2023 Tour Challenge Explained

2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge
Host City:	Niagara Falls, Ontario
Arena:	Gale Centre
Dates:	October 17–22
Men's Winner:	Team Retornaz
Curling Club:	Trentino Curling, Cembra
Skip:	Joël Retornaz
Third:	Amos Mosaner
Second:	Sebastiano Arman
Lead:	Mattia Giovanella
Coach:	Ryan Fry
Finalist:	Brendan Bottcher
Women's Winner:	Team Jones
Curling Club2:	St. Vital CC, Winnipeg
Skip2:	Jennifer Jones
Third2:	Karlee Burgess
Second2:	Emily Zacharias
Lead2:	Lauren Lenentine
Coach2:	Glenn Howard
Finalist2:	Kaitlyn Lawes
Prev:	2022
Next:	2024

The 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge was held from October 17 to 22 at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario.^[1] It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2022–23 curling season.

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's world team rankings as of September 18, 2023 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 16 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 18, 2023 were invited.^[2]

Men

Tier 1

Top world team ranking men's teams:^[3]

1. Bruce Mouat
2. Brendan Bottcher
3. Brad Gushue
4. Joël Retornaz
5. Niklas Edin
6. Yannick Schwaller
7. Matt Dunstone
8. Kevin Koe
9. Ross Whyte
10. Korey Dropkin
11. Magnus Ramsfjell
12. Reid Carruthers
13. John Shuster
14. Wouter Gösgens
15. Aaron Sluchinski
16. Riku Yanagisawa

Tier 2

1. Cameron Bryce
2. Karsten Sturmay
3. James Craik
4. Mike McEwen
5. Marco Hösli
6. John Epping
7. Michael Brunner
8. Ryan Wiebe
9. Daniel Casper
10. Félix Asselin
11. Lukas Høstmælingen
12. Fredrik Nyman
13. Catlin Schneider
14. Kelly Knapp
15. Yusuke Morozumi
16. Sam Mooibroek
17. Tanner Horgan
18. Jeong Byeong-jin
19. Rylan Kleiter

Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams:^[4]

1. Silvana Tirinzoni
2. Kerri Einarson
3. Rachel Homan
4. Satsuki Fujisawa
5. Gim Eun-ji
6. Jennifer Jones
7. Anna Hasselborg
8. Isabella Wranå
9. Tabitha Peterson
10. Clancy Grandy
11. Kate Cameron
12. Kaitlyn Lawes
13. Marianne Rørvik
14. Ha Seung-youn
15. Stefania Constantini
16. Rebecca Morrison

Tier 2

1. Christina Black
2. Corrie Hürlimann
3. Ikue Kitazawa
4. Delaney Strouse
5. Sayaka Yoshimura
6. Isabelle Ladouceur
7. Kim Eun-jung
8. Kayla Skrlik
9. Jessie Hunkin
10. Madeleine Dupont
11. Serena Gray-Withers
12. Danielle Inglis
13. Michèle Jäggi
14. Jolene Campbell
15. Nancy Martin
16. Corryn Brown
17. Sarah Anderson

Men

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
					Calgary, Alberta
					Winnipeg, Manitoba
Korey Dropkin (Fourth)	Andrew Stopera (Skip)				Duluth, Minnesota
					Winnipeg, Manitoba
					Karlstad, Sweden
				Alexander Magan	Zoetermeer, Netherlands
					St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
					Calgary, Alberta
					Stirling, Scotland
					Trondheim, Norway
					Trentino, Italy
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)	Yannick Schwaller (Skip)				Geneva, Switzerland
					Duluth, Minnesota
					Airdrie, Alberta
					Stirling, Scotland
					Karuizawa, Japan

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

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width=150 Pool C ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=20 3 1 26 16 3 3 1 22 12 11 1 3 19 22 13 0 4 14 26 16

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^[6]

Draw 2

Tuesday, October 17, 11:30 am

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 17, 6:30 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 am

Draw 7

Wednesday, October 18, 3:30 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, October 19, 8:00 am

Draw 11

Thursday, October 19, 3:30 pm

Draw 14

Friday, October 20, 11:30 am

Draw 16

Friday, October 20, 7:30 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 3:30 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
					Bern, Switzerland
					Kelso, Scotland
					Chaska, Minnesota
					Forfar, Scotland
					Toronto, Ontario
					Glarus, Switzerland
	Grunde Buraas	Magnus Lillebø	Tinius Haslev Nordbye		Oslo, Norway
					Seoul, South Korea
					Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
					Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Sam Mooibroek			Colin Schnurr	Wyatt Small	Whitby, Ontario
				Kosuke Morozumi	Karuizawa, Japan
					Sollefteå, Sweden
					Victoria, British Columbia
				J. D. Lind	St. Albert, Alberta
					Winnipeg, Manitoba

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

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width=160 Pool B ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA 4 0 24 15 3 1 22 13 2 2 21 19 2 2 21 17

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width=150 Pool C ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA 3 1 25 15 Sam Mooibroek 1 3 17 25 1 3 10 21 0 4 12 27

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^[6]

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 17, 8:30 am

Draw 3

Tuesday, October 17, 3:30 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, October 18, 12:00 pm

Draw 8

Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, October 19, 12:00 pm

Draw 12

Thursday, October 19, 8:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, October 20, 8:30 am

Draw 15

Friday, October 20, 4:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 3:00 pm

Women

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
					Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Marta Lo Deserto	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
					Gimli, Manitoba
					Kitami, Japan
				Seol Ye-ji	Uijeongbu, South Korea
					Vancouver, British Columbia
					Chuncheon, South Korea
					Sundbyberg, Sweden
					Ottawa, Ontario
					Winnipeg, Manitoba
					Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Jennifer Dodds	Stirling, Scotland
					St. Paul, Minnesota
Kristin Skaslien (Fourth)	Marianne Rørvik (Skip)				Lillehammer, Norway
Alina Pätz (Fourth)	Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)				Aarau, Switzerland
					Sundbyberg, Sweden

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

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width=160 Pool B ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=20 3 1 24 25 4 3 1 24 19 15 2 2 21 20 10 0 4 15 25 14

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width=150 Pool C ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA ! width=20 4 0 26 18 13 2 2 22 22 12 1 3 21 23 5 1 3 20 21 16

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^[6]

Draw 1

Tuesday, October 17, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Tuesday, October 17, 3:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, October 18, 11:30 am

Draw 8

Wednesday, October 18, 7:30 pm

Draw 10

Thursday, October 19, 11:30 am

Draw 12

Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm

Draw 13

Friday, October 20, 8:00 am

Draw 15

Friday, October 20, 3:30 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 11:30 am

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 7:30 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
		Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow		Minneapolis, Minnesota
					Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
					Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Denise Dupont	Hvidovre, Denmark
Serena Gray-Withers		Brianna Cullen	Zoe Cinnamon	Gracelyn Richards	Edmonton, Alberta
	Celine Schwizgebel			Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann	Zug, Switzerland
					Spruce Grove, Alberta
					Ottawa, Ontario
			Lisa Muhmenthaler		Bern, Switzerland
				Kim Yeong-mi	Gangneung, South Korea
				Ami Enami	Nagano, Japan
					Whitby, Ontario
		Madison Kleiter			Martensville, Saskatchewan
					Calgary, Alberta
				Susan Dudt	Traverse City, Michigan
					Sapporo, Japan

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

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width=175 Pool B ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA 3 1 21 16 2 2 16 25 1 3 17 23 1 3 11 23

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width=175 Pool C ! width=15 W ! width=15 L ! width=15 PF ! width=15 PA 3 1 26 15 3 1 27 14 2 2 19 18 Serena Gray-Withers 1 3 15 18

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time .^[6]

Draw 2

Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 pm

Draw 4

Tuesday, October 17, 7:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, October 18, 8:30 am

Draw 7

Wednesday, October 18, 4:00 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, October 19, 8:30 am

Draw 11

Thursday, October 19, 4:00 pm

Draw 14

Friday, October 20, 12:00 pm

Draw 16

Friday, October 20, 8:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 21, 12:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, October 21, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, October 22, 10:30 am

Notes and References

1. Web site: HearingLife Tour Challenge. Grand Slam of Curling. September 28, 2023.
2. Web site: Format and Qualification. Grand Slam of Curling. September 28, 2023.
3. Web site: World Curling Federation: Men's World Team Ranking. CurlingZone. September 28, 2023.
4. Web site: World Curling Federation: Men's World Team Ranking. CurlingZone. September 28, 2023.
5. News: 64 teams set for HearingLife Tour Challenge in Niagara Falls. Grand Slam of Curling. September 27, 2023. September 28, 2023.
6. Web site: Draw Schedule. Grand Slam of Curling. October 4, 2023.