The 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 18 to 23 at the Coca-Cola Centre in

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. It was the second

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event of the

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. During the draw to the button before the semifinal games,

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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 ...

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, and

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went on to win the semifinal game against

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and then beat Matt Dunstone 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

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'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: #

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 su ...

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 ...

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 It ...

# Matt Dunstone #

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 ...

# Ross Whyte # Yannick Schwaller #

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 ...

# Colton Flasch # Marco Hösli # Michael Brunner # Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straigh ...
# Steffen Walstad #

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 ...

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: # Mike McEwen # Korey Dropkin # ~~Wouter Gösgens~~ # Karsten Sturmay #

John Shuster John Shuster ( ; born November 3, 1982) is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Wi ...

# 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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# Yves Stocker # Lukas Høstmælingen #

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 ...

# Kim Chang-min #

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, ...

# Ryan Wiebe Regional teams: #

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 #

Ryan Jacques Ryan Jacques (born June 19, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently the skip of the Alberta Golden Bears men's curling team in university curling and on the World Curling Tour. Jacques was slated to represent Canada a ...

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# Scott Webb

Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams: # Anna Hasselborg # Kerri Einarson #

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 t ...

Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curl ...

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

# Kim Eun-jung #

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# Gim Eun-ji #

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career ...

Isabella Wranå Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå (born 22 June 1997) is a Swedish curler. She is a former skip of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of F ...

Daniela Jentsch Daniela Jentsch (born 15 January 1982), previously known as Daniela Driendl, is a German curler from Füssen. She is the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team. Career Jentsch played in her first international competition in 1997 at ...

# Tabitha Peterson #

Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion and is currently a skip on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Alberta Junior Curli ...

Hollie Duncan Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club rin ...

# Raphaela Keiser

Tier 2

World Team Rankings teams: #

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario p ...

Kerry Galusha Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curlin ...

Kelsey Rocque Kelsey Elizabeth Rocque (born March 25, 1994) is a Canadian curler residing in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. She is a two-time World Junior champion skip. Career In 2013, Rocque played for her first University Championship, at the 2013 CIS/CCA C ...

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 Championshi ...

# Clancy Grandy # Christina Black # ~~Penny Barker~~ #

Madeleine Dupont Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont (Mad ...

# Andrea Kelly # Kristy Watling #

Nancy Martin Nancy Faye Martin (born February 17, 1973 in Rosetown, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Career Martin has been playing on the World Curling Tour since the 2004-05 season. In the 2014-15 season, she joined the Ji ...

# Beth Farmer Regional teams: #

Jessie Hunkin Jessica "Jessie" Hunkin (born August 24, 1988, née Kaufman) is a Canadian curler from Parkland County, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Spruce Grove. Career Until joining the Robyn Silvernagle rink in 2018, Hunkin skipped o ...

# Serena Gray-Withers #

Kayla Skrlik Kayla Skrlik (born September 10, 1997) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of the Garrison Curling Club. Career Skrlik broke onto the junior scene when she skipped Team Alberta at the 2016 U18 I ...

# Elysa Crough #

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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

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( 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

= ''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''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''

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

( 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

= ''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

( 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

= ''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

( 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

= ''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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