The 2021

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was held November 2 to 7 at the Chestermere Recreation Centre in

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. It was the second Grand Slam and second major of the 2021–22 curling season.

Qualification

The top 16 ranked men's and women's teams on the

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's world team rankings qualified for the event. 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.

Men

Top world team ranking men's teams: #

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

# Mike McEwen #

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...

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 ...

# Ross Whyte # Ross Paterson #

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 ( ...

Jason Gunnlaugson Jason Gunnlaugson is a Canadian curler currently living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gunnlaugson is known for having been hired by the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) to represent the country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The deal which was announced ...

# Rich Ruohonen Richard Ruohonen (born March 31, 1971) is an American curler from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He is a two-time national champion and as such represented the United States at the 2008 and 2018 World Men's Curling Championships. Career Ruohonen mad ...
# Braden Calvert #

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 ...

Women

Top world team ranking women's teams: #

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 ...

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 , , ...

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 ...

# Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bron ...
#

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

# ~~Kim Eun-jung~~ # Alina Kovaleva # Laura Walker # Kim Min-ji # Kelsey Rocque # Isabella Wranå # Gim Un-chi # Tabitha Peterson Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a three-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own t ...
# Irene Schori #

Hollie Duncan Hollie Duncan (born January 6, 1987, in Toronto, Ontario, as Hollie Nicol) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Career Juniors As a bantam-aged curler, Duncan skipped her Unionville Curling Club ri ...

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and represen ...

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Knockout brackets

Source:

A event

B event

C event

Knockout results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−06:00).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, November 2, 8:00 am''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, November 2, 11:30 am''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, November 2, 3:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, November 3, 8:00 am''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, November 3, 12:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, November 3, 4:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, November 4, 8:00 am''

Draw 11

''Thursday, November 4, 4:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, November 5, 8:00 am''

Draw 15

''Friday, November 5, 4:00 pm''

Draw 17

''Saturday, November 6, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, November 6, 4:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, November 6, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, November 7, 10:00 am''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Knockout brackets

Source:

A event

B event

C event

Knockout results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−06:00).

Draw 2

''Tuesday, November 2, 11:30 am''

Draw 3

''Tuesday, November 2, 3:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, November 2, 6:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, November 3, 8:00 am''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, November 3, 4:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, November 3, 8:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, November 4, 12:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Thursday, November 4, 8:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, November 5, 8:00 am''

Draw 14

''Friday, November 5, 12:00 pm''

Draw 16

''Friday, November 5, 8:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, November 6, 12:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, November 6, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, November 7, 2:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:National, 2021 November 2021 sports events in Canada 2021 in Canadian curling Curling competitions in Alberta 2021 in sports in Alberta

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