2024 Canadian Open (curling)
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The 2024 Co-op Canadian Open was held from January 16 to 21 at the
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. It was the fourth Grand Slam event and third major of the 2023–24 curling season. The event was held in a round robin format for the first time since
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Qualification

The top 15 ranked men's and women's teams on the
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's world team rankings as of December 18, 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. The sixteenth spots were filled by the 2023 Tour Challenge Tier 2 champions. On January 14, two days before the event began, Team
Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in three World Championships (2018, 2021, and 2022), five European Championshi ...
of Italy withdrew due to medical reasons. Their spot was filled by the highest ranked Alberta women's team as of the December 18 cutoff, which was Team
Selena Sturmay Selena Sturmay (born June 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Saville Community Sports Centre. Career Sturmay made her first appearance at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships ...
. The schedule was unchanged.


Men

Top world team ranking men's teams: #
Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz (born 30 September 1983 in Chêne-Bougeries, Genève, Switzerland) is an Italian curler from Cembra. He was the skip of the Italian men's Olympic curling team in 2006, 2018, and 2022. Retornaz gained sudden renown in Ital ...
# Brendan Bottcher #
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 ...
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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 succ ...
# Niklas Edin # Brad Gushue #
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. ...
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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 Curling C ...
# Kevin Koe #
Magnus Ramsfjell Magnus Ramsfjell (born 17 July 1997 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian curler from Trondheim. Career Juniors Ramsfjell was the skip of the Norwegian junior men's team in four straight World Junior Curling Championships from 2016 to 2019. At the 201 ...
# Reid Carruthers #
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 ...
# James Craik # Mike McEwen #
Michael Brunner Michael Brunner (born 11 February 1995 in St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = ...
Tour Challenge The Tour Challenge is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, and is a Grand Slam of Curling event. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season The 2015–16 curling season began in August 2015 and ended in ...
Tier 2 champion: * Daniel Casper


Women

Top world team ranking women's teams: # Silvana Tirinzoni #
Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Cana ...
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Gim Eun-ji Gim Eun-ji also known as Gim Un-chi (born January 23, 1990) is a Korean curler from Gyeonggi-do. She currently skips the Gyeonggi Province curling team. Career Gim played as lead in her first world championship at the 2011 Capital One World ...
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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 vic ...
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Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...
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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 ...
# Isabella Wranå #
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 the ...
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Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in three World Championships (2018, 2021, and 2022), five European Championshi ...
# Kim Eun-jung # Kaitlyn Lawes #
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 ...
# Rebecca Morrison #
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 ...
# Kate Cameron # Delaney Strouse
Tour Challenge The Tour Challenge is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, and is a Grand Slam of Curling event. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season The 2015–16 curling season began in August 2015 and ended in ...
Tier 2 champion: * Kim Eun-jung Sponsor's Exemption: *
Jolene Campbell Jolene Campbell (born Jolene McIvor on August 12, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of Winnipeg. Curling career Junior career Born in Saskatoon, Campbell won a provincial junior title i ...
Emergency Replacement: *
Selena Sturmay Selena Sturmay (born June 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Saville Community Sports Centre. Career Sturmay made her first appearance at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships ...


Men


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''


Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time ( UTC−07:00).


Draw 1

''Tuesday, January 16, 8:00 am''


Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 16, 3:00 pm''


Draw 6

''Wednesday, January 17, 12:00 pm''


Draw 8

''Wednesday, January 17, 8:00 pm''


Draw 10

''Thursday, January 18, 12:00 pm''


Draw 12

''Thursday, January 18, 8:00 pm''


Draw 13

''Friday, January 19, 8:30 am''


Draw 15

''Friday, January 19, 4:00 pm''


Tiebreaker

''Saturday, January 20, 8:30 am''


Playoffs


Quarterfinals

''Saturday, January 20, 12:00 pm''


Semifinals

''Saturday, January 20, 8:00 pm''


Final

''Sunday, January 21, 10:30 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 Mountain Time ( UTC−07:00).


Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 16, 11:30 am''


Draw 4

''Tuesday, January 16, 6:30 pm''


Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 17, 8:30 am''


Draw 7

''Wednesday, January 17, 4:00 pm''


Draw 9

''Thursday, January 18, 8:30 am''


Draw 11

''Thursday, January 18, 4:00 pm''


Draw 14

''Friday, January 19, 12:00 pm''


Draw 16

''Friday, January 19, 8:00 pm''


Tiebreaker

''Saturday, January 20, 8:30 am''


Playoffs


Quarterfinals

''Saturday, January 20, 4:00 pm''


Semifinals

''Saturday, January 20, 8:00 pm''


Final

''Sunday, January 21, 3:00 pm''


Notes


References


External links

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