The 2022 HearingLife

Tour Challenge The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 c ...

was held from October 18 to 23 at the Coca-Cola Centre in

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. It was the second Grand Slam event of the 2022–23 curling season. During the draw to the button before the semifinal games,

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 ( ...

sustained a knee injury that forced him out of the event. His remaining three team members,

Oskar Eriksson Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to ...

, Rasmus Wranå, and Christoffer Sundgren went on to win the semifinal game against

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 ...

and then beat Matt Dunstone in the championship game.

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

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's world team rankings as of September 12, 2022 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 11 teams on the WCF rankings as of September 15, 2022 were invited. The final 5 teams in Tier 2 are filled by regional invitations extended by the Grand Slam of Curling.

Men

Tier 1

Top world team ranking men's teams: #

# Bruce Mouat # Brendan Bottcher # Joël Retornaz # Matt Dunstone #

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 ...

# Ross Whyte # Yannick Schwaller #

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 ...

Colton Flasch Colton Flasch (born February 27, 1991) is a Canadian curler currently residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently plays third on Team Mike McEwen. Career Juniors After having curled with the Mike Armstrong junior rink, Flasch joined the ...

# Marco Hösli # Michael Brunner # 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 ...
# Steffen Walstad #

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 ...

# Tanner Horgan

Tier 2

World Team Rankings teams: # Mike McEwen # Korey Dropkin # ~~Wouter Gösgens~~ #

Karsten Sturmay Karsten Sturmay (born November 7, 1996, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian curler originally from Leduc, Alberta. He is formerly the skip of the Alberta Golden Bears men's curling team in university curling and on the World Curling Tour. ...

# John Shuster # ~~Magnus Ramsfjell~~ # Kody Hartung # Yves Stocker # Lukas Høstmælingen # Aaron Sluchinski #

Kim Chang-min Kim Chang-min (born September 4, 1985 in Uiseong County) is a South Korean curling, curler. Kim was the Skip (curling), skip of the South Korean men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Juniors Kim's curling career began quickly, with a t ...

Félix Asselin Félix Asselin (born November 17, 1994) is a Canadian curler from Montreal. He currently throws fourth stones on his team which is skipped by Jean-Michel Ménard. Career Asselin skipped Quebec at four Canadian Junior Curling Championships du ...

# Ryan Wiebe Regional teams: # Kyler Kleibrink #

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Ryan Jacques Ryan Jacques (born June 19, 2000) is a Canadian curler from Edmonton, Alberta. He is currently the skip of the Alberta Golden Bears men's curling team in university curling and on the World Curling Tour. Jacques was slated to represent Canada at ...

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# Scott Webb

Women

Tier 1

Top world team ranking women's teams: # Anna Hasselborg # Kerri Einarson # Satsuki Fujisawa #

Kaitlyn Lawes Lesley Kaitlyn Lawes (born December 16, 1988) is a Canadian curler. Lawes was the long time third for the Jennifer Jones team that represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they won the gold medal. They were the first women's team to ...

# Tracy Fleury #

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 ...

# Kim Eun-jung #

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 ...

# Gim Eun-ji #

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 ...

# Isabella Wranå #

Daniela Jentsch Daniela Jentsch (born 15 January 1982), (known as Daniela Driendl from 2011 to 2016), is a retired German curler from Füssen. She was the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team. Career Jentsch played in her first international compet ...

# Tabitha Peterson # Casey Scheidegger # Hollie Duncan # Raphaela Keiser

Tier 2

World Team Rankings teams: #

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario p ...

# Kerry Galusha # Kelsey Rocque # Selena Sturmay # Clancy Grandy # Christina Black # ~~Penny Barker~~ #

Madeleine Dupont Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Jasmin Holtermann, My Larsen, a ...

# Andrea Kelly # Kristy Watling # Nancy Martin # Beth Farmer Regional teams: # Jessie Hunkin # Serena Gray-Withers # Kayla Skrlik # Elysa Crough # Kristie Moore

Men

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−06:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 3:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 12

= ''Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 13

= ''Friday, October 21, 8:30 am''

=Draw 15

= ''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 12:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−06:00).

=Draw 1

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 8:00 am''

=Draw 3

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 3:00 pm''

=Draw 6

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 8

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 10

= ''Thursday, October 20, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 12

= ''Thursday, October 20, 8:00 pm''

=Draw 13

= ''Friday, October 21, 8:30 am''

=Draw 15

= ''Friday, October 21, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 12:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 23, 10:00 am''

Women

Tier 1

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−06:00).

=Draw 2

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 am''

=Draw 4

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, October 20, 8:30 am''

=Draw 11

= ''Thursday, October 20, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 14

= ''Friday, October 21, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 16

= ''Friday, October 21, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''

Tier 2

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

( UTC−06:00).

=Draw 2

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 am''

=Draw 4

= ''Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm''

=Draw 5

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 8:30 am''

=Draw 7

= ''Wednesday, October 19, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 9

= ''Thursday, October 20, 8:30 am''

=Draw 11

= ''Thursday, October 20, 4:00 pm''

=Draw 14

= ''Friday, October 21, 12:00 pm''

=Draw 16

= ''Friday, October 21, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

=Quarterfinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 4:00 pm''

=Semifinals

= ''Saturday, October 22, 8:00 pm''

=Final

= ''Sunday, October 23, 2:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

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