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The 2019
Players' Championship The Players' Championship, currently known as the AMJ Players' Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the final event of the Grand Slam of Curling tour, and is formerly the championship of the World Curling Tour season. From 2016 to 2019, i ...
was held from April 9 to 14 at the
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in
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,
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. It was the seventh
Grand Slam Grand Slam or Grand slam may refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category terminology originating in contract bridge and other whist card games Athletics * Grand Slam Track, professional track and field league Auto racing * ...
event of the
2018–19 curling season The 2018–19 curling season began in August 2018 and ended in May 2019. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' World Curling Federation events Championships Q ...
. In the men's final,
Brendan Bottcher Brendan Michael Bottcher (born December 19, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, 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 ...
defeated
Kevin Koe Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curling, curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip (curling), skip of the Canadian men's team at the Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's to ...
6–1. Team Bottcher was playing in their third straight Grand Slam final. In the women's final,
Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...
defeated
Anna Hasselborg Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous hol ...
5–4 in an extra end. It was the second final that Team Einarson played in that season.


Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the
World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and Doubles curling, mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
's Year-to-Date ranking as of March 11 qualified for the event.


Men

Top Year-to-Date men's teams as of March 11: #
Kevin Koe Kevin Koe ( ; born January 11, 1975) is a Canadian curling, curler. Koe is a two-time World champion and four-time Canadian champion. He was the skip (curling), skip of the Canadian men's team at the Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's to ...
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Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Calgary, Alberta. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Oly ...
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Brendan Bottcher Brendan Michael Bottcher (born December 19, 1991) is a Canadian curler from Spruce Grove, 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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Bruce Mouat Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler from Stirling. He currently skips his own team out of the Gogar Park Curling Club. Mouat has led his team to two world championship titles in and , four European championsh ...
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Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze ( ...
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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 Junior Men's Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Epping was a top ...
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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 ...
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Ross Paterson Ross Paterson (born March 13, 1984) is a retired Scottish curler from Glasgow. During his career, he represented Scotland at four World Men's Curling Championships and four European Curling Championships, winning a bronze medal at both the 201 ...
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Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a retired 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 s ...
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Matt Dunstone Matthew Dunstone, nicknamed "the Sheriff" (born June 25, 1995) is a Canadian curler originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Dunstone won the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 2013. He represented Canada at the 2013 World Junior Curli ...
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Peter de Cruz Peter Vincent de Cruz (born 4 January 1990) is a Swiss curler. He is an Olympic bronze medallist for Switzerland, having skipped his Swiss rink to a third place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. While de Cruz is the skip of his ...
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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 an eight-time provincial champion, the 2003 junior p ...


Women

Top Year-to-Date women's teams as of March 11: #
Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...
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Anna Hasselborg Anna Ellinor Hasselborg (born 5 May 1989) is a Swedish curler who is the 2018 Olympic Champion in women's curling and a former World Junior Champion skip. In November 2019, she became the first curler in history to reign as the simultaneous hol ...
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Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born Kerri Flett; October 3, 1987) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is a four-time women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to victory in the , , ...
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Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is a four-time women's world champion skip (, , , ) and five-time Grand Slam champion. She is a former world junior champion and reigning European champion. Tirinzo ...
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Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nomin ...
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Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the and Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba p ...
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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 the ...
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Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born Tracy Horgan; June 13, 1986) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season, and now plays third on the team. With Homan, she won the 2024 Scotties Tournament of ...
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Robyn Silvernagle Robyn Silvernagle (born May 20, 1987) is a Canadian curler from Unity, Saskatchewan. She currently skips her own team out of Sexsmith, Alberta. She is a three-time Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion, winning the title in 2019 ...
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Casey Scheidegger Casey Scheidegger (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. She is a former provincial junior champion. She currently coaches the University of Lethbridge curling team. Career Juniors Scheidegger won the 2009 Albert ...
# Alina Kovaleva #
Sayaka Yoshimura is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the skip of the FORTIUS curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in 2015, 2021 and 2025. At the international level, she has represented Japan three times at the World Women's C ...
# Elena Stern


Men


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in
Eastern Daylight Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behin ...
( UTC-4).


Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 pm''


Draw 2

''Wednesday, April 10, 8:30 am''


Draw 3

''Wednesday, April 10, 12:00 pm''


Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 10, 4:00 pm''


Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 pm''


Draw 6

''Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am''


Draw 7

''Thursday, April 11, 12:00 pm''


Draw 8

''Thursday, April 11, 4:00 pm''


Draw 9

''Thursday, April 11, 8:00 pm''


Draw 10

''Friday, April 12, 8:30 am''


Draw 11

''Friday, April 12, 12:00 pm''


Draw 13

''Friday, April 12, 8:00 pm''


Tiebreakers

''Saturday, April 13, 8:30 am'' ''Saturday, April 13, 12:00 pm''


Playoffs


Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 13, 4:00 pm''


Semifinals

''Saturday, April 13, 8:00 pm''


Final

''Sunday, April 14, 12:00 pm''


Women


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in
Eastern Daylight Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behin ...
( UTC-4).


Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 pm''


Draw 2

''Wednesday, April 10, 8:30 am''


Draw 3

''Wednesday, April 10, 12:00 pm''


Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 10, 4:00 pm''


Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 pm''


Draw 6

''Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am''


Draw 7

''Thursday, April 11, 12:00 pm''


Draw 8

''Thursday, April 11, 4:00 pm''


Draw 9

''Thursday, April 11, 8:00 pm''


Draw 10

''Friday, April 12, 8:30 am''


Draw 12

''Friday, April 12, 4:00 pm''


Tiebreaker

''Friday, April 12, 8:00 pm''


Playoffs


Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 13, 12:00 pm''


Semifinals

''Saturday, April 13, 8:00 pm''


Final

''Sunday, April 14, 4:00 pm''


Notes


References


External links

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