The 2021

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was held from May 25 to 30, 2021 at the Wausau Curling Club in

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. The event was held in conjunction with the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event was originally scheduled to be held February 6 to 13 at the ImOn Ice Arena in

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. In August 2020, a

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damaged the arena and the

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caused the repairs to be delayed significantly enough to necessitate moving the championships to a different venue. In December 2020 the

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(USCA) announced that, due to the continuing pandemic, the Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles National Championships would be postponed until May 2021 and would be conducted in a

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. Typically, the winner of the National Men's Championship would represent the United States at the World Championship, but this postponement moved the national championship after the 2021 World Men's Championship and so the USCA offered the spot at World's to the 2020 champion, Team Shuster. The site of the bubble for the championships was later announced to be Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Qualification

Due to the pandemic, no qualification events were held and the qualification methods were modified. The top ten men's teams, determined by the World Curling Federation's World Team Ranking System, were invited to compete. Typically, the qualification methods would be the top five teams from the World Team Ranking System, the top four teams from a qualification event, and one team from the Junior Championship.

Teams

The ten teams competing in the championship are:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−05:00).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, May 25, 1:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, May 25, 8:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, May 26, 12:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, May 26, 8:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Thursday, May 27, 12:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, May 27, 8:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Friday, May 28, 12:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Friday, May 28, 8:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Saturday, May 29, 12:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, May 29, 6:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, May 30, 9:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, May 30, 7:00 pm''

References

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