The 2020 Meridian
Canadian Open was held from January 14 to 19 at the
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in
Yorkton
Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province.
As of 2017 the census population of the ...
,
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. It was the fourth
Grand Slam event and third "major" of the
2019–20 season. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, it would end up being the last Grand Slam of the season, and the last Slam to be held until the
2021 Champions Cup
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held in April 2021.
In the men's final,
Team Jacobs won their third straight Grand Slam by beating
Team Epping in a tight 6–5 game. In the women's final,
Team Hasselborg also won her third straight event defeating young
Team Kim 7–5 in an extra end.
Qualification
Sixteen teams compete in the Canadian Open, including the seven top-ranked teams on the
World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of December 16, 2019, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 16, the Tier 2 winner of the
2019 Tour Challenge
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In the men's tier 1 final, Brad Jacobs of ...
, and a sponsor's exemption. The first matches will be set per the rankings on December 24, 2019
Men
Top men's teams as of December 16:
Sponsor's exemption:
*
Kirk Muyres
Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner:
*
Korey Dropkin
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Curling career
Juniors
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Women
Top women's teams as of December 16:
Sponsor's exemption:
*
Laura Walker
Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner:
*
Kim Min-ji
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Knockout brackets
A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout results
All draw times are listed in
Central Time (
UTC−06:00).
Draw 1
''Tuesday, January 14, 7:00 pm''
Draw 2
''Wednesday, January 15, 8:00 am''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, January 15, 12:00 pm''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, January 15, 4:00 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, January 15, 8:00 pm''
Draw 7
''Thursday, January 16, 12:00 pm''
Draw 9
''Thursday, January 16, 8:00 pm''
Draw 11
''Friday, January 17, 12:00 pm''
Draw 13
''Friday, January 17, 8:00 pm''
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Saturday, January 18, 11:00 am''
Semifinals
''Saturday, January 18, 7:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, January 19, 2:30 pm''
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Knockout brackets
A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout results
All draw times are listed in
Central Time (
UTC−06:00).
Draw 2
''Wednesday, January 15, 8:00 am''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, January 15, 12:00 pm''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, January 15, 4:00 pm''
Draw 5
''Wednesday, January 15, 8:00 pm''
Draw 6
''Thursday, January 16, 8:00 am''
Draw 8
''Thursday, January 16, 4:00 pm''
Draw 10
''Friday, January 17, 8:00 am''
Draw 12
''Friday, January 17, 4:00 pm''
Draw 14
''Saturday, January 18, 7:30 am''
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
''Saturday, January 18, 3:00 pm''
Semifinals
''Saturday, January 18, 7:00 pm''
Final
''Sunday, January 19, 11:00 am''
Notes
References
External links
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{{2019–20 curling season
Canadian Open of Curling
Canadian Open
2020 in Canadian curling
Sport in Yorkton
Curling competitions in Saskatchewan
2020 in Saskatchewan