The 2020

Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts is the Ontario provincial curling championship for women's curling. The tournament is run by CurlON, the curling association for Southern Ontario. The winning team represents Team Ontario at the national S ...

, the provincial women's

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championship for

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, was held from January 27 to February 1 at the

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. The winning

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rink represented

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at the

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and lost the gold medal final to

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. The event was held in conjunction with the

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, the men's provincial championship.

's rink from the

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completed their perfect undefeated run when they defeated

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's rink from the

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7–6. It was Homan's 5th provincial title.

Qualification process

Nine teams will qualify from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top three southern Ontario teams in the

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(as of December 1, 2019). Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but

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decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking.

Teams

The team lineups are as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in

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( UTC−05:00).

Draw 1

''Monday, January 27, 1:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 28, 8:30 am''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 28, 4:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, January 29, 12:15 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 29, 7:45 pm''

Draw 6

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

Draw 7

''Thursday, January 30, 4:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Friday, January 31, 8:30 am''

Draw 9

''Friday, January 31, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, February 1, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Saturday, February 1, 1:00 pm''

Final

''Saturday, February 1, 8:00 pm''

Qualification

Cash Spiel #1

''December 20–22, Guelph Curling Club,

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Cash Spiel #2

''January 10–12, 2020, West Northumberland Curling Club,

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Open qualifier

''January 17–19, 2020, Bayview Golf & Country Club, Thornhill''

References

External links

Official site
{{2020 Scotties playdowns

Sport in Cornwall, Ontario Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts