The 2023

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Canadian Open was held from January 10 to 15 at the Encana Arena in Camrose,

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. It was the fourth

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event and third major of the

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. In the women's final,

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and her team from Japan became the first Asian team to win a Grand Slam title (excluding defunct Slams; China's

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had won the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, which was considered a Slam at the time.), defeating the Canadian champion

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vi ...

rink. On the men's side, the home province

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rink defeated Sweden's

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team in the final.

Qualification

Sixteen teams competed in the Canadian Open. They included the seven top-ranked teams on the

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's Order of Merit rankings as of December 5, 2022, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 5, the Tier 2 winner of the

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, and a sponsor's exemption. The first matches were set per the rankings on December 12, 2022.

Men

Top men's teams as of December 5: Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner: *

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Sponsor's exemption: *

Tanner Horgan Tanner Horgan (born February 12, 1998 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian curler. He currently skips his own team. Career Juniors As a bantam aged curler, Horgan won three Northern Ontario titles (2010, 2013 and 2015). In 2012, he won a provinc ...

Women

Top women's teams as of December 5: Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner: * ~~Clancy Grandy~~ *

Stefania Constantini Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team. She has played in three World Championships (2018, 2021, and 2022), five European Championshi ...

Sponsor's exemption: *N/A *

Michèle Jäggi Michèle Jäggi (born 22 September 1987) is a Swiss curler. Jäggi has represented Switzerland as a junior curler, and is currently active on the World Curling Tour. Jäggi currently skips her own team. Career Jäggi is a former Swiss junior c ...

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−07:00).

Draw 3

''Tuesday, January 10, 3:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Tuesday, January 10, 6:30 pm''

Draw 7

''Wednesday, January 11, 4:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, January 11, 8:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, January 12, 12:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Thursday, January 12, 8:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, January 13, 8:30 am''

Draw 14

''Friday, January 13, 12:30 pm''

Draw 16

''Friday, January 13, 8:30 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, January 14, 12:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, January 14, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, January 15, 11:00 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−07:00).

Draw 1

''Tuesday, January 10, 8:00 am''

Draw 2

''Tuesday, January 10, 11:30 am''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, January 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, January 11, 12:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, January 12, 8:30 am''

Draw 11

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

Draw 13

''Friday, January 13, 8:30 am''

Draw 15

''Friday, January 13, 4:30 pm''

Draw 17

''Saturday, January 14, 8:30 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, January 14, 4:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, January 14, 8:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, January 15, 3:00 pm''

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Open, 2023 January 2023 sports events in Canada 2023 in Canadian curling Curling in Alberta 2023 in sports in Alberta Canadian Open of Curling Sport in Camrose, Alberta