The 2023 Nutrien Ag Solutions

Western Showdown The Western Showdown, known as the Nutrien Ag Solutions Western Showdown for sponsorship reasons, is an annual international curling tournament held at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The combined purse for both the men's an ...

was held from December 6 to 10 at the

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in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The total purse for the event was $50,000 on the men's and women's sides. The event was sponsored by Curling Stadium, a streaming service provided by CurlingZone. All of the games were streamed on CurlingZone and the Swift Current Curling Club's YouTube page. In the men's final, Yannick Schwaller and his team from Geneva defeated Michael Brunner of

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8–6 in an all-Swiss championship game. Trailing by one at the half, Schwaller counted a four spot in the fifth end that allowed his team of Benoît Schwarz,

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and

Pablo Lachat Pablo Lachat (born 20 October 2000) is a Swiss curler from Bussigny, Switzerland. He currently plays lead on Team Yannick Schwaller. Career Lachat won the Swiss Junior Curling Championships in 2020 with his team of Jan Klossner, Theo Short ...

to control the rest of the match. Both Swiss contingents qualified through the C side of the draw before sweeping the playoff round. Schwaller defeated A qualifier Sam Mooibroek 9–6 in the quarterfinals and then beat the United States'

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5–4 in the semifinals. For Brunner, they took down the number one qualifier Catlin Schneider 5–3 in the quarters before eliminating Mike McEwen 5–4 in the semis as well. Niklas Edin and

Steve Laycock Stephen "Steve" Laycock (born October 29, 1982 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. He currently skips his own team out of Saskatoon. Career In 2003, Laycock skipped Team Saskatchewan to a Canadian Junior Curling Ch ...

rounded out the men's playoff draw. In the women's final, South Korea's Kim Eun-jung took two in the seventh end and stole a single in the eighth to clip Winnipeg's Jolene Campbell 6–4 in a battle of previously undefeated teams. Kim's Gangneung based squad of Kim Kyeong-ae,

Kim Cho-hi Kim Cho-hi, nicknamed Chocho (born September 7, 1996) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She was the alternate, but now plays second for Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they won ...

, Kim Seon-yeong and Kim Yeong-mi qualified for the playoffs as the number one seeds. They then beat Korean rivals

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7–3 in the quarterfinals before knocking off Isabella Wranå 11–6 in the semifinals. Team Campbell finished third through the preliminary round with playoff victories over Kayla Skrlik 7–2 and Satsuki Fujisawa 8–2. Silvana Tirinzoni, Corrie Hürlimann, Xenia Schwaller and

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all advanced to the playoffs before losing in the quarterfinals and qualification round respectively. Many international teams competed in the event as it was held the weekend before the 2023 Masters Grand Slam event in Saskatoon.

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

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( UTC−06:00).

Draw 2

''Thursday, December 7, 8:00 am''

Draw 3

''Thursday, December 7, 11:15 am''

Draw 4

''Thursday, December 7, 2:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 7, 5:45 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 7, 9:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, December 8, 8:00 am''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 8, 2:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Friday, December 8, 9:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Saturday, December 9, 11:15 am''

Draw 15

''Saturday, December 9, 5:45 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, December 9, 9:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Sunday, December 10, 12:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, December 10, 4:00 pm''

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−06:00).

Draw 1

''Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Thursday, December 7, 8:00 am''

Draw 3

''Thursday, December 7, 11:15 am''

Draw 5

''Thursday, December 7, 5:45 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, December 7, 9:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, December 8, 8:00 am''

Draw 8

''Friday, December 8, 11:15 am''

Draw 9

''Friday, December 8, 2:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, December 8, 5:45 pm''

Draw 12

''Saturday, December 9, 8:00 am''

Draw 14

''Saturday, December 9, 2:30 pm''

Draw 15

''Saturday, December 9, 5:45 pm''

Playoffs

Qualification Games

''Saturday, December 9, 9:00 pm''

Quarterfinals

''Sunday, December 10, 9:00 am''

Semifinals

''Sunday, December 10, 12:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, December 10, 4:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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