The 2022 HearingLife
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 ...
was held from October 18 to 23 at the
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in
Grande Prairie
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,
Alberta
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. It was the second
Grand Slam
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event of the
2022–23 curling season
The 2022–23 curling season began in June 2022 and ended in May 2023.
''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.''
World Curling Federation events
Source:
Championshi ...
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During the draw to the button before the semifinal games,
Niklas Edin
Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...
sustained a knee injury that forced him out of the event. His remaining three team members,
Oskar Eriksson
Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to s ...
,
Rasmus Wranå
Rasmus Bele Åke Wranå (born 15 November 1994) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays second for the Swedish national team, skipped by Niklas Edin. With his teammates Edin, Oskar Eriksson, and Christoffer Sundgren, Wranå became ...
, and
Christoffer Sundgren
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went on to win the semifinal game against
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 ...
and then beat
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 ...
in the championship game.
Qualification
The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 16 teams. For Tier 1, the top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the
World Curling Federation
The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. T ...
's world team rankings as of September 12, 2022 qualified. 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. For Tier 2, the next 11 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 15, 2022 were invited. The final 5 teams in Tier 2 are filled by regional invitations extended by the Grand Slam of Curling.
Men
Tier 1
Top world team ranking men's teams:
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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 ...
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Niklas Edin
Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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, N ...
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Colton Flasch
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Marco Hösli
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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
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Glenn Howard
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Steffen Walstad
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John Epping
John Allan Epping (born March 20, 1983) is a Canadian curler from Toronto, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of the Leaside Curling Club in East York, Toronto.
Career
Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top junior curler, h ...
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Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan (born February 12, 1998 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team.
Career Juniors
As a bantam aged curler, Horgan won three Northern Ontario titles (2010, 2013 and 2015). In 2012, he won a provin ...
Tier 2
World Team Rankings teams:
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Mike McEwen
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Korey Dropkin
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Juniors
As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother Stephen ...
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Wouter Gösgens
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Karsten Sturmay
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John Shuster
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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 20 ...
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Kody Hartung
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# Yves Stocker
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Lukas Høstmælingen
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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 ...
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Kim Chang-min
Kim Chang-min (born September 4, 1985 in Uiseong County) is a South Korean curler. Kim was the skip of the South Korean men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Career Juniors
Kim's curling career began quickly, with a trip to the 1998 Pacific ...
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Félix Asselin
Félix Asselin (born November 17, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. He currently skips his own team out of Montreal, Quebec.
Career
Asselin skipped Quebec at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships during his junior career in 2012, ...
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Ryan Wiebe
Regional teams:
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Kyler Kleibrink
Kyler Kleibrink (born October 1, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He currently skips his own team.
Career
Kleibrink joined the Jeremy Harty rink at third with second Joel Berger and lead Gregg Hamilton for the 2015–16 se ...
# Jacques Gauthier (curler), Jacques Gauthier
# Ryan Jacques
# Johnson Tao
# Scott Webb
Women
Tier 1
Top world team ranking women's teams:
# Anna Hasselborg
# Kerri Einarson
# Satsuki Fujisawa
# Kaitlyn Lawes
# Tracy Fleury
# Silvana Tirinzoni
# Kim Eun-jung (curler), Kim Eun-jung
# Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones
# Gim Eun-ji
# Chelsea Carey
# Isabella Wranå
# Daniela Jentsch
# Tabitha Peterson
# Casey Scheidegger
# Hollie Duncan
# Raphaela Keiser
Tier 2
World Team Rankings teams:
# Krista McCarville
# Kerry Galusha
# Kelsey Rocque
# Selena Sturmay
# Clancy Grandy
# Christina Black
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Penny Barker
# Madeleine Dupont
# Andrea Kelly (curler), Andrea Kelly
# Kristy Watling
# Nancy Martin
# Beth Farmer
Regional teams:
# Jessie Hunkin
# Serena Gray-Withers
# Kayla Skrlik
# Elysa Crough
# Kristie Moore
Men
Tier 1
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 Zone, Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).
=Draw 1
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''Tuesday, October 18, 8:00 am''
=Draw 3
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''Tuesday, October 18, 3:00 pm''
=Draw 6
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''Wednesday, October 19, 12:00 pm''
=Draw 8
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''Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm''
=Draw 10
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''Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm''
=Draw 12
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''Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm''
=Draw 13
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''Friday, October 21, 8:30 am''
=Draw 15
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''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''
Tiebreaker
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 12:00 pm''
=Semifinals
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''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
=Final
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''Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am''
Tier 2
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 Zone, Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).
=Draw 1
=
''Tuesday, October 18, 8:00 am''
=Draw 3
=
''Tuesday, October 18, 3:00 pm''
=Draw 6
=
''Wednesday, October 19, 12:00 pm''
=Draw 8
=
''Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm''
=Draw 10
=
''Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm''
=Draw 12
=
''Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm''
=Draw 13
=
''Friday, October 21, 8:30 am''
=Draw 15
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''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 12:00 pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am''
Women
Tier 1
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 Zone, Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).
=Draw 2
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''Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 am''
=Draw 4
=
''Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm''
=Draw 5
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''Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 am''
=Draw 7
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''Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 9
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''Thursday, October 20, 8:30 am''
=Draw 11
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''Thursday, October 20, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 14
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''Friday, October 21, 12:00 pm''
=Draw 16
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''Friday, October 21, 8:00 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
=Final
=
''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''
Tier 2
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 Zone, Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).
=Draw 2
=
''Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 am''
=Draw 4
=
''Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm''
=Draw 5
=
''Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 am''
=Draw 7
=
''Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 9
=
''Thursday, October 20, 8:30 am''
=Draw 11
=
''Thursday, October 20, 4:00 pm''
=Draw 14
=
''Friday, October 21, 12:00 pm''
=Draw 16
=
''Friday, October 21, 8:00 pm''
Tiebreakers
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''
Playoffs
=Quarterfinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm''
=Semifinals
=
''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''
=Final
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''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''
Notes
References
External links
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