The inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships were held from October 31 to November 6 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The event was used to qualify teams for the 2023 World Curling Championships. Th ...
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
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). ...
(
UTC−07:00).
=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
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico. Places in this zone observe standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−08:00). ...
(
UTC−07:00).
=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)
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