The 2020

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, the provincial men's

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championship for

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, was held from January 28 to February 2 at the Ed Lumley Arena in

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, Ontario. The winning

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rink represented

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at the

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, Ontario. The event was held in conjunction with the

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, the women's provincial championship.

won his second

by defeating

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8–3 in the final.

Qualification process

Nine teams qualified from two cash spiels (two each), an open qualifier (two teams), plus the top two southern Ontario teams in the

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(as of December 1, 2019). Originally the event was to have just eight teams, but CurlON decided on December 9, 2019 to expand the field to nine teams with the addition of one team qualifying through their CTRS ranking. This is a reduction from the ten teams which played in the 2019 Tankard, making the number of entries equal to the provincial Scotties.

Teams

The team lineups were as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in

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( UTC−05:00).

Draw 1

''Monday, January 27, 8:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 28, 12:15 pm''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 28, 8:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, January 29, 8:30 am''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 29, 4:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, January 30, 12:15 pm''

Draw 7

''Thursday, January 30, 7:45 pm''

Draw 8

''Friday, January 31, 12:15 pm''

Draw 9

''Friday, January 31, 7:45 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, February 1, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Semifinal

''Saturday, February 1, 4:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, February 2, 1:00 pm''

Qualification

Cash Spiel #1

''December 20–22, Guelph Curling Club,

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Cash Spiel #2

''January 10–12, 2020, Quinte Curling Club, Belleville''

Open qualifier

''January 17–19, 2020,

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References

External links

Official site
{{2020 Brier playdowns

Sport in Cornwall, Ontario Ontario Tankard Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts